- Smaller diameter on tubes with the strenght of the integrated gusset, we thought we could use a slighty smaller diameter tubes and they worked fine. We kept the same thickness though. We don´t like thin tubes on down tube and chainstays... since the Mosca 2 and Diablo 3 are mainly for smaller riders and trail riders, they have slighty smaller tube diameters than the Pantera 2 and 3amigos. So the new weights are: +Pantera 2: 2.505g / 5.5 lb (with seat clamp)
+Diablo 3 : 2.410g / 5.3 lb
+mosca 2: 2.400 g / 5.2 lb
- Internally machined dropouts they look nicer in my opinion and save a bit of weight. - 2 removable chain tensioners. People asked for 2 instead of 1 so we included one more. It´s good for those that want to use two or simply to have one extra just in case.
- Dropouts. We refined them making them smaller on the Diablo 2 and Mosca 2 and 2mm. lower on the Pantera 2 to protect the hub
- Integrated seat clamp. That´s only on the Pantera 2. Like Sergio says "I liked the fact of having less parts on the bike so having the seat clamp integrated was perfect for me. I liked it to look like you actually have a seat clamp but really small so here it is"
- Shorter seat tube it was low already on all our frames but I thought that a bit more will be nicer. It´s 13 mm. (1/2 ") lower now. - Bigger internal vent holes. Now it has even bigger vent holes to save some weight.
- New colors. There are 4 colors now. The choices of the guys. On the 3amigos, it has wider vent holes, 2 chain tensioners instead of 1 and 4 new colors.
Amigo David Q.
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