The 401 Build

Gallery

Hand-built in Raleigh. Shot on location at a junkyard in North Carolina.

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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