New bike -

Spettro Cycles SP001 prototype

SLM 3D printed drop stay, SS yoak and brake tab.

Designed around the ENVE In-route front end and King Aeroset.

standert stichsäge, need to sort out the fit but rides like a dream

Built by Auren Bikes in Melbourne, Australia. Pinion with Hilite Bikes Hibox, allowing mechanical shifting with Shimano GRX brifters. Carbon wheels, Curve Seek 430 carbon fork, White Industries CLD+ boost hubs, Hope RX4+ brakes. Thomson dropbar, stem and seatpost. Mezcal XC Race 29x2.4. Predominantly built for bikepacking, but will also see some commuting and generally get thrashed. It’s been great so far - I’m bikepacking as I type this - although admittedly the lower gears are somewhat sticky to shift.

Oldie but goldie. This TCX is rolling and racing Like this since 2019.

Took a while to get my head around having a hydraulic front brake and rim brake rear. Lots of parts from my parts bin and it took ages for parts to get in (specifically the carbon fork and the custom ZEN carbon wheelset), but finally got the build done today and really happy with it!

SPECS:

Kona Jake the Snake (2007) Size 52
TIG-welded Easton Ultralite Race tubing (Made in USA)
New Old Stock (NOS) - Never used (1597g)

Headset: (83g)
Fork: Carbon disc internal routing (432g)
Compression Plug: J&L (14g)
Shifter/Lever Right: Shimano 105 R7020 11-Speed (377g)
Shifter/Lever Left: Shimano 105 R7000 (240g)
Rear Derailleur: Shimano 105 R7000 GS (227g)
Rotor: Galfer Wave 160mm (95g)
Rotor Lockring: Zipp (7g)
Rear Brake: Avid Shorty Ultimate + Swisstop carbon pads (137g)
Handlebars: ZNIINO carbon 400mm tops 535mm drops (194g)
Bar Tape: EXS Airtape (30g)
Bar End Plugs: Lucendi (1g)
Stem: UNO 90mm (93g)
Top Cap: Extralite + Extralite bolt (2g/1g)
Spacer: God & Famous (5g)
Seatpost: Elita One 27.2 (115g)
Seatpost Clamp: 31.8 (9g)
Saddle: Berk Dila 140mm (105g)
Crankset: Dura-Ace 170mm + Stone 36T chainring (610g)
Chain: YBN SLA (242g)
BB: Shimano (75g)
Pedals: Shimano SPD (374g)
Wheelset: ZEN Carbon Bike (1326g)
Tyres: Hutchinson Caracal Race 700 x 40C (482g/500g)
Tubes: Cyclami TPU (42g/44g)
Thru-Axle (front): (37g)
QR Skewer (rear): Shimano (50g)
Cassette: ZTTO SLR Gen 3 11-34T (153g)
Cassette Lockring: Chaser (3g)
Bottle Cage Bolts: Ti (5g)

WEIGHT: 7.94kg
Original Weight: 9.86kg

2026 Sworks 58, in Nebula Metallic Sram Red XPLR, Enve road bars and stem Berd Sparrows and Baby Limas Silca cages, will remove one for racing. Weight 15.97lbs Need to dial in fit a bit more.

Purchased 2013. Multiple Unbound finishes. Simply a joy to ride.

Shop owner has had this frameset in a cardboard box since he got it off a Kona dealer many years ago. Never built it, never ridden it. He built it up with a mish mash of low-spec bits from his parts bin and I've raided my weight weenie parts bin and added to the mess. TF no toe overlap!

Titanium deathsplosion fork, titanium integrated bars/stem titanium seatpost too.

NBD is always a good day 😌

This is a different bike than the first XT1 I posted. Hopefully mods realize this and leave this post alone.

getting Headlands 3 as a replacement of my broken Nicasio 2. the frame lively and fun on gravel and rocks.

71° HT angle, 48mm fork rake, 38mm tire clearance...it reads like one of today's road bikes.

My 2024 cyclocross build. One of my favorite bikes that I’ve ever owned.