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INDEX WELCOME TO USED - Page 3 - What is the Power of USED? Why we are not talking about secondhand, but about using things - being USED! USED STEEL BIKES INTRO - Page 3 Find out about the new Urban Bike line from USED URBAN COWBOY - Page 4 The far tire Urban Mountain Bike ONYA - As in “on ya bike” - Page 6 Singlespeed and fast - and to quote Coldplay: And it was all yellow! HHT - A trucker of a bike - Page 8 This is the mother of all haulage bikes, use it with a hub-gear or derailleur or singlespeed like the spec. PISTA - Page 10 - Track bike from down under Track legal and very sexy, we think... TOUR - Page 12 - Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight a long time! The Tour in bright white and ready to rock.
This is the 2009 USED Urban Steel Bikes Catalogue. It features all you need to know about our new product line. We hope you will enjoy it and keep on being USED! USED GmbH Am Bahnhof 3 49610 Quakenbrück Germany Tel: +49 5431-9089983 Fax: +49 5431-9089987 mail: info@used-HQ.com web: www.used-HQ.com © USED 2009
ELEVEN PARTS - Page 14 - Why settle for ten? Or how loud does it Go? Here are the USED steel bike parts that we sell under the 11 Brand. IMPRESSUM / LINKS - Page 16 Go visit our people in the UK or Australia or come see us. With all the Web 2.0 links you need to be in the know.
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WELCOME TO USED This is out first digital catalogue. We are trying to put our information on the Internet instead of printing thousands of catalogues that people take but seldom use. I sometimes think people must use them as fire wood. Anyway this catalogue put up on ISSUU works just like a paper catalogue but with links and the advantage that we can update any time. Enjoy it....
USED STEEL BIKES There was a big focus on Singlespeed and Fixed Gear Bikes at the Bike Shows in Friedrichshafen, Cologne, London and Vegas. USED was there and showing the new USED STEEL BIKE range. The sound of visitors smacking their lips and grabbing for the DigiCam was something we got USED to on the stand. The response was overwhelming.
THE POWER OF USED USED is a vibrant mix of modern mobility, ideas, art and opinions. We are also busy in the pursuit of dreams and a way to make the world work a touch better than it does right now. We try to be green in our beliefs and actions and think that living on the edge is better than living in a sea of complacency. Our URBAN Mobility portfolio includes URBAN Steel Bikes, Transport bikes from Monark, Singlespeed, Fixed Gear, Comfort Bikes, Scooterbikes, Trikes, trailers and lots of stuff.
The interest could be divided into two separate camps. One group is interested in “retro” and bike culture and wants everything to be very authentic, while the second group is discovering Singlespeed as a way of moving through the city fast and comfortable and cares less for bike protocol. With our USED STEEL BIKES we have something for both parties, beautiful lugged frame bikes for the Track or the Tour, but also the perfect Urban bike that is practical, multifunctional and stylish. With both types of bikes we chose function over the coolness factor.
If you want to read more about the Power of USED just go here: CLICK WHERE ARE WE? Home for us is 1800 square meters of factory warehouse space next to the railway station in Quakenbrück. We watch the trains go by and dream of a better world. Enviroment-friendly mobility our goal. The bikes are built in the cellar. Being in the middle of the town has it’s advantages, the Italian ice cream store is just down the road and we are easy to reach because of the railway connection. Quality has found it’s place in the old station complex. Here’s where we build ScooterBikes, play basketball and watch the tourists - and it’s also the starting point of our quest for world domination. Now we are also making our own electricity, with a 32kwH photovoltaic system. We push the electricity back into the grid get paid for it. Anyone interested in such a project, can get in touch. So where’s Quakenbrück, I can here you asking? It’s a sleepy town in the North-West of Germany, in between Osnabrück and Oldenburg. Basketball fans will know it as the home of the Artland Dragons, who play in the German Premiere League. See Quakenbrück HERE.
