Bent Up Cycles Joins The Project!

With Franken'bent now sporting a sturdy RANS Force 5 spine, it was time to seek out the other parts. While still needing a seat to go with the dual density seat pad, it was obvious a clamp would be needed to attach whatever seat Franken'bent came across.

Not wanting to risk catastrophic failure, it was determined that the platform for a Franken'seat should incorporate a seat clamp designed for the F5 frame.

So, a quick email to Dana of Bent Up Cycles seeking pricing on a clamp received a generous offering from Dana of a RANS two-inch rad-lock seat clamp to the Franken'bent Project! Very cool. So, I grabbed my oldest son for Carpool Lane Duty and headed up to the Valley, where the air is extra chunky!

There, we wandered around Dana's newly-expanded shop, ogling all the sweet hardware while Dana ran around dealing with various customers. There were like five or six VK2's floating around. As well as a bunch of Bacchettas, a few HP Velotechs, a bunch of RANS 'bents (my kid dug the Zenitek) and a whole bunch of trikes. Nice.

Dana then handed me the 2" RANS Rad-Lock clamp. Sweet! And , THEN, he handed me a 26' Velocity front wheelset! Awesome! Franken'bent's got a front!

Thanks Dana!

Stay Tuned. More to come from the Franken'bent Project!