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Elephant in the wild….

Happy Halloween! Fright Night ride on an Elephant. Cyclist, Mark Knokey. Photo credit, Alan Jacob. Thanks for a beautiful picture!

From customer, Julian:

It was super helpful to see other people’s build list for different ideas, sizes etc.. I actually had the bike built a few months ago, but didn’t want to risk it on icy road. Everything’s finally starting to melt here, so I took it out for a small ride recently. It was really fun going from paved road to snow covered road to muddy grass. NFE kinda just floated above all these different surfaces! It was amazingly easy to climb with this bike too. Anyway, thank you guys again for this awesome bike! Definitely a happy customer here.

Here’s my build list by the way:
Frame: Medium 2018 batch
Bars: Compass Randonneur 31.8 Handlebars 42cm
Seat Post: Thomson (Setback, 27.2X330mm, Silver)
Saddle: Brooks England Cambium C15 Saddle
Wheels: Truest set I have ever ridden built by Matt Larsen with Velocity Blunt SS rims he recommended
Hubs: Schmidt SON28 ISO 6-Bolt Disc Front Dynamo Hub, White Industry XMR Rear Hub, 36 spokes
Cranks: Sugino 165mm + Wolf Tooth Components 40t 130bcd Drop-Stop Chainring
BB: Shimano UN55 BB Square Taper Bottom Bracket 68x113mm
RD: SRAM Apex 1x11 Long Cage Rear Derailleur
Brake levers: SRAM Rival 1 Brake Lever / Rival 22 Shift
Pedals: MKS Sylvan
Headset: Chris King NoThreadset 1-1/8in
Rack: Nitto Mini-Front 32F
Stem: Compass 1-1/8” Threadless Stem so I can use their Rene Herse Decaleur
Breaks: Paul Component Klamper Disc, Short Pull, +0mm IS, +20mm IS adapters
Rotors: Shimano XT SM-RT86 Rotor 6-Bolt, 160mm

Jerseys are in! For all of you who paid for shipping I’ve got them all packaged and ready to go first thing tomorrow morning!! I’m sending them out priority 2 day or priority 3 day mail depending on your address!! Thank you all!!!

http://www.elephantbikes.com/jersey.html

New owner David M. His medium NFE.

He says: "Have had my build for a little under a month. Not "done" but pretty happy with the build as is... Still debating if I want to dump the acorn bag and move on to a swift basket bag. but so far... this bike is the real deal. already has me thinking about selling my road bike; i'm totally sold on the chubby tire, all-road bike deal."

Chris S Medium NFE
bikpacking.com Toll Road route

Customer Hannah's medium NFE.

She says this:

GOING/STOPPING BITS

SHIFTERS/RD/CASSETTE: Shimano 105 5800

FD: Shimano CX70

CRANKSET: White Industries VBC 46/30t; 172.5mm

BRAKES: TRP Spyre SLC

BB: Shimano UN55; 68x113mm

WHEEL BITS (Matthew Larsen)

RIMS: Velocity Blunt SS

F HUB: Shutter Precision PD-8

R HUB: White Industries XMR

TIRES: WTB Horizon

SHINY BITS

HEADSET: IRD Double Roller Drive

STEM: Ritchey Classic C220; 100mm

BARS: Nitto B135AA Randonneur; 420mm

SEATPOST: Nitto Crystal Fellow

RACK: Nitto Mark’s Rack

LIGHT: Schmidt Edelux II

School of Cross is a junior CX club in Spokane, WA. Four of the 27 kids are on Elephant cross bikes.

Peter S's NFE. He says, "Those are Oveja Negra bags made in Salida, CO. I'm headed to the shop that put this bike together, YAMP! Cyclery in Edgewater, CO to do their alternate Thursday night ride, "THE O'DUB.""

Oddly enough I ran across this photo shortly after seeing the post of Glen's old WW business card!

Seattle people: check out these Swift events. They're fun and educational -- if you're thinking about adventuring on a bike, these are super interesting short presentations on bike camping by normal people. The Stoke Spoke events are the only ones that Elephant Bikes officially sponsor.

Jeffrey's NFE -- with painted-to-match Crust LD stem.

If anyone is in New Orleans check out the bike tours at Free Wheelin' Bike Tours! Highly recommend Andrew as a tour guide! What a great way to see this city!

Great 1st season of CX for Maddie. Congrats Maddie!

Our favorite junior racer hard at work today! Way to go Maddie!

Race day! Great job Maddie!

Customer, Peter's, NFE. Ready for adventuring.

Bags by Oneja Negra: made in Salida, CO.

Customer Kevan's bike.

We've switched our fork from a lugged to a unicrown design. Stronger, lighter, and more economical to build.

Paulo's build

Just a few hours ago in Brooklyn, NY after being caught in the rain for a couple of hours.

- Medium V2 frame with V3 fork
- Athena 11 Levers (front is gutted because I am running a friction bar end)
- Athena 11 RD
- Shimano CX70 FD
- White Industries VBC (48T-30T)
- 11-32T 105 Cassette
- Paul Tall Handsome Seatpost
- Brooks Cambium C17
- Pacenti TL28 (BHS rear hub and SP Dynamo front hub)
- Edelux Dyno Light
- Compass Switchback Hill
- TRP Spryre Brakes
- Shimano Icetech Rotors
- Haulin Colin Front and Rear Racks
- Switch Industry Ozette
- Ritchey Cockpit
- King Cage Bottle Cages

Roberts medium NFE

Shifting: SRAM rival 22 shifters, sram rival front der, sram GX 10 speed rear

gears: 11-32 in the back , White Industries VBC 175mm 46/30 in the front. Running on 115mm bb.

brakes: trp hy/rd . The Wheels are centerlock, and I use converters. Not super happy yet, will update.

