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This frame looks wayyyy too milled out. Weighs only 4lbs though...also looks weak as.
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i think it looks fine. and actually, on DANS it says it weighs 5 lbs. 3 oz. i don't see what you mean by
stop me if i'm wrong but as far as i know, eastern has a relatively good rep.
Originally Posted by premiumbmx2005
This frame looks wayyyy too milled out.
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i'd like to try one of those frames, kinda strange looking.
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Originally Posted by premiumbmx2005
i think your looking the reaper frame, not the grim reaper.
this does look weird:
milled out seattube??
https://www.easternbikes.com/a/team/r...mUnderSide.jpg
the seatstays-dropout welding area looks a little sketchy to me. tiny dropouts are generally good though, yeah?
https://www.easternbikes.com/a/team/r...RBGrimRear.jpg
i can't help but wonder if the superthin tubing on the rear triangle isn't perhaps getting a little too rediculous in the department of sacrificing strength for weight savings? but i might be wrong.
https://www.easternbikes.com/a/team/r...RBGrimSide.jpg
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Originally Posted by KinetikBiker04
as far as i know thats still a prototype...as of interbike...
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Originally Posted by Expatriate
If they can't mill the frame, they'll paint it to look like it's all milled and slotted. Brilliant.
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Originally Posted by JMC
i think it looks fine. and actually, on DANS it says it weighs 5 lbs. 3 oz. i don't see what you mean by
stop me if i'm wrong but as far as i know, eastern has a relatively good rep.
stop me if i'm wrong but as far as i know, eastern has a relatively good rep.
eastern has a horrible rep, and tiny dropouts suck
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Originally Posted by queensrider86
eastern has a horrible rep
Originally Posted by queensrider86
and tiny dropouts suck
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everybody likes small dropouts because it's lighter and cleaner.then they crack, bend and don't cover your cog so you snap chains and teeth. if i could, i would weld lengthy dropouts on my frame
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thats definately a reasonable size. when i think of bigger dropouts i immediately picture the dropouts of the earlier mongoose bottom-off-the-range bikes. was big as a cd those dropouts.
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i like my small dropouts, they dont catch up on grinds and my freewheel never gets beat up cause it is rhd, i grind left.