New Bike day coming soon

325racer · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:32 am

I've been gathering parts since late November to build up a Nordest Bardino 3. Can't fully explain my reasoning for this frame. But I liked the geometry, style, color, etc.

Build will hopefully happen this week, but here's a little previous of some of the parts.

OldDogDan · **Posted:** Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:18 pm

The suspense is killing me.

325racer · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:27 pm

Here was the start of today. Couple parts aren't shown in this photo. Didn't quite finish, still need to cut the brake lines to length and they are unrideably long.

avidtest · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2022 6:02 am

That is beautiful; I wish my garage floor was coated like that.

Red Hot Sloth · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2022 7:54 am

avidtest wrote:

That is beautiful; I wish my garage floor was coated like that.

Curious, why would you want this coated on your garage floor?

avidtest · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:21 am

Oh my God. I missed that. Yeah, that's pretty hideous.

OldDogDan · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:12 pm

^^^ That might be what happened when he totaled up the receipts.

MoFlow · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2022 3:32 pm

Who knows what has stained my unprotective garage floor over the years?

325racer · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:47 pm

Here's the finalized build!

Nordest Bardino 3 Large
Rockshox Lyric Ultimate (with custom decals from Slik Graphics)
Eagle X01 AXS
5Dev Limited Edition Kashima cranks
5Dev 32mm Ti Stem
Chris King Headset
Chris King Bottom Bracket
Better Bolts Ti Bolt Kit (rotors, brakes, bottle mounts, AXS pivot, B Screw, Limit screws)
XTR Trail Pedals
Diety Skywire 25mm rise bars
Magura MT7 Raceline brakes
Magura MDR-P rotors 203mm front, 180 rear
LightBicyle AM/EN 933 Rims
Onyx Classic hubs
Reserve Filmore valve
Versus Trail tires (blue splatter)
OneUp 210mm Dropper (reduced to 200mm)
Ergon SM Enduro Comp Saddle
Ergon GE1 Evo grips
Wolftooth Magura dropper lever
Magura Sram matchmaker
Arundel Grypto bottle cage
OneUp pump and tool kit

avidtest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:17 am

When you get a chance, post some pics so we can see the details

Seriously - nice build. You can have your own HardTail Party. But importantly, how does it ride?!

Dirtrider · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:26 am

Nice job! Too bad you ran through some blue paint with the new tires :wink:

Inconceivable · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm

Damn sexy cranks!

Kimba · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:09 pm

That is a sweet looking bike

325racer · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:49 pm

Thanks, been planning and gathering parts since November.

First ride day is this Saturday at Calavera.

325racer · **Posted:** Sun Jul 10, 2022 12:57 pm

Wow, this thing can climb! Not sure which part contributes the most, but I was able to easily clear the steep of camber "culvert" climb. With the seat post angle (74) and short chainstay (425) it puts a ton of weight right on the tire for what seems like unlimited traction. With the Versus tires and AXS shifter, there was unlimited traction and when I wanted a do2nshift it was a simple tap of the shifter.

On the descending side, I'm still dialing in the fork and slowly learning it's handling, but I'm already starting to see some PR's, but it feels like a nice sweet spot for me. Some have said that I seem to ride Woodie better than the Hightower, just not as fast, with this I'm able to ride more like I do on the rigid, but with speed closer to the full sus.

New Bike day coming soon

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