Brooklyn Machine Works Gangsta Track
Sealed bearing hub laced to mavic open pro front.
Brooklyn machine works gangsta track. The frame used to be red but has been stripped to raw and lacquered. It ll come with the original brooklyn clusterforks as well. Since then the gangsta track has been in constant evolution. Brooklyn machine works gangsta track for sale.
Overall in good condition obviously these frame sets are bombproof so mechanically sound. Shame they re no longer actually made in brooklyn though. Japan s wbase and brooklyn machine works have teamed up to resurrect the og gangsta track for one last round. No dents or dings in the frame no rust.
Built from a full 4130 steel it s strong responsive but doesn t sacrifice that iconic smooth ride. The latest step in this evolution is a move to having the gangsta track designed in brooklyn and produced in taiwan. Now the technique dan used didn t involve a torch but it did involve a drill and a device called a nutsert. With removable canti brake posts on the frame and fork build up your gangsta track however you d like.
The v4 gangsta track features many of the og s design nods including the bi plane fork seat tube cluster yet widens the seat stays to allow for removable brake bosses. It s a medium see geometry chart below. In the ensuing time the frame has evolved. This is the july 2020 release.
These rough and tough frames would be a bombproof urban fixed gear or even. The holy grail from brooklyn machine works arsenal the gangsta track frameset is the definition of quality. Raw brooklyn machine works gangsta track v2 with resprayed bontrager disc forks. The owner of this gangsta track has been hanging around shifter bikes since he was in his early teens.
Didn t bother me but can be removed with wire wool and then sprayed with clear coat. The latest step in this evolution has been a move to having the gangsta track designed in brooklyn and manufactured in taiwan. Developing a pretty sweet patina. Brooklyn machine works gangsta track og special ed customized stolen bicycles insider ii.
A brake bridge was added to the fork. Phil wood slr laced to velocity deep v rear. I don t have any fixed gears at the moment but when i finally do get one again it ll be a bmw. Thomson stem and seatpost.
Brooklyn machine works gangsta track v1 310 50 cm. How s this for a throwback thursday post. The geometry is the same tried and true formula that helped to launch a new wave of fixed gear bikes when the first gangsta track was produced in the summer of 2005. This move allowed us to make use of manufacturing technology and processes that would not be available to us while building the gangsta track in our small shop at 16 powers st.
The frame has no dents but has surface rust. Bmw gangsta track v2 short v2 forks velocity rims to halo hubs never run with brakes. Now years later and he s got an itch to ride his bike out from the city on a big weekend ride.