We got a lot of questions about the abundance of Fixed Gear and Singlespeed bikes. Our opinion can be summed up with something Richard Ayling said about our bike range: “The difference between our bikes and some of the others offering similar bikes, can be compared to music: There’s Punk rock and Jazz. It’s all music, but the beat, the passion and the groove can be different, not right or wrong, just different. We are not Punk rockers, we are not building bikes for heroes, we’re just playing jazz and if you catch our groove then feel free. There are a lot of grooves out there.” The Singlespeed USED URBAN STEEL BIKES are a cooperation between Allegro Bikes from Melbourne, Australia and USED. Richard Ayling, Allegro founder, Track rider and Cycling coach (for people like Cadel Evans, Stuart O‘Grady and Robbie McEwan in their junior days) has done a great job on the specifications of these bikes. He was able to melt beauty and function with zeitgeist and attitude. These are bikes for a different world. The bikes have been made using the new Allegro Custom Tubing in plain-guage and triple-butted ChroMolySteel. This material gives the frames stability and the flex steel riders have learned to appreciate. The USED URBAN STEEL BIKE Line is Urban Mobility pure, which is what USED has been preaching for a while now. We are getting our team together, good dedicated dealers, that understand our philosophy and culture, with whom we can grow and prosper. Watch out we’re coming!
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URBAN COWBOY ../FILE_UNDER/26inch/SINGLESPEED
../URBAN_COWBOY/RIDERS Loud Hawaiian Shirt and Rayban wearers with a street attitude and the kind of guy that would ride a bike in Vegas because no one else does. Blond, blue eyed babes with a workout subscription and a push-up bra that want a bike that puts the spotlight on number one. The MTT (mass transit transportation) guru, saving money with a train card and a co2 calculator, wearing a “switch2eco” t-shirt and saving for a hybrid. Metallica fans with a beer belly and an appointment with the welfare officer who thinks they live beyond their means, but the bike won’t show that. The urban cowboy whose horse got slaughtered and the only possible replacement in the true and trusty department is a black bike that knows where the next watering hole is. And any one who wants to ride fast and Urban.
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URBAN COWBOY
../SPEC/URBAN_COWBOY USED Steel Bike
URBAN COWBOY
Model Number
UC-1
Type - File under: Frame
26” - Single Speed ChroMo - Allegro Light Tubing
Fork
ChroMo - Straight Blade 26”x35mm
Rim
Alex - DC19 Black 32 Hole
Hub
Eleven polished hub U-1F 100mm Eleven polished hub U-2R 135mm
Spoke Tires - The Fat Ones
14G - Stainless Kenda Kniption
Pedal
Wellgo M20 Alloy Body Leather Strap
Crank
RPM V1T3BT 46 Teeth
Chain
KMC Z51RB Anti-Rust
Cassette
Single 12 teeth
BB-Axle
TH-BB-7420ST
Front Derailleur
No
Rear Derailleur
No
Gear Lever
No
Handlebar
Eleven Hornbar Black from Kalloy
Stem
Eleven Stem 90mm Black from Kalloy
Headset
TH - No.10 Integrated Alloy
Brake
Tektro M-530 V-Brake Black
Brake Lever Saddle Seat Post Size
Tektro MT-2.1 2-Finger Black Eleven Road from Velo Eleven Road Black from Kalloy S = 16”, M = 18”, L = 20”, XL = 23”
Colour
Matt Black
Extras
with a disc mount
Price in Euro
699,00
../DETAILS/URBAN_COWBOY
../Tubing: Allegro 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, plain gauged, TIG-welded ../Rear Dropouts: horizontal with derailleur tab and 135mm spacing ../Brakes: V-Brake, Cantilever or disc ../Braze ons: include water bottle mounts (x2), cable routing for brakes and shifting, mounts for rack and fender ../Dimensions: are front derailleur 28,6mm, seatpost 27,2mm, seat clamp 30mm ../Headset: is 1 1/8’’ threadless - BB-Shell is 68mm, BSA ../Chain wheel compatibility: single, double and triple max. 52 teeth ../Fork: 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, with disc brake, V-Brake or cantilever mounts, mounts for low-rider rack and fender ../Color: Matt Black ../Frame weight: is
../STORY/URBAN_COWBOY
Fat tire Urban mountain bike (26“) In Europe you see hundreds and thousands of bikes outside of railway stations. Simple bikes built to bring the rider to work or school. The Urban Cowboy is a Railway Bike in disguise. Matt black and understatement pure, but under the hood is a stallion rearing it’s head and ready to break out of the compound. The UC is a mountain bike in an urban scenario, it goes over potholes and not around them, it rides in the wind stream of buses and trucks, it brakes fast and rides hard. The station bike - black beautiful and bold. The days of flash bikes are over - You are the star and not your bike.
