Custom bikes built in Durango, Colorado
Continuing the game of catch-up, here is the December Zodiac build block. All of these were frame-only orders, so I'm going to cut to the chase and just show you the photos. Garrett's Z in Illusion Blue Andrew's Z in Illusion Midnight Purple (!) With Black Chrome swingarm Corey's Z in a custom color With …
Super late? Yes. Do we care? No. I took these damn pictures and I need to put them somewhere, so now 6 months later, here is your blog post. This was a small build block, with only a couple of bikes. A couple scheduling changes along with the birth of my second son (welcome Hollis!) …
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Three more Zodiacs to look at here, with one more complete build and two more frames. Jay's Fancy Mustard Z Jay's Zodiac in our Fancy Mustard powder coat really hit the spot. This was a fully custom build on a size medium frame, and it came out great. -As you tend to see a lot …
I know I said we'd be grouping all the bikes from a given build block into one blog post, but this one had 6 bikes in it! So we've split it into two posts; this one and part 2 which will come next week. Rob's Black Chrome Z Rob managed to remember me mentioning in …
I've decided to change things up a bit in how I present the latest builds coming out of the shop. I used to do a blog post for each bike, but that has realistically always been a bit of a stretch, so I'll be putting the builds together in a blog post just like the …
I tend to change out the bike I'm riding every year or two. It has more to do with testing new designs than anything, since I really don't care if the powder coat gets beat up, or if the components are tired. Good design comes down to understanding how the geometry works, limitations of your …
Last to post up from this batch is a size Large Zodiac in a color we've carried for a while but never shot! I give you, Illusion Midnight Purple. Once again, it's really hard to show off this color in photographs, but there are some shots here that give you a pretty good idea. Scott …
As the first size Small Zodiac to leave the shop, I was pretty excited to see this one be built up and go out. The reality of a size Small is that it's not even really that small. It's still set up for the Zodiac spec of 140/150mm travel, and 29er wheels so it's quite …
The first bike we are posting up out of our latest batch is this size Large in Ink Black. Gerad also picked up a smattering of components to complete his build kit, but for the most part this was a frame only order. He also was able to swing down to Durango and pick it …
First of all, let's get the obvious out of the way. Dan had me order in a custom color from my supplier, and yes, it looks bloody amazing. Dan's full custom build was a really fun project. The 12-speed Pinion gearbox was at the top of the priority list, and we built up a really …
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