Outsider Long Reach w/ Gates Carbon Belt Drive and Rohloff hub 10-09-10

Baron is proud to present our latest addition to out growing fleet of vehicles;  The Belt Drive Rohloff commuter.  This iteration utilizes special cable stops for direct cable routing to the hub for a clean and simple setup.  In addition to the Rohloff specific cable routing, the frame comes with an eccentric bottom bracket for obtaining proper chain tension.  The great part about using the eccentric BB is once the tension is set for the belt the wheel can be taken out easily without any readjustment.  And to top it all of we are working with Gates and incorporating their belt drive system as an option for any of our frames (provided you want single speed, Rohloff or an Alfine hub).

This customer also requested S&S frame couplers which accents the S&S seastay split for taking the belt in and out.  This becomes the perfect travel bike with no derailleurs and gunky chains to deal with when packing and unpacking.  The whole package weighs in at 25.5 lbs with fenders and packed in the S&S travel case came to 45 lbs which easily comes in under the airline weight restrictions. 

Photos by Kevin P. Casey

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Carbon Neutral Cycling Team Bikes 09-16-10

For the 2010 Cyclocross season we are teaming up with a new team in the Pacific Northwest, Carbon Neutral Cycling.  Composed of a number of local cross veterans and new riders the team is working towards a carbon neutral race team, or as close as they can get.  At Baron we love supporting local initiatives that are trying to make a difference as well as support their sponsors. 

Here is the team bike that you’ll see out in the mud:

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Ti Race Whip.  Booyeah 08-27-10

My homeboy Andrew sold his children and bought a Ti travel race bike.

Pictures of it built up coming soon. 

He kicks out 1400 1800 watts in a sprint so we added the beef.

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26” Outsider Disc; smaller people unite! (even kids) 08-16-10

Many people come to us and ask for a bike that fits, has no toe overlap and has a ‘normal’ length stem.  Well this is pretty much impossible with a 700c bike.  Now with a race bike it’s OK to have some toe overlap as it only rears it’s head on really tight low speed turns such as turning around in a parking lot, but for some commuters no toe overlap is key when you’ve got a loaded bike and you’re weaving through traffic downtown.

So we worked with Matt at Counterbalance and put together this 26” Outsider for one of his customers.  Why 26” you ask?  Well that tire size is available EVERYWHERE; as are the tubes.  We tried to make the proportions work with the size, everything still looks right.  This also means that yes, we can do kids
bikes.

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Custom Outsider w/ Sram XX 05-01-10

A customer working with Counterbalance Bicycles in the U-district put together this build.  We started with an Outsider but set out to make the ultimate ‘flat bar’ commuter build.  The customer lives at the top of a steep hill and he wanted it to be light with low gearing.  The easy answer was Sram XX, it’s light, it works fabulously and look great.  After navigating Sram’s 18 sku’s for the XX front derailleur the parts went on the bike.  I think the grips were heavier than the cassette which is really a sight to behold.  Take a Sram Red cassette and make it awesomer and that’s the XX.  The polished accents on all the XX parts went great with the white industries hubs and the new stainless head tube badge. 

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Porsche Red Outsider 04-14-10

Outsider In Red. We put this bike together with the folks at Counterbalance Bicycles, a top notch shop here in Seattle.  It’s basically an Outsider with our new Porsche Red.  The Outsider is still our best seller up here in the PNW. 

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