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ONYA
../FILE_UNDER/ 00c/SINGLESPEED
HHT-Riders are:
Pony tailed grunge rockers in bermudas, boots and a smilie t-shirt, girls from the cover of Vogue who go out without make-up because it’s too easy to look good and much more difficult to be cool about it, traffic weavers with weights on their mind and steel in their legs off to the market and back for the game, co2 junkies weened on fresh air and Kurt Cobain playing with the word sustainability and trying to breathe less so that we can breathe more. And anyone that wants to carry lots fast.
../ONYA/RIDERS
are beer garden survivors with baseball caps, who wear lilac Telekom shirts because it looks awful but makes them feel manly, bluegrass mandolin players from Melbourne with a fable for little laptops and Mongolian barbecue, young girls that like the feel of padded bike shorts and a warm saddle but not the men that ogle them because of it, pursuit riders in downtown traffic who brake with a worn glove and a prayer and parade their scars like a film stars jewels. And any one who wants to ride fast and Urban.
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ONYA
../SPEC/ONYA USED Steel Bike Model Number Type - File under: Frame
../STORY/ONYA
URBAN COWBOY UC-1 26” - Single Speed ChroMo - Allegro Light Tubing
Fork
ChroMo - Straight Blade 26”x35mm
Rim
Alex - DC19 Black 32 Hole
Hub
Eleven polished hub U-1F 100mm Eleven polished hub U-2R 135mm
Spoke
14G - Stainless
Tires - The Fat Ones
Kenda Kniption
Pedal
Wellgo M20 Alloy Body Leather Strap
Crank
RPM V1T3BT 46 Teeth
Chain
KMC Z51RB Anti-Rust
Cassette
Single 12 teeth
BB-Axle
TH-BB-7420ST
Front Derailleur
No
Rear Derailleur
No
Gear Lever
No
Handlebar Stem
Eleven Hornbar Black from Kalloy Eleven Stem 90mm Black from Kalloy
Headset
TH - No.10 Integrated Alloy
Brake
Tektro M-530 V-Brake Black
Brake Lever Saddle Seat Post Size
Tektro MT-2.1 2-Finger Black Eleven Road from Velo Eleven Road Black from Kalloy S = 16”, M = 18”, L = 20”, XL = 23”
Colour
Matt Black
Extras
with a disc mount
Price in Euro
699,00
../DETAILS/ONYA
../Tubing: Allegro 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, plain gauged, TIG-welded ../Rear Dropouts: Horizontal with 122mm spacing ../Brakes: Cantilever ../Braze ons: Water bottle mounts (x2), cable routing for brakes and shifting, mounts for rack and fender ../Dimensions: Front derailleur 28,6mm, seatpost 27,2mm, seat clamp 30mm ../Headset: 1 1/8’’ threadless ../BB-Shell: 68mm, BSA ../Chain wheel compatibility: Single, double and triple with a max. of 52 teeth../Fork: 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, with mounts for cantilever brake, mounts for low-rider rack and fender ../Color: Canary Yellow ../Frame weight:
ONYA - Road Speed Bike Onya is speed. The Urban life is fast, and moving in the city on this bike is faster. It ain’t no race bike, but it’s fast, stylish and strong. We use steel and only steel or ChroMoly to give it it’s proper name. It flexes better than Alloy, is stronger and has that timeless feel to it. It’s a cappuccino of a bike, a lot of froth on top, but a great taste and strong down to the last drop. The bike is single speed, which means no gear cables just two brakes and that’s it. None of the crap most bikes carry these days. But more into option mode and you can make this beauty sing. Need a rack, a lock, a leather saddle, a drop handlebar? We’ve been there and done that and we can get it done.
