Maisie’s our first prototype, and foray into this zany world of bamboo and composites.
Style
She likes to flaunt a cyclocross edge, with clearance for 35mm tyres and cantilever brakes up front. There’s a few misgivings thou, her rear end’s stuck in one gear and she thought brake bosses made her bum look fat; so she opted for some slimming single-pivot calipers instead. The rest of her is designed for the hard-knocks of the city, but change her tyres and she’ll rip through grass, mud and sand, like any CX bike should.
The shoot
Specs
Frame
- Tubing: Bamboo
- Joints: Rear end: Sisal, The rest: fibreglass & carbon-fibre with steel inserts for BB shell, seat-tube and head-tube.
- Frame weight is 2.6kg.
Components
- Handlebars: Truevativ
- Stem: Ritchey Carbon
- Headset: PRO RM-11
- Fork: PRO Carbon CX
- Seatpost: Ritchey Comp
- Saddle: Ritchey WCS Carbon
- Pedals: Shimano SPD
Drivetrain
- Cranks: P, 170mm, 42T
- Cog: Surly 16T
- Chain: Connex
- Brake levers: Cane Creek SCR-5
- Brakes front: Tektro Oryx Cantilever
- Brakes Rear: Weinmann Type 750 Single-pivot caliper
Wheels
- Rims: Mavic A319
- Tyres: Maxxis Detonator
- Hubs: 2nd hand
- Spokes: Straight-gauge steel.
Geometry
Maisie was custom built for Mik. He’s a short 165cm, so she’s pretty little. Here’s her vital dimensions:
- HT: 72°
- ST: 74°
- ST: 500mm
- BB height: 278mm
- CS:425mm
- TT: 541mm