Category: Annuncio

Hi everyone!
Now it’s time for holidays, so let’s relax and start again at the end of the August.

But, there wil be a change.

As you may have read, in every group we have had few persons that just don’t care about rules and have no respect for us, for what we do and for all others joining our buying groups.

As you know, we do this in our free time, when our regular jobs and families allow that. And that’s totally fine. But we waste more or less 60% of this time to handle the persones above, and that’s not fine. So, starting from the next group, we will have a new simple rule: are you interested in some of our product, and want to join the dedicated group? Good, then if you want to be added to the waiting list you have to paypal the shipping costs (17, 27 or 48€ pending on where you live), to show your committment. When there will be a group of course you won’t pay again. If you step back after the group started, you will loose it. And you can say thank you to all those that in these months have wasted our time and our money, and tried to jeopardize the buying groups for all the others.
In more or less 18 months we have had 16 groups, so the waiting time is not that long, pending of course on the item you are interested in.

Sorry guys, we don’t like this, but enough is enough.

It has been so long since we have been in touch that one would think we had disappeared. Wrong! We have been working behind the scenes to organize an incredible, and complex, buying group!
This, dear ones, is our ADV Tower!

We have been counting, dividing, packing, milling, soldering, riveting for days, and now we are ready to pack and ship:
our wait is at an end!

Few months since our last sign of life, almost ashamed!
But only “almost», as we have been working quietly:

two buy groups have been concluded with many happy owners of our unique gadgets,
and our four Towers are being put to the test with seriousness and determination … and a little naughtiness!

While Giamaica moves essentially on white roads … sometimes snow … Fedro does his best to put it to the test with urban enduro sessions and runs, complete with good falls, in the woods.
But the toughest tests are faced in Italy:
Alessandro (btw: thanks for the fotos!!) is off-the-road again, and if that was not enough, Mirko has already taken it to the first Rally event (Rally del Garda ), he managed to do quite a few damages to the bike but not to the Tower … And he will soon try again with another event, «Sterrare è Umano»!

So far, no structural or design weaknesses have shown up, and some modifications have been made that make it even more pleasant and functional … and lightweight!
If this continues, those who have expressed interest may receive an email as early as the end of the month!

It is useless:
even after three prototypes, their assembly tests, and the changes these indicated, going to install what we believed to be the final tower in addition to the successes (our “spider” lets itself be installed exactly as planned and desired) something didn’t add up!
We won’t go into details, suffice it to say that the supercazzola squared did not emulsify with the quantum slammer, but it is once again a demonstration of how a few mm in the wrong place can invalidate an entire project …

Problem identified and solved, at least our first test specimen,
parts already in our possession modified, which is why we talk about prototypes and testing 😉 ,
and piece with the new design ordered-which is also likely to look better! – to test its functionality:
all without consistent delays on our schedule!
On the other hand, the assembly instructions (yes: clearly we are preparing them!) are practically complete and by March all our prototypes will have reached the testers and we will move on to phase 2!

Nice to meet you, gorgeous!

And they have finally arrived in all their glory!

CNC machined and black anodized they have all the features we wanted:

• Both adjustable in length by 10 mm + in either direction;
• Brake lever adjustable in height 15 mm above or below the original position:
  With absolutely unique mechanics our exclusive feature!
• thanks to a targeted shifting of the attachments, the shift lever also has a wider range in height adjustment than the original;
• shift lever tip slightly inclined to allow it to be closed more easily in case of falls … especially when stationary;
• seat of the rod joint at the shift lever “passed through” to facilitate removal of the stump should it break;
• brass bushings to decrease friction and wear to a minimum
• the color of the tips adds that personalized touch that makes them “yours”
  …
• both simply beautiful!

Discover more about them!

After a short waiting here we are with the prototype, beautiful and functional as always! 🙂

Assembled right away and checked that all the functionalities work as planned, we are happy to announce that soon these beautiful, light and innovative lever will be available for everybody!

And here we are with something new!
We received some comments about the Buy Groups (GdAs) for some parts:

“too long waiting”
“too high shipping cost” (for many of those interested overseas)
“I see them available online but they are much more expensive”

and so on.
So we decided to make these models available for everyone!

Here you can download them for free (after logging in and accepting the license to use them)
=> 3D templates downloads <=
and have them made by a workshop or as DIY.

The only thing we ask of you, besides the two points above, is not to remove our logo from the parts.
Our ego demands it…
(therefore are they under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license)

However, we remain available to organize GdAs for those who have no possibility of having them produced or do not want to pay too high prices.

And so, also the Brake Lever gets the V2 declination… As for the Shifter lever, also the brake lever was (is) working well (still on my bike) but for the same reasons (see the post about the Shifter lever) we went for CNC…

Prototype purchased, aluminium 6061, black glossy anodized, can’t wait to see how it will be!

As usual these are something completely new and unseen:

• All parts are CNC machined;
• No welding: all the parts can be replaced singularly;
• The brake lever can be adjusted in height (about ±15mm), something that cannot be done with the OEM lever;
  and can also be adjusted in length (about ±10mm);
  our unique and unseen (if you see others with the same system you can be sure it is a copy …) allows a quick adjustment to make it suite your needs.

For time being enjoy the CAD, soon we will show you the real one!