![]() He continues, “ the artwork protrudes from the surface of the lugs for the first time, creating a sculptured presence that truly takes advantage of our 3D Printing technology“. “ The literal representation of an angel can be seen in the artwork adorning each lug, says Charlie, a Bastion designer. More than just the technology, the way “Kelly” Johnson led the Skunkworks projects with cross-functional team members working together at the same time to solve problems had a big impact on me and drives how we conduct projects today, including this one“. “ The design of the A-12 ArchAngel was instrumental in inspiring me towards my engineering career. James Woolcock, Bastion Co-founder and COO had this to say: Now, with the ArchAngel, which they claim is “the most highly specified production bike ever released”. The ArchAngel is said to be designed and developed entirely in-house, with “every detail of the bike being sculpted with precision and purpose, evoking lines and spirit of the world’s first titanium-skinned aircraft, the A-12 ArchAngel”.īastion Cycles states that they “cemented their reputation as leaders in additive manufacturing” by releasing the first commercially available 3D-printed bike 7 years ago. The ArchAngel will strictly be limited to just 88 units worldwide. The name is a subtle “nod” to a CIA spy plane leading to a bike they’re calling the pinnacle of their design and engineering. Australian-born Bastion Cycles, a bespoke bicycle manufacturer, just announced a very limited release of the ArchAngel. They only work with enve, 3T, some zipps for bars,stem, seatpost. What I don't like about baum is that except if you fit them by yourself and have them custom painted ( if you want matchy matchy ) Plus classic bar so drop and reach are also a bit longerīut hey most people are better on compact The cherubim is a little bit lower, with longer stem ![]() I would agree that 44mm are the easiest way but may be overbuiltĮnglish also do customs headtube to fit 1.25" carbon steerer fork for disc brakes, without the heavy 44mm headtube ![]() So they do now semi integrated with solid billet shaped straight headtube on the orbis Plus for smaller sizes and riders you had 2,3 cm to add to the stack with external headsets Some could argue about baum doing models bikeĪnd they won't use T47 or tapered steerer on road bike in general ( I've seen a few coretto with 44mm on instagram, but darren wasn't that happy with 44mm ) With little slooping and at max a semi compact géométry They have often a stable, neutral geometry ,thats what baum think is better ( I kind of prefer that kind of geo too) I believe this since this is definitely the stiffest BB that I've ridden (I'm a fairly heavy cyclist). The shop is very well organised and very good to work with - they claim to make tube selection and butt the tubes specific to each riders in terms of weight and strength. The handling seems pretty good but I haven't had the time to put that much distance on it yet. The workmanship and paint on the Baum is great. My Baum has a low-key paint scheme so it doesn't really stand out much - but that's the way I like it. Ti will put up with a great deal of abuse and can be more easily repaired that carbon. As someone else mentioned, it sounds like you're comparing apples and oranges. I purchased the Ottrott frame from a dealer who used it as a display model, but it was near new when I purchased it around 2005.hard to tell how much distance it has. ![]() ![]() The Serotta has held up well, but some of the clear-coat has chipped off the TT/HT lug and I wouldn't be able to be certain that the bond between carbon and ti isn't affected as well. Serotta is now out of business, of course. I don't have a Bastion, but I do have a very new (2 months old) Baum titanium and a year 2000 Serotta Ottrott in Titanium with bonded carbon TT and DT (later models went with carbon seat stays also). ![]()
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