Showing posts with label tuning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tuning. Show all posts

Monday, October 5, 2009

Keep it cool!

The Dutch are surely cookin'! Here's a prototype 40mm cylinder that Jouke Rottiné from Solexnoord has crafted.



What's new? It's a nikasil cylinder, meaning that the inner coating is super durable, whilst the rest of the cylinder - which is made of alloy - should allow for notable better cooling than the stock cast iron cylinder.
Price, availability and release date is still kept a secret - or at least kept in Dutch. However, the design sounds promising indeed, and if the prices are reasonable Giant Centipedes might even consider placing an order.
We'll keep you updated. For more pictures, here's more.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Solexrace!

The Dutch are true velo connoisseurs. Their tradition of arranging outrageous races with the friction driven machines around obscure, tiny, never-heard-of-before villages is top$-solexmanship. Furthermore, the Dutch have amassed a great deal of esoteric knowledge on the fine art of tuning solexes.

Watch as these guys are pushing the outside of the envelope:



Keep grinding!