Wheels: FH-RS505 rear, Shutter Precision PD-8 front. Tires are Babyshoe Pass ELs

Lighting: Secula Rear, busch muller IQ-X front.

Racks: Haulin Colin & Tubus Duo.

Others: CK headset, Thomson X4 Stem, Cowbell Handlebars, EC70 seatpost and some seat not in the picture that I find comfy.

Some amazing photos of NFE build -- photos by Robert Lee. Great looking build by District Cycle Works in Washington D.C.

http://www.districtcycleworks.com/blog/2016/1/29/elephant-national-forest-explorer

Elephant National Forest Explorer Photos: Robert Lee

Customer Sebastian's NFE.

Built up by Thad Cialek at Angry Catfish Bicycle in Minneapolis.

Check out the rear wire routing. He used Di2 wire kit to secure the wire under the fender.

Photos by Angry Catfish Bicycle's Chris Rourke.

Nicholas's NFE:

Frame: XL
Bars: VO Rando
Seat Post: Thomson
Saddle: Brooks Swift
Wheels: Panceti SL23
Shoes: Thunder Burts for now, Compass SBH on their way
Hubs: SP PD8 on the front and a generic parts bin rear hub off a Boardman CX bike
Cranks: Sugino XD600
BB: Shimano UN15 118mm
FD/RD: Shimano Deore/long cage
Brake levers: Tektro
Cables: Jagwire XL compressionless and a length of Shimano road to make up the shortfall
Pedals: Shimano MTB (no idea which ones, parts bin)
Rack: Haulin Colin special
Tape: Deda cheapo stuff
Stem: Generic parts bin
Cages: VO...

Customer bike.
Build Spec -
Sram Rival 10 speed shifters
Shimano CX70 front derailleur ( a great piece)
Sram X-9 rear derailleur
WTB KOM rims, DT Swiss 350 Rear, Shutter Precision PD-8X front.
Sugino OX601D cranks 44/30
Shimano XT Trail pedals
Planet Bike 27.5 ALX 60mm width (flap coverage is just so/so)
TRP Spyre brakes with SLX Centerlock rotors.
Pacenti Pari-Moto by Panaracer 27.5 x 38mm

https://www.facebook.com/glen.copus/posts/1150659204952382:0

elephant bikes on Instagram: “Didn't have time to complete the loop, but still one of my favorite climbs anywhere. Shoulda brought an NFE sticker to go up there with…” “Didn't have time to complete the loop, but still one of my favorite climbs anywhere. Shoulda brought an NFE sticker to go up there with that breadwinner…”

Ren's NFE

Joe in Japan -- check out his write up on his first NFE ride.

http://www.tokyointernationalcyclists.com/t/report-doshi-coffee-ride/202

Report: Doshi coffee ride Normally I do my first century of the month on the first Saturday of the month, but not this month. I only found time for a half day ride on my new Elephant Bikes National Forest Explorer (NFE) after my son and I built it up. It was still missing the mud guards. Then I left on a trip abroad for almo…

Joe's NFE. He says:
"My son Shintaro (pictured on my NFE) and I had a very busy day yesterday, but now the build is almost finished, with these exceptions:
1) I still need to have the 58 mm Honjo fenders ("SimWorks by Honjo Turtle 58") installed and
2) the 113 mm square taper BB recommended by Spa Cycles for their Touring Triple crank set turn out to be too short for the FD to drop the chain onto the inner ring, so right now I'm running the triple as a double.

Here is my setup:

NFE stock frame and fork, size S
Haulin' Colin porteur rack (NFE green)

Shimano 5703 shifters (silver)
Alpina-d FD
Problem Solvers cable pulley
Ultegra 6700 RD (10 speed)
Ultegra 6700 12-30 cassette
Ultegra CN-6600 chain
Spa Cycles Touring triple crank (46-34-24, silver)
Shimano UN55 68x113 mm square taper BB (too short!)
Shimano PD-M530 pedals

TRP Spyre SLC (silver)
Shimano 160 mm rotors
Shimano M-System brake housing
Swiss Stop 15s pads (not installed yet)

Tange Seiki DX4 head set
Dimension threadless stem, 00 mm, silver
Nitto Randonneur handlebar, 450 mm
Nitto S65 seatpost, 27.2 mm x 300 mm
Brooks B17

Custom wheels built by GS Astuto:
- Velocity Blunt SL 27.5 rims, 32H
- SP PL-8 dynamo hub
- White Industries CLD disk brake rear hub

Tioga QR skewer set, 100/135 mm, silver
Compass Babyshoe Pass EL (650B x 42)
Schwalbe SV-12 tubes

Today I did an 87 km test ride in suburban and central Tokyo. I love the comfortable ride and how the bike handles. I no longer worry about bad road surfaces now. I love how it looks too.

The acid test for me and my bike will come on February 27, when I'll ride a very hilly 200 km brevet in Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka. Wish me luck!"