Just finished up a Huntsman this past week which is headed down to Circle A for some Jay Nutini paint action. What’s special about this one? Well, dedicated 1×11. ENVE CX Disc Taper fork painted to match. Chris King Sour Apple Headset, bottom bracket, and hubs with bands/details painted to match. Sram Force CX1 drivetrain. …
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Huntsman Ready for Paint
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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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44 Bikes XXX FAT : My Ride · Part 2
So by now you’ve hopefully read through PART 1 of this Fat Bike Saga. Welcome back – if you haven’t though, you really should read that first as it gives you some back story with where I have been, and how I came to arrive where I am now. Up above is where I am …
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44 Bikes XXX FAT : My Ride · Part 1
This will be the last installment of my “Why I build What I Build” series. This one is on my personal fat bike. To understand where I am today, and where I am headed actually with the next iteration of this monster, we need to discuss where it is I came from. I grew up …
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44 to 40 : There’s a new boss in town…
As the saying goes: “The Eagle Has Landed”. More on this including my detailed description of my personal fat bike soon. Hold onto your butts. This ones going to be good… Till then, enjoy the shot above.
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Forks
Seems I’ve been building a lot of forks as of late. Clients and requests all the same. Mostly fat forks of the tapered steel unicrown kind. Here’s a few that came together recently. All sport different Axle to crown measurements but all are 135 spaced with clearance for 5″ tires. Some are 15x142mm TA. We’ll …
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