59) 1997 Rocky Mountain Blizzard Neo-Retro

SPECS

Status:  (Personal Collection)
Handbuilt in Canada
Size: ​​19.5"/49.5cm
Weight:  11.2 kg/24.7 lbs
Frame: Tange Prestige Custom Blend Chromoly with Ritchey Dropouts
Fork:  2023 RockShox Recon
Groupset & Brakeset:  SRAM GX Eagle 1x12 with Carbon Cranks (32t chainring, 11-50 cassette)
Brakeset:  LitePro Ultimate CNC
Seatpost:  Syncros
Bar: Race Face Next Carbon 725mm
Wheelset:  Cane Creek WAM wheelset with Continental Race King 26"x2.0" tires

BEFORE

The 90s handbuilt Rocky Mountain frames were things of beauty and I bought this frame with the hope to repaint it and build it up as a neo-retro build. I had done this before with road bikes but this would be my first time doing so with a mountain bike.  I had a really cool Cane Creek wheelset that I had also hoped to rebuild for this purpose.

AFTER