Straitline Feature on Edge Factor

Straitline Components are producers of some of the sweetest mountain bike gear on the market. A combination of some brilliant minds, the best CNC machines on the market and a second-to-none anodized finish leads to a product that's always going to be at the top of everyone's wishlist.
Straitline are proud about the fact thay make everything for their products in-house.

Straitline are based in Victoria, British Columbia which is an ideal testing groud for their products. Pro riders such as Andrew Mitchell (Canadian DH Champion), Casey Groves and Mike Montgomery (slopestyle heros) are sponsored by Straitline and are on hand to test the products to the max.

Edge Factor's new series focuses on how ideas make it from conception to the finished product being used on the hill. The Straitline episode is suitably entitled "Gnarly Metal".

Here's the trailer:

EDGE FACTOR e02: Gnarly Metal Trailer from Edge Factor on Vimeo.

Dennis and DJ from Straitline run through the processes involved. Starting from the idea, CAD drawings and fine element analysis, through to prototypes and machining the finished product. All Straitline products are a labour of love. You'll not see anything in their product suite that is a mirror image of anything else on the market. This is typified by their Silent Guide and SC Platform pedal which are rapidly becoming the flagship products.

The Silent Guide takes the humble chain retention device to its most minimalist. A heavily machined aluminium alloy boomerang and bashguard make up what little there is of the guide. And rather than rollers that can clog in extreme conditions, they use two proprietory polymer sliders that are both simple and effective.



The SC Platform is another example of different thinking. A massive CNC'd platform sits on a heat-treated, Nickel-plated cromoly axle, running smooth on IGUS bushes. Simplicity is another apparent feature here. The pedal can be stripped in 5 minutes with a fork if that's all you have to hand. The concave platform offers masses of grip and the angled leading edges mean the pedal glances off rocks and other trail debris rather than digging in like a square edged pedal.



Watch the full Edge Factor episode featuring Straitline Components by following the link below. Grab a drink, a snack and get comfy!

www.edgefactor.com/ef_ep2