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Monthly Archives: November 2014

  • Snow. Finally.

    In early September, I started a new fat bike prototype which had been scheduled into the list the previous season. After riding a full season on last years fat bike prototype, I had a few things I wanted to tweak. By the beginning of October, the bike was assembled and then the wait began. The …

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  • 29″ Rohloff Build on Deck

    So next up is a 29er equipped with a Rolloff 500/14 internally geared hub. This one is headed to paint too. NOT powder. I’ll just leave it at that regarding paint. Bike will be a mix of components including ENVE Mtn. Fork, Jones Loop Bars, Thomson bits here and there, Wheels will be laced by …

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  • Greg’s Huntsman : Finished and off to Powder

    Another Huntsman on deck. There’s a bunch on the list… This one’s not going to be black! It’s actually going to be RAL2009 which is a very close match to “Hemi” Orange. Will decide on the decal color (possibly white to match the ENVE logo on the fork). But this one’s a frame, fork, headset …

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  • Paul’s Huntsman : Back From Powder

    So it’s been a while. Last I spoke of this bike it was just getting all tacked together. It’s been to powder and back already but I have been waiting on a large back order of ENVE CX Forks for the next couple builds and this one and subsequently the one after it I built …

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  • 44 Bikes XXX Project Heavy : Radius Seat Posts of the 30.9mm Kind

    So it all started with this bike: This was a request from a client in England. Long travel. 650b. 12mm TA rear. Long front center. Short stem. Short Stays. 30.9mm Dropper Post. Those last 2 things required a 1.375″ O.D. radius seat tube. That’s a significant hurdle to overcome. The nice part, was this frame …

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