SMORGASBORD Custom Reynolds 853 S.S./F.G.

Thanks tracksloth, I appreciate the kind words!

Smorgasbord Cycles aren't around anymore (unfortunately), the company started in the 1990's and was Chris Daily out of Hersey, PA, Chris was tight with the guys from Spooky Cycles. He was a racer that wanted a high end hardtail mountain bike and so he made one for himself out of Reynolds 853. Things went well and demand grew, he only made a few hundred frames consisting of mostly hardtails, road, BMX, and one downhill rig. Chris was a busy guy because he was also running his first business at the same time, Smorgasbord Records, an independent punk rock label. Smorgasbord Records is still around, big local East Coast scene.

As far as the dropouts, I swapped out the Breezer drops and went with the Surly drops instead. I wanted a track drop but I still wanted the option of gears in the future, plus the Surly drops look a lot like the Breezers. In the 90's a new Smorgasbord frame cost about a grand, partly why you don't see many and they were almost exclusively an East Coast thing. If you ever see a Smorgasbord for sale, if the price isn't out of hand, grab it... you won't be sorry!!!

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