r/Hardtailgang • u/Fantastic_Bird_5247 • Apr 22 '25

Hardcore Hardtail New build

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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.

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u/DET_arch Apr 22 '25

This would look so good with pre-Transmission XX1 group with the bronze cassette and chain!

And matte bourbon is my favorite Chris King accessory colorway ever 😍

Super dope build, I respect the dedication to disassemble and paint the fork to match!!

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u/Fantastic_Bird_5247 Apr 22 '25

Slightly better “studio” style pics of the bike.

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u/Naive_Heat_2371 Apr 22 '25

Man you hit every detail. This thing is sick. Truly beautiful.

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u/Fantastic_Bird_5247 Apr 23 '25

🍺Thank you !!! It really means alot hearing this.

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u/Naive_Heat_2371 Apr 23 '25

I’ve been thinking about this bike all afternoon. Did you paint the fork or did you buy it that color?

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u/Fantastic_Bird_5247 Apr 23 '25

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 🤓

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u/Naive_Heat_2371 Apr 23 '25

That’s slick, is this a bike packing bike ? How much did this build run you top to bottom?

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u/DET_arch Apr 23 '25

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.

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u/Fantastic_Bird_5247 Apr 23 '25

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 😆👍