Interbike 2010 - Acros Carbon Guide And New Wheels

Oct 2, 2010
by Ian Hylands  
The Acros booth at Interbike had some very interesting components in it, including a new wheelset and a mega light 86 gram, carbon fiber chainguide that had me drooling. Inside you can check out the photos and watch a video full of information.

Read on,Acros is known for making precision bearing products, most notably their line of signature "Big Balls" headsets for pro riders including Amir Kabbani, Cedric Gracia, Thomas Vanderham, Jeff Lenosky, Richie Schley and Tibor Simai. Along with some impressive bottom brackets and hubs, this year also sees them producing an ultra lightweight, 86 gram, carbon chainguide and a full wheelset.


Watch the movie to see new Acros goodies!


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by IanHylands
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Wow, I'm weak in the knees for this guide! Before the discussion begins, everyone needs to know that this is obviously not for the smashers out there. If you 50/50 landings on a regular basis, you are only allowed to look at this guide. No touching! Made of carbon fiber and aluminum, there are eight different colors of aluminum hardware available and it weighs in at an uber-light 86 grams. Sign me up!

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Acros Spinner headset cap. This is more show than go, but cool nonetheless. The top cap attaches to a bearing and is free to spin as you ride. Don't hypnotize yourself!

Visit the Acros website for more details.


German company Acros has won my heart with their 86 gram guide. No, I'm not about to put it on my everyday smashing-about all-mountain bike, but it would be perfect on someone's 4X race bike, or even if you rock a 1 x 10 setup on your XC whippet. Discuss below!

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55 Comments
  • 2 0
 Carbon fiber for a chainguide seems odd cause its a great(but loud) friction material. Thats why its used in brake pads on nascars. I dont get how this would be a very efficient chainguide if the chain were to rub on it at all...
  • 3 0
 No one said it was efficient. It's light, pretty, and expensive. These are all keywords that are very popular in today's cycling world.
  • 3 0
 i want one of those spinners on my headset!
  • 3 0
 Have snapped my Carbocage for DH use,it works perfect for 4x use.
  • 1 0
 i was thinking of getting one (or the weeze guide) for my aggro am bike, but im thinking of coupling it with an mrp carbon bash for good strength-to-weight
  • 1 0
 I don't think that it's compatible with a bash guard. Get an E.13 SRS+ or LG1+.
  • 1 0
 i have an lg1 and its cracked in two places around the lower fitting bolts to the backplate
  • 1 0
 apologies if that sounded a little too direct, but its just i fancy a lighter change and the lg1 will probly break soon - i wonder if there some way of getting a bash ring to fit - im sure with weeze guides you can.
  • 1 0
 Well if you can break an E.13 then you can definitely break a Carbocage.
  • 1 0
 That chain device is awesome!
  • 1 0
 This is cool for what it is.
  • 1 0
 Anyone else think that a 15 gram tolerance isnt very good?
  • 1 2
 as in your saying you give a f*ck about 15 grams on a bike part?
you need some new priorities
  • 3 0
 It isn't a 15 gram tolerance, it's a 15 gram margin. Everything in the industry has a margin of error. Go buy any component from anyone, then compare how much it weighs to how much the company claims it weighs. Or better yet, go to your LBS and piss them off by asking them if you can weigh every tube of a certain size. You see where I'm going with this?
  • 1 0
 At least he is being honest about it. all extruded aluminum parts vary in weight because the die wears out slowly as raw aluminum is forced through. Also tires can vary by as much as 30 percent thats a 300 gram swing on a dh tire
  • 1 0
 Im not saying im weight weenieing, im saying that I would expect something to be of higher precision for a top quality component
  • 1 0
 And what I'm saying is that every bike product has a margin of error for weight, regardless of how "top quality" it is.
  • 1 0
 aahhhhh buttery!
  • 1 1
 loving that spinner top cap looks great!
  • 3 0
 Doesn't really looks like it spins much tho.
  • 3 0
 I agree - it takes a bit of force to turn a bearing, it's not like it'll be like spinners on car wheels which have more mass, and therefore spin better.
  • 1 0
 it could be driven by the rotation of the front wheel lol
  • 2 0
 I wonder if I can get a ceramic bearing upgrade for the top cap...
  • 1 0
 That bearing will spin just fine if you clean all the oil out of it with some degreaser...
  • 1 0
 or take a blow torch to it to heat up the grease.
  • 1 0
 Or spin your 3's so hard that baby lights up!
  • 1 0
 sick!
  • 5 6
 looks cool wont last in the real riding world...
  • 5 5
 Already seen a picture of the guide snapped.
  • 39 1
 I'm sure it would be fantastic for 4x and am. So what if it won't take world cup DH/non world cup hack rider dh. It is an exotic product for a select consumer; a Ferrari would destroy itself on a pot hole filled dirt road but that doesn't mean it is a POS. It is simply means it is purpose built and therefore it will excel in the area it was designed to even if it lacks in another.
  • 19 1
 @jweinstein: thank you for being an actual logical person!
  • 1 1
 ^^^AGREED. PLUS - This isn't a Taco style system. A Bash Ring is still going to be taking the brunt of the impact when you high center/bottom. If you high center hard enough to blow past your bash and into this thing you'd probably bend an alu boomerang and possible damage the ISCG mounts on your frame.
  • 1 0
 The old version of the Carbocage survived on my Freerider for about a year and still lives on mounted to my 4x-Bike...
  • 1 0
 I too have the older version of the Carbocage. I found it better, wider spaced than standard and with one of the screws removed. Still going strong a year or 2 on.
  • 1 1
 Where are the "new wheels" promised to me by the title of the article?
  • 1 1
 you must have missed this part

