WeThePeople are making waves in BMX with their new chromoly WTP Chaos Machine body, making it the first-ever freestyle bike to get disc brakes. Or slightly… a disc brake, since that is freestyle BMX so that you solely want a rear brake anyway. Save weight & complexity up entrance with foot jams, proper?
WTP Chaos Machine disc brake BMX bike
The rim brake vs. disc brake debate raged for years first in MTB, then cyclocross, and nonetheless hasn’t fully died down on the highway with some retro grouches and old-school roadie holdouts. However whereas there are just a few BMXers experimenting with next-gen bikes like these mini full-suspension sleds, or Olympic BMXers having even paired carbon, discs & gasp… a derailleur! there hasn’t actually been any push to convey disc brakes to BMX on an actual scale.
However WTP figures in case you are going massive off the dust jumps, perhaps you want big-powered brakes too!
“We labored with Aussie path boss and BMX lifer Tyson Jones-Peni on an all-out path and bowl roasting machine. The Chaos Machine Body options lengthy and secure geometry, mixed with Wethepeople’s legendary body constructing know-how making it one of many meanest and hardest rigs within the sport.“
“Tyson isn’t scared to go quick and hit the mainline with some critical velocity so we outfitted his signature steed with mounts for a disc brake (and a daily u-brake) making it the primary body of its variety and ideal for riders needing some upgraded stopping energy. From the tremendous lengthy 14″+ chainstay to the distinctive detailing on the seat keep bridge and head tube, the Chaos Machine body is without doubt one of the most “signature” frames we’ve ever made.”
Tech particulars
The 20″ wheel WTP Chaos Machine is a burly BMX bike body welded from seamless butted Japanese chromoly metal tubing. It options WTP’s signature extruded chainstays with further thickness on their underside for further power & sturdiness, a variable thickness backside bracket shell, plus prime & downtube gussets.
It will get a 74mm mid-sized BMX BB, built-in headset cups, low-profile 6mm-thick CNC’ed monitor finish dropouts with built-in chain tensioners, an alloy seatpost clamp, and clearance for as much as a 2.4″ tire.
The Chaos Machine can run both a standard U-brake (with detachable posts) or an IS-mount rear disc brake, appropriate with rotors as small as 120mm or as much as 160mm.
WeThePeople promote the two.4kg body by itself. You’re not too more likely to discover a 20″ freestyle BMX fork with a entrance disc brake, so reap the benefits of all of the breaking you will get once you land a giant dust bounce line.
Tyson’s signature Chaos Machine Bike Examine
Tyson’s signature WeThePeople Chaos Machine was constructed up with a 32mm offset WTP Patrol fork, 9.15″ oversize clamp Buck Bar on a Logic Topload stem.
His bike will get a Radio Raceline hydraulic disc brake with a 140mm rotor, and killer Éclat carbon wheels with Carbonic rims laced to Exile entrance & Exile Disc rear hubs, and wrapped in 2.4″ entrance & 2.25″ rear Vapour tires.
Then it will get a full Éclat ending package…
Wave built-in headset, Sean Burns grips, Exile MTB-style alloy seatpost, Exile hole chromoly rail saddle with Tyson restricted version graphics…
175mm Spire tubular chromoly cranks with a 33T machined Exile chainring, a 4 Stroke hollow-plate half-link chain, and alloy prototype Surge XL flat pedals.
WTP Chaos Machine – Pricing & Availability
The disc-brake-ready WTP Chaos Machine sells as a frame-only for A$680 in Aussie Dollarydoos from Tyson’s personal Again Bone BMX store in Canberra. WeThePeople developed the body again in Germany although, in order that compares to about 450€. It is available in both black or shiny clear over uncooked metal, and in three sizes with lengthy & secure 21″, 21.35″, or 21.7″ toptubes.
Examine your native WTP supplier to get a neighborhood value and learn the way shortly they may construct up a disc brake freestyle BMX so that you can take off some candy jumps.
