Nobody makes cool stuff now

[Charlieboy28]

oooh hexitaper get you with the big words

not sure, i read up on em a while ago, the big foot cranks take a square taper, but i think they dont attach in the conventional way, but then i might be wrong,

 

[petitpal]

Now that the age of purple and turquoise ano is over, bling has become a lot more subtle.

Is the age of purple anno over??? :shock:

 

[yo-eddy]

I know I'm getting old and my eyes aren't as good as they used to be and maybe even my brain is getting addled but I always thought square taper had 4 sides (hence the square bit in the name), those cranks are hexotaper if my old eyes aren't lying to me.
Matthew

It's called Tune Six pack

 

[peguinpower]

My cool list


Hope and Formula hydraulic brakes, simply beautiful
Straitline, Brooklyn machine works, Twenty6 Spank pedals to name a few
Actually, all of twenty6 stuff
Canfield Brothers, Knolly, Intense, Pivot bikes
Cane creek double barrel shocks
Everything Enve carbon
SRAM and FSA carbon cranks
All handcrafted custom frames and components
Industry Nine American Classic Easton Haven wheels amongst others
Chris King hubs and headsets
RS Reverb seatpost
Thomson posts and stems
Shimano XTR is beautiful

 

[mechagouki]

"Hey there Tune, Cooks Bros called, they want their cranks back..."

Seriously though, lots of cool stuff is still made (if you have the $$$). Check out Bike Rumor, they have cool new boutique parts daily.

Not that any of that stuff works any better than good old Shimano IMHO.

 

[bm0p700f]

Lots of really cool kit about. 'it just tends to be expensive.

 

[mrkawasaki]

FRM and even TRP - the upmarket brand of Tektro - are worth checking out too.

 

[apache]

I like Crank Bros stuff especially the wheels.

Me too - on my modern bike

 

[brocklanders023]

I think Hope still make some tidy gear. I like matching the headset spacers, hubs and seat clamp on my bike because I'm a tart

 

[yagamuffin]

Does anyone do funky colourful kit at the lower end of the price scale like Tektro used to?