Sunday, February 02, 2014

Pics and unsolicited praise from Steve

Photoshop? Or not? Only Steve knows...


Steve writes: Bike rides awesome.  Telepathic is the term I would use.  I'm cornering noticeably faster than what I now call my long chainstay Paradox.  Those same corners that I used to sort of plow/understeer through the bike just carves through.  No pedal strikes either.  Great traction and I love how (with the dropper and short seat tube) I can get back over the rear wheel.  I rode the east side of High Desert Trail System today, which is basically cross country with a bit of trail.

I am still not used to pictures of bikes with the saddle slammed down. Tried
to talk Steve into going stealth on this sucker but he already had the non-stealth.

5 comments:

A J Collins said...

Looks perfect for me, too. Walt, did you do a post on this frame build? Could you please link it -- I couldn't find it...
Or is there general info somewhere else I missed?
Thank you.

A J Collins said...

Looks perfect for me, too. Walt, did you do a post on this frame build? Could you please link it -- I couldn't find it...
Or is there general info somewhere else I missed?
Thank you.

Walt said...

Hey AJ -

I did not do a geometry post on this one, but I will now that you asked. Getting ready for the move to PC has taken up a lot of time so I have been slacking a bit on the geometry geek part of the blog.

Anonymous said...

I would be interested too in geo.
Also, sure looks like a singlespeed, so whats the trigger shifter looking thing on the left bar? Fork lock-out? The dropper control is obviously on the right.

Steve said...

Anonymous,

Right side of the bars has the dropper control as you've noticed. Left side has the Fox CTD remote, which is the trigger you see on the bottom. The top has the Portland Design Works trail bell.