Ryan Sher just sent over this preview of something Subrosa is going to be debuting at Interbike. It seems to be some sort of built on bash guard.... your thoughts?
I also think fly's guard is better since you can take it off and it's a lot lighter, but people are killing subrosa faster than you can say "this-is-a-stupid-ass-frame-flybikes-is-better-its-removable"
hahaha
but flybikes' should have some sort of padding between the guard and the frame.
I had a bolt-on guard back in the 90s and it flattened my chainstays!
some kind of no-so-hard, not-so-soft plastic pad would help, I guess
I’m an old school fool, so I loved it. But seriously, one day I caught myself thinking: when Haro, GT, bully and every other company released their bashguard frames back in ‘89, ‘90, they were kinda funny looking, they were heavier and all that, but all that was mainly because of those damn 44t sprockets. But now that a 33t is considered huge and the norm is a 25, I say why not?
With today’s frame technology with fluted tubes, 3-million-butted tubes, heat treat this, heat treat that, and holes everywhere, it’s totally possible to make a frame with a small bashguard for, say, 30t or smaller sprockets, without making the bike ride funny due to the extra weight down there.
So if this is true, it’s very welcome! I’d rather buy a $10 plastic cover instead of breaking chains and sprockets AND my teeth like once a month!
Even those sprockets with CNC built-in guards, the chain is still exposed, and if you're a street destroyer, a 3-inch thick sprocket with guard will eventually bend!
sarkumfromindonesia
9/18/2008 6:29 PM
looks very UGLY....
Number 911 2
9/3/2008 12:56 PM
looks like somthing from the 80s
Papi Dan
9/2/2008 7:38 PM
Holy crap the Haro Sport and the GT pro FS Team are making a comeback!
Otabmx
9/2/2008 1:07 PM
I also think fly's guard is better since you can take it off and it's a lot lighter, but people are killing subrosa faster than you can say "this-is-a-stupid-ass-frame-flybikes-is-better-its-removable"
hahaha
but flybikes' should have some sort of padding between the guard and the frame.
I had a bolt-on guard back in the 90s and it flattened my chainstays!
some kind of no-so-hard, not-so-soft plastic pad would help, I guess
Mr Wilson
9/2/2008 12:04 PM
hell no
lulu4bmx
9/1/2008 6:39 PM
dude this is a stupid ass frame fly bikes is better its removable omg this is disgusting
Otabmx
8/31/2008 10:39 PM
I’m an old school fool, so I loved it. But seriously, one day I caught myself thinking: when Haro, GT, bully and every other company released their bashguard frames back in ‘89, ‘90, they were kinda funny looking, they were heavier and all that, but all that was mainly because of those damn 44t sprockets. But now that a 33t is considered huge and the norm is a 25, I say why not?
With today’s frame technology with fluted tubes, 3-million-butted tubes, heat treat this, heat treat that, and holes everywhere, it’s totally possible to make a frame with a small bashguard for, say, 30t or smaller sprockets, without making the bike ride funny due to the extra weight down there.
So if this is true, it’s very welcome! I’d rather buy a $10 plastic cover instead of breaking chains and sprockets AND my teeth like once a month!
Even those sprockets with CNC built-in guards, the chain is still exposed, and if you're a street destroyer, a 3-inch thick sprocket with guard will eventually bend!
harobiker720
8/31/2008 5:21 PM
less ground clearence
wrench
8/31/2008 4:35 PM
looks like what GT did in the early 90's, looke very ugly.
matt@legacyxs
8/30/2008 9:13 AM
its so ugly even if it seems like a kinda good idea id never buy it just down to the looks revise how it looks could be a cool new thing...
jlwbmx92
8/30/2008 6:58 AM
its fugly
COLORADO SPRINGS
8/29/2008 7:09 PM
That is a freakin' Bully!!!
http://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/bully/301
Philtor210
8/29/2008 7:05 PM
Or some of those old Morales frames from the 90's
nickydbmx13
8/29/2008 6:58 PM
yea exactly haro sport from back in the day
martin5511
8/29/2008 6:40 PM
ugly lol my friend just ziptied on a chunk of plastic from a bucket
kichigai
8/29/2008 6:29 PM
Haro Sport 94'
kichigai
8/29/2008 6:27 PM
esta bueno a mi parecer, pero no es nada nuevo, recuerdo algo muy parecido en la haro sport del año 1994
william nunes
8/29/2008 6:13 PM
lixo
ajguzmanbikes
8/29/2008 5:58 PM
you gotta love the progressive thinking atleast
thatguywith2wheels
8/29/2008 5:20 PM
waste of metal
DD33^_^
8/29/2008 5:10 PM
alot of oldschool bikes had this crap
'90
8/29/2008 4:58 PM
you mean this?
flybikesbmx.com/en/products/pegsbash
BmxBaditBen
8/29/2008 4:48 PM
random.....why not just make a bolt on bash gaurd made of plastic or somthin to wrap around the bb
'90
8/29/2008 4:46 PM
Fly did bashguard wich is removable, nicer looking and lighter for sure...
migo123bmx
8/29/2008 4:39 PM
ugly as fuk...
bmxscott
8/29/2008 4:08 PM
wtf
fckthatshyt
8/29/2008 4:02 PM
I don't see this useful to a lot of people...could be wrong though...and it's ugly
Eastern AOS
8/29/2008 3:58 PM
kewl idea, but just do bb grinds without one.
superspencerbiker
8/29/2008 3:40 PM
you can use a regular frame and do bb grinds anyway no use for that
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