New to Tarty Bikes, our own range of 'RD' (Read Design) components!
Want to find out more about how these products were designed and tested? Adam Read talks us through his design process here.
Please note: The finish on this bash guard is now a 'gloss' silver finish, like the TartyBikes RD 4 Bolt Brake Booster
- Affordable, useful, and durable. The RD range of products!
- Designed by Tarty Bikes founder Adam Read, and tested by us.
- Made right here in the UK!
The RD (Read Design) range of parts was born from a desire to bring popular, and useful products back to the sport of trials. Designed to be economical, durable and easy to fit, all the RD parts are great problem solvers that look stylish, don't break the bank, and are made in the UK too! Created by Tarty Bikes founder, Adam Read, each RD part has been designed for a wide range of compatibility, with decades of trials knowledge applied to the design of each component. Parts intended for high stress use have been FEA stress tested, and physically tested by us on our own bikes, to ensure they offer performance and durability.
- Stainless steel bash ring, designed by Tarty Bikes founder, Adam Read!
- A strong, and industrial looking bash ring with design cues from the Deng era of trials to fit a wide range of screw on cranks.
- Laser cut from durable SAE 304 stainless steel, right here in Bamber Bridge, UK!
- 304 stainless steel has a higher density compared to mild steel and aluminium of equivalent thickness, this means it resists deforming under load, increasing the life span of the part. This 4mm thick bash ring has a similar strength and stiffness to a 12mm thick alloy bash ring of the same design!
- Stainless steel construction is easy to tidy up with a file and sandpaper! If you make a mess of your bash ring, you can bring it virtually back to new again.
- All RD products are collected direct from the manufacturer by Ben on his trusty single speed bicycle! Better for the environment, and Ben's fitness.
- Raw stainless steel material, and discolouration from the laser cut process gives a cool, industrial looking finish!
- Brushed finish looks great with modern, matt and shot peened finish cranks.
- An 88m outer diameter works great with 18 tooth freewheels and any type of chain.
- 'Ridged' outer edge helps give better grip on obstacles, and 16 cut-outs help to save weight.
- 34.8mm mounting hole diameter to work with most screw on cranks.
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Please note This bash ring does not have a 'lip' where it will contact the freewheel. This isn't necessary for all freewheels, as some will already have a lip as part of their design. If the face of your freewheel is completely flat, you will need to purchase an additional freewheel spacer to prevent it from binding on the bash ring. These can be purchased
here.
- Available in silver only.
- Sold singly.
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Bash ring is pictured with a Trialtech crank as an example of how it looks fitted. This crank and freewheel is NOT included with the bash ring!
- Weight: 102g
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Posted by Stephen
I was building a bike up so was on the look out for a new bashring which would be able to take the knocks as I've still got a long way to go with my riding. On top of being robust it had to really pop on the bike. You don't know until you see it, and then you just know! I love the retro style of the cut outs and the industrial look of the stainless steel with the burn marks from the manufacturing process. The RD bashring is a precise fit over the threads of my Trialtech cranks and I like the Tartybikes logo on one side which gives you the choice of displaying the logo outwards or not. I think this bashring looks awesome fitted to black cranks. If I could improve anything it would be for the Tartybikes logo to be bigger, and it to be a little lighter. However, I would rather the additional weight and associated strength of this stainless steel bashring to give me the peace of mind that my freewheel is protected from damage!
Reply from TartyBikes
Thanks for the great review, Steve! It's great to hear you're digging the industrial look of the RD parts. This bash was influenced by the early / mid 00's era of the sport everyone remembers so fondly. It's insanely strong, too, and definitely looks the part on black cranks.
Ben