My way too nice for me custom stainless Bantam. I had the frame/fork/rack built when I was doing a lot of all day mixed terrain rides. Its geometry is a tweaked version of my old Endpoint Hunter Gatherer with clearance for 27.5×2.25 tires, fenders and 2x drivetrain. So it is low trail but with a higher bb and adjustable chain stays. It was put together at the end of the pandemic shortages, but a lot of the parts have had many lives, The highlights for me is the Ti Steve Potts seat post, the Hope Rx4 brakes, and the now discontinued massive Swift Rando bag.
Should be a forever bike, it really is exactly what I wanted, I have no complaints. It rides so well.
by contrabonum
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Outstanding. Bob does such fine work.
This is such an object of beauty. Love the orange color and wish more builders were using stainless for new frames rather than the un-repairable carbon or heat-treated aluminum. Steel is real and stainless is beautiful, lively and won’t rust! Very cool to see a steel frame and fork with thru-axles! Thx for sharing.
Amazing! My Bantam is being built right now 🙂Â