VooDoo began in 1994 by a group of bicycle fanatics, various cycling industry people who decided that it was possible to get a high-quality, semi-custom bike, yet at production produced price. Shinji Mizutani who runs a Japanese trading company called "ASAP" has been the owner since the beginning. Joe Murray (who at the time was just riding his bike about the southwest) was recruited to design this new line of bikes.
VooDoo soon gained a solid reputation for offering a innovative line of hardtail and suspension bikes made of steel, aluminum and titanium where you could choose a range of kits, forks and other custom options. Also most every bike was assembled in California to order with a level of QC rarely seen before. Needless to say, business was booming for VooDoo until the year 2000 and for various reasons Shinji shut down the VooDoo HQ that was located in Silicon Valley, California.
Yet VooDoo never went away and is alive and well today. Shinji still held on the the VooDoo spirit and was selling a few of the classic models in Japan until once again Joe was brought back to get things going again in the USA in 2004.
John Benson (web design, product manager and promotion) and Joe (frame design, testing and so on...) work in one of mountain biking's best kept secrets in the largest Ponderosa pine forest in the world, in northern Arizona town of Flagstaff at a nice cool elevation of 7000 feet. Only 45 minutes south and 2500 feet lower is the mountain bike cult mecca of Sedona with seemingly endless extremely rocky and challenging trails surrounded by striking red rock scenery.
My Next Bike is the authorized Philippine distributor of VooDoo Cycles. If you're looking for anything bang-for-the buck hardtail, to a titanium race rig, VooDoo can fit the bill.
VooDoo soon gained a solid reputation for offering a innovative line of hardtail and suspension bikes made of steel, aluminum and titanium where you could choose a range of kits, forks and other custom options. Also most every bike was assembled in California to order with a level of QC rarely seen before. Needless to say, business was booming for VooDoo until the year 2000 and for various reasons Shinji shut down the VooDoo HQ that was located in Silicon Valley, California.
Yet VooDoo never went away and is alive and well today. Shinji still held on the the VooDoo spirit and was selling a few of the classic models in Japan until once again Joe was brought back to get things going again in the USA in 2004.
John Benson (web design, product manager and promotion) and Joe (frame design, testing and so on...) work in one of mountain biking's best kept secrets in the largest Ponderosa pine forest in the world, in northern Arizona town of Flagstaff at a nice cool elevation of 7000 feet. Only 45 minutes south and 2500 feet lower is the mountain bike cult mecca of Sedona with seemingly endless extremely rocky and challenging trails surrounded by striking red rock scenery.
My Next Bike is the authorized Philippine distributor of VooDoo Cycles. If you're looking for anything bang-for-the buck hardtail, to a titanium race rig, VooDoo can fit the bill.
photo courtesy of VooDoo blog
SOUKRI
New for 2010, the Soukri, or "sacred temple" continues the legacy of the best-selling Dambala.
Reynolds 631 steel gives this frame a really smooth ride. Butted tubing helps save weight, and size-specific diameters ensure that each frame is tuned to give the same ride characteristics across the wide range of size. VooDoo sliding dropout system lets you run gears or singlespeed. Also features removable rim brake bosses for a clean look. The Dambala is at home on wide open fire roads or even tight singletrack. It dispels the notion that 29ers steer slow!
New for 2010, the Soukri, or "sacred temple" continues the legacy of the best-selling Dambala.
Reynolds 631 steel gives this frame a really smooth ride. Butted tubing helps save weight, and size-specific diameters ensure that each frame is tuned to give the same ride characteristics across the wide range of size. VooDoo sliding dropout system lets you run gears or singlespeed. Also features removable rim brake bosses for a clean look. The Dambala is at home on wide open fire roads or even tight singletrack. It dispels the notion that 29ers steer slow!
photo courtesy of slocaus, on mtbr.com
CANZO29
The Canzo29 can be anything you want a FS 29er to be. Build it up with lightweight wheels, a 100mm fork and turn it into an XC race machine. Or go the other end of the spectrum with a 120mm thru-axle fork, wide rims (the frame can accommodate a 29x2.5 tire) and you've got yourself an all-mountain rig. the Manitou Radium RL rear shock has adjustable platform valving and a lockout, and works incredibly well with the tried-and-tested four-bar linkage, giving you 100mm of smooth, controlled rear travel. Gussets in all the right places keeps the front triangle nice and stiff. Available in Matte Black.
Here's what MTBR thinks!
The Canzo29 can be anything you want a FS 29er to be. Build it up with lightweight wheels, a 100mm fork and turn it into an XC race machine. Or go the other end of the spectrum with a 120mm thru-axle fork, wide rims (the frame can accommodate a 29x2.5 tire) and you've got yourself an all-mountain rig. the Manitou Radium RL rear shock has adjustable platform valving and a lockout, and works incredibly well with the tried-and-tested four-bar linkage, giving you 100mm of smooth, controlled rear travel. Gussets in all the right places keeps the front triangle nice and stiff. Available in Matte Black.
Here's what MTBR thinks!
