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Frame: 1992 Off-Road Toad TIG built by Chris DeKerf Fork: Paul Brodie fillet brazed unicrown/straight blade Headset: Shimano XT HP-M735 Stem: Paul Brodie ICR fillet brazed Handlebar: Titanium Titec Flat Tracker Grips: ODI Attack Front Brake: Shimano XT Rear Brake: Shimano XT BR-M733 Brake...

Slow leak up front, turns out I have no spare 24” tubes.

Oh, of course… at this point my child noticed I hadn’t stuck with the funny skull & crossbones valve covers that were on the bike when we picked it up. Not really my thing, but they’re back…

I wanted to cater a little bit more to the black & white theme the bike had going… though I also wanted to introduce a little bit of titanium to the build as the acquisition of the Toad had me move along my Merlin. The BOSS cranks look the part, but they are HEAVY! I decided to swap in black XT...

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone! Canuckbiker you’re definitely right that as soon as something seems perfect, there’s always a better part/change/upgrade that can be thought of. Before I started messing further with my bike there was someone else in the family who was a bit jealous of...

Quickly cabled it up, wanted to get out for a spin to feel the bike, test the fit, and confirm that this was “the one”. It was. I knew that changes lay ahead, but first ride felt great minus slight tweaks and adjustments needing to be made… I had been concerned the 20” frame might be large but...

I just sort of jumped into the build at this point with bits I had on hand… The front end lending itself from another local legend of the MTB world in the form of recently built fillet brazed unicrown straight blade fork and a fillet brazed ICR stem both from Paul Brodie. A Brodie u-brake...

This is a bike I didn’t waste much time with, I wanted to ride it! Generally when I get a new bike I tear it all down, start cleaning and building again. though I already had a builds worth of parts stashed in case something special came my way… It cleaned up quite well minus a few small...

The white paint job was something I found really appealing. Truth be told I always hoped to find a early Derek Bailey built brazed version with a Camo paint job… but I loved the looks of this Tig frame in white, and the rear u-brake was something I was t used to seeing on this era of Toad! I...

Back in April I happened to acquire a bike I never thought I’d have. After a trade with a friend that has ended up with the bones for one of my most desired bikes to build! Here are a few pictures I received before we started to make arrangements. #207 20” Off Road Toad built by Chris DeKerf...

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van/bop/d/vancouver-titanium-kona-haole-frameset/7520631883.html

Shuttling the kid to playgrounds…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144093345221?hash=item218ca1f5c5:g:If4AAOSwM6hg2ri- Looks like the one in the above auction went for €430~ ? That exact 001 serial Derailleur used to belong to myself and if I recall correctly I sold it years ago for around $3-400cad?

Unfortunately it all might be a bit useless as I’ve discovered evidence of a front end impact in a bump under the downtube behind the headtube lug… also without its original fork (potentially, likely a victim of the same accident…) Too bad as it’s a beauty. The fastback I’ve seen on other...

It’s time I watch those videos again!

I think he’s torn on what to do now, but the frame was decaled and advertised as a Climbmax but Pauls notes came back as a Romax. Brazed fork. We’ll both be out tomorrow, hopefully get rid of more stuff then I find…

Ryan snagged it, needs some attention in repair/paint… but a beauty, and turns out not exactly as advertised “Jan. 8th, ‘88 18.5” Romax”