2014 was a good year. Good year of riding. Good year of building. Good year of designing. To lay 2014 to rest, I’ve picked out a handful of builds that stuck out for me (all of them were good, don’t get me wrong!). These are tough choices to make I must admit. Each build I …
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44 Bikes : 2014 Year in Review
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44 Bikes : 1x Conversion How-To
I recently converted my wife’s 650b mountain bike to a 1×10 setup. With this conversion, we simplified her set up, dropped some weight and reduced some redundancy in gearing. I have a lot of people ask me how to convert a mountain bike’s drivetrain to a 1x setup, and I see a lot of the …
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Huntsman : ORANGED
Greg’s Huntsman came back from powder earlier this week and after a short wait, the 110 Headset from Cane Creek arrived as well. This one’s a Frame, Fork, Headset and Collar headed out the door. Huntsman powder for this one is RAL2009, ENVE CX Disc Taper fork, Cane Creek 110 Headset and a Thomson seat …
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Huntsman Out the Door
There was a few weeks worth of wait for one last component to arrive (ENVE CX Disc Taper Fork). That arrived early last week along with 3 others for current builds so I was finally able to finish up Paul’s Huntsman and get it shot in the “studio”. This one’s a pretty sweet little build …
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Epic
So it’s been raining a lot for the past 2 weeks here in the so called “Great White North”. We’ll get 1-2 inches of fresh powder to only have it warm up, then turn to rain and sleet. Not exactly fun conditions to be outside riding in. But that’s New England for you. We call …
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Huntsman Ready for Paint
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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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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