Video: Reality Redesigned: The Final Episode

Sep 4, 2012
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Watch as Jeremy Bout from Edge Factor hits up the Straitline Components manufacturing facility to see the GRAND prize winner, Cody's design being manufactured and Pro Rider Mike Montgomery using Cody's design on his Specialized bike at Jumpship 2012.

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Starring:
Jeremy Bout: Host of Reality Redesigned, Edge Factor Producer
Tim Fausch: Manufacturing Engineering Media Group Publisher
Dennis and DJ Paulson: Straitline Components Owners

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  • 25 3
 Gotta say... This has hardly been as innovative as the 'reality redesigned' moniker suggested at the start. Its a neat product, but it could probably been made more easily and faster independently than with all this faff. Sorry but I'm Disappointed with the whole series bar maybe one or two designs.
  • 8 10
 if you thought this all was lacking innovation, you should of shared your more innovative ideas. oh wait, i'm betting you didn't have any. kudos to those who made the efforts and, in this case... seeing a mountain biker with an idea who made it happen, from design all of the way to production and real world usage. that's pretty cool.
  • 4 2
 I have a few, not wasting them arguing with you. I am glad many made the effort and that someones idea is now in production. But my point and opinion still stands.
  • 4 0
 well the competition was only open to the US, so you cant really accuse him of not having any ideas
  • 2 0
 bloody yanks... HA!
  • 8 1
 A very clever bit of designing right there.


It seems like something that would be mire suited to downhill than dirtjumping/slopestyle like mike montgomery is using it for. In my opinion pivotal is king for DJ/SS applications.

Although I wonder how the thompson/ibeam combo would compare to a pivotal setup in terms of weight?
  • 1 0
 and I just ordered up an ibeam seat and post. This is something I'd defiantly consider IF the weight is right
  • 2 0
 Only advantage over a pivital is adjustment it def will be a top seller is they shave a bit more unneeded material
  • 10 1
 well tested by not sitting on seat or putting it under any real stress at all. good product though Smile
  • 1 0
 It's better than pivotal because you can ajust the angle and how far forward/backward you want the seat to be. It makes no sense on a DJ bike, but a great solution for your trail bike
  • 6 2
 This is quiet possibly the shittiest winner to any competition I have ever scene in my entire life, the Idea is far from original, just like all the other crap they through at you in the bike industry, more retrofitted bullshit, this is not innovation. It's pretty clear this series has an extremely low budget and thus chose a cheap producible product. In my mind this isn't any different then someone coming out with a stem. It's simply just a seat post adapter. This is pathetic as if this is your final decision for winner...... Just upset cause I was personally excited to see a chance given to those who have thought up dream designs and really wanted to realize them, and all you guys could do was give someones simplistic design the opportunity to be realized whereas there are far more complex and thought out INNOVATIVE!! designs that I personally believe deserved to be the winner.
  • 1 0
 That is an interesting opinion on why they chose this product. I didn't think of money aspect. Otherwise are the seat posts that comes with the I-beam already on them that bad? Are the seat posts out there really bad enough to pay extra for an adapter and take on the extra weight?! I wonder how well this little thing will sell? I personally think some of the bigger designs should won. Thank you to all the people that put work into making ideas for this show.
  • 3 0
 although, with a passion i hate what and how they have done this series(the 'winner' says it all! its just an adaptor)...

i do hope this will inspire a new series of similar shows with a real out look on getting a decent design that has been someone's dream produced, think about the m-slacker and the 6-bar linkage frames for example(soz forgot its name mid-rant) genuinely good ideas with a lot of thought behind them, sure tweaking was needed and everyone wanted to see them made. yet they went for the obvious choice of winner with going with something small, easy to manufacture that they can sell, how do you think they got the go-ahead for a budget for the show, yes they had big sponors, but no businesses do something like this to advertise themselves to people who already know all about these brands....royalties at the least.
  • 6 0
 look at you making that internet money
  • 5 0
 Id be interested to see the fabrication of those two bike frames from a few episodes back
  • 2 0
 the problem with reality redesigned is that came from no-where demanding content from us, the consumers with the guise of getting your design seen and possibly made(as if it was a real competiton) in order to make the show. not like a manufacturer's forum where ideas for improvement can be discussed and resolved, they want the young generation's ideas for actual potential products to show them to everyone to see, i just hope when it came to submitting that there was a clause to protect the intellectual property of the designers.

listen to what dave weagle said in that little burst a while ago... if you have a good idea, keep it to your f*cking self, unless you can afford or know how to protect it! and i full intend to, too tempting to just show everyone.

yes the little treats like seeing Straightline's production system and them actually making the submissions to the extent of 3D printing them . was a nice touch,

just a shame it looked like the majority of the budget for the script and show was spent on the fancy '3D title and closing graphics'
  • 4 0
 and the most innovative thing for this contest that was months long and hundreds/thousands of applicants.. we present.. this Adapter!!
  • 5 1
 Am I the only person who thinks if u want I Beam, buy an I Beam.... Why have an adapter ?
  • 3 1
 Because nobody makes stronger seatpost shafts than thomson.
  • 2 1
 A few months ago I would totally agree(I have 3 bikes w/I-beam and two with thomson posts), but now that thomson is releasing a dropper post I'm actually excited for this product. That said, it was far from the best or most innovative product in this contest. They were probably looking for something easy to manufacture from the get go.
  • 6 9
 cannot believe (in the video) he cuts the Thomson post with a PIPE CUTTER....terrible practise!!


