The Volt Alpine instantly made me feel like an accomplished mountain biker and dialled up the fun immeasurably.

Very few parts of this build would even be recognized by the average mountain biker or be affordable. Th bike includes a complete Darimo cockpit and seatpost, Trickstuff brakes, GrigorioCarbonio ...

and mountain bike builds. Poking around their blog, I stumbled across this uber-light Specialized Bicycles Epic build that tips the scales at just over 17.5 lbs (8.02kg). The bike is packed with ...