HOT BUNS Complete Bike
Original Recipe Build

Price: $2445 base.
Less with no wheels, more with carbons. Strategic upgrades also available.

Availability: Late Spring 2012. Buy anytime to reserve from incoming stock.

 
The build philosophy

When we created the Wheelhouse Max Perkins road bike build, we set out to deliver the best value possible.  Instead of hitting a pricepoint or some other external cue, we equipped the bike with everything we’d spec if we were building a bike for ourselves.  Which, of course, we were – we November folks ride and race on dead to the letter Max Perkins builds. 

For the HOT BUNS Original Recipe, we took exactly the same approach, filtered for cross.

We went with SRAM Rival for the meat of the build.  True, it’s a few grams heavier than Force but it’s also a good bit cheaper to buy and replace. In a sport where rear derailleurs get chewed up like Clif Bars, this is a GOOD THING.  There are, however, some places where going with a little bit extra is well worth it.  We think the (quite significant) cost of Avid’s Shorty Ultimate brakes is well justified by their superior performance, adjustability, durability, and versatility. A bike needs tires, and a cross bike for racing might as well come with the ones that everyone uses anyway.  Challenge Grifos and Fangos are as good as it gets, in your choice of tubular or clincher*.  Rival cranks don’t come in a BB30 version, but fortunately SRAM’s excellent S900 carbon cranks do.  S900s are the basis for SRAM’s Quarq cranks. The CX versions are 110BCD with 36/46 gearing.  A lot of builds cheap out on the cassette and chain, but cross is the wrong place to do that.  You’re going to be carrying the bike after all, and extra weight matters. The tenacity to stand up to repeated thrashings and dousings in mud and cleanings with a pressure washer is good for your cassette and chain to have. The cockpit is Ritchey WCS and we spec an excellent Thomson post. And of course we dress it with our outstanding FSW wheels, in your choice of tubular or clincher.  

The HOT BUNS Original Recipe is ready to win from the minute you put it together (please allow the glue on your tubulars enough time to dry, mkaythanks?).

*additional charge for tubulars. perfection costs.  

The build

Frameset: November HOT BUNS
Wheelset: Standard with November FSW CX or FSW 23. Upgrades to RFSW carbon tubulars available.
Shifters: SRAM Rival 
Cranks: SRAM S900 BB30, 36/46. Upgrades to SRAM Force or SRAM Red available.
Bottom Bracket: SRAM BB30
Rear Derailleur: SRAM Rival
Front Derailleur: SRAM Rival
Brakes: Avid Shorty Ultimate
Chain: SRAM PC-1051
Cassette: SRAM PG-1070, choice of 11-25 or 11-27
Cockpit: Ritchey WCS Curve bar and Ritchey WCS 4-Axis
Handlebar Tape: SRAM Supercork. Upgrade to Lizard Skins DSP available.
Headset: November 1 1/8" - 1 1/2" tapered
Seatpost: Thomson Elite. Upgrade to Thomson Masterpiece available.
Saddle: Prologo Kappa, men's or women's. Upgrade to Prologo Nago Evo or Selle Italia SLR XC available.
Tires: Choice of Challenge Grifo or Fango, clincher or tubular.
Misc: Chainstay protector, headset spacers, cable hangers, barrel adjusters, and any other pieces-parts needed to make it all go.

When you buy, you'll choose stem length, handlebar width, crank length, chainrings, cassette ratio, everythang. If you need help with sizing or have questions about upgrades, ask us here.  

Assembly

We can ship your bike fully and professionally built, requiring only about 5 minutes of assembly from you to get it rolling (installing wheels, seatpost, screwing in rear derailleur, straightening stem). Assembly cost is $100. Or you can forego assembly (and its cost) and build up the bike yourself. 

Shipping/handling for the HOT BUNS Original Recipe is $75. Local pickup in Bethesda, MD is also available. MD residents pay 6% sales tax.