Pipe Cutters are made specifically for plumbers working on softer metals used in heating systems, not for cutting high strength aluminium alloys used in seatpost, handlebars and fork steerers Wink


Pipe Cutters are actually banned from being used by Cytech professionally trained mechanics here in the UK....because they do not "cut" but cause tube failure through elastic deformation which bulges the end of the post, handlebar or fork steerer.

If I ever caught one of the mechanics in my workshops using a Pipe Cutter they would be receiving a disciplinary caution

proper practise is to use a cutting guide in a vice and suitable hacksaw with new, fine pitch blade, then finish the cut line with a semi-round file
  • 2 3
 And a saw doesn't plastically deform the metal? How do you think cuts are formed? Maybe you should water jet the bars to minimize deformation.

And it's on a freaking dirt jumper. The seat is RARELY stressed.
  • 4 1
 Tubing and pipe cutters have different cutting wheels that can be used to cut copper, aluminum, stainless steel, carbon steel, etc. It isn't an uncommon practice to use them. You just need the correct wheel for the product you're cutting.
  • 2 1
 If you know how to use a pipe cutter then you won't deform anything , the only time you will have problems is if you use guerilla tactics and clamp down before making the 1st cuts and force the cutting blade in rather then letting it work it self. Cheap pipe cutters that are made for soft metals are obviously a no no , but ones intended for harder materials are fine. But yeh , ulitmately it's so easy to use a saw that it's worth doing it that way.
  • 3 0
 For that matter...the part being cut is inserted into the seattube... and is under virtually no stress that its not worth worrying about any deformation at the edge where the cut was made. Seatpost shafts are essentially lengths of pipe... and thus with the right cutting head are perfectly suited to the job. Some of the bicycle tool manufacturers in fact sell pipe-cutters for this vary reason.
  • 1 0
 Been a professional mechanic for nearly 9 years, most would refer to my skillset as 'master' level. I've been using a pipe cutter for that entire time and never had a single issue. As long as the cut is properly deburred and filed smooth(as you would do with a hacksaw cut) there shouldn't be any problems. I do the same for bars and steerer tubes. Thomson posts especially have such a pronounced finish that it acts as a natural guide and break point. No worries with the pipe cutter.
  • 1 0
 if the weight does work out in the winners interest then good on them, whoever manufacturers it got something for nothing and its US, the riders and consumers that lose out, as every one will know how this product came to be it better be f*cking cheap!

im getting bored of this now as im sure you all are,
i just trying to say that its a real shame that this show was so lame towards the end, sold out and chose such BLAND product because this sort of product wouldve been made eventually given the ever increasing amount of componetry companies that are popping up, hell i could make one in less than a day on my dad's machine tools.

and if it really was a public poll... shame on you pinkbike users(you know who you are)... shame on you
  • 1 0
 It's both Aluminum and Aluminium....The Brit that discovered it named it Aluminium, but then changed his mind later and called it Aluminum. The Americans adopted the new name but the British disliked it, pointing out that that it was a disruption to the ...ium naming convention of elements. A good pub quiz fact for you there.
  • 1 0
 Im surprised theyre using alumin(i)um for this. It looks damn heavy and kinda defeats the purpose of the light i-beam design.

I really like the design and would consider buying one but Im thinking it could be made out of lighter materials like plastic and just use metal for the bolts and rods.

I guess they would if they could. There's probably some good reason against it.
  • 8 4
 Give us the "footsie"
  • 4 1
 FOOTSIE!!!
  • 9 2
 Buy a damn brake fool.
  • 2 0
 Ill buy a FOOTSIE "BRAKE" Razz
  • 3 0
 So when and where can I buy this?
  • 1 0
 Gravity dropper posts use the same top as Thomson and they offer a I beam model. I have used Thomson parts on it before, I wonder there's may work too?
  • 1 0
 Well if straitline is the company putting it into production it's going to be 200.00 lol what a joke. Kudos to the guy who won though.
  • 1 0
 www.behance.net/StemenInc/frame/4281373 did nobody ever see that from 2008, this design is a bit of a copy...
  • 3 0
 nice job cody!!
  • 1 0
 Thanks buddy, hope you're healing up well. We need to talk soon
  • 1 0
 i was talking of this part this week ,that i hope that someone will produce this ,very happy
  • 1 0
 This only works with the thompson post?
  • 1 0
 It should work with any 2-bolt inline post head whose craddle curvature and bolt spacing is the same as Thomsons as well. Syncros posts for example. Syncros originated the shape/style, thomson simply improved on it by making the head 1-piece with the shaft.
  • 2 1
 Thomson look similar to RS Reverb so will that work with this post?
  • 3 3
 4sure a deserved win of the competition!
  • 2 3
 It's Aluminium not aluminum. There's 2 i's in it
  • 2 0
 It's both Aluminum and Aluminium....The Brit that discovered it named it Aluminium, but then changed his mind later and called it Aluminum. The Americans adopted the new name but the British disliked it, pointing out that that it was a disruption to the ...ium naming convention of elements. A good pub quiz fact for you there.







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