650b.com took delivery of a new Ventana El Bastardo frame about a month ago.  With the help of Kirk Pacenti with the loan of a XFusion Velvet R fork I was able to build up this fine steed.

The El Bastardo was built up this past weekend.   Here are some photos of the build, a few parts need to be swapped out before it is exactly what I want.  Once I have that hammered out I will put out the complete specifications and weight.
The frame started at 6.2 lbs for frame and shock.  […]

While spring has sprung in Charlotte, NC this means lots of wet trails. Wet trails and an injury meant no riding for a few weeks in March and April. Everything is healed now and trails are drying up. I’ve finally ridden these tires a good 75-100 miles in various conditions, on multiple […]

Finally last week the Chargers were able to be mounted up with the Pacenti Neo Moto tires on the new Salsa Ala Carte. 3 laps later at my local 6 mile loop I had gotten everything I had come to see for the day.

The rims were awesome. They took every licking I […]

SixfiftyB has picked up a new frameset in the geared form. Steel is still real so when I stumbled across the fact that the Salsa Ala Carte could handle 650b tires I knew it was something needed.

It was a good thing this frame came in house this past week as the SUNRingle wheels I […]

There is a pair of SUNRingle Charger wheels in house on loan. Originally they were going on my 1×1 for single speed use. There is a slight snag. Can you see it?

The cog will rotate back and forth on the splines. My other cogs are those thin type made out of […]