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Yay I ordered a lairdframe!
Now that were past that I created this thread to ask other lairdframe owners a question because I ordered mine a month ago today and I haven't heard from mike about the build at all.
So im wondering how long it took mike to reach you guys about your build. I do know hes been busy as hell lately, so I don't know if it has been started yet.
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From what I recall something like 4-7 weeks for delivery is common, so I would maybe email him and just ask if there is a general ETA for when to expect it, then follow him on Instagram because he posts every frame on there pretty much.
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Aaron_Whitmore Jr. wrote:Just checked instagram and my bridge is the AW. im so excited!
Ha that is dope! There's gotta be nothing so satisfying as bespoke
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Those are all sweet . Weed one is probably Adam22's lmfao
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Oddity wrote:Wow, the atheist and pot leaf bridges, how original.
Now that bottle opener bridge, form and function.
Honestly most of the bridges people want are kinda lame from what I see on instagram. But hey, if the bike is jacked, easy ID of the frame.
A know a dude who has his last name as the bridge. No one could steal it and make up a story ahahaa.
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Bottle opener bridge is sick.wish i could afford a laird custom.but my trusty ATF does the job im looking for a subrosa vilicus sp
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Kind of a weird spot for a bottle opener, unless its going on the bottom bridge like his last one. The Anarchy A is my favorite out of this bunch.
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Laird is the best, those bridges look amazing
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Brayden_Buckingham wrote:Those are all sweet . Weed one is probably Adam22's lmfao
its not
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Anyone run his sprockets? I asked if he would make some more and possibly make me a 30t but he said people aren't interested in them enough for him to continue them.
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Hey guys sorry I haven't been updating, I haven't been on lately.
Anyway Mike emailed me last week saying all of the smaller pieces are together on all of the frames in this batch. Hes been posting a new frame almost every day on instagram. Haven seen mine yet but it's getting closer and closer.
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Ricked_Em wrote:Nice! I still love looking at mine. Post it completed when it's all built up. A lot of chrome would make that color pop.
I have all black with my green, looks nice. 
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Looks good. Ill be running almost all black. Ive got green odi grips and im waiting for my green eclat ridgestone tires to arrive from germany...which reminds me I need to email kunstform.
Other than those things itll be all black
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So what is going to be the final cost of this build project? Are you using parts you have laying around or from other bikes? I have been doing a mock0up build using a Lairdframe as the skeleton and right now the full build is around $1500. I have been doing mega online-window shopping, and this total is with the least expensive prices for the parts I have selected.
Is $1500 ridiculous for a custom bike?
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Yeah. I might try the used route for things like wheels if I can't justify spending the money in the end. Right now, this is all just me window shopping and relearning the BMX parts/bikes/frames world, but it would be cool to eventually build something where every piece is exactly what i wanted.
I was considering a complete bike at first, but it is real hard to find completes with a 74degree HT angle. The only 2 I have found (from 2015/16) so far are the Hoffman Bama, and the Verde Luxe. I would not mind the Verde, and might go that route in the end (I live within a mile of the Verde "factory" so it will be cool to support the local guys)...
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