updateD... the Supreme
our cutting edge xc machine gets even sharper

It's been about a week since we first posted news of our Supreme lightweight XC concept here. Since then we've been recieving feedback and ideas from all directions,some good, some bad and som plain ugly, but by far the best development ideas have come from Weight Weenies forum. So many thanks to you.

We've taken the feedback on board and have made some changes to the original Supreme we posted last week. Below you'll find some fresh CAD renders that incorporate some of the best thinking applied to this anorexic beauty.

Seatpost.
The Integrated Seat Post was the subject of much debate and seems to be very much a 'Marmite' touch to the bike. So we've decided to offer the frame with either an ISP or a conventional seat tube.

Braking news.

In my opinion though, one of the best ideas that came out of our internet brainstorming has been the introduction of rear post mounts for the brakes.

Whilst this might limit the use of different rotors, it will both save weight and also adds some streamlining to the Supreme.

We also added a brake brace between the seat and offside chainstays to help strengthen any flex. Orginally we left this out to reduce weight but common sense and good forum chatter tells us we really should brace this part of the frame.

Headtube.

There will be an option for a tapered headtube as well as a straight 1.1/8" semi integrated headtube. Tapered headtubes apart from being a great development in mountain bikes it also looks very slick, as seen here on the Vendetta.

Here's a quick bite size overview of the specifications and geometry for The Supreme:

So that's the developed Supreme. We will have the first prototype in our hands in about 2 weeks from now and we'll upload pictures of frame and also a discussion article on this site about the component build.

These are our CAD renders from our first set of frame drawings, WE NEED YOUR INPUT, so if you have any thoughts, views or ideas to add to this project use your voice here and post a comment below.