Team bike : 2011 Cooper from Mitch, Italy

Frontocean-supported, Michele Virdis assembled his new bike. As many other italian people, Mitch has good taste. Very nice black bike with red hubs and red stem. Be good on that bike, Mitch !

Frame: Superstar New Cooper 21.3''
Bar: Superstar Sweetsweep 8.6''
Fork: Superstar Neutral
Headset: Superstar
Stem: Superstar F9
Grips: Odyssey Chase Hawk
Crank: Flybikes
BB: Superstar Spanish
Pedal: Superstar plastic
Seat: Superstar Easy unpadded combo
Hubs: Superstar Overdrive
Rim: Superstar New Duty
Tyre: Fit Faf
Chain: Shadow Conspiracy Interlock

Team bike : Timur Karadschajew from Switzerland

Here is Timur's updated bike with some 2012 prototype parts. Some of those will actually exist in 2012, some maybe not...

Frame: Superstar Carlton 21.3"
Fork: Bsd Ghetto Fork
Handlebars: Macneil xlt 8.75"
Stem: Superstar F9, 53 mm (prototype)
Headset: Superstar (prototype)
Grips: Superstar (prototype, just material testing)
Barends: Superstar (prototype)
Seat: MetalBikes Spade Pivotal
Seatpost: MetalBikes Pivotal short
Spanish bb: Superstar
Crank: Superstar BOSSLESS (another prototype)
Sprocket: Superstar Trip 25t Splined (prototype)
Pedals: Carhartt plastic
Chain: Shadow Interlock v2
Front hub: Superstar Overdrive with alloy axle
Rear hub: Superstar Overdrive cassette 8t driver
Spokes: DT Swiss competition
Rims: Superstar Duty
Rim trips: Superstar
Tubes: Animal
Front tire: WTP Grippin foldable 2.25
Rear tire: WTP Feelin foldable 2.1
Weight: 9.68 Kg

Herr Carlton aus Deutschland

Chris Reichmann, from Weil am Rhein (Germany) rides a very clean and well-packed 2011 Carlton bike. Note the different colors for front and rear hubs.

Frame: Superstar Carlton 21"
Fork: Odyssey Dirt Fork
Handlebar: WTP MadMax
Stem: Flybikes Potencia
Grips: Odi Longneck
Headset: Colony Internal

Crank: Profile LHD
Pedals: Odyssey Trailmix
Sprocket: Superstar Pimp
Chain: Shadow Conspiracy v2
Seat: Federal SL
Seatpost: United

Frontwheel
Hub: Proper Female
Spokes: Factory of Madness
Rim: Alienation Deviant
Innertube: Schwalbe AV7C
Tire: WTP Grippin' 2,1

Backwheel
Hub: WTP Switch
Spokes: Factory of Madness
Rim: Odyssey Hazard Lite
Innertube: Schwalbe AV7C
Tire: Fit FAF 1,9

Brake
Salt Bodo
Wire: Odyssey Linear Slic
Brake: Odyssey Evo2
Brakepad: Baradine

2011 Carlton from Switzerland : Roman Lorenz

Roman Lorenz is one of Timur Karadschajew's riding friend. He used to ride a 2010 New Deal. Now he rides a 2011 Carlton, which is the evolution of the New Deal. Note the 5 year old Superstar Elect stem, still very nice.

frame: Superstar Carlton 21"
fork: Superstar Neutral
bar: WTP Madmax 8.7
stem: Superstar Elect
headset: Simple
grips: Duo Homan
spanish bb: Salt Plus
sprocket: Profile Splinedrive 25t
crank: Profile Race bossless with gdh titanium axle
pedals: Eclat Surge alu
chain: Salt Plus halflinks
seat: Eclat Webster
seatpost: Flybikes

front wheel:
hub: St-Martin
spokes: DT Swiss Revolution
rim: Khe Big V
rim strip: Schwalbe
tube: Khe Twiggy
tire: Odyssey Path tan wall k-light 1.85

rear wheel:
hub; Profile Mini Race with titanium bolts and 9t titanium driver polish
spokes: DT Swiss Revolution
rim: Eclat X-Odus
rim strip: Eclat
tube: Animal
tire: Odyssey Aitken tan wall k-light 2.25

9.98kg.

Tenessee Cooper, Goonk Vilaivanh

This Cooper belongs to someone with an uncomon name : Goonk Vilaivanh (originaly from Laos), from an uncomon city name from Tenessee, USA : Elizabethton/Murfreesboro. Anyway, his Cooper looks clean.

Frame - Superstar Cooper 20.75

Fork - Primo Strand

Bar - S&M Grand Slam XLT (cut to 27.5)

Stem - Mutiny Lifted

Grips - Hoffman Mushroom

Cranks- Profile

Sprocket - Animal Sprocky Balboa

Pedals - Shadow Conspiracy Nostra

Rims- Odyssey Hazard Lite F&R

Front Hub - Primo N4FL

Rear Hub - Federal Freecoaster V2

Pegs - Animal Lites

Seat Post - Animal Pivotal

Mark, from Poland, 7 months later

 

Mark from Poland sent us his Light My Fire bikecheck on may 2nd, 2010. Now, he owns a New Deal frame. So here is the new bike. Nice baby blue and bike.

