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Monster feels like a gross understatement.

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Those photos make me very happy. I'm not really into mountain bikes, but I come back to this thread again and again.

Fraid not me. Never owned a Swift bag. Would love to, but I already own more bike bags than I probably need.

If you want any feedback on a Fab's Chest, Wizard Works Shazam, Big Hungry or Carradice though, more than happy to provide!

Sorry to also jump on this, but just in case anyone more around the 5' 11" range is looking for something similar I have one sat in the back of the shed built up with GX Eagle, 26" 3.8 tyres and the knock off Jones bars from Alpkit that I'd love to shift for a very reasonable price.

I'd would make my defence for having bought a new bike much easier...

The light isn't quite fair to it, it's not as grey as that makes it look, but yeah, a nice shade of sparkly black will be an improvement in my book.

Seems to be quite a bit of crust going round. Subbed.

Quick before photo as it goes off to be repainted.

Painted. Possibly the headbadge as well, depending on if he's able to save it in removal.

I'm being incredibly restrained and not taking it out of its packaging. I want to get it off to be repainted before I do anything like that, or I'll just be too tempted to start building it.

How's a quick render of how it might look post paint for you?

I didn't actually realise how soon I'd have it! Only arrived today.

As much as possible really. Almost everything except the saddle. Will have to look at the cranks, and replace the bottom bracket. Might match it up with the CK headset I got from Crust to go with it.

I'm not even that keen on the green, but yeah, the yellow definitely not. Decals will be repainted with something more in keeping with the paint job. The font and palm trees will be staying though, for sure. Quite like to add something like the 'what happened to all the mermaids' they have on the chain stays of the older models.

Glad it's not just me!

Huge fan of yours. Love the clean lines and more classic look.

This will replace a Midnight Special, and I'm probably looking at something along the black galaxy lines for the paint. Basically wanted the Evasion paint job, but with the Lite's spec.

Lusted after an Evasion Lite for years and found one both in stock in my size and in a position to get it shipped over via a friend without getting stung massively.

First job, paint. Off to Quintessential Customs at some point soon. Might be frowned upon but the banana yellow is not my cup of tea.

Likewise! If it makes you feel better, I missed the second batch of pizza and didn't hang around for the third lot.

I actually prefer Middleburn to those, slightly controversially. The shape of the cranks and slightly cleaner look just does it for me.

Perhaps the apensiest option is the Rene Herse crankset, which Sven Cycles might have in stock at the moment and would definitely do that setup.

Putting two and two together fellow Clever Mike fan. I remember reading this thread first time around and really enjoying it.

What a lovely bike. Love Fairlights, but also, more specifically, the all silver cockpit setup. Particularly having seen it in person.

Middleburn for the win. I would say they're the best looking cranks around.

I'm woefully unfit, but for me 46/30 isn't quite as spinny as I'd like. 42/26 would be ideal. Particularly for anything off road and/or loaded.

Looks great. Found myself free last minute and with a ticket for NLD, but think I might actually have enjoyed this more.

Frame, stem, headset, crankset and mudguards now sold.

Just a frameset and a couple of other bits, but somewhere in the region of £400?

Very elegant.

Looks great, and what a lovely bike. Really enjoyed the thread.

Would it be too much to do a Riv ride some time?

This is delightful. Is it yours/custom made?

Bit late on this, but I'm not wild about the section between miles 53-58. Live fairly nearby and they're quite traffic heavy, fast roads, particularly the section along Totteridge Common.

I'd be inclined to take Quinta Drive, Mays Lane (I have a weird fondness for this road. It's a bit no man's land and has a proper farm on it.) and Barnet Lane instead.

If you're looking for a bit of gravelle you could cross Arkley open space, go down Arkley Lane and then over onto Quinta Drive.

You have to access Arkley Open Space from Galley Lane though. Don't be fooled into thinking there's another way over/under the Barnet bypass like the Komoot map seems to suggest. Learnt that the hard way.