Spot Bikes Acme 11-speed w/CenterTrack carbon drive
Above: The first photos we’ve received of the 2012 Acme, available in March. Hand-brushed aluminum frame, carbon fork, Avid Juicy hydro brakes, Gates CenterTrack, Alfine 11-speed hub, custom pant guard, revised handlebars. $2199. Preordering with a 50% deposit is available now and is highly recommended for the most popular sizes: 52, 55, 57, and 60. The Portlandistan Package ($2699) adds Axiom Rainrunner fenders, Axiom Streamliner rack, Alfine dyno hub with Busch & Muller Lumotec Lyt Senso Plus and Toplight Line Plus front and rear lighting, Portland Design Works King of Ding brass bell, and other commuting essentials. Substitutions are possible, e.g., Portland-made Sykes Wood Fenders or Supernova lights, with price adjustments. Below are 2011 photos and descriptions.
Joe Bike is the world’s largest dealer of the new urban models produced by Spot Bikes, based in Golden, Colorado. Their Acme, Ajax, and Sprawl represent a new generation of fast, weatherproof, nearly maintenance-free urban bike: a light and zippy aluminum frame with carbon fiber fork and a weatherproof drivetrain and braking system featuring the new Alfine 11-speed internally geared hub, Gates’s new CenterTrack Carbon Drive, and (for the 2012 model) Avid Juicy hydraulic disc brakes. There are plenty of mounting points for fenders, racks, and bottle holders. Acme features such revolutionary design details as the first post-mount carbon fiber fork with dropouts that recognize and compensate for directional braking force of the disc calipers. Simple and elegant, they take secure front wheel engagement up another notch. Post mount brakes reduce the weight, bulk and additional hardware of ISO mount brakes. That means your brakes are directly engaged to the fork, without any bulky hardware.
Availability: Acme comes in seven sizes, from 42, 49, 52, 55, 57, 60, and 62 cm. For the 2011 model shown in the photos, we’re sold out of all sizes except the 42 cm (stepthrough) and the 62.
Patent-pending Wagyū Slider Dropouts allow belt-driven or chain-driven configurations, and painless wheel removal with no need to re-tension the belt, so flat fixes take no longer than with a chain-driven bike (and you’ll ride away from a flat fix with clean hands). All the dozens of thoughtful engineering details add up to the exceptional ride, performance, comfort and safety that is purpose-built into every Acme.
The Acme Portlandistan Package, customized by Joe Bike:
Aluminum frame, carbon fork
Alfine 11-speed hub
Gates CenterTrack, 46/24
Avid Juicy hydraulic disc brakes (for 2012 models)
Alfine dyno hub
Busch & Muller Cyo or Lumotec Lyt Senso Plus (front)
Busch & Muller Toplight Line Plus or other B&M model (rear)
Axiom Streamliner rack (100 lb. capacity; very light, very stiff)
Axiom Rainrunner fenders with full reflective stripe
Pant guard with Spot logo
Portland Design Works King of Ding brass bell
Price: $2500 for the 2011; $2699 for the 2012 brushed aluminum model.
Australian customers: We offer low-cost, insured shipping to Australia. Please see https://www.priceusa.com.au/order/?mod=order to get a quick shipping quote. You’ll need to enter these typical box dimensions: 133 x 22 x 79 cm, gross weight 17 kg. As of January 2012, shipping to the east coast of Australia is about $375. Bonus: There is no within-US shipping charge for Australian customers, because PriceUSA has an office in Portland.
Below is the petite, 42 cm stepthrough Acme, for riders 4’9″ to about 5’5″.
CenterTrack shown above. (Note the belt ring on the Acme is black, not silver.)
The photo below is from a BikeRumor preview of the Acme.
Call us at 503 232-1107 or email info@joe-bike.com
for more information.
For more details on the bikes, please visit Spot here.
Note: our previous description mentioned that an Alfine dyno hub is standard on the Acme. This was an error from Spot’s spec sheet. We apologize for the error.
