"Two. Weeks. According to the builder, it came together in between finishing other bikes and doing actual paying work. The whole thing had maybe ten yards of straight-line testing before it was stuffed into a car and hauled to the event. No real shakedown. No backup plan. Just vibes. I'm bummed I missed it... but the folks over at Berm Peak take it through a battery of wild tests and capture the bike's pure anarchic core. All captured in the video below."
"Built From a Kid's Old Fat Bike... and a Pile of 4130 The backbone of the build? The builder's son's old fat bike. From there, it spiraled - in the best way possible - with bits of Apollo and Marin grafted in and a whole lot of 4130 steel tubing tying everything together. If you like fabrication that looks intentional but slightly feral, this one hits. And yes, it's actually two-wheel drive (when in 3-wheel configuration, the back two wheels are driven). Because if you're already building a tall, suspended, cargo-ready apocalypse bikepacking machine, why stop at one powered wheel?"
A tall, fat, cargo-ready rear-suspension bikepacking rig was fabricated in about two weeks using a kid's old fat bike as the backbone and extensive 4130 steel tubing. Components from Apollo and Marin were grafted into the frame, producing an intentionally feral aesthetic and functional cargo platform. The build includes a two-wheel-drive arrangement when configured with three wheels, driving the rear pair. The bike received minimal straight-line testing and no full shakedown before being transported to a show, where it underwent informal racing and a series of wild tests captured on video.
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