"Watch the movie to see new Acros goodies!"
  • 1 0
 I don't watch the videos on these articles, I rely on the photos. Usually they show images of everything that they talk about in the videos.
  • 1 1
 but if you did then maybe you'd wouldn't look like a dumbass asking about the parts that are clearly explained in the video dumbass
  • 1 0
 i was actually just joking around cause i dont usually watch the vids either..
  • 1 0
 Tard, did mommy and daddy not hug you enough when you were a kid? Every response you've ever had on this site seems to be arbitrarily aggressive and angry. Perhaps you should see a therapist and work some stuff out.
  • 1 0
 umm, yes but a photo of a set of a wheel is a photo of a set of wheels for the most part. There was nothing visually exciting about the wheels to make me think it worthwhile shooting a photo of them, they are reasonably light, stiff, regular spoked XC wheels. With Acros hubs...
  • 1 0
 Yet there are plenty of photos of wheels from this year's Interbike. What makes a photo "worthwhile" to you?
  • 1 1
 i do. and my therapsit recommended helping to reform the human race by pointing out the stupid people for saying stupid things i feel good about it c'mon you walked right through the stupid door with your last comment
  • 2 1
 @seraph, I didn't take any photos of wheels at Interbike this year. For me there would have to be something new or interesting, different shape, different profile, different spokes, even just a crazy color or something, but the Acros wheels didn't seem to have any of that... Not that they're not amazing wheels, just that a photo of them won't show you anything that looks noticeably different...
  • 2 1
 Interesting to you doesn't necessarily equal interesting to us though. I bet there's tons of professional photographers who take photos of things which they do not find interesting. Just because a wheel doesn't have crazy aesthetics doesn't mean it's not interesting.
  • 3 0
 Yes I understand what you're saying, but if I took photos of everything that "might" be interesting to you I would have a million photos from interbike and I wouldn't have had time to eat or sleep. So instead I shot video, watch the video if you want to see the wheels.
  • 1 2
 Well next Interbike I'll subsidize your photo collection by photographing practically everything.
  • 2 1
 wow
what would we do without you seraph
thanks
i can't wait for your better than everyone elses (as usual) photo collection next year
you are such a saviour to the bike industry!
  • 1 1
 I didn't say I was better than anyone else. I'd have to be a pretty big a*shole [like you] to think that I was a better photographer than Mr. Hylands.
  • 2 1
 your profile says your better than everyone else doesn't it?
seemed you had some reason to believe you were better than mr hylands
he didn't have enough pictures for you or something like that?
  • 2 1
 seraph stop being an asshole yourself and go photograph some wheels if thats what makes you happy
  • 1 1
 My profile says nothing of the sort. Whatever you may glean from it is your problem. Ian not having enough photos for my liking has nothing to do with myself being or not being better than him.
  • 2 1
 oh yeah it used to say that, i guess you finally realized you're a tool and changed it. it sounds also like you're saying you may or may not be better than mr hylands. we all know the truth. but we don't mind if it still escapes you from time to time.
  • 1 1
 You're really reaching now. Don't you have anything better to do? Go ride your bike.
  • 1 0
 Im not going to get involved with this, except to say, I like having photos. I spend 99.9% of my time on pinkbike @ work. I cannot watch videos at work or my cover will be blown, Wink
Therefore- give me PHOTOS Pinkbike.







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