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HHT
../FILE_UNDER/700c/HAULING
../HHT/RIDERS are pony tailed grunge rockers in bermudas, boots and a smilie t-shirt, girls from the cover of Vogue who go out without make-up because it’s too easy to look good and much more difficult to be cool about it, traffic weavers with weights on their mind and steel in their legs off to the market and back for the game, co2 junkies weened on fresh air and Kurt Cobain playing with the word sustainability and trying to breathe less so that we can breathe more. And anyone that wants to carry lots fast.
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HHT
../SPEC/HHT
../STORY/HHT
USED Steel Bike Model Number Type - File under: Frame
HHT HHT-1 700C - Single Speed ChroMo - Allegro Light Tubing
Fork
ChroMo - Straight Blade 700Cx35mm
Rim
Alex - DC19 Black 32 Hole
Hub
Eleven polished hub U-1F 100mm Eleven polished hub U-2R 135mm
Spoke Tires - The Fat Ones
14G - Stainless Schwalbe Big Apple
Pedal
Wellgo M20 Alloy Body Leather Strap
Crank
Eleven 46 Teeth Hi-Polish
Chain
KMC Z51RB Anti-Rust
Cassette
Single 12 teeth
BB-Axle
TH-BB-7420ST
Front Derailleur
No
Rear Derailleur
No
Gear Lever
No
Handlebar Stem Headset Brake Brake Lever Saddle Seat Post Size
Eleven Risebar Black from Kalloy Eleven Stem 90mm Black from Kalloy
Maybe the HHT can be that for you. Let’s start with the material – it’s a steel bike made of ChroMoly tubing. TIG-welded and light. The frame with horizontal dropouts has eyelets for front and rear racks and space for two water bottles. The bike is spec’d as single speed, but for the weak among you we can put a 3-speed or 8-speed hub gear in. You want brakes? We’ve got V-brakes or disc, choose your own poison. This bike will take you there and back and keep you safe and warm and raise your street credibility at the same time. Get the mule train moving.
Tektro M-530 V-Brake Black Tektro MT-2.1 2-Finger Black Eleven Road from Velo Eleven Road Black from Kalloy S-46cm, M-48cm, L-52cm, XL-55cm Umbra Grey
Extras
with a disc mount
../DETAILS/HHT
When you talk about the perfect bike, it’s easy to talk about high load capacity, fast and sporty, that mixture between fast and strong, like the racehorse that could also pull the beer wagon. You want it to do everything, but everything good.
