![]() ![]() Putting yourself back in 2009, this was a pretty wild request. ![]() He had expressed strong interest in using a 50mm stem on this bike. Max was a young racer and very connected to trends and what was going on in regional racing. I was just starting to figure out the basics of real bicycle design at the time. Dario did (and does) a lot of fitting along with athlete consulting. Max was working with local trainer Dario Fredrick of Whole Athlete. Few would know what made it such a moment in my journey. None of that is what is really special or important about this bike. I was still using very long carbon fiber seat posts to get flex under the saddle. Dropper posts were just starting to show up but were far from an everyday sight. But this was before the modern era of bike design. One of them made it and married the other.Īt the time, this bike was very cutting edge, as I like all of my builds to be. The 2009 singlespeed race bike that I produced for local rising star racer Max Houtzager also carried the Falcon name.Max, Will, and Kate were a crew and working their way to the World Cup. A Corellian YT-1300 Light Freighter, highly modified while owned by Lando Calrissian. This would be the second of my bikes with this name. That makes the Falcon very special to me and riders like me. Flying behind enemy lines and pulling off another caper is the game we play. I’m a trail poacher and this speaks to my heart. While the Falcon is remembered for it’s roll in helping a rebellion defeat an empire, it was at it’s heart a smugglers ship. Few names command such respect and honor. ‘Millennium Falcon’ is one of the special names in infamous spacecraft category. I’ve been waiting to do this for when I got to an important phase in my development. It’s finally time for a new Millennium Falcon. ![]()
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