Bryan’s Larkin Dreamer

Build Notes

Shout out to everyone who gets lost in the clouds daydreaming...today's bike is for you! 😴💭

The significant other to Ashley's Sklar from our last post is this dreamy @larkin_cycles Dreamer in a tasty orange dreamsicle theme 🍊😻 Now they're riding up down and around the hills of LA and dreaming up some big dirt tours!

But how does a dream become reality?? First, Darren fabbed up a beautiful frame, and we opted for the Hi-Charm fork crown upgrade 😳 Whereas Ash spec'd her Sklar with GRX and hydro brakes, we experimented a bit with @growtac brakes paired up with their incredible friction levers...the shift action on these had us quoting Ned Flanders, because it feels like I'm shifting nothing at all! Super smooth and easy moving an SLX rear derailleur over the 12-speed 10-51t cassette, which we paired up with @whiteind crankset. A matching White headset, bb, and rear hub out back with a SON hub up front, laced to polished @astral hoops for some custom wheels that were ready to boogie all night 🪩✨ @reneherse dancing shoes and handlebars wrapped @brooksengland bar tape, with a matching saddle on top of a gorgeous Nitto seatpost, @velo_orange stem, and @simworksusa housing was the perfect final touch. Thanks again, Ash & Bryan, you've been some dreammmmm custom bike clients! #itsnotabikeshop