The Chase Element complete bike frame uses the same geometry as our Championship winning Chase ACT Carbon Fiber Frame and our and Chase RSP race frames. Our bikes can help you win, if you have what it takes, by giving you an unfair advanced with the technology the Element offers. The 2023 Element frame features Hydroformed & butted tubing, an integrated chain tensioner / disc brake mounting system, and a Press Fit BB86 Bottom Bracket. This is one serious race machine.
The 2023 Element offers incredible features such as Hydroformed Alloy Disc Specific RaceFrame, ANSWER Dagger carbon fiber fork, TIOGA FastR X tires, 31.8mm handlebar & stem, Hydraulic Disc Brakes, Chase Triple Precise clutch cassette hub, SUN RINGLÉ rims, ELEVN Aero Pivotal seat & post, EXCESS LSP crank, BB-86 Press Fit Bottom Bracket, INSIGHT chainring & grips. With all the parts together with this Hi-End frame, we are able to make the ultimate Pro level & best complete race bike out of the box available today for BMX racing!
KEY FEATURES
- FRAME : CHASE Element Pro XL 21″ Top tube, Hydroformed 7005 T6 Alloy, Aero system shaping, Enclosed rear dropouts, Integrated Chain tensioner system
- FORK: ANSWER Dagger Carbon Pro 10mm
- STEM: CHASE Element 31.8mm 53mm
- HANDLEBAR: CHASE Element 31.8mm 8.0″
- CHAINRING : INSIGHT 44T 4 Bolts BCD 104mm
- CRANKSET : EXCESS LSP 180mm, Press Fit BB86
- HUBS : CHASE Element 3/8″ Axle, Sealed Bearings, Steel Cassette Body, Triple precise Rear Hub Clutch System with ISO disc brake standard (3 Pawls at Triple Angle Engagement for 24T Ratchets), 16T cog
- RIMS : SUN RINGLÉ Envy Rims 20×1.75″, 36H, No Brake Surface
- TIRES : TIOGA Fastr X 20×1.75″ Front & 20×1.60″ Rear
- BRAKES: Hydraulic lever and caliper (BH-59, Mineral Oil, Pads Resin SHIMANO/ELEVN B01S), 120mm disc rotor, Lock Disc Adaptor
- SEAT: CHASE Aero seat post & clamp / ELEVN PC Pivotal seat
- WEIGHT: 20.85 LBS / 9.45 KG WITH PEDALS
- RIDER SIZE: 5′ 4,6″ – 5′ 10,1″ / 1M64 – 1M78
Chase has designed and added the new Enclosed Rear dropout on the Element frame was developed to add strength to the frame for usage of the Disc Brake mount, as well as the easy of having an integrated chain tensioner system built into the frame. We use this same technology on our flagship BMX racing frame, the Chase ACT Carbon Fiber frame.
It doesn’t matter how much you can squat, if your rear hub ins’t worth squat. But with the new Chase Triple Precise Rear hub clutch system, all you will have to worry about is how to where to put you trophies instead of if your hub can take all the power you can dish out. The 3 pawls clutch system gives you a direct link to power, while keeping the rear hub light and easy to maintain. With 72 points of engagement, the drag is also minimal, while being secure enough for Champions riders like Connor Fields and Joris Daudet to ride on with confidence.
Chase Bicycles introduces the Aero seat post tube, seat post, and seat post clamp into BMX racing with our Element bikes and our ACT and RSP frames. This is to not only to help gain fractions of a second on the track with improved aerodynamics, but the Aero tubes also offers a slightly stiffer feel. We know BMX bikes don’t need to go fully aero testing into a wind tunnel, but when races are won or lost by fractions of a second, every advantage will help.
Chase utilizes the CNC machining process to produce out 3D Modulus Dropout and small parts of the Edge and Element frames. Using the CNC process allows us to design parts that are specifically built to work the best with our proprietary frame tubes, giving us another way to control the overall weight and strength – flex factor on the frames, to give you, the best ride and feel from our complete bikes. Precision machining enhances the beauty and craftsmanship ship of all frames offered from Chase.
Chase Bicycles utilizes tapered tubing to offer you the most durable, yet light weight products, to help you achieve optimum results on the BMX race track. Our tapered items, use multiple thicknesses in the same tube, so the tube can be reinforced where needed with precision to help reduce stress areas where needed and lighten up the areas that don’t require extra materials. In aluminum the result are tube walls that eliminate stress points, boosting strength, reducing weight and improving fatigue life. The advantage is clear : Tapered tubes enhances strength and durability, at less weight.
Born from some of the best alloys for building BMX race bikes, our special 7005-T6 SpeedLite alloy is the perfect blend for our Hydroforming process, giving our RSP frames the core strength needed to produce unmatched speed on the track, while keeping the overall weight of the frame down to a minimum.
Hydroformed tubes have two main advantages. First, the narrow axis is a flatter surface, which means more surface area to carry the load, so it is stiffer & stronger across the minor axis. Secondly, the deeper axis is stiffer since the stiffness varies to the cube of the diameter, stronger to the square. When using an oval shaped tube on a typical BMX frame it helps reduce flex but only in one direction, but on the Chase frames, the tubes are oval in both directions in the main flex areas and these tubes help reduce flex in both main directions.
Chase utilizes the triple butting on our line of Element bikes. A triple-butted tube means it has three different wall thicknesses along its length. Chase uses this technology to reduce the amount of material used when building the Element frame, decreasing its weight by 15% compared to last years frame tubes used to construct the frame. Lighter where it can be and stiffer where it needs to be means no excess weight on the bike that gives you an advantage with the Element frame and against the completion.
