The Sendero platform has been selected again and again by our Chumba Ultra Team and ridden to record setting finishes across Tour Divide, the Arizona Trail Race 800, the Colorado Trail race and loads of events like Pinyons and Pines. Andrew Strempke even holds the current Triple Crown Singlespeed course record aboard the Sendero!
Read MoreCustom Build Spotlight: Lisa's Yaupon Titanium
Lisa’s been a gravel and MTB ambassador with us for years, always giving us room to make some creative colorways for her builds. She asked us to really bring some wild anodizing colors into this Yaupon Titanium Dropbar bike which she is using for long distance gravel and endurance events/rides.
In addition to Lvl4 Ti-Dye Anodized graphics we also added custom details at the seatstays, top tube and head tube!
Her build features in-house pro build custom Chris King hubs laced to ENVE M525 Carbon rims, and AXS Force/XO1 mullet wireless drivetrain and a 120mm Fox Factory SC fork. Shallow drop bars from Ritchey, the Beacon’s, make for great ergonomics in the drops for offroad handling and a stable platform. The short 40mm A318 Industry Nine stem makes changes through travel feel really natural whether in the drops or the hoods. Key to the Yaupon’s ability to run both dropbars and suspension forks is a geometry laid out for fitment with a short stem/wider bar.
Anodized Seat Stay Customization
Custom Build Spotlight: Sendero Titanium MTB Polished
This Sendero Ti was built for a customer who has a real affinity for polished bikes. So to take this Sendero up to level 11 we partnered up with a finish shop that does high-end car part polishing for auto shows. The end result was a polished Ti frame, Thomson Ti riser handlebars, Cane Creek Ti eeWing crankset, and a 5dev Ti stem to top it off.
We brought this mountain bike to the Bentonville, AR Master Bicycle Builders show last year and it certainly captivated attendees.
Component shout-outs to: Chris King MTN30 Carbon wheels in Midnight, Pike Ultimate 130mm fork, AXS dropper and bonus points for making it a singlespeed!