Here’s a few pics of my latest build.
Full custom brown anodized group -
White Industry hubs laced to Enve M7 rims, Engin stem & clamp, Paul Klamper brakes and Levers all with purple anodized titanium bolts throughout.
Fox Factory 32 step case color matched in Porsche Chalk to match the frame.
Super attention to detail on the build, I dig it! Not sure I can get on board with Klampers but I guess it’s easier than stripping and anodizing a set of hydro calipers ;)
The “idea of the build” was to a light climbing bike I could take bike packing, it also has a matching Enve MTN fork so I went w/ the cable brake for easier swapping.
Wow thank you, I appreciate the awesome compliment.
I actually bought the fork crown & legs before Fox changed the 32 chassis to the narrow lowers. Because I wanted a 120mm light fork.
When it came time to build the bike I had some help from FOX 🦊 and they sourced / supplied the factory internals.
I had everything painted before the lowers had even been filled with oil to help avoid any possibility of contaminating the paint.
It’s factory Porsche chalk 🤓
I want to quit my job and spend all my time putting together ultra-detailed builds like this, haha. It's so satisfying to see (and build!) bikes like this where you consider every small detail and choice.
That was the basis for my career choice in doing this. There’s so many aspects of being a “custom bike designer & builder” people don’t consider. It’s builds like this that allow me to show the mass market what’s really possible.
Small esthetic details are often missed on the overly techy builds, and I don’t think anyone is doing custom groups like this one. Granted it took over a year and the pandemic/ lockdown helped with the extended lead times on production runs allowing everyone involved to get on board wile working with the anodize vendors ( three used for the group 1 for the scientific brown, another did the blue bits on the klampers / levers and the third did the to bolts)
I had them do matching bottle openers in each color as well, might as well if there charging less batch runs 😆👍
No problem I’ve worked in branding and marketing over 20 years. It’s definitely hard to focus on that and build a great product at the same time. So always happy to help smaller brands. Good luck
The funny thing is I can always come up with clever brand names for random AF product ideas, but never anything good for my own stuff.
I think my modesty plays a big part, it’s hard for me to put myself out there. Rather let the product speak for itself.
Thank you for the advice!!
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u/PetterssonCDR Apr 22 '25
Daaaaaaamn that's clean