The Fabrica Club ( Romania) is going to open their indoor skatepark soon. The club’s address is str 11 iunie, no 50, Bucharest, Romania.

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I have had a pair of these put on my bike about four weeks ago, and they are the fastest grip to get worn I have ever seen in my life. Grip is all right, but my hands sometimes start to hurt.

In terms of wearing off, their name suits them well: SHIT !
As any lock-on grip, they never leave the bar and seem to be glued to it. No problems there ! Their ends are metallic, and are pretty tough. Even though they look really nice when put on the bike and are one of the cheapest lock-on grips, I do not think that I will ever find myself buying a pair of these, when I can get some Sunline grips or whatever.

“[A bicycle is] an unparalled merger of a toy, a utilitarian vehicle, and sporting equipment. The bicycle can be used in so many ways, and approaches perfection in each use. For instance, the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon. A person pedalling a bike uses energy more efficiently than a gazelle or an eagle. And a trinagle-framed bicycles can easily carry ten times its own weight – a capacity no automobile, airplane or bridge can match.”
Bill Strickland

Cube’s lineup was missing a real freeride bike, so they fixed that up. Here’s the Cube Hanzz!
The Hanzz has 180 mm of rear wheel travel, HPA 7005 Advanced Hydroform FR Triple Butted tubing and has a FSP 4-Link-System suspension design.

You will be able to upgrade to a Truvativ Hammerschmidt crankset on this frame if you want, but Cube does not include this type of crank in their stock specs, which, by the way, come in two versions: the Cube Hanzz Saint and Hanzz The One FR. There are some differences between these versions, including the forks (Saint version has a Totem solo air, The One version has a Totem Coil up front ) , rear derailleurs (Shimano Saint on the Saint version, Sram x9 on The One) , brakes (Saints on the Saint version, Formula The One on the other version) and other stuff like that. The bike will come in 16″, 18″ and 20″ versions, depending on the size of the rider and his prefference.