TH - No.23 Integrated Alloy Black
Colour
Price in Euro
The Mother of all haulage bikes: The HHT
699,00
../Tubing: Allegro 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, plain gauged, TIG-welded ../Rear Dropouts: Horizontal with derailleur tab and 135mm spacing ../Brakes: V-Brake, Cantilever or disc ../Braze ons: Water bottle mounts (x2), cable routing for brakes and shifting, mounts for rack and fender ../Dimensions: Front derailleur 28,6mm, seatpost 27,2mm, seat clamp 30mm ../Headset: 1 1/8’’ threadless ../BB-Shell: 68mm, BSA ../Chain wheel compatibility: Single, double and triple max. 52 teeth ../Fork: 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, with disc brake, V-Brake or cantilever mounts, mounts for low-rider rack and fender ../Color: Umbra Grey ../Frame weight: is
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PISTA - TRACK ../FILE_UNDER/700c/TRACK
../TRACK_PISTA/RIDERS Men with shaved legs and a testosteron level to make a porn star jealous, with a wood splinter in their arse and scuffed knees, they wear a Brooks or Bianchi wool jersey and dream of the L’Eroica and not the Tour de France, the NYC equivalant shoots red-lights because he can, skidding or skip-stopping to a halt just inches before the UPS truck while injecting a Starbucks Latte directly into his veins, the British remember the Sturmey Archer ASC three speed fixed hub! Find out about the mystical connection between you and your fixed bike.
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PISTA - TRACK
../SPEC/PISTA USED Steel Bike Model Number Type - File under: Frame
../STORY/PISTA
PISTA Pista-1 700C - Fixed/Single Speed - Track ChroMo Lugged - Allegro Light Tubing
Fork
ChroMo Lugged - TrackFork tapered
Rim
Alex - R450 Black 32 Hole
Hub
Eleven polished hub Track-1F 100mm Eleven polished hub Track-1R 120mm
Spoke Tires - The Fat Ones
14G - Stainless Schwalbe Lugano 23x622
Pedal
VP-196 Alloy Body/Cage Leather Strap
Crank
Eleven Pista 46 Teeth Hi-Polish/Black
Chain
KMC Z51RB Anti-Rust
Cassette
Single 16 teeth
BB-Axle
TH-BB-7420ST
Front Derailleur
No
Rear Derailleur
No
Gear Lever
No
Handlebar Stem Headset
Eleven Trackbar Hi-Polish Eleven Stem 90mm Hi-Polish TH - 388 Steel Hi-Polish
Brake
No
Brake Lever
No
Saddle Seat Post Size
Eleven Road from Velo Eleven Road Hi-Polish from Kalloy S-49cm, M-51cm, L-52cm, XL-55cm
Colour
Matt Black or Ivory
Extras
Lugged Frame and Fork
Price in Euro
999,00
../DETAILS/PISTA
../Tubing: Allegro 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, plain gauged, lugged Frame ../Rear Dropouts: horizontal and 122mm spacing ../Braking: eyelets for Cantilever ../Braze ons: no braze ons! ../Dimensions: seatpost 27,2mm, seat clamp is intergrated ../Headset: 1” ../BB-Shell: 68mm, BSA ../ Chain wheel compatibility: max. 52 teeth ../Fork: 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, lugged ../Colour: Ivory or MattBlack ../ Frame weight: is
Track or Pista as they say in Italy and not just after a late night in the local pub, is a track bike with a flip-flop hub. This means it can be used as a fixed or as a singlespeed. This bike is “Track legal”, which means it has no braze-ons and can be ridden on the Velodrome. Richard Ayling has been riding and building these bikes for years and knew exactly what was needed. You can read a lot about fixed speed bikes these days, even the New York Times has had an article about the maverick riders of NYC. This attention has made riding fixed “hip”, but the ride to the beer garden or cruising by the local ice cream parlour is not enough for this beauty. Riding “fixed” is a way of life and not just “this weeks flavour”. It’s important to say here, that fixed riding on the street, could be illegal in your country. Please check this before riding. The PISTA can be fitted with a front brake for street use and we suggest this for safety reasons. The days of flash bikes are over - You are the star and not your bike.
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TOUR
../FILE_UNDER/700c/DERAILLEUR/TOUR
../FILE_UNDER/TOUR/RIDERS Muesli-munching fitness freaks, with Ortlieb bags and racks to put them on, round the world roadies with legs of steel and hearts of gold, with GPS handys and a direct link to Google Maps, dreaming of the Himalayas and a sponsoring deal with Shimano and Suunto, he rides with his wife to keep fit on the Hasetal Tour through Germany where they visit local attractions and email the kids. And any one who wants to ride hard.