Frame: Superstar Newdeal 21"
Fork: Fit Shiv
Bar: Fly Montana
Stem: Superstar Edge9
Grips: Lotek
Sprocket: United
Cranks: Leaf Motosticks
Seat: Macneil
Rear hub: Superstar Overdrive 8t
Rear rim: Shadow Orbis
Front hub: NS Rotary
Front rim: KHE Big V
Weight: about 8,7kg

Trail Religion from France : Mathieu Secret

You may not know the Trail Religion. That was Superstar's first frame back in 2003. Mathieu Secret still rides this "old"bike.
Frame : Super-S*** Trail Religion
Fork : Subrosa Pandora
Handlebar : Primo SaladBar
Stem : Shadow Conspiracy Attack Frontload
Grips : Demolition
Crank : Subrosa Bitchin
Pedals : Primo Stricker plastic
Sprocket : Mutiny 24T
Chain : Shadow Conspiracy
Front wheel : Decathlon
Rear wheel : Eastern 9'er 9T
Tires : Maxxis HookWorm 1.95"
Seat clamp : Odyssey
Seat post : McNeil Stump
Seat : McNeil Pivotal
Pegs : WTP Toxic
Brake : Rush, MTB pads
Lever : Primo

SA, New Deal 2010, Ryan Rushman, version 2

October 11th was Ryan Rushman's 2010 New Deal V1.0. Today, here is the V2.0 :
Frame: Superstar New Deal 2010 21"
Fork: Fit Shiv
Headset: Odyssey
Bar: Animal Bob 4 Piece
Stem: Odyssey Elementary V2
Grips: Volume LA
Crank: Snafu Mayweather
Sprocket: Shadow Lighter 28t
Chain: KMC
Pedals: Odyssey Twisted PC
Front Wheel: Coaltion laced to Odyssey 7ka with Ti Spokes
Front Tire: Animal TWW
Rear Wheel: Coalition 10t laced to a sun rim
Rear Tire: TWW
Seat: Shadow Conspiracy
Seat post: Animal
Weight: 19-20 pounds

Light My Fire from UK : Jake Matthews

Arriving from UK, we have Jake Matthews and his 21.2" Light My Fire bike :
Frame: Superstar Light My Fire 21.2"
Forks: Odyssey Dirt
Headset: FSA
Bars: ??? (8.75" x 29")
Stem: Fortytwo
Grips: Odyssey Adam Banton
Cranks: ???
Sprocket: T1 Logan's Run, 28t
BB: DK
Pedals: Wellgo
Front wheel:
Demolition Momentum > Alienation skylark > GBH spokes > Eclat teck
Back wheel:
Fly Ruben > Demolition Zero > DK spokes > Odyssey Hazard V3 9t
Pegs: ???
Seat: Premium
Seatpost: Demolition
Optional Brake setup:
Odyssey Monolever > Odyssey slic > Demolition Vulcan

2 team bikes : TK and JC

After testing 2011 prototype frames, both Timur Karadschajew and Jared Chilko now ride stock 2011 frames. See their currents rides, provided by La Finca Distribution and Sidewall Distribution :

Timur's :
Frame: Superstar Carlton 21.3"
Fork: Bsd Ghetto fork
Handlebars: Macneil xlt 8.75"
Stem: Superstar Revolte 53mm
Headset: Superstar prototype
Grips: Odi longneck st
Barends: Flybikes plastic
Seat: Eclat Webster (sample)
Seatpost: Odyssey Intac
Spanish bb: Superstar
Crank: Profile race 175mm GDH titanium axle and titanium sprocket bolt
Sprocket: Superstar Trip 25t
Pedals: Superstar plastic
Chain: Shadow Interlock v2
Front hub: Superstar Overdrive with allloy axle
Rear hub: Superstar Overdrive cassette 8t driver
Spokes: DT Swiss competition
Rims: Superstar Duty
Rim trips: Superstar
Tubes: Animal
Front tire: Eclat cmd 2.3 foldable prototype
Rear tire: Eclat esc 2.1 foldable prototype
Weight: 9.62 Kg

Jared's :
Frame: Superstar Carlton 20.6"
Fork: Superstar Neutral
Handlebars: Superstar Sweet Sweep 8.6"
Stem: Superstar Edge 9
Headset: Superstar
Grips: Odi Longneck
Seat combo : Superstar Easy, first sample
Spanish bb: Superstar 22mm
Crank: Superstar 2-pc prototype
Sprocket: Superstar Trip Light 25T
Pedals: Superstar plastic
Chain: Shadow Conspiracy
Front hub: Superstar Overdrive
Rear hub: Superstar Overdrive cassette 9T driver
Rims: Superstar Duty
Rim strips: Superstar
Front tire: Fit dirt 2.2
Rear tire: Fit FAF 1.95