Building The Ultimate Winter Bike

[@bubblesezblonde]

Make sure you stop for the obligatory sausage roll on her maiden run Dave...GREAT to see Munchkin supervising the build.!

[@DaveNoakes]

Oh of course I will, just got word from the dr that my cholesterol is all good again 😂

[@duncanmartin2626]

First thing to do for a winter bike - custom paintjob in white! :) Next - fancy carbon wheels, and some chaos - typical Dave bike build. :D

[@DaveNoakes]

😂 it’s easier to see where the dirt is

[@martinashwell]

Who’d have thought a pink and blue spotty bike could look (relatively) understated - nice

[@DaveNoakes]

Why thank you 🙏🏽

[@markjthomson]

Happy Dave, Happy bike, great start to the morning

[@DaveNoakes]

Good morning! Glad you like it!

[@stevesnailfish]

That looks fecking lovely Dave.....

[@DaveNoakes]

Cheers mate

[@chrisdoe8192]

That definitely makes me want to paint my bike. Love that colour scheme

[@DaveNoakes]

Do it! Thank you

[@scottamy404]

The build looks great!

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@pierrehenri2297]

Best looking bike of your collection, I think.😀🤘🏻

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you! I bloody love it!

[@kevinlyon9501]

Build is spot on, well someone had to say it.

[@DaveNoakes]

😂I like what you did there 🙏🏽

[@steppings5645]

Awesome paint job. 😁

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@A_AAA232]

super nice build Dave - looks awesome, enjoy!

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you, first ride today and it was perfect 👍🏼

[@paulstelling3099]

Looks awesome Dave .

[@DaveNoakes]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽thank you

[@malcontent_1]

Solid. Love how it turned out.

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you, I do too. Better than I expected.

[@moobaz8675]

Stonking looking bike! Enjoy 👍

[@DaveNoakes]

Thanks! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@geemangupp2815]

2 days 2 awsome looking custom bikes , we are being spoilt dave 👍

[@DaveNoakes]

I need to find something else to paint. 😂

[@kevinh2761]

Looks great - hope it rides as good as it looks!

[@DaveNoakes]

Thank you! Finding out today! I did just put shorter stem on for a bit more comfort.

[@numeronolla1163]

Hi, nice bike build. But I'm curios what cassette did you use for the build because I'm planning to get one that fits my HG shimano hub. Thanks :D

[@corrado9076]

Looks like the SRAM NX 12 speed MTB Cassette

[@DaveNoakes]

Corrado is right, it’s the sram NX 12 speed.

[@drill_fiend1097]

They sell Gestalt frame separately?

[@DaveNoakes]

No I don’t believe so, it’s available as a complete.

[@stevenfreeman7798]

Brilliant effort mate!. Well done definitely looks rovers testicle!!.

[@DaveNoakes]

Cheers mate, loving it!

[@ericmontgomery7477]

#groadbike ❤❤

[@DaveNoakes]

🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@spoodsnstuff]

I'm genuinely surprised that you went for black bar tape, I was expecting something far more fluorescent. Bike looks amazing nonetheless.

[@DaveNoakes]

I was going to go colourful but they only had black and I didn’t even end up using that as it’s horrible 😂 so I found an old one. I was thinking about funky supacaz

[@stuartdryer1352]

I like waffles!

[@DaveNoakes]

Me too!

[@byc1013]

Cool frame but it's really poorly prepped. Not one key surface on that bike is faced. Brake mounts, bottom bracket, head tube.

[@DaveNoakes]

You’re right, I didn’t face all those bits as I don’t have the tools. yet it rides like a dream 😁