This Dream Build is a little different. It’s still 20 minutes of Ryan Palmer in his corrugated aluminum lair, assembling small pieces of jewelry into one large piece of jewelry, but this time, that jewelry isn’t entirely new. The minute that Bike Mag’s gear editor, Travis Engel, sat down to think about his Dream Build, he realized he already had it. His choice from last year, the Scott Ransom, is perfectly capable for the unforgiving, unmanicured and underappreciated trails near his Los Angeles home. But it’s also light and quick enough that it won’t slow him down on his 8,000-foot death marches. He just wanted to make some changes.

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