Didn’t have a gravel bike, wanted a gravel bike, built a gravel bike.

Picked up this gravity hybrid bike for nothing and saw a gravel bike hiding underneath. It was gross.. really gross. Sticky, scratched, dry and rusted bolts. I sandblasted the frame, sanded the flaking clear off the carbon fork. Shot epoxy primer, duplicolor pacific green metallic, and 2k clear. I made some stickers to call it the “Dirty Burd” and put a scruffy pigeon on the head tube and since pigeons famously make pretty terrible nests, a couple sticks and an egg on the seat tube.. I retained the Claris front and rear derailleur wheelset and tektro disk brakes. I got new pads, new sealed bearing headset, salsa cowchipper bars in 46, Brooks B17. 80mm stem, Shimano CUES 46/30 hollow tech crank and bottom bracket. New Claris brifters. Pigeon grey Jagwire cable shrouds, some no name 700×42 tires and tubes. I’m still waiting on my new 11/42 cassette and hangar extender. But it rides for now. I dig it.