2007 Rock Lobster Nontrager

When Trek closed the Bontrager production facility, in Santa Cruz, the frame bits were discarded.  Paul , of Rock Lobster, decided the supplies were to valuable to go to waste and added them to his stash of frame building materials   Some of the subassemblies, such as rear triangles, were already built which makes them much easier to build for Paul.  We had discussed the Nontrager story at the 2005 Crossroads Bike Festival and Paul promised to put together a frame for me when he got a chance.  Everything came together in late 2006 and a box arrived on our door step.  It was pretty cool since I had told Paul to surprise me on the color.  Kinda neat that it ends up being a very non-Bontrager color which highlights is "Nontrager-ness".  This one has a Rock Lobster serial number of N100 for the 100th Nontrager ever built.  It also carries the original Bontrager serial number on the drop outs.

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Frame		True Temper "Nontrager" Cro-Moly
Fork		Vicious
Rear Shock		NA
Rims		Mavic 517 Ceramic
Hubs		Chris King
Spokes		DT stainless, double butted, black, red alloy nipples
Tires		Panaracer Fire XC Pro
Pedals		Time
Crank		Race Face
Chain		SRAM PC59
Rear Cogs		Shimano 9 speed
Bottom Bracket		Race Face (external)
Front Derailleur		Shimano  XTR
Rear Derailleur		Shimano  XTR
Shifters		Paul Thumbies w/ 9 speed Shimano bar ends
Handlebars		MaxM carbon
Stem		Ritchey WCS
Headset		Chris King
Brake set		Paul Neo Retro cantilevers
Brake levers		Paul
Saddle		WTB SSTK
Seat Post		Shimano Deore XT
Colors		Candy violet
Size		21"
Serial #		N100