Gallery

Constructed with pride, thrown among rust with pleasure.

The 427 - Wake County Speedway

The 427 in full profile on the checkered start/finish line
The 427 parked trackside as a race car blurs past the grandstands
The 427 riding on the roof of the number 2 late model stock car
The 427 strapped to the roof of the race car in the pits
Lifting the 427 down off the race car roof
The 427 leaned against the number 2 stock car in the pit lot
Wiping down the race car before the shoot
The 427 against the door of the number 2 car, orange and black livery
Front end of the 427 up against a slick racing tire
The 427 beside the stock car with a helmet resting on the roof
Sponsor decals down the roof rail of the late model
The 427 against the yellow retaining wall with the grandstands behind
Titanium seat mast clamped onto the in-house carbon airfoil seat tube
The 427 head tube graphic - close-up detail
427 head tube graphic and fork crown
Tire clearance at the carbon seat tube and rear triangle, Big Block script on the down tube
Crankset and Big Block script over the checkered start/finish line
Rear derailleur and cassette above the painted checkers
Front hub and brake rotor - gold hub shell detail
Rear hub, rotor and cassette - drivetrain detail
Carbon bottle cages on the down tube and seat tube
Seat stay cluster against the yellow wall
Fork blade, hub and rotor through the front wheel
The 427 holding still while a car sweeps past in a blur
The 427 on pit road as a stock car streaks by the fence
The number 2 car at speed coming off the corner
Panned shot of a late model running the bottom groove
Empty asphalt and the yellow wall - the surface at Wake County Speedway
The 427 parked under the Wake County Speedway wall sign
Dustin walking the 427 down the front stretch
Dustin and the 427 on track, spun into a blur
Dustin standing with the finished 427 on the front stretch - builder portrait

The 401 - Lavender

The 401 framed in a doorway of an abandoned building
Full profile of the lavender 401 in a grassy field against an old barn wagon
The 401 leaned against a weathered wooden barn shed
The 401 standing in tall grass in front of an old barn
Full bike profile hung on the barn structure
The 401 leaned against weathered barn wall planks
The 401 hung on the barn, full landscape shot
Dustin standing with the 401 in front of the barn and a Need Dirt sign - builder portrait
Front fork and gravel tire framed in a weathered old window
401 down tube through tangled vines - Big Block script detail
Take my shirt but please don't ask to borrow my Big Block - novelty sign in an old window
Main triangle and cockpit close-up on the grass
Purple cassette and rear derailleur - drivetrain detail
Big Block chrome head tube badge - close-up detail
Head tube, stem, and bar junction detail
Titanium bottle cages on the down tube - Big Block script visible
Bottom bracket area with custom star paint detail
Top tube with gold star custom paint detailing
Chainring and chain detail - 1x drivetrain
Saddle and seatpost - Thomson post detail
Seat stay and top tube junction detail
Looking from the front along the top tube and bottom bracket
Cockpit from the front - drop bars and stem
Front of the 401 standing in the grass
Dustin leaning over the 401 at the barn
Dustin positioning the 401 against the barn wall

The 401 - Emerald

The 401 gravel frame - full profile against a clear blue sky
The 401 at the junkyard, gravel and trees in the background
Dustin in the shop with welding helmet raised, frame in the jig
Low-angle profile of the 401 frame, sky overhead
Purple Industry Nine rear hub - detail shot
Purple Industry Nine front hub through the fork blades
Fitting tubes in the frame jig
The 401 leaned against a weathered yellow bulldozer
Drop handlebars and stem - detail shot
Close-up of the Miller welding helmet with ornate gold design
Big Block Bikes head tube badge - portrait
Big Block Bikes badge on the head tube, straight on
Head tube detail with red car blurred in the background
Gloved hands positioning filler rod at a tube junction
Crankset and chainring - drivetrain detail
Rear triangle with bottle cages - frame detail
Rear wheel, cassette and tan sidewall tire
Working the frame in the jig - welding gloves on
Saddle and seatpost rising from the seat tube
Seat stay cluster and seatpost - tight detail
Looking straight down the front of the 401 through the handlebars
The shop - Dustin at the welding table with tools laid out
The 401 in the bed of a rusted pickup, engine parts alongside
Dustin with the finished 401 - builder portrait
Dustin holding the 401, junked engine block in the background
Raw steel frame laid out on the welding table
Dustin with the 401 in the junkyard parking lot
Loading the 401 into the bed of a junked muscle truck
Junkyard engine block on gravel - the backdrop of the shoot
Rusted out pickup truck at the junkyard
Race number plates lined up on a shelf in the shop

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