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Strange ways

Severed at Sea Otter

As I type this the reality of the situation has not sunk in yet, Severed Alliance will be distributed in AMERICA by Zedsport.

These guys will distribute SA alongside brands such as Orange and Whyte..........Holy F*CK!

Zedsport will be show casing Severed at the Sea Otter so if any of you guys are there go take a look. These are few pics of the set up they had last year and gotta admit looks pro!

The 2hi frame

Ok so after reading a few comments on many forums, one of the comments stuck in my mind the most about the front end of our 24" frame being way too high and how stupid it looks, so we decided to call the our 24" frame the "2hi" frame, cheers for that who ever you are.

Tube sets

This made me well happy to see these and i wanted to share these pictures of what's probably the most high tec cromo tubing out on the market today. Each one of tubes is a down tube for an SA frame.

Heat Treatment Factory

Yesterday i went to the Liquid heat treatment factory, I been to a few heat treatment places in the past and basically they were a big room filled with hugh ovens and lots of parts were put into each oven and heated by air.

The liquid heat treatment place was nothing like these places but just a series of wells i have taken pictures to explain the process better as i think its important you guys see where SA products are made before parting with your hard earned money.

Ok, so here goes...



The 1st stage is to wash the products this is done by basically boiling the frames in water to remove anything left over from production.



The 2nd stage the products get dried by a air drier



The 3rd stage the products are placed into an open air oven which is heated to 850c and left in there for 15 minutes



The 4th stage is the liquid part the products are placed in a bath of nitrate which completely covers the whole products inside and out you can see by the color of the well inside its hot! 880c and is left in there for 2 hrs!



The 5th stage after the nitrate bath the products are placed in oil to remove any nitrate as its extremely corrosive and also it helps with cooloing



The 6th stage the products are placed into another boiling water bath and shaken, this is to remove any oil or nitrate still left



The 7th stage the products are washed again by hand to make 100% sure there are no foreign bodies left and then taken away to another factory for painting.

Yes it was HOT in there.

3am in the morning in Taiwan

OK so there nothing much on TV on Taiwan at 3am in the morning over here, so id thought id let you guys know what i have been up to this week so far.

The Taipei cycle show is hugh! This is just a small section of the show that i managed to take a picture of from an escalator between floors in attempt to show the scale of the place



My first stop was to see my stem maker has he had with him my pre production stem and i have been itching to get my hands on it for a while now and it is looking amazing!





My second stop was at this stand, words cannot describe this companies routes in the bicycle world, their 100 years plus of dedication to quality is what has made so many things possible today





This was right outside my hotel front door, you would not believe how happy this made me as it meant i could eat this week, ha



Next i go to Taichung in Taiwan were all the factories are based that make SA products to inspect production of the first ever SA products, expect a few pictures of whats going on.

Strangeways 26"

Strangeways 26" fork
Fully liquid heat treated after welding 4130
180mm fully cnc steerer tube with cnc integrated bearing race
CNC 6061 top cap
SA patented helix tubing Tapered legs
6mm peg friendly laser cut drop outs
axle to crown 435
rake 32
weight 1300g
color chrome fade to black

Borstal 20" fork

Fully liquid heat treated after welding 4130
170mm fully cnc steerer tube with cnc integrated bearing race
CNC 6061 top cap
SA patented helix tubing Tapered legs
4mm peg friendly laser cut drop outs
weight 880g
color chrome fade to black

High life bars mid production

Just to keep you guys in the loop with production stages,





Yep we sold quite a few of these

Jakes Last with SA bars and forks

Got some better picks of my mate Jake's bike



Spec:
Frame: Last Cord
Fork: Severed Alliance Prototype
Headset: Cane Creek Integrated
Spacers/Topcap: M:Part Carbon
Stem: Shadow
Bars: Severed Alliance
Grips: Odyssey Chase Hawk
Brake: Shimano XTR
F/Hub: Profile highflange
Spokes: DT Swiss Competition
Rims: DT Swiss 5.1D
BB: Profile Mid
Cranks: Profile
Pedals: Odyssey Twisted
Sprocket: Profile Imperial
Chain: Shadow V2
Rear Hub: Profile Disc
Seatpost: A Bike Co Pivotal
Saddle: DK Pivotal
Tyres: KHE Mac 2's

more pics on ridestreet

Circles of trust

Managed to get hold of some better pics of the rims through, courtesy of Dale. As the last pictures i posted up were poor to say the least.


20/24" made from 6061 heat treated T6, 31.5mm wide 17mm high and are pinned and welded and have 8mm asymmetrical offset drilling.

weight 20" 450g 24" 580g

Ludwigs bike check

Frame: Severed Alliance Prototype 2010
Fork: Rock Shox Argyle 409 80mm with WTP Internal Headset
Stem: NS Bikes Quark Pro
Bar: Severed Alliance 3,25 rise
Crank: Severed Alliance + S&M Mid BB
Pedals: NS Bikes Aerial
Seatclamp: Proper light
Post: Ilegal Pivotal
Seat: Shadow Conspiracy Pivotal
Sproket: DK Alpha 25t
Chain: Spank Half Link
Grips: Proper Team
Front hub: NS Bikes Simple roller 36
Rear hub: WTP Supreme Q-lite 36 9t
Rims: Severed Alliance Protos
Front Tire: KHE Dirt
Rear Tire: KHE Park

WEIGHT 10.2kg/ 22lb

Ludwigs ride all complete

Complete bike check to follow from the man himself.....

Ludwig got his proto rims built up...

....and look Rad as.

XLQ Heat Treatment

Severed Alliance XLQ heat treating process. XLQ liquid heat treating process isn't some new radical process that promises crazy weight with standard tubes. Basically all heat treating processes are the same, the product is put into an oven and heated up which makes the frame stronger. Most of the ovens in Taiwan are heated with air which is fine for most frames but with light weight frames it can lead to all sorts of problems. Basically the air that heats the oven will heat certain parts of the oven more than other parts which will lead to some parts of the frames being over heated and being heated for too long leading to brittle welds and tubes but also some parts not being heated enough and leading to un even weight and tube strength

The liquid heat treating heats the oven with a liquid that is at a constant controled temperature but is also constantly circulating to avoid any temperature changes, this leads to a product that is perfectly and evenly heat treated and is a must for light weight stuff.

All of SA cromo products will be heated this way, but as mentioned this is not some new radical heat treating process its just a better way of heating the oven that heat treats the frames.

The sub 4lb Forum Comment

Forum Comment Park Frame
fully liquid heat treatment after welding
SA patented helix tubing main tubes
31.8 quad butted tubing top tupe
34.9 quad butted down tube
internal machined down tube gusset
tapered double butted rear stays
cnc machined head tube
4mm machined drop outs
machined mid bb
fully removable cable guides
990 U-brake mounts
75 head angle
71 seat angle
11.75 bb height
13.25-13.5 chainstay length
7.75" seat tube height
weight for 21" 3.8lb
color chrome fade to black

Severed Alliance Zoo keeper frame

Finally got the graphics done for Matt Gillespies frame, "THE ZOOKEEPER"



THE ZOOKEEPER PArk frame
fully liquid heat treatment after welding
SA patented helix tubing main tubes
31.8 quad butted tubing top tupe
34.9 quad butted down tube
internal machined down tube gusset
tapered double butted rear stays
cnc machined head tube
4mm machined drop outs
machined mid bb
fully removable cable guides
990 U-brake mounts
75 head angle
71 seat angle
11.75 bb height
13.25-13.5 chainstay length
8" seat tube height
weight for 21" 4.1lb
color chrome fade to black