Kate Courtney is an extraordinary rider and her right hand man, Brad Copeland, is an extraordinary mechanic, so naturally, Brad needed an extraordinary bike to whirl him around for all of Kate's tech support needs.
Enter the Mechanic's Superbike. The custom concept steed is equipped with everything needed to support Kate Courtney with all things race tech, but with a dash more fun than most tech zone setups. To put the dream into action, Brad enlisted help from some of the best: Jason Quade of
Abbey Bike Tools, who helped orchestrate every custom mounting point and of course provided the tool setup out back,
Ryan Vergeront, Brad's collaborator on the idea who "helped make funny ideas real, and real ideas funny," and Tony Baumann of
Made Rad by Tony, a longtime friend of Brad's who did truly make an already-rad design even radder.
This bad boy is built on the Scott Axis eRide platform with a Bosch motor. It has 140mm of fun up front thanks to a RockShox Pike Ultimate, a 150mm AXS dropper post, and an oil slick XX1 Eagle AXS drivetrain, much like its racier sister out on the course being ridden by Kate. It also sports the same one-piece Syncros Silverton SL wheels as Kate's bike, but three times as many. Wonderbike, indeed.
| Where to even begin?! This week we were finally able to debut the @bikeonscott Mechanic’s Superbike concept— The idea was simple: build an eBike-based machine equipped with every necessity to fully support @kateplusfate in the tech zone of a pro mountain bike race — and have fun doing it.—Brad Copeland |
The fact that even the Topeak canisters are included in the Made Rad color scheme is downright incredible. And the canister system, which consists of two canisters and a custom mini air compressor that pressurizes one of the canisters for quick tire changes, is quite clever.
The Mechanic's Superbike doesn't slack on the shiny bits, and with the Syncros integrated cockpit, Syncros wheels, XX1 rainbow oil slick cassette, and AXS dropper, this bike means business. How exactly are we going to define 'business'? We'll let you answer that.
The concept execution was clearly not a walk in the park, and Brad wants to shout out Jason Quade from Abbey Bike Tools, who essentially shut down his whole shop for a few days to make this thing happen. He used "all of his resources and know-how to fabricate each and every attachment, reinforcement, mounting point, and modification to make this bike functional and simple to use," Brad wrote. He also, of course, supplied the tool box itself.
Oil slick on oil slick. Tony Baumann, the man behind Made Rad by Tony, perfectly customized the whole bike. Brad met Tony at his first mountain bike race when they were both 11 years old, and they've now been friends for nearly 25 years, so the fact that they finally teamed up to create something awesome has a lot of sentimental value, Brad said.
The team's sponsors also made the Mechanic's Superbike possible. From Brad: "All of the Scott-SRAM MTB Racing team sponsors, whose endless support not only make our day-to-day operations possible, went even further to supply all the parts and hardware to complete this incredible package— in beautiful and color-coordinated fashion, no less. Thank you SRAM, RockShox, Syncros, Topeak, Maxxis, HT Components, Better Bolts, Old Man Mountain Racks and Pelican Professional for going the extra mile to be a part of this one. Keeping it sponsor-correct was an important goal for the project as well, as we wanted to pay homage to our supporters with this project and honor their endless contributions to our team’s success."
On this beast, Brad's ready to take on the world. Is the world ready for Brad? Doubtful, but maybe we can rise to the occasion.
That being said, I'm not a fan of homie's style. I'd have a little more respect if he actually made the hat, but going PETA keyboard warrior makes someone just as much of a tool as this dude looks
But whatever makes you feel like more of a "man" I guess?
Animal exploitation and abuse is wrong, full stop.
I'm going to take a wild shot and guess you are a vegan?
Sorry is it offensive to call a fox vegan?
The sexual assault allegations for both Trump and Biden were so bad that I voted 3rd party.
but hey if you are stoked on the commander and queef in office then that says plenty about your lack of intellect. unless you really like dead afghani civilians, unsecured borders with thousands of unvaxxed people crossing daily, and effectively ending womens professional sports. yay progress!
They don't give a shit dude.
Then Biden took the nomination, and now Democrats have forgotten that more so than any other single individual, Biden is responsible for the mass incarceration of Black Americans from his 1994 crime bill, the most racist bill in my lifetime. That Biden in the 80s consistently worked with actual segregationists in Congress. That Biden literally gave the eulogy for Robert Byrd's funeral. Then, after a summer of defund the police, Black Lives Matter, etc, the Democrats ignored that Biden chose a freaking cop as his running mate. Not just any cop, but one that profited off of and expanded the prison industrial complex. Absolutely mind blowing.
disgusting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1fVvGRlFoE
I'm sure his job is stressful especially looking out for the top athletes bikes to make sure they are primed and ready on race day.
Also, I love the idea of having an e-bike work station idea! Got a mechanical? No worries, I'll come to you!
It would probably be quite a messy deal for him to step in at this point and attempt address this issue without coming off looking sorta bad. So my guess is... we probably won't see him in a cap like this in the future
Who writes this crap?
Brad's friend: Where the fox' hat?
Brad: Ok
Brad's friend: ........Well, where is it?
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I think its funny but lame because he didn't build it himself .
Relax …
It’s a rough coin flip for me.
Surely this will be downvoted in to oblivion in no time!
We are on the internet right? These posts are public right? Maybe you need to find a corner to cry in while you drink that shitty beer?
I'll cut you some slack since I presume English is not your 1st language. That said, maybe you should spend more time with a comment to make sure you understand it before commenting yourself?
Obrigado.