All-City Macho Man Cyclocross Bike
All-City has a number of steel frameset offerings, beginning with their original Big Block track frame up through a couple of generations of fixed freestyle frames, two geared road frames and the single speed cyclocross Nature Boy. I know I’m not the only one who has wished for a geared Nature Boy, and soon enough it will be available to the masses in the form of the pictured Macho Man. Oh yeah, rules were made to be broken. The bike features geometry and looks similar to its single speed Buddy Rogers rival, with a flat crown lugged fork and fender mounts front and rear to match. Cantilever brake mounts only, with a “standard” English threaded bottom bracket. Production frames will have flat, zip-tie style housing braze-ons on the seatstay to secure the rear housing from the top-tube stop down to the derailleur rather than the pass through style shown in the photos. The newly designed dropouts are a nice touch on this production frame, featuring a lugged chainstay and welded on seatstay similar in construction to the Space Horse dropout but for a multigeared setup only, no horizontal ends for the Macho Man. Style matters to some, and I’ve personally always liked the All-City frame aesthetic with bikes that in my opinion look as good as they ride. Available as a frameset or complete as shown, with an over the top Columbus Zona tubed version with internal top tube routing on the way.
jorgeFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:26 am
Looks awesome, but will probably be pretty pricey. Not sure how I feel about this yellow. Interesting to see how it’ll match up against Surly’s Cross Check.
fezFebruary 18, 2012 at 12:05 pm
another hot all-city frame completely ruined by the color. also, why is the all city logo always at a slant. it should be parallel to the tube. goddamn eyesore. keep it simple guys.
AndyFebruary 18, 2012 at 12:26 pm
I would have thought Ric Flair was the “Nature Boy” being referenced rather than Buddy Rogers, particularly now that Randy Savage has also received tribute.
bradFebruary 18, 2012 at 12:59 pmAuthor
I stand corrected Andy. I’d imagine the Buddy Rogers Nature Boy would have a threaded steerer and 27″ wheels, as only a pure American bike of its day would.
CraftyFebruary 18, 2012 at 9:46 pm
I think the color looks great and the logo looks fine. “Ruined by the color?” give me a break.
TerryFebruary 18, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Blah, I like curvy forks. Straight forks bore me.
I like bright colors, though, for city riding especially. Anything that helps people to see me.
fezFebruary 19, 2012 at 1:54 pm
yes ruined, as in i would now never purchase that bike because of the color. if youre gonna go with a loud color have some balls about it and just go fluo yellow. that big bird yellow with white combo is perfectly bikes-direct.
CraftyFebruary 19, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Cool, hopefully we ride the same size frame. I’ll take yours.
Jeff FraneFebruary 20, 2012 at 10:18 pm
It’s really not big bird yellow at all, though I realize that is how it reads in these photos and my own. I haven’t really been able to capture the color yet outside, but we have some studio shots that we’ll post soon that are much better.
It’s not yellow, it’s citroen, and it’s super hot in person. It’s a very close cousin to the Nature Boy green if that helps you conceptualize.
fezFebruary 21, 2012 at 3:13 am
indeed, nature boy green is awesome. thanks for clarifying.
Steve JonesFebruary 22, 2012 at 5:23 am
The color is terrific! Works for me.
justinMarch 27, 2012 at 10:36 am
glad they made a geared nature boy — currently ride the original — would miss the internal cable routing and totally cute dropouts lacking on this one, though…
danSeptember 13, 2012 at 8:43 am
They’re called “italics” and they applied it to the logo to make it seem speedier. Like a bike.