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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Building Up A New Ride!

Whether you're a consumer or an bike industry veteran it's always a thrill to build up a new ride. That's what I've got going on right now.

I'm building up one of our El Santo frames into a 1 x 9 four inch travel cross-country bike. I've been pulling parts off of some other steeds that are going to be put up for sale and buying some new bits when necessary. All in all, it is going to turn out pretty sweet and I'm looking forward to bumping some suspension around for a while.

Some of you might be thinking, but you work for a bike company? You can have as many bikes as you want? That's not true though. Sure, I'm fortunate to have as many bikes as I do. I'm fortunate to spend time on prototypes. But bikes aren't cheap for anyone to build up so everytime an opportunity comes along to try something new, it still costs its fair share. I'm definitely not complaining though.

Because building a new ride up is just the start of the fun. The real fun comes from riding it!

Go tear it up on some trails.
-Kid

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