One word I have to say for John Slawta is wow! The bike is made from a stiffer version of Dedacciai Uno steel tubing, and after a few discussions about the paint scheme, the Oriental dragon scheme was chosen. More specifically, more of a hidden dragon scheme where the bike looks black from a far distance, but as you get closer (about 5 feet away), you can see the painted dragon. If you look even closer at the dragon itself, it is formed from tiny small butterfly etches. The black paint has a hint of copper, and in one of the pictures, you might be able to see it. The welds are very smooth along all of the junctions. John added a special touch at the rear brake bridge where you can see a copper version of his logo.
I am going to take it for a test drive this coming week after the bridge to bridge race. In addition to John’s service, Tom and Gary at Gvhbikes have excellent customer service in that they spent time answering any questions you had, and took alot of time to look up any component subsitutions you wanted. I was suprised that they upgraded the handlebar and saddle (lighter version/titanium) without any extra charge, a small but a much appreciated jesture in my book.
In retrospective, if I were to order a Landshark again, I would do the custom fitting myself and use some of the available internet tools to come out with seat tube lengths…etc. Compared to a local bike shop that sells Landsharks, ordering from GVHbikes did save about $800 to $1000 dollars, so I would go through gvhbikes again. Pictures are going to be in the following post…first time posting pictures, so hopefully they come out.
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