Available 15€ Original SRP Syncros Cattlehead caps repro

[Fatboy1974]

Hi. After a succesful history with the Rocky Mountain seat clamp, I decided to model the Syncros cap and maybe manufacturing a bunch of them. I had two options, but because I need to do it by CNC ( casted needs an expensive mould). I decided to go for the simple alu one. Check the pictures ( I modeled the stem and the cap, and then I rendered it).
I tried to have a quotation, but the original design ( casted) is not easily machineable, so I did some mods not noticeable externally to make it cheaper with same performance. And Syncros engraved word shoul be there!.
According to my "supplier", I can obtain a price of 9-10€/ut anodised in black or silver and with word "Syncros" engraved if I order 40 units. Then I can sell it for 14 € to cover some packing. Again, I don't plan to become rich because of this.
Do you think it's worth to do 20-30 of them? It's a demanded item, but unluckily it requires shipping and cost increases a lot then. Anyway I need 3 of them, and because i can do decals easily, I use to buy stems with no decals and no caps. If there is some people asking for them I will produce them.

 

[vtwinvince]

Put me on the list please.

 

[ferrus]

Cool. I’d definitely be up for a silver one please.
Do you intend to do them for both 1” and 1 1/8” stems?

 

[Fatboy1974]

I think that 1" is less common, and because it's a different CNC programming, I thinkg I would need to do again 20-40 units and I don't know if I would sell them. DO you know if black ones really were produced, or all of them were silver?

 

[ferrus]

I’m only familiar with the later plastic ones in black

 

[Fatboy1974]

I also modeled the plastic ones, but they will crack if I 3dprint them. And an alu version costs 15€/unit.

 

[FluffyChicken]

As you know all three main styles are already reproduced, your modified style seems nice, clean cut though.

Personally, I would drop the inside lip a lot lower, so it locks in better. A bit more like the original style, rather than the CNC'd CRC version or the plastic naff one. I would also lower the bolt cap, so it doesn't poke out.

BUT I don't need any at the moment. Which sizes are you planning on making?

Nice
Could go mad and colour coordinate them in gold and red and ...

 

[Fatboy1974]

I note that mods, and I take note of your good idea. As far as I know, I can get anodised in Red, Gold, Black, Silver and some others.

 

[Fatboy1974]

Mods applied and sample of the colours. Gold could be nice, matching with the clamp piece. Other colors maybe match better with silver stem.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Basically, I wouldn't make a flat version that looks like the 'original' as the original isn't, it's a 3rd party made to sort of work with it. As far as I know it is a CRC (Chain Reaction Cycles) top cap mad in the mid-ish 00's to whenever they sold them all. Was about £6 with bolt back then.

Recessed version is original, the Plastic cap came about around the ~ GT buying Syncros in '97
So have fun, make it better.

Unless there was a 4th style for the mountain stem around 97 that had the flat cap style in silver, as I have seen a picture of one with a standard bolt poking out more, but looked similar to the recessed one in looks.