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but damn i love this thing.

Apologies for the sub par photo but it was 9:30pm
Gum vans cult grips
Rock bros metal pedals
Slim railed seat
Shimano hollow tech II bb
Samox 40 tooth 24mm crankset
Wake stem 35mm reach
(Future upgrades 10 speed cassette,rear derailer and shifter and chromoly fork) but right now im very happy with the performance for the price.

Rides like a completely new bike. Haven’t weighed yet, but it will be light. (It’s a medium, and I feel a lot less stretched now too, cause even at 5’9”, it felt too long at stock)

Open to questions, but here’s some highlights.

Carbon everything possible, except bars and frame.

Full Sword group (not black) and 1x chainring and cranks conversion

It was a lot of work, had to buy a bunch of tools, including purpose built ones (like a tool to get the square taper off). Learned a lot, filmed almost all of it. I’ll probably make a lessons learned video, but for now, I’m going riding.

I’m probably in this thing for around $1200 everything said and done, and I’m not sure of anything better I could have bought off the shelf for that.

Name: WarPig
Frame: Medium
Crank set: Tiagra
Wheels: SuperTeam
Tires:Stock
Handle bar/stem:Stock
Grip tape:Trek
Seat: Stock
Pedal:Stock

Bought this as my first bike 3 months ago and no lie mine was put together all janky and in preparation for my first ever Gravel race I decided to get it all mostly redone. I don’t regret anything since the upgrades and this thing rips! I may not be the lightest or the fastest but always get compliment on it. It’s thought me what kind of bike I really want but I don’t have any plans on letting go. Pics are post gravel race.