From deep in Germany’s Black Forest comes a broad assortment of Tune’s new ultra lightweight components for road and mountain bikes, 29ers and 650B and even what’s likely to be the most expensive BMX build ever.
Above is the new Comfort Plus saddle at 79g. The leather scuff guard on the rear will come in alll 11 colors, the shell is more flexible than their original Comfort saddle. Rider weight limit of 90kg. €239 and will also have an Alcantara leather option for the same price.
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They partnered with fellow lightweight builder Schmolke on the new Meister Stück (Master Piece) seatpost on the left 68g (320mm length – 27.2, 30.9, 31.6 and 34.9) for €430 and the Scharzes Stück (Black Piece) post at 110g that’ll come in 350 and 400mm lengths for €289-309.
Brake Force One (The “One” part of the name indicates one finger use) are new brakes from an 18-year-old that’s apparently been working on them since he was 13. According to Tune, they use an automotive design with mineral oil for max pressure and the caliper has magnets that pull the pads back from the rotor. There’s a lot of lever movement but pad contact is pretty quick, however without riding them it’s impossible to tell when the contact force is sufficient to start slowing the rider and I was able to easily pull the lever all the way into contact with my fingers on the bar. The special Kill Hill limited edition for Tune is 198g without the rotor. The lever/master cylinder is a PVC plastic with a true pad contact adjust, and the caliper is machined from one piece. Available in several colors TBD. Price is about €1,000 for the set (F & R). (I was talking with the guys from Hayes about the non-Tune version of these brakes, and they said the design has no diaphragm or vacuum section to adjust for fluid expansion, but they were impressed that the design came from a teenager)
Standard DT 29er wheels = €724
Fire Brigade 29er wheels = €820 (BOR Germany 333 FRM rims). Both wheelsets above use Tune’s King (115g) & Kong (208.5g) hubs and are convertible to make them work with 15mm thru axles.
Schwarzbrenner 40 C clincher carbon road wheels. They have a new carbon manufacturing partner that’s only making their rims and they include special brake pads to improve wet weather braking. €1859
Anything with the “Skyline” moniker means it’s Tune’s lightest, highest end parts. The Skyline AX Lightness SRT24 come in at just 844g for the pair, and they have no rider weight limit. Price is €2299. They use Tune’s Mag 150 (156g) and Mag 45 hubs (47g) on Sapim Super spokes.
650B wheels = €816
Tune has now coupled their Smartfoot cranks with power meters from Power2Max and SRM on both their road (623g) or mountain bike (605g) cranks. Weight without power device. Only BB30.
New Schraubwürger seat post clamp. 9g for €29 available in all diameters. Not new but pretty cool is their 15mm thru axle at just 43g. They make versions for various fork manufacturers.
Bubi 89g inset tapered headsets= €149. Shown on the left are the 11 colors Tune offers on most of its components.
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