Dream Bike Day – Crust Evasion Lite

After a false start of an exploding old SRAM Force CX1 shifter I've finally built up a bike that I'm planning on tackling the Hunt 1000, Tour Divide and Tour Aotearoa on and could be happier.

Felt like a build where I had to really take my time on sorting details like the kLite routing which required outer house stripping and heat shrinking again etc but happy with how clean it came out.

Also decided to go AXS this time round after having issues with a 10yo Force CX1 Mechanical groupset but have been riding AXS on my MTB for a while with no issues + the braking and lever feel is 10x better which feels like a massive win.

The ride is super fun and stoked on the clearance for 2.8 650b if I ever need it.

Specs

• Crust Evasion Lite 54 with Chris King Headset
• DT Swiss EX471 Rims on DT Swiss 350 rear and SON 28 Dyno front 650b
• Mezcal 2.35 Front and Rear
• kLite with binary switch for light or charging
• SRAM Rival E1 AXS mullet with GX AXS + Garbaruk Jockey Wheels
• White Industries M30 Crank
• Thomson 100m 0 degree stem with 16mm offset post
• Curve 500mm Walmer Bars with Redshift Cruise Control grips wrapped with Campandgoslow Western Rattler Tape.
• Pro Stealth 152mm Saddle
• XTR Pedals
• Blue Lug Safety Triangle and Spur Bell I've had for 10+ years.