All Things Bikes and Tacos! (...and every vehicle imaginable)

4130 and Reynolds 853 bikes are really popular actually. BUT they're nowhere near the scale of CF/AL bikes. More of a 2nd/3rd bike thats more of a display piece in addition to being a rider.

 

Yeah, until shipping and duty fees hit it. It's like a 1050 delivered.

 

This is pretty cool... Somebody must of got bored during this pandemic lol

https://returntonow.net/2020/12/04/...aJovp3xFyyJD5wuL7UWd5vMAnAfZr8ZJZw4TGo21m4r9g

 

Scratch that, this guys been doing it for a while, LOL
https://gpsdoodles.com/page/2/

 

LOL, my Dad's been drawing dogs, and all sorts of stuff on his Strava rides the last few months. He's so bored.

 

charge had a 29er hard tail chomoly i still kinda regret not getting when they were available. it was a cook greyish pink color that would have been perfect for bikepacking and gravel riding

 

I've stared at Pipedream bikes always saying one day, and I finally got to the point I'm tired of staring.

 

is it going to be a ground up build for you? or do you have parts lying around you'll put on. thats the biggest thing holding me back, and the price of a wheelset

 

Ground up build. I've got some spare parts, and I was planning on adding some new bling to my Stache, but I think I'll just put those parts on this bike. Debating if I want to just pillage the stache parts and move on to a new bike or make this a slow dream build... Prob the later.

 

Ive always owned a 4130 or Reynolds 853 hardtail until recently, when I discovered titanium.

 

how do you plan on setting it up? 29er or 650b+? 100, 120, or maybe even 140mm?

 

https://www.evil-bikes.com/a/bikes/offering

hello new offering.

 

Medium wasabi already out of stock haha.

 

I'm thinking 120 29er. 27.5+ is going the same direction as the 29+which is why I have been looking at a possible Stache replacement with some interest.

 

lol. but of course.

 

Don't tell me that about 27.5+.
I'm hoping it hangs around because boost.

 

Helll yeah! Congrats!

 

Looks sweet. Looks like pretty much everything other than the super high-end builds is already gone. This is a pretty interesting bike to me. I realistically won't be upgrading for next season though. Would be hard to even if I wanted to with all the backorders.

 

Opinion time: I cant decide if I want to put black bits on the new frame or something different.

Black would make the frame color speak for itself and be the focal point. Also, would be an easy transfer between bikes for whatever reason.

Or take a turn and go silver ano for hubs, headset, etc. Thinking about going with an old school color palatte like an MG spitfire.



The black parts look so good though!

 

I would personally have a hard time straying from black, but I'm basic AF. Black parts just never look bad.