Snow fighter in Montreal, Quebec, Canada : Jean-François Le Strat

Jeff Le Strat is the toughest Focale 44 rider known so far. He lives in Montreal, he's been riding a Relax bike, named Pier Jackez. He says he rides 100 km a day (around 60 miles) to discover all areas of Montreal. He started his "trip" early november 2010. Obviously, that is a good test for our bikes. Jeff did not send us the parts list of his bike. Pier Jackez seems to be quite a stock bike, except grips.
Bravo Jeff pour ce courage.

French black frame kit : Nicolas Poix

We exchanged a few emails with Nicolas Poix from Reims, France while he was assembling his Focale 44 frame kit. And here is the beast with its horns :
- Frame/fork : Focale 44 frame kit, size 52 cm.
- Wheels : Mavic Open Pro rims with Miche hubs.
- Steering : Bianchi stem with Deda Crono Nero bar.
- Seating : Selle Italia XR saddle with Decathlon seatpost.
- Drivetrain : Miche Advanced crank wtih Miche BB set, chain and MKS Sylvan Stream pedals.
His words about the bike : "it is more beautiful in real than pictured".

Relax 55 in Australia : Nick Cook

Nick Cook comes from Sydney, Australia. He rides a highly customized 2010 Relax. His words on his bike : "Such a good frame very happy with my purchase and subsequent build!!!!! yeeeeew!"

A happy man...

- Frame/fork : matt grey Focale 44 Relax, size 55 cm.

- Wheels : Velocity B43 rims, Velocity hubs, Gatorskin rear tire, Vittoria front tire.

- Steering : Thomson Elite 90 mm stem, Nitto riser bar (chopped down), Champ grips.

- Seating : Focale 44 stock seatpost, soft saddle.

- Drivetrain : Focale 44 stock crank, Shimano chain, alloy BMX pedals, Brisbane Outdoor Gear toe straps.

Relax from Australia : Colony's Clint Millar

Some of you may know the famous BMX brand from Australia : Colony. Clint Millar, the owner now rides a Focale 44 Relax bike to help him recovering from his highly damaged ankle ("nice" crash in september 2010). Beside being competitors of our 2 BMX brands, Clint and his wife Niki are good persons. We are glad he rides a Focale 44 bike.

To Clint : leave the Golf R and the Type 3 in the garage, ride bike !!!

Special thanks to Mike Daly at Kickassbmx our distributor in Australia for the good deal to his friend Clint.

Aussie are always cool people !

- Frame/fork : matt grey 2010 Focale 44 Relax, size 52 cm.

- Wheels : stock Focale 44 Relax.

- Steering : Focale 44 flat bar/stem combo, with Colony gold headset and Colony Mountjoy grips.

- Seating : stock Focale 44 Relax.

- Drivetrain : stock Focale 44 Relax, with Colony Fantastic plastic pedals.

- Brake : stock Focale 44 Relax, front only.

- Extra : speedometer to let Clint know when it is time to U-turn...

Switzerland : Focale 44 country ?

Switzerland is probably the country from where we received the biggest quantity of bikechecks. One more today with Gil from Zürich. Nice bike and nice picture !
- Frame/fork : matt black Focale 44 Noble, size 52 cm.
- Wheels : noname hubs, white H+son Formation Face rims, Continental Ultra Sport tires.
- Steering : 60mm Ritchey stem, 38cm BLB drop bar, Fizik bar tape.
- Seating : Focale 44 stock.
- Drivetrain : Focale 44 stock with Wellgo M111 pedals, BLB toe clips and double straps.

Relax 55, from Bruyères, France : Seb P.

Good stem choice, Seb...
- Frame/fork : dark grey Focale 44 Relax, size 55 cm.
- Wheels : stock Focale 44 Relax, with Fyxation Session green front tire.
- Steering : Superstar Edge9 stem, SE Racing "Small" BMX handlebar, green ODI grips.
- Seating : Volume Pivotal seatpost, Eclat Gonzo Pivotal seat.
- Drivetrain : stock Focale 44
- Brake : rear stock Focale 44

Unique : pre-serial 2010 Relax bike in UK

You won't see this bike in stores. Aaron Bellerby is the happy owner of that unique 2010 pre-production Relax bike, size 58 cm. Being one of the two supermen at Zeal, our UK distributor, Aaron rides that sample bike as his first non-20-inch bike. Finally, that's not that bad to use a big-wheeled bicycle for communting...
Here is the assembly list :
- Frame/fork : pre-serial Focale 44 Relax, 58 cm, with too-long fork rake, no engraved logo on head tube and cream white color.
- Wheels : same as production, except loose balls hubs and non-radial spokes on front wheel.
- Steering : Focale 44 stock components.
- Seating : Focale 44 stock components.
- Drivetrain : Focale 44 stock components. Check that so-called gold chainring...
- Brake : Focale 44 stock front brake.
Aaron, your bike is unique. Keep it as a treasure. Within 40 years, you'll make a lot of money selling it on a famous auction website !!!

Noble in Quebec : Alex Belzil

French canadian customized Noble bike from Alex Belzil. Alex lives in Montréal. Beau vélo Alex.
- Frame/fork : matt black Focale 44 Noble, size 52 cm.
- Wheels : Halo with Halo Courrier tires.
- Steering : stock Focale 44 bar/stem combo, Wethepoeple grips.
- Seating : stock Focale 44 seat and seatpost.
- Drivetrain : Sram S300, 170mm, 46/16, NS Aerial pedals.
- Brake : stock Focale 44 caliper, Diatech Gold Finger lever.

Relax from USA : Heesang Byun

A Brooks-equiped Relax from Eugene, Oregon. This bike belongs to Heesang Byun, who is a good photographer.
- Frame/fork : swamp green Focale 44 Relax, size 55 cm.
- Wheels : stock Focale 44, gold hubs.
- Steering : Canondale 110 mm stem, 5 cm riser bar cut to 48 cm wide.
- Seating : Brooks B-17 honey saddle
- Drivetrain : Focale 44 stock.
- Brake : stock Focale 44 front brake

Hi-tech assembly from Switzerland : Angel Jauregui

Angel Jauregui from Biel, Switzerland assembled an expensive and hi-tech Focale 44 bike. That's the 4th bike from Switzerland on this page. Congratulations Swiss guys...
- Frame/fork : matt black Focale 44 frame, Easton EC90SL 2009 fork.
- Wheels : Campagnolo Record Pista hubs, DTSwiss RR485 rims, DTSwiss Comp spokes.
- Steering : FSA 120 mm stem, flat handlebar, 31.8 mm.
- Seating : Campagnolo Chorus seatpost, FSA saddle.
- Drivetrain : Campagnolo Record Pista crank and bottom bracket, Campagnolo road pedals, Campagnolo Record toeclips, BBB chain.