KOWA - New machines production Nem-Pro Forks !

I received a few new toys from our friends over at KOWA the other day .

By now I guess it not a huge secret that I have been working with KOWA suspension from Osaka, Japan
For the past year I have been working on the development of a production dirt Jumping fork , similer to the tuned forks we were selling in the past . I wanted to make a few changes to the design we were working with wile also making the forks production . Custom tuning large 3's for forks isn't very cost effective so the logical manor of thinking was to have a fork produced to our spec . After talking with several suspension companies we came to a agreement with KOWA .
The fork you see pictured below is the first version of the KOWA / Nemesis Project production dirt jump fork .
Spec's
$599.99 suggested retail
480mm axle to crown
5.60lbs
CNC'd upper crown
36mm stanchion
Rebound damping
Coil spring
Design for dirt jumping on a MTB
The fork might look a little over built to todays standards , it's not a XC fork by any stretch of the mind .
We designed the crown and lowers to be strong , we didn't want to put our custom's or our team riders lives at risk by producing a product that was inferior or that would break if used for it's intended purpose .
So the chassis might be a little beefy and the fork is a little tall in the axle to crown area.
Considering this for a initial product release we are very pleased with the quality of this product and how it performs for DJ and street application on a freestyle or URBAN Mountain bike .
This will be available in limited # very shortly , please stay tuned to this blog for more updates .



I also received another cool machine from Mitsu at KOWA , Thank you Mitsu !!!!
Hmm wonder what this could be ?

Open the box - to find

A new KOWA spoke cutting and threading machine ... SWEET!!!!!!

Pic's frame the shop

Well I'm sure a few of you have noticed that the pictures haven't been looking that great on the site the last few post's.
For some reason the photo hosting site I was using before wasent compatible with Blogger , were on Photobucket now and everything looks good again .

Here are a few recent pic's from the shop .
Thanks for stopping by -Brad

Custom frames waiting for rear triangles



Tight -




After Tak welding-



Damm sexxy-

Alex's custom Starfighter

A few months back alex from France contacted me and asked if it would be possible to build him a custom version of the frame we used for the KidRobot bike . After a few emails I agreed to build Alex a custom StarFighter frame .
This is a first of what may come to be a production frame , but for now Alex has the only one and it's BadAss !

I'll let Felix show you the frame and some of the details .

Custom CNC's read drops , not gonna see these on the Paragon site anytime soon !

Bladed chainstays

Felix agree's bladed stays are BadAss !

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Here's a few shot's from the build process

How to order Nem-Pro stuff !

There have been some question asked on "How do I order Nemesis Project products if I live X " Great question !!
Listed below are the products we currently have available , our product line os ever growing and changing. Most of the product's you see are made in limited QTY's if you see something you like buy it now chances are we might not have it in stock for a wile longer .

Contact info : Please feel free to Email me! if you would like to place a order or have any question on any of our products past , present or future .
Thank you
Brad
Nemesis Project

Current product's availible :

Track Frame:$750.00 - Handbuild Nemesis Project quality , True-Temper and DedaCciai tubes.
53cm / 55cm / 57cm available please contact us if you are interested in one of these bikes there absolutely amazing !


Bars:$60.00ea -all colors in stock with new graphic's !

Stems:$65.00 - Blk , Purple and green in stock ! ( Note: we might have 1-2 urbn camo stems in stock )

Shop Gentei - New Dealer

Shop Gentei
Check these guys out , Oliver and Dan are great guys and they just brought our Handlebars in stock to both their locations !
They also carry a full selection of NIKE , Disney Bloc-28 , MASH-Sf , SAG Life and many many other sportswear and lifestyle brands.

Located in Maryland , with 2 shops one in Baltimore at 1010 Morton st . and the other in Towson at 22 West Allegheny .
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Since 2005 Shop Gentei has been Baltimore’s go-to spot for apparel, sneakers, Japanese imports, and accessories, as well as a large assortment of skate and fixed-gear hard-goods. Tucked away on a small side street in the center of Baltimore, Gentei’s downtown location receives a thematic facelift up to two times a year, in addition to containing a sharply curated selection of imports and other rare items.

In September of 2008 Gentei unveiled a second location, a 2100 square-foot space right outside of Baltimore in Towson, Maryland. Gentei’s Towson location features an expanded selection of skate goods and special spotlights on some of Gentei’s favorite lines, all complemented by a finely tuned “recycled” visual aesthetic.

New stickers !

Big Thanks to our friend Mash Mike for cutting us some new handlebar sticker's on his home plotter , I weeded all these by hand over the holiday . Enjoy the new 09" graphic's !
-Brad

Nemesis Project going big for 09"

2008 was a good year we sold a s-ton of bars and made some really cool bikes for some notable clients .
For 2009 were going big!! So stay tuned, the component line is being finalized as I type , we have new forks from KOWA in the works , the 700C prototype frames are currently being ridden hard in S.F. and we might just see the finalized version of the ENEMY this year gonna be pretty hard not make make eye contact with this one .

