February Build of the Month - S-Works Stumpjumper FSR Carbon

Posted by PeterD Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:22:00 GMT

This month we are featuring a Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper FSR. 5 inches of travel on alight bike makes this an excellent choice for most any trail around.

Here is what the customer had to say:
After taking a 1-1/2 year break from ridding, and not buying a new bike for 13 years, I was blown away by how the technology had improved.

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January Build of the Month - S-Works Roubaix

Posted by PeterD Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:51:00 GMT

Before you ask – Yes, Passion does do bikes with drop bars and skinny tires…

On to the bike… This is likely to be the least custom, or should I say, most stock equipped Build Of the Month in some time. This Specialized S-Works Roubaix SL SRAM is the top of a very fine line of performance road bikes, and left little room for upgrading. The adjustable Barmac, range of sizes and long rails on the Body Geometry saddle, and uncut fork steerer negated any need to change out components to get the ideal fit for this rider.

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December Build of the Month - Hammerhead 125

Posted by PeterD Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:14:00 GMT

This month we are featuring a Hammerhead HH125. What is a Hammerhead 125, you ask? Good question…

Hammerhead is a small company in Austin, TX that has been facilitating custom geometries for bikes. They use a variety of big name builders (Titus, Ventana, etc.) to put together the bike. This frame is similar to the Ventana El Saltamontes.

As always, click on photos to see high resolution version of the picture…

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November Build of the Month - Giant Trance 1

Posted by PeterD Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:16:00 GMT

This month we are featuring a Giant Trance 1. These bikes are speced from Giant with a good, cost effective set of components, so not much was changed on this from stock, besides what was needed to fit it for the rider.

As always, click on photos to see high resolution version of the picture…

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October Build of the Month - girlie Titus Motolite

Posted by PeterD Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:59:00 GMT

This bike has been nicknamed the “girlie bike” around the shop, because of the colors. Not sure if we started calling it girlie first, or our customer did. But either way, it is probably something the Guvernator would call girlie.

Here’s what our customer had to say about this bike…

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September Build of the Month - Santa Cruz Juliana

Posted by PeterD Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:28:00 GMT

Some of you are probably saying “Huh, Santa Cruz? I didn’t know you were a Santa Cruz shop?”

Well, you are right, we are not a Santa Cruz shop. But we have built more than one, and have serviced many. It is very common for customers to buy a frame elsewhere they want built, or for Charles to work with other local shops to get bikes we don’t normally carry for customers.

Enough of the story – let’s look at the bike…

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August Build of the Month - Turner 5-Spot

Posted by PeterD Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:52:00 GMT

Here is our second Bike of the Month. Going to change to a slightly different format for this one than what I did last time. The owner provided such great details (and has some pretty strong opinions) into why he bought the bike that I could just use it verbatim…

(note- click picture to see larger size)

Question: What about the Turner made it such that you wanted to buy one? How was it a better ride for you than your last bike?

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Bike Build of the Month - July (Maverick ML-8)

Posted by PeterD Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:13:00 GMT

Passion Trail Bikes specializes in customizing your bike build to your needs and desires. We deliver an equal number of full custom builds starting with frames from Maverick, Turner, Specialized, Giant, and Intense as we do bikes that begin life as stock bike builds from Specialized, Giant, and Maverick. All bikes are delivered with at least some level of customization, sometimes just a stem change and suspension tuning, but more often a bit more complex to make sure we deliver the best possible ride for any given rider or desired trail experience. Frequently we start with a bike or frame that is already in stock at Passion, but we also special order many bikes and frames to suit our customer’s needs.

If you are interested in a bike that is custom tuned to you riding preferences, download our personalization spreadsheet and come visit us for a free build consultation.

To show examples of the bikes we have built, I am going to try a “bike build of the month” series here (kind of like a calendar, but without the bikini models). Here is the first one…

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