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Bike checks

Rider bike checks: the bike, the build choices and the person who rides it. Builders’ bikes from CRAFTED follow below.

Will Hart’s Transition Spur, full bike.
Will Hart, Transition Spur
Iridescent Cane Creek fork arch.
Cane Creek coil shock on a white Transition frame.
James Ivey’s Norco Sight with a Helm fork, lit in the dark.
James Ivey, Norco Sight
Gold Chromag stem and Cane Creek headset spacers.
Jenna Toney’s red Specialized Chisel with a holographic Helm fork.
Jenna Toney, Specialized Chisel
Brian Eister’s polished Zink on a green lawn.
Brian Eister, Zink Vacay
Checkered purple eeWings crank and Cane Creek chainring.
Brian Eister, Zink Vacay. eeWings by TiO2 Designs
Kyle McNamee’s titanium road bike against a ribbed roll-up door in low light.
Kyle McNamee, road bike
Cane Creek computer mount on black drop bars.
Ultegra crankset and Look pedal on the titanium frame.
Hand-drawn #KYLESTYLE decal in rainbow letters on the top tube.

CRAFTED partner bike checks

CRAFTED

Builders’ bikes from CRAFTED, the Southeast Handmade Bike Show, held at Cane Creek HQ. I set up a photo space in the warehouse and shot builders’ bikes on my own initiative, then shared the photos with them. My own Jackal rides along at the end.

Josh Ogle’s titanium full-suspension bike with gold and blue graphics.
Josh Ogle
Engraved silver chainring and XTR crank.
Detail from Josh Ogle’s bike.
Carter Bilawchuk’s purple Euler Bikes full-suspension bike with a Helm fork.
Carter Bilawchuk, Euler Bikes
Machined linkage and VALT coil on the Euler.
Detail from the Euler build.
Josh Whitmore’s teal Orbea Rallon, full bike.
Josh Whitmore, Orbea Rallon
Detail from Josh Whitmore’s Orbea Rallon.
Mike’s olive custom Santa Cruz Jackal dirt jumper.
My Santa Cruz Jackal