Spain bikecheck : Beto De Alva

Barcelona, home of many Focale 44 bikes... One more from Beto De Alva, a mexican rider living in Barcelona for 4 years.  He runs his blog here : Deathxlane.tumblr.com
What he says about the bike : "The frame rides awosome and have a sick bmx look!"

- Frame/fork : Focale 44 kit, size 58 cm, custom paint
- Wheels : Weimann DP18, Gurpil hubs, 15t sprocket, Hutchinson+Continental tires
- Steering : Thomson Elite stem, Ritchey Pro bullhorn bar, Deda tape.
- Seating : Ritchey Pro seat post, unknown seat
- Drivetrain : Sugino crank, BLB 46 chainring, BMX pedals

British Noble : Alan Cundy

A red clear coating 2012 Noble bike from UK. Owner is Alan Cundy. All stock except fancy Michelin tyres. The red/blue mix is clean choice.

2012 Noble in Austria : Bastian Bernstetter

Bastian Bernstetter from Vienna, in Austria rides a 58 cm 2012 Noble bike. Customized in full black version, this bike rocks. All stock, except grips, pedals and tires (indeed, they all are white, on stock bike).
Note the Freedom Thickslick tire on rear wheel. Soon, you see those tires on a very limited number of special Focale 44 bikes.

Relax from somewhere on Earth : Russell Nevell

Direct from Russell Nevell who live somewhere-city, somewhere-country : highly modified Focale 44 Relax bike, named Purple Rain.

- Frame/fork : 52 cm Relax frame, Leader track fork
- Wheels : Origin 8 Track Attack deep rims, Soma hubs, Halo alloy nuts
- Steering : Track Attack drop bar, purple track bar grips
- Seating : not sure...
- Drivetrain : Focale 44 crank, Hoffman Bikes pedals, Origin 8 straps, YBN chain
- Other : Skin Grows Back top tube pad, purple chain ring bolts.

some changes

now, your bikes are loaded on the "news" page.
Désormais, vos vélos sont affichés dans la page "news".

Noble in London : Oliver Ferris

Oliver Ferris from London, UK, confirms what many people think : black bikes are beautiful. His dark ride is not just a show bike for summer friday evening tours. A real communter. Read what he says : "Have loved my bike every second since I bought it in June 2010, i do roughly 100 miles a week commuting to work in London, and still going strong!".

That's true, Focale 44 bikes last long, very long. We've always created our bikes with quality in mind. We don't want you to face quality issues. Not good for you and not good for us either because we have to seriously take care of you when you have trouble. We all prefer spending time riding bikes that fixing problems.

Original bike : Noble 2010 52cm
Wheelset : Foffa Deep Dish
Stem : Bricklane Bikes
Bars : Bricklane bikes "mini me" riser
Saddle : Foffa
Pedals : Duo bmx
Straps : Big Top

2013 range : soon....

Yes, soon : end of september visible on line, end of october in stores.

New way to use a Focale 44 bike : camping...

Timo Mrukwia from Darmstadt, Germany already sent us his bikecheck on May 1st 2012. Today, we can show his new setup : camping version. Timo's cat really to be shot with the bike.
Upgrades from previous version :
- Ritchey handlebar
- FSA stem
- 80's front wheel, with Fixiepop tire (Timo's word : horrible tire, slips in every corner!)
Enjoy summer nights near the Rhein river, Timo...   .... And golf tournament as well

Another Relax from Singapore : Osman Hafiz

Osman "Haf" Hafiz from Singapore rides a custom 49 cm Relax bike. Black bikes are often (always ?) beautiful.

- Frame/fork : Focale 44 Relax, 49 cm
- Wheels : H+son rims, Paul hubs, Continental Grand Prix 4000 tires
- Steering : Cinelli Valencia bar, Mash stem, Brooks grips
- Seating :  Brooks Swift saddle
- Drivetrain : Paul Royal Flush crank, 46t

Black Relax in Singapore 2 : Roger Chua, second time

Roger Chua from Singapore updated his bike. No more stock bike lile 2.5 months ago. Once again, he took a nice picture and the bike looks great.

- Frame/fork : stock 2012 Relax, size 52 cm.
- Wheels : H+Son SL42 rims, Soma track hubs, Maxxis Re-Fuse tires (23c)
- Steering : Gravity Gap OS stem, Deda Crononero Low Rider handlebar, Endzone bartape.
- Seating : Gravity Logo seatpost, Bioflex Carbon saddle
- Drivetrain : EighthInch lockring, 14t cog, Wellgo WR-1 pedals