This is not a review. I could probably spend half an article testifying to the litany of biases I have when it comes to this sexy assembly of Cosmic-Lilac powder-coated steel but I’ll leave it off with a few of the biggies. First off, I paid for my Waltworks. Second, the bike’s geometry is fully custom for me and, at a minimum, fairly unique so add a big dose of confirmation bias on top of the hit to my bank account. Third, I completely love this bike. Fourth, Walt is one of my favourite people I’ve never met and this is the fourth project he’s done for me. I could go on.
My Waltworks V2 is longer, slacker, and meaner than the first one and, without any caveats, it’s the most wicked bike I’ve ever owned. This purple-powdered collection of steel tubes has completely cured me of newbicycleitis. When I’m looking at bikes these days it’s decade-old used bikes for fun rebuild projects or best-on-a-budget options, like the Growler 20, to write about for NSMB. I have to say that it’s beyond cool to get something custom made that you wouldn’t change a thing about. Well, I mean, maybe a couple of tiny things.
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