Vertebrae Ceramic Components

Fax your order to Vertebrae!

Dr. Leslie Brown — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:39:54 +0000

We’re pleased to announce that you can now fax us your order and pay directly by credit card or direct deposit via IBAN.

Simply download this orderform (in pdf format), print it out and fax it to our Australian fax number: 61 (0)2 8569-1597. Once you have printed our order form, all you need to do is indicate the items you would like to purchase (don’t forget to tell us your preferred colour choice as well as any other important options).

This is a convenient option for any international customers who do not have a paypal account and would like to purchase any of Vertebrae Components’ products. Australian customers are advised to contact us via email and we will then provide you with our Australian bank details. Please note that American Express cards are not accepted at this time.

Download updated assembly and installation instructions:

Dr. Leslie Brown — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:00:30 +0000

Vertebrae gear and brake housing assembly and installation instructions now available to download online in pdf format.

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Vertebrae cables reviewed in MBR Summer 2010 Issue

Dr. Leslie Brown — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:49:49 +0000

	We just got news that Vertebrae cable housing was reviewed in the Summer 2010 Issue of Mountain Bike Rider (MBR), a very popular UK mountainbiking magazine. It’s featured on page 152 in their “Tested » Products” section:

Vertebrae Anubis announced.

Dr. Leslie Brown — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:34:38 +0000

Vertebrae Anubis is the latest generation of gear cable housing specifically designed to work with Campagnolo ergopower controls. Anubis features black slimline alumina ceramic vertebrae, which are compatible with the new shiftlevers without the need for any modifications.

The benefits of Anubis over standard cable housing are: precision shifting over time, reduced finger effort, lighter weight, no need for lubrication, and of course significantly greater longevity. Anubis is currently in the prototype/testing phase and will be available for release at the end of October 2010. Further details will be released before then.

It’s widely known that Campagnolo have recently reduced the diameter of their Ultrashift gear cable housing to 4.1mm with the introduction of their 11 speed system. Many cyclists have experienced various shifting ‘issues’ while some have even resorted to riding with 10 speed in the interim. We’ve previously reported on the disadvantages of undersize gear cable housing; unless the overall design and/or material of housing is changed, undersized housing leads to imprecise gear shifts (this is because the cable housing is more likely to compress when the gear cable is under tension, since the outer housing has less surface area to inhibit these forces).

Vertebrae comes to Australia!

Dr. Leslie Brown — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:11:53 +0000

	Vertebrae brake housing makes a brief appearance in the next July-August issue of Bicycling Australia Magazine on page 38 as a new product announcement. The editors of Bicycling Australia Magazine have informed us to expect a more detailed review later in the year.
	Vertebrae Components ceramic gear housing is also shown in the tri-monthly August-September-October issue of Mountainbiking Australia Magazine, as a new product announcement on page 24. Again, we’ve been told that you can also expect a more detailed review to appear later in the year.
In other news, we have already sent evaluation kits to Spoke magazine & Road Cycling NZ. Next on the list are RIDE Australia magazine & Canadian Cyclist. Meanwhile, Ridemag seems to have misplaced their kit and we haven’t heard a single word back from bicycling.com despite more than a few e-mails. Other reviews are pending (fiets.nl) and we’ll keep you posted as they appear…

Sydney business trip planned for July/August.

Dr. Leslie Brown — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:18:12 +0000

Just a quick note to say that in less than 1 hour, Leslie will be heading to Sydney on a business trip. A brief stopover in Singapore is also planned.

So if you are from Australia or NZ and are thinking about placing an order with Vertebrae, the best time is between the 2nd of July and the 13th of August. That way, it’ll be shipped from Sydney and hence will arrive within 48 hours instead of 1-2 weeks. All other European orders will be shipped as normal from our Spanish HQ. During this time, you can reach Les directly by calling +612 9570-1634.

Red cable housing coming soon!

Dr. Leslie Brown — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:43:31 +0000

	You requested it and we have responded! All Vertebrae cable housing will soon be available in a “true red” colour! Expected arrival is from mid-July 2010.
We realise that this is an all-important colour which has been sorely missing until now… since it is one of the post popular colours appearing on many bike schemes. Needless to say, it took us a very long time to find a suitable supplier. This brings the total number of colours to 15, including our recently released ultraclear FEP option.

The ultimate cable housing is disappearing fast.

Dr. Leslie Brown — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:41:53 +0000

Earlier this year, we introduced a limited edition set of Vertebrae cable housing called ZTA. You can read more about its properties here.There were initially only 5000 ZTA pieces manufactured, enough for 19.2 metres of “the ultimate” housing. As of today, 67% of the limited edition ZTA vertebrae have now been sold, leaving just 6.4 metres left! This is just enough for 2 road bikes to be fully-equipped with vertebrae (alternatively, 4 MTB gear housing only sets).

There is still siginifcant interest by a number of potential buyers, so you’ll need to get in quick to reserve what’s left. However, just in case you miss out this time, we’ll consider re-introducing this special version of Vertebrae again towards the end of 2010.

Black teflon liner coming soon!

Dr. Leslie Brown — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:42:13 +0000

Coming mid-June: new black-coloured teflon liner! We call this new product “pipeline”. Pipeline will be included in all self-assembly and intervene kits. It will also be available separately for ~€5/metre. Note that the current white teflon liner is still available, but only while stocks last.

Vertebrae components long term review.

Dr. Leslie Brown — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:17:11 +0000

Spain’s premier online cycling magazine, arueda.com, has featured a review of Vertebrae gear and brake housing. If you can read Spanish, you can read the results of that test here.

This news was released earlier today, so it’s still on the first page of the arueda site! A special thanks to Gonzalo Vilaseca for taking up the opportunity to test our housing and publish the review!