Thought I'd start thing off right with this epic pic of French slopestyle pro and Nemesis Project team rider David Desnoes going huge on his Deathmobile 135mm !!


Thank you for your support and business over the past year it has been very much apperciated .
-Brad

Bar and stem review on I hate bikes.net

Jason over at I Hate Bikes just posted a great review of our bar and stem !
If you havent been to I Hate bikes before it's a great site with new cool content being posted regulary .
Here's a Link to the review of the Bar and stem combo.

In other big news Jason and his girlfriend Inga just got accepted to the IMBA trail crew and will be leaving us here in the bay area for the more trail friendly land of Colorado , have fun kids you scored the job of a lifetime !!! ( I knew you were gonna get it all along ! )

LAST SHIPPING DAY BEFORE X-MAS !

First off I would like to say Thank you to everyone who orders handlbars from us over the past year .
The 3.25 Weezy's and the 2.25 lil weezy's have been a HUGE success .
Due to the fantastic business we have recived selling these bars a few new product's will be making to market a little sooner than we had thought , please look forward to a full Nemesis PRoject component lineup in the new year !

Also Please NOTE :
DEC-17 is our last official shipping day for domestic ground before Christmas .
If you want to order any handlebars to arrive before the 25th you need to get your orders in by the 17th or we can not garentee you will get them by the 25th .

Thank you
Brad Hodges
Nemesis Project

Ride SFO bike show and swap / VIMBY

Last week was the Ride SFO bike show and swap .
It was a great event and big props go out to Phil and the crew for making this event happen !
Look forward to next year , it's gona be bigger and better !

VIMBY - Ride SFO Bicycle Expo

New video from David in France

David Desnoës - fin 2008 via Zapiks

Black Friday .. 3 day SALE on Bars !

Nemesis Project is having a Black Friday SALE this weekend on our ever popular handlebar line up .
I have also listed 3 pairs of the limited edition colorways in the 2.60's bars these will only be available for this weekend only ! So dont sleep on these coloways we only did 3 of each bar in these colors !
Please check out our Ebay listing We have lowered the buy it now option down to $50per bar for today only .
I will also be including a FREE pair of ODI lock on grips with every purchase made on BLACK FRIDAY only !!!

Links to auctions here :
Lil Weezy 2.25"


3.25 big weezy's


Limited edition colors , these are listed at $55.00ea
We have only done 3 pairs of each color in these bars , available for 3 days only act now or forever be regretting sleeping on these colorways . Once these are gone they will not be done again !
Limited edition colorway bars

Crops OTOMO

Wile on my recent trip to Japan for the cycle-mode tradeshow I saw this in the tradeshow guide it's a OTOMO by Crops-Sports
When I finally figured out what it was I had to see one in person , the OTOMO is a personal MP3 player with a tiny loudspeaker built in and believe me this little thing is LOUD ! The cool feature about this little guy is it comes with a Handlebar mount mount this to your Nem-Pro and rock out on your next ride !
Wile talking to the owner of Crops at the tradeshow to explained to me that the technology for this little device isn't licensed for the U.S. just yet . Not too worry cash speaks all languages and your truly was able to walk away with the packaged sample pictured above . I have had the OTOMO with me ever since I got back from Japan , all I can say is this little this is rad!
2GM memory , water proof , shok prof with full metal enclosure with rubberized controls , 9 hour + run time and a little speaker that is REALLY loud and very clear sounding .
Last weekend I was in S.F. I stopped by to see my friend Mike and happened to show him the OTOMO , today I got a email asking for more info guess he's also hooked on the OTOMO sickness thanks for the link Mike !
Hope Santa brings you what you want this year , I know I asking the I-sobot Hint hint

I also found this video clip , this was the demo version they had set up at Cyclemode

I was just trying to find a parking spot on Pico officer

Well as some of you might know , I have a fasination with totaled super cars .
This one might not fall into the super car catagory but it's a pretyt cool crash so I decided to post it up .
Here are on scean pic's from the .:R32 crash last night in Hollywood at Pico and Robertson .
Guess it went down like this from the stories I have herd , 2 very hawt girls were racing down Robertson last night one in a Porsche Chixter and the other in the White .:R32
The Porsche and the .:R both went around the left just before Pico and the Porsche apexed wide sending the .:R into on coming traffic . So useing its mad AWD skills the .:R32 monstertrucked itself to relitive safty on top of a Camery !
Enjoy the pic's (onsite photos courtesy of MylesPH1 )



They had to pull that ish off with a crane !

Ken Block , Gymkhana practice

Ken Block is a 100% certified bad ass !
Someone call Chuck Norris and let him know he has officially been replaced .