Chase incorperates the Integrated headset system on all of our frames. Simply put, It is a bicycle frame, fork and bearing system designed to eliminate the need for a headset cup. To integrate means to combine and hopefully to simplify. What has been integrated by the integrated headset? The bearings now rest inside the frame instead of inside pressed-in cups, making it easier for headset installation, helping create less maintenance on your race bike, all while making the front end stiffer and the overall bike lighter.
Early Chase Element bikes, RSP & ACT Frames both use a Press Fit style Bottom Bracket tube. Press Fit BB are a simple and easy way to install a Bottom Bracket, where the Bottom Bracket you supply for your frame has the Bearings in cups and simply press into the frame, eliminating the chance of damaging BB threads, with the traditional Euro BB. The BB is usually lighter and easier to install and remove as well.
FRAME | CHASE Element Pro XL 21″ Top Tube, 7005 T6 Alloy, Integrated 1-1/8″ Head Tube, Enclosed rear dropouts and Chain tensioner system |
FORK | ANSWER Dagger Carbon Pro, Alloy Drop Out 3/8″ Axle, 1-1/8″ Alloy Steer Tube, Alloy Top Cap |
HEADSET | CHASE Integrated Sealed Bearing |
HANDLEBAR | CHASE Element 31.8mm, 8.0″ Rise, 28.5″ Wide, 10° Back Sweep, 2° Up Sweep |
GRIPS | INSIGHT C.O.G.S 145mm, Alloy Clamps Laser Etched Logo, PVC End Plug |
STEM | CHASE Element 31.8mm, 53mm, 6061 T6 Alloy CNC Laser Etched Logo |
BB | Press Fit 86/92mm Cartridge Bearings |
CHAINRING | INSIGHT 44 Tooth 4 Bolts 104mm 1/2″x3/32″ 5mm Alloy Ring |
CRANK | EXCESS LSP 2 Piece Crank 180mm Alloy Arm, 4 Bolt Spider, Cr-mo Pedal Inserts, Alloy Chain Ring Bolts / Nuts |
PEDAL | Nylon Platform Pedal 9/16″ |
CHAIN | KMC Z1 narrow 1/2″x3/32″ |
COG | 16 Tooth |
FRONT HUB | CHASE Element, 3/8″ Axle, 36H, Sealed Bearing |
REAR HUB | CHASE Element ISO, 3/8″ Axle, 36H, Sealed Bearing, Steel Cassette Body with 3 Pawls at Triple Angle Engagement for 24T Ratchets |
SPOKES | 14 Gauge 186mm Front / 181mm Rear |
NIPPLES | Brass 14Gx5/8″ |
RIMS | SUN RINGLÉ Envy 36H 20×1.75″ No Brake Surface Schrader Valve |
FRONT TIRE | TIOGA Fastr X 20×1.75″ |
REAR TIRE | TIOGA Fastr X 20×1.60″ |
TUBES | 20×1.50/1.75″ Schrader valve |
BRAKES | Hydraulic lever and caliper (BH-59, Mineral Oil, Pads Resin SHIMANO/ELEVN B01S), 120mm disc rotor, Lock Disc Adaptor |
SADDLE | ELEVN PC Pivotal |
SEAT POST | CHASE Aero Pivotal 27.2x260mm Alloy |
SEAT CLAMP | CHASE Aero 27.2mm QR Alloy |
FRAME SIZE | TT | CS min | LR | AF | SA | HT | SPL | BBH | WHEELS |
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Expert | 20" - 508 mm | 13.5" - 342.9 mm | 1.5" - 38.1 mm | 73° | 70° | 4.7" - 120 mm | 9.2" - 236 mm | 11" - 279.4 mm | 20×1-3/8" |
Pro | 20.5" - 520.7 mm | 14.25" - 362 mm | 1.5" - 38.1 mm | 74° | 72,5° | 4.7" - 120 mm | 9.2" - 236 mm | 11.5" - 292.1 mm | 20×1.5" |
Pro XL | 21" - 533.4 mm | 14.3" - 363.3 mm | 1.5" - 38.1 mm | 74° | 72,5° | 4.7" - 120 mm | 9.2" - 236 mm | 11.5" - 292.1 mm | 20×1.75" |
Pro XXL | 21.5" - 546.1 mm | 14.5" - 368.3 mm | 1.5" - 38.1 mm | 74° | 72,5° | 4.7" - 120 mm | 9.2" - 236 mm | 11.5" - 292.1 mm | 20×1.75" |
Pro XXXL | 22.0" - 558.8 mm | 14.5" - 368.3 mm | 1.5" - 38.1 mm | 74° | 72,5° | 4.7" - 120 mm | 9.2" - 236 mm | 11.5" - 292.1 mm | 20×1.75" |
Pro Cruiser | 21.5" - 546.1 mm | 15.25" - 387.3 mm | 1.5" - 38.1 mm | 73° | 69,5° | 4.7" - 120 mm | 9.8" - 250 mm | 12" - 304.8 mm | 24×1.75" |
Pro Cruiser + | 22.0" - 558.8 mm | 15.25" - 387.3 mm | 1.5" - 38.1 mm | 73° | 69,5° | 4.7" - 120 mm | 9.8" - 250 mm | 12" - 304.8 mm | 24×1.75" |