Congratulations to Benjamin Hudson who just been given the well deserved honour of a signature frame with Far East! Here is what Benjamin had to say about the frame and specs:
“So it’s been three awesome years with FarEast Cycles and now it’s time to release my signature frame, here’s a little description of the frame and specs.
“El Camino” is a frame designed to give space and freedom in the top tube part with a short back end so is still responsive and easy to manoeuvre making a good looking 20 inch frame feel like a shorter one.”
Specs:
-top tube 20”
-head tube angle 73.5º
-chainstay: 12.4”
-seat tube height 7.4”
-china bb
-drop out 3/8
No word on a release date, but keep up to date via the FEC FB page:
I like that headtube angle!
What is a china bottom bracket?
Something made only for the sake of making something different.
One more “option” that will add to the mess when it comes to the BB on BMX.
Video explaining that, at 2’20:
How is it a “mess” for anyone? FEC includes the bottom bracket with the frame, and its not hard to find replacement sealed bearings online as long as you have the specs…
“mess” is probably too strong word I agree.
“as long as you have the specs”: that’s the beginning of the mess. Do you think everybody can easily measure and after found online the bearings for his broken bike?
Existing standards are here to facilitate the work of everyone: makers, sellers and customers. The less there are standards, the best it is.
I know the number of standards can evolve, but “it” has to be for good reasons, for everybody. Before that chinese BB, how many standards there are on BMX Freestyle? Four if I am not mistaken= US, Spanish, Mid and Euro/BSC. Is the BMX Freestyle world need one more? Again, what is the good reason of existence of that chinese BB? (and is it possible to get a version of these bearings able to get 22mm axle in there?)
“mess” is probably too strong word I agree. it’s about the situation where we are: there is already four BB standards on the BMX freestyle. Chinese BB is the 5th… with which advantage? the weight? how many grams there?
I think the bearings are the same used in a euro bb just pressed in without the euro threaded part.
Maybe. If that’s the case, which one? There are at least two different outer diameters of bearings used on the euro bb cups on BMX
Wasn’t aware of the difference in euro bb. No idea.
Congrats Benjamin, well deserved!
I think the china BB was first introduced by Guerra Bikes, but they called it a Maltese BB.
Article from 2011
http://www.vitalbmx.com/product/feature/Guerras-Maltese-BB,2614
maybe not…
In 2003, JPS II frame (by The Fifth brand of Lionel Cardoso) featured that “euro bearings” pressed directly into the bb, and it was 4 bearings here.
http://www.global-flat.com/parts/part/70
http://www.global-flat.com/upload/parts/2004-11-02-19-18-05jpsframesilvergr.jpg
We need a different BB for all 50 states! The Texas BB will be the size of a 44T sprocket.