12 Bling Builds of Xmas - Kellan's Landshark MTB

If you checked out our post of Kellan's Chris Cross from last week, you already know that he has some impressive bikes!  This one is solidly in the one-off category, and was the first 27.5" bike that John at Landshark had built!  Kellan explains the build:

Since I could not find exactly what I wanted out of a stock bike I knew I wanted to go the custom route.  Since I wanted a fast handling bike to handle the tight singletrack I normally ride on I opted for steeper angles than what’s popular at the moment.  Once the frame was designed the next step is coming up with a paint scheme. Since I went through this with a previous Land Shark I had some ideas but wasn’t complete sure.  The original idea was to copy the Alexander Calder BMW art car from 1975 but when looking at similar cars I stumbled upon this photo of the Hamann McLaren and decided to show John the picture.

Since I wasn’t completely sure what the paint would look like I ordered a black Chris King InSet 7 and a black PressFit 30.  For the rest of the build I wanted to go with parts I knew would last: I did a Shimano 2x11 XT build, rounding it out with a Thomson post, Ritchey bullmoose bar, and a wheelset using White Industries CLD hubs laced to Velocity Blunt SS rims.

The paint is different on each side:

Of course you need your name painted on the bike so you can recognize it is yours:

My friends at ESI sent me some custom grips to add a bit more color:

 The bike spends 90% off its time with a rigid Enve MTN fork but occasionally I put a 100mm fork to change it up a little: