Roads, rough stuff, and Roubaix

Well, this is my first build done on a commercial basis. It's for a friend, but he wanted it treated like a standard custom build. That's prompted me into sorting out liability insurance and a host of other things.

At the moment it's a part-time thing, but if I can turn a profit while doing something I enjoy then I'm going to give it a go. I can't just build them for me & the better half, I'll run out of space & money!

Just finished putting this together today. Very happy with the way it came out, and I like the SRAM Hydro discs a lot.

that's really, really good. are they the kinesis cx disc forks?

Thanks! Yeah it's the CX Disc.

Confusingly, Kinesis also have the very slightly cheaper CXD which I initially specced. However, they've changed the design of the CXD so it features an integrated carbon crown race, which is no good if you want to run a Hope or King headset, as you can't seal the lower bearing.

yes, I've specced those for my rourke, which is planned to be a similar build. This has got me all excited. you don't have any images of the clearance on the forks do you? (only if it's not hassle)

Excellent!

Not a problem, just took a quick snap. This is a Challenge Grifo mounted on a Pacenti SL25 rim. It's rated as a 33mm tyre, but comes up closer to 35mm on this rim. There's bags of room.

Nice work fella. No reason why you shouldn't be able to turn a profit.

fantastic, thanks, just what I was hoping

Lovely work, Mike. An absolute stunner.

That is really, really nice. Does the fork have any mudguard mounting points under or behind the crown?

This is so, so nice!

In love with this. Lovely colour scheme.

Good work @Mikenetic. Where are you getting your paint done?

Yeah, the mount point is behind the crown - you need to fabricate a hanger to make it fit, but that's not too hard.

You can see the same setup on a bike I built for myself here:

Thanks! Dan Cole who runs Cole Coatings Workshop in Peckham has done the paint on my last couple of frames. He shares space with Seabass Cycles.

Ah, nice. I'm having something quite similar built, but the plan was to go for thruaxle front and rear. Did you consider going down that route?

Thanks

I did, but when I was speccing the frame the only through axle mudguard capable fork was the TRP, and it wasn't available.

Likewise for the rear, I could have gone with Paragon Machine Works Polydrops, but didn't think it was necessary. There are more through axle dropouts turning up on the market now, though.

Thanks for the reply. My build is some months away, so more fork options might open up.