It’s been several months since I’ve done an update on the Blue Collar Bombproof Bike project. I’ve done a lot of riding, climbing, falling and pushing with this bike and will begin an ongoing series of updates starting with this one.

The bike got it’s final upgrade in early November with a RockShox Recon fork which made the bike much more pleasant to ride. Up until then I had been sporting the Instigator rigid fork which got pretty brutal on long rides here in the east coast.

The 8-speed drivetrain has performed admirably with no maintenance needed other than the occasional tune up. And I haven’t missed that extra chainring one bit.

As hoped, the bike had been as solid as a rock.

That was, of course, until Dirt Rag’s Punk Bike Enduro last month. I was able to wreck several components in one day while slogging and crashing through some Pennsylvania mud.

Those and more updates are right around the corner so stay tuned. Until then I’ll leave you with a photo of the Bombproof bike sporting the aftermath of Punk Bike.