The last of an era. Most everybody has now copied this design on a lot of modern DH and FR bikes...Balfas floated years before any others.
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- Balfas-of-yesteryear-and-last-month
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- Bikes - DH
- Date Posted
- Nov 14, 2010 at 20:41Nov 14, 2010
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Jamestown, Rhode Island, United States
- Trail
- 2003 Balfa 2 step DH
- Riders
- Avalanche montie shock !!
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jgottya1
(Aug 10, 2011 at 8:21)
Yeah man, Balfa had it figured out way back when, sadly the pacific bicycle company which owns Norco and rocky mountain, gobbled them up and closed the doors due to competition.....sad really.....they were such a nicely hand built and made in Canada machine. But it is good to see the designs still in use with slight tweaks !!
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yer i on what u mean . oh i must be rong then it just there is a forum on here an they are goin on about B.M.W phone lines bein down and on replys to e/mails and the B.M.W forums waz not working and i think sum one said that they were runing out for cash caz some one who helping them with cost has past a way or some thing like that why they were in shit..
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I see what you mean bro.....I can see elements of Kona, Turner, Giant, Ellsworth and Santa Cruz in this beauty !!!!
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I have faithfully followed them since the start, Jerome has been off of the radar for a while now....I was amped on the Real....but then it kind of faded ....quickly....... I was the first dealer in the USA for Balfa ... and I helped them sort out the original BB7 chainguide issues...ie..blackspire was the one !! Hope they / he come back around......I have riden the Xpresso rigs also...quite sweet.... but I want the drive high pivot technology like the BB7 and the Real. !!
Cheers !!
Cheers !!
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if i cud have any balfa i wud have the 2 step the best all rounder . Do any thing about brooklyn machine works closing down?......