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"Some assembly required" Having the front wheel removable means that the box doesn't have to be quite so big.

Finished photos tomorrow I hope.

Full spec: Approximately 3,500 separate bits, not including jigs and prototypes.

Thanks Lucidone. I'm already thinking about the sequel.

I was thinking maybe a unicycle with a disc wheel and slick tyre.

Thanks 7Speed. I've enjoyed it too. Got a load of finished photos from the weekend to sift through. Should hopefully be "opening the box" in the next day or two, but got a real work deadline so might be a bit later than that.

That's all of the CAD artwork if anyone fancies making their own. Bit of an anticlimax that eight years' work fits on one screen, and in one box.

A question that I was often asked during this build was "what are you going to do with it when it's finished?" My honest answer was "probably put it in a box in the loft." So, being really pleased with the way that the build was going, I thought that the box ought to be nice too... 9...

Great idea, I'm done. Panda, out.

Do a little dance?

Dry fit of chain and mechs to check length and line. Two or three more links to go and we're done. The front mech is held on with a toothpick and the rear hanger is just slid over the rear axle. It is much easier to thread the chain thrugh the mechs when they are not attached to the frame. All...

The end of each pin is given a drop of silver paint. This is just past the halfway stage. I still get the occasional flashback. A sense of scale.

Outer plates on the left, rollers in the middle, inner plates on the right. This photo is just the spares left over after completing it. There were loads of these to start with. Every so often one goes pinging out of your tweezers into oblivion. When this happens, it is not worth looking for it...

Not far off... About 450 laser cut bits of 0.3 card, 225 laser cut 0.5mm thick acrylic rollers and a whole lot of 1mm plastic rod. One pair of headphones, a really good playlist, some really good tweezers, superglue. The correct mindset. Still need to do the chain... Here we go....

Might just make a 1:4 scale workstand instead and pass it off as a model of a bike getting repaired. Or just put it upside down on it's saddle and handlebars.

Started adding bolts and what-nots. The bolt heads are bits of styrene tube sanded to a slight taper. I found that if you stuff a tiny allen key into the tube first it gives a lovely hex socket effect. Running out of little bits to finish, still need to do the chain... mows lawn... pairs...

Bit more heat bending. Lettering done using the same technique as the KS dropper logo, but this time using black plastic and silver paint. Waterslide Colorado flag. This goes on the back of the seat tube.

Thanks Gtpulse, I used to look at models in museums as a kid and think "is that somebody's job?". I was often more interested in the model than whatever it was trying to teach me. Glad that I have fulfilled your wish. The pedals have a working four-piece axle inside the aluminium tube, so they...