Incidentially, the major change is that the safety upgrade will be integrated into the seatmast as was previously suggested. Also the seatmast is also going to be one piece rather than the two-piece arrangement consisting of the upper “riser” and the “aardvark” as we liked to call it. For obvious reasons this will affect two tone color schemes. No other changes planned.
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For those with older bikes, we will not be replacing the frame members on a warranty basis. The safety upgrade is perfectly functional, but making it this way will make it easier to produce the bikes. If you still want one for your bike, they cost $220 and the labor to install one here is at least that, perhaps much more. They *SHOULD* go on easily to bikes built from January 2008 on. If you had any problems installing the tikit brace, they’ll need to come back home. Anything earlier needs to come here, too. Needless to say, if that’s the route you’re going, it may be more cost-effective to consider a trade in!
These guys should be rolling off the production line October 1st. Since our promise dates are currently beyond that date, now’s the time to order!
Dear Walter,
I am a tikit owner in Japan and have a blog.
Is it OK to reprint your 2010 tikit seatpost photos into my blog?
If its all rights reserved, I will immediately delete them.
Thanks,
Fritz
Fritz, sounds good as long as you reference back to this page. And make sure Ruthy Kanagy (at Bike Friday) knows about your blog! She’s the only one among our team that can read it!!
Thank you, Walter. I promise to do so.
I am looking forward to seeing Ruthy next month, during her Japan tour.
Good to see the aardvark redesigned. Will the handle be left bare, or padded like the old one?
“no other changes” – mmm, I was hoping BF might improve the current Tikit gearing to something wider (esp. higher) than the existing 31-77 GI. I’m considering the Nexus 8 or the Capreo because of this, but jumping to a BTO model is substantially more expensive, especially in Kiwi bucks. ;^)
It should have padding, but we don’t have that all finalized yet.
Gearing: such a change is inevitably more expensive, so even if it wasn’t a BTO it would still be higher in cost. However, if you want to know the cheapest way to do it, it would be to buy the stock bike and buy the parts to switch it over and do the change yourself.
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