Crustier and Crusteür

The new Lightning Bolt has arrived!

Some of you will know that I recently purchased a new Crust Lightning Bolt Canti frame. The main reason I bought it was the glowing review in Bicycle Quarterly. They basically said the bike nearly equaled the performance of the bespoke, custom bikes they ride, at a fraction of the cost. Having spent the past few years happily riding a Cycles Toussaint Vélo Routier, a budget variant on the same theme, i.e., a low trail, 650b rando bike, I was intrigued. I went on about my hopes for the bike in the previous post, and will provide details about the eventual build and impressions of the bike in future posts, but today I thought I'd assemble a list of links to other people's conversations around both Crust, the company, and the Lightning Bolt. Most of these resources refer to models prior to the 2022 version, but I think they're still relevant, or at least interesting to me. So, without further ado...

Path Less Pedaled
https://youtu.be/nEDra8YR8-s?t=261
"It's basically Bicycle Quarterly. Shake Bicycle Quarterly, this fell out of the pages." Matt  https://youtu.be/q5eJzXVzKFg
https://youtu.be/vYneDSM9JTY

The Radavist
https://theradavist.com/2019/09/ultra-romances-crust-lightning-bolt-is-lighter-than-a-soft-whisper/
https://theradavist.com/2020/03/nams-crust-bikes-cantibolt-lightning-bolt-thrower/
https://theradavist.com/2021/05/readers-rides-tins-crust-bikes-canti-lightning-bolt-in-central-florida/

Blue Lug Crust Videos (Japanese - turn on CC for enjoyably awkward subtitles)
https://youtu.be/LHuGZOdRArs
https://youtu.be/upoTnEgiFaY
https://youtu.be/-Wcca6XwTX0 

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