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TOUR
../SPEC/TOUR USED Steel Bike Model Number Type - File under: Frame
../STORY/TOUR
TOUR Tour-1 700C - Derailleur - Tour ChroMo Lugged - Allegro Light Tubing
Fork
ChroMo Lugged tapered
Rim
Jalco DM-27Silver 32 Hole
Hub
Shimano 105 - 5600-S Shimano FH-5600-S
Spoke Tires - The Fat Ones
14G - Stainless Schwalbe Advancer 37x622
Pedal
Wellgo M20 Alloy Body Leather Strap
Crank
Shimano FC-5603
Chain
Shimano CH-5600 10-Speed
Cassette BB-Axle Front Derailleur Rear Derailleur Gear Lever Handlebar Stem Headset Brake Brake Lever Saddle Seat Post Size
Shimano CS-5600 10-Speed 12-27 Hollowtech System Shimano FD-5603 for 10-Speed Shimano FH-5600-GS for 10-Speed Shimano ST-5600 30-Speed Eleven Roadbar Silver from Kalloy Eleven Stem 105mm Hi-Polish TH - Orbit X Alloy Silver Shimano BR-5600 for 105 Shimano ST-5600 Eleven Road from Velo Eleven Road Polish from Kalloy S-49cm, M-51cm, L-52cm, XL-55cm
Colour
Bright White
Extras
Lugged Frame and Fork
Price in Euro
1799,00
../OPTIONS/TOUR
../Tubing: Allegro 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, plain gauged, lugged Frame ../Rear Dropouts: Horizontal with 135mm spacing ../Braking: Cantilever Brake ../ Braze ons: Water bottle mounts (x2), cable routing for brakes and shifting, mounts for rack and fender ../Dimensions: Front derailleur clamp 28,6mm, seatpost 27,2mm, seat clamp is integrated ../Headset: 1” ../BB-Shell: 68mm, BSA ../Chain wheel compatibility: Single, double, triple with max. 52 teeth ../Fork: 4130 ChroMoly-Steel, lugged ../Colour: Bright white ../Frame weight:
It’s not about something new, it’s not about fashion or “this years model”, it’s about “tried and trusty, safe and serious”. This frame is not what people call “funky”, but it’ll take you to hell and back, while carrying everything you need to spend some time there. The frames are not made of Alloy or Carbon, but of Allegro ChroMoly steel, a material that will not let you down. The lugged frame is how they built frames back in the old days, back when men were men. This lugged ChroMoly frame has flex, but is still stiff enough to go everywhere you want to go. For this bike say “comfortable” and “enduring” and it does that fully loaded. It’s got eyelets all over the place and comes with a complete Shimano 105 group. It’s a traditional Radonneur bike and you won’t see the “Superlite” sign above it in the store, but that’s not what we were trying to do. The job at hand was to fit like a glove and that’s the way we build bikes. Richard Ayling has been twiddling with the geometry for years now and he’ll tell you, he’s almost there. But you know that designers never say “finished”!
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PARTS
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PARTS
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../USED Links:
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../Head Office and Europe: USED GmbH, Am Bahnhof 3 49610 Quakenbrueck Germany
Tel.: +49 5431 9089980 Fax: +49 5431 9089987 Mail: info@used-HQ.com Web: http://www.used-HQ.com
../GreatBritain:
Loads Better C/O The Dairy Rodford Elm Cottage Westerleigh Road Westerleigh, Bristol, BS37 8QF Tel.: +44 1454 319960 Mail: info@thisisloadsbetter.co.uk
../Australia
Allegro Bikes Diggari Pty. Ltd. 2 White Street 3078 Fairfield Victoria Australia Tel.: +61 413 611 245 Mail: richard@allegrobikes.com.au