Baum Cycles (Australia) – Press Release: Essence- "Who we are".

Employing all our core principals: fit, handling and compliance. The Essence is made from the material Darren first started constructing bicycles from, steel. And encapsulates everything Baum have learned and come to value over two decades of bike manufacture. Tubing is matched to every riders individual characteristics, with the selection from all the top manufacturers: Dedacciai, Reynolds and Columbus.

With finishings including a Chris King, cockpit from 3T and a 3T carbon fork this is the modern day equivalent of the classic steel bicycles that made Baum the brand it is today. A part of Darren. Our essence.

Features:

• Stainless refinement on all the frame fittings, dropouts and brake bridge. Quality has no shortcuts
• Five seasonal colour ways to choose from with a matte finish and seasonal combinations
• TIG welded in-house, the 'essence' seen in every other frame is also found here

Standard Fuselage Package Includes:

• Personalised fitting
• Personalised geometry
• Individualised tube diameter and wall thickness selection
• 5 seasonal colours
• Individualized headtube length to the millimeter
• 1 1/8" Chris King headset
• 3T Funda Team fork
• Proprietary stainless steel dropouts
• Proprietary bottom bracket shell (English thread)
• 3T Zero25 Team seatpost
• 3T ARX II Team Alloy headstem
• Cable routing:
  • Mechanical
  • Di2 or EPS
  • eTap specific (no cable routing)
• Maximum chain ring 53/39T
• Maximum tyre size: 26mm measured