okay so i dont have 50 posts so
no pms,
heres the story.
i had snm build me a frame. not a custom bike shop, but a popular bmx frame supplier, who also owns fit bicycles, and does customs
S&M Bikes | Custom Frames
i gathered up all my favorite frames and measured, measured measured some more, drew in autocad, compared all my bikes, selected geometries based on what i liked and thought could be better ordered up a 13.375" csl, 11.5" bb, 21.5" TT, 75* head tube, threaded bottom bracket, welded brake posts.
it ended up bing about 550$
then i paid to have it powedercoated, with powder i bought...
so,
heres the videos
https://youtu.be/NEBnSg9R7UQ
i really wanted a fly brake, but i couldn't get one so i found the closest match was a cnc box brake from diacompe.....
i ordered one from the UK, paid a bunch of shipping
figured it was a cheap knock off
i bought the matching lever a while before for 70 bucks.....
https://youtu.be/9bP5ryBMADY
spent weeks looking for this guy, found one in austrailia....
the store wouldn't send it to the usa, so i found a friend on a motorcycle forum who i had already spoken with as we both have the same model dirt bikes, he was able to send it to me, i have him 20$ ended up being a 100$ u brake.....
didnt fit either
at this point i contacted them
broke the bike down
took it to them, they inspected it and told me its "WITHIN SPEC" use a different brake, they wouldnt tell me what spec is...
they did tell me they could cut them off and move them over
well i have been around fabrication enough to know that this isn't exactly what you want to do to a seat stay....
and then id have to have it blasted and re powder coated not cool.....
https://youtu.be/UGwF7PI3Uyk
my friend comes over with a fit
another frame they build...
the posts are .420" closer togeather if i recall correctly, almost a half of an inch!!!!!!!!
my posts are nearly flush with the outsides of the tube....
now the company wont respond to me......
so it seems like people just put the posts where ever the hell they feel like it....
fustrating,
especially on a 550$ bmx frame......
what am i going to do buy another one and tell them to put the posts closer together? seems ridiculous....
Thanks,
Aaron Englert