SPECS:
Frame: ACME CAM Titanium
Fork: Bearclaw
Drivetrain: SRAM Force Mullet AXS
Wheels: South Industries
The ACME CAM a bike that at first did not make sense to me with its road bike geometry and large 29er wheels. “Just trust me and give it a try, it will all make sense” the words of Raoul de Jongh, bike designer and ACME founding member. And so having never even sat on the bike I decided to drop the CAM in the deep-end. I headed to the unforgiving Tankwa Karoo desert for a 140km recce ride of the upcoming Tanqua Karoo Bicyle race, the perfect testing ground. Sitting around the fire the night before the ride we each started to pull our bikes to prepare for the next days adventure. I will never forget the look on the guys faces when I pulled out this beautiful raw Titanium bike with its rather large tyres. Immediately the comments started “What you planning on doing with that tractor?” or “That look good for going downhill” etc but like the saying goes, do not judge a book but its cover. On the road just after 0430 we found ourselves riding in total silence through one of the most majestic and inspiring places to ride a bicycle, it was going to be a good day.


