Long awaited and finally available : 2Souls Steelversions of Syntace x-12 (12x142mm) Standard.
Steelparts with complete Syntace axle set : 69,00€ +shipping.
For detailed Info about the x-12 system, compatible hubs and wheelsets etc. please check here.
BIG Thank U to all those riders who wouldn`t let the rain put them off testing BFO and QH!
This is 2Souls Quarterhorse with Brake Force One neat and clean before it went through the mud ;)
Our Bayreuth Gang has used the long holiday weekend to take the QH to its home terrain, "the jungles" :)
They`ve brought us many nice pictures and clip material, watch these for a start:
Thanks also to the rider Martin Goldfuß!! You can check his 29er shop here.
may we introduce to you:
2Souls Quarterhorse or "QH", our interpetation of 29er: low, compact and ready to rock.
preproduction model quickly set up with stray parts.
Estimated date of series delivery is mid september.
More pics and info soon.
We are currently testriding this T-Rail seatpost/saddle system by KORE. The minimalist design suits our own "reduce to the max" principle of construction
and is exceptionally easy and quick to set up and adjust. The seatpost comes with an adapter for saddles with standard 7mm rails. Read about our riding experiences with this system here soon!
The temporarily last Funtail 41.5 was shipped yesterday, with greetings to Berlin!!
But that`s no reason to worry ;), the naxt small batch of 41.5s will be ready for delivery by end of august/beginning september, and any preorders reaching us before 15.08 will get their customcolor for free!!
New date for the European Handmade Bicycle Expo is set: 31.03+01.04.2012 at the familiar location CCS in Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany.
Long live
2Soulscycles GmbH & Co. KG !!!
(something like Co.ltd i think?)
Together with two enthusiastic customers then friend and now friend and partners (thumbs up for those two daredevils :)))we`ve decided to push 2Soulscycles to a higher level and put together small but exclusive selection of HT frames, that will be also available through dealers. We`re not at the end of our journey through the bueraucratic jungle yet, but we`ve got our entry in the trade register today and now it`s official: pop the corks!!
preparing the photoshooting for our new company website we got this beautyful fork. 
It will be used with a ceramic-coated Funtail 41.5. stay tuned.
In cooperation with the renowned highend-steel producerReynolds (853 tubing) we`re working amongst other custom tubes on a new MTB-seattube. Triggered by the new possibility of mounting the front dereilleur on a small braze on instead of the usual clamp, we wanted a tube that could directly take a 30.9mm seatpost. This way we can save not only the front dereilleur clamp, but also seattubeshims or similar solutions commonly used in steelframes.
Our new 29er will feature this new tube as the first frame, but this tube - contrary to our TT+DT - is nonexclusive and will be available for framebuilders soon.
29er prototyp build-up draws near and this Sun Ringlé CHARGER Pro 29er is the wheelset of chioce. It was quite difficult to get it, as there`s currently no german distributor of Sun Ringlé, but thanks to Clayton and Sean ...
Based on Stan`s Tubeless System, with stiff cross-section of the rim and straightpull hubs it has all the features we want in a wheelset. Also nice are its light weight and the fact that it comes with adapters for all diameter and standards you can think of: VR- 20mm,15mm, 9mm; HR- 142mm X12, 135x12mm, 9mm)
Looking forward to ride them!
Old frame of the very first series with open dropouts, refurbished for the third time now.
Apart from a little dent on one of the seatstays,the frame is still perfectly in shape after a couple of 1000 offroad klmtrs and starts into its next spring with fresh color (RAL 4005 superflat).
Pictures of the completed bike soon.
The samples arrived yesterday, now their journey leads them to Tacherting, qualitycontrol to see wether they meet the requirements to be "x-12".
They will be available in about 4-5 weeks. Check back!
This is the detailed geometry and technical specifications for all sizes of the 29er.
Details are subject to change.
2008 we were asked by a local bikeshop to develop a Crosscountry oriented 29er steelframe concept.
The result
was a success and has been heavily used and abused till this day. Due to the economic crisis the prototype has not made it into production and the project was cancelled June 2010. With that the promise not to build a 2Souls 29er frame lost its meaning and
fastforward 6month, here we are with our own 29er frame concept.
This is a little sneakpeak of an older (workinprogress) CAD
From the beginning it was clear a 2Soulscycles frame would never be a lightweight/cc frame. Basically, we wanted a 29er version of our 41.5 funtail, for Allmountain, HXC, Enduro riding : combining the lively handling of a 26" bike with the advantages of the big 29er wheels.
For the past few years lots of new standards concerning headtubes, steerertubes and front derailleurs appeared on the market. As we tried to achieve high crosscompatibility we`ve chosen the relatively new 44mm id headtube standard so one can use 1 1/8", tapered and even 1.5" forks; and Shimano FD front derailleur brazeon to get the chainstaylength as short as possible with biiiig tires.
The geometry data of the preproduction sample size L (Reba 100mm, CaneCreek 110 Headset, without sag):
Steering Angle 69,5°
Seattube Angle ~72,5°
Toptube length horizontal 620mm
reach 419,6mm
stack 636,1mm
BB drop 56mm
Chainstay length horizontal 416-430mm
Headtube 115mm
Seattube length c-t 470mm (c-c 325mm)
44id Head Tube
ISCG 05
Shimano FD Derailleur
EVO2 slider Dropouts (Syntace X-12 version to follow soon!)
allowed for 140mm+ Suspensionforks!!
Tire Size 2.4+?!
For almost 2 years we`ve neglected 2Soulscycles and this website almost completely, due to the work of organising EHBE.
From now on, we will change this again :)
El Jefe is nearly busting of ideas, and a whole list of new products is ready and waiting to be launched. We will let you know more about this in the next posts.
We`re also working on a new website with some more possibilities, bicycle configuration etc. This is a first impression -
because it will still take a little time ;)
Only this much up front: our growing distrust of the press/media combined with our happiness about the regular, often extensive and detailled feedback we get from many 2Souls riders, has led to the menu item riders`logs in place of the common press, and we invite you to share your experience with our bicycles (and us ;7) there soon. cu!
