2008 Charge Duster [Warning: Modern Content]

[kingroon]

08 Steel Hardtail with Retro Feel

Frame: 08 Tange Prestige Charge Duster

Fork: Fox F100 RLC

Headset: King NoThreadSet
Stem: Thomson Elite
Handlebar: Race Face XC Lo-Riser
Grips: ODI Ruffian

Brakes: Avid Juicy 7s

Shifters: SRAM X.0
Front Derailleur: Shimano M901 XTR
Rear Derailleur: SRAM X.0 Anniversary Edition
Derailleur Cables: Nokon
Cassette: SRAM 9sp
Chain: SRAM
Cranks: Race Face Deus
Bottom Bracket: Race Face X-Type
Pedals: Crank Brother Candy SL

Hub Skewers: Salsa Ti
Rims: Mavic CrossMax XL
Tyres: Hutchinson UST BullDogs

Saddle: SDG S7000 Ti
Seatpost: Thomson Elite

Weight: Around the 27-8lb mark

 

[al]

Very nice! but how did that front mech get through?

Go on find a non big S one! You know your ride deserves it.

Cheers,Al. Member of the A.S.M !

 

[letmetalktomark]

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

Big Fan of the Charge bikes - looks VV

 

[kingroon]

Very nice! but how did that front mech get through?

Musta snuck thru with the Yo Eddy sticker and Salsa QRs

Taking it for its Maiden Voyage with Hilts and Kestonian this Wednesday Night

Big Fan of the Charge bikes

Yeah had never heard of them until I moved back here, Sam Humphries races for them.. Very well made frame..

 

[cherrybomb]

Me likey big lots.

Very nice, I looked at their SS frames a while back. I do like the Charge stuff.

 

[Geoff]

Nice looking bit of gear that. If I ever get around to buying a modern bike, something like that is where I'd be going...

Question: Prestige now- is it the same as it was when it was commonplace ten years ago, or has it evolved and just kept the same name?

 

[guybe]

That is a sweet looking bike, they are from my home town where I live, here is the website http://www.chargebikes.com/home/

 

[cherrybomb]

Forgot to say..........lovin' the blue accents, very subtle.

 

[sunchaser]

Very Nice indeed :!: This build just looks so right I think this is the future for retrobike, new with an old school feel

Kinda tempted to do the same maybe with a Vicious Cycles, Indie fab of Dekerf :? Just not got the cash to do it at the mo'

 

[Anthony]

Question: Prestige now- is it the same as it was when it was commonplace ten years ago, or has it evolved and just kept the same name?

Looks pretty much the same Geoff
http://www.tange-design.com/tange_2007/tubes.htm

They don't seem to do Concept any longer, but I imagine the basic Prestige tubeset is a fairly cheap sturdy option for a frame builder to use still. Obviously the Duster is a steel bike in the modern idiom with far fatter tubes than our 94/5 Kilaueas. BITD the Prestige top tube was a 28.6 and the down tube was a 31.8, now they go up to 38.1 and it looks from the photo as though the Duster may have a 34.9 tt and a 38.1 dt, albeit maybe at 8-5-8, whereas BITD it was 9-6-9.