Soma Wolverine

Looks great. Good job.

Cheers. Will take some proper photos once the hoses are chopped

That looks great. Go and welly it down some singletrack before you put guards and racks and all the other stuff that slows you down on it.

I hear you, will hold off on all of that until the rain comes back but at some point, with 5 commutes a week in the UK, the guards will have to go on

This bike is too much fucking FUN. Left for work at 7:20, just got in. Total sweaty mess with a big old grin. Detoured all over the shop; road, path and field. Shower No. 2 beckons.

After an iffy stop with child on the back of the trusty old masi I decided I need a disc brake bike. Not one for building it up myself, but the local shop here has just ordered me a black 60cm wolverine, apex 1 groupset, some thomson stuff and i think stan's wheels ... I think this year I do the Aussie tradition of christmas in july

RAD! Best of luck with the build

Thanks man. I am sure I'm in the right hands, the guys at Treadly are really great and have done some awesome builds.

Hey, build is looking great!

Did I see that your road cruiser tyres are 45c? If so Please can I have a link to them?

I've been having the same nightmare as you trying to find fat gunwalls, these look perfect!

Sure, got them here:

http://nextdaytyres.co.uk/details.aspx/SCHWALBE-ROAD-CRUISER-MTB-29/392

The 1.75 wire orangey sidewall ones - their strange wording for gum walls. To be fair they're not real gum walls, the wall is painted that colour over the black rubber. For £14 they're supple. No open corsas but decent for fuck all money

Thanks you're a lifesaver! Just ordered a pair :)

Hoses chopped at the weekend, looking much nicer now. Excuse the crappy phone pics, will take some proper shots at some point

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Looking really class

I'm the guy who built the Wolverine on the first post. I've done just about anything I could think of with that bike. Right before that picture it had an Alfine hub, and a few months later the bike had drop bars, 105 5800 with RS-685 hydrobrifters.

I just killed the drops but kept the 105. Went with a swept bar like you've got there, added some Ergon GP3 bar end grips. Surly Nice Rack/Wald 137 combo.

For the first time in like two years, the bike feels done.

This bike is like lego, As soon as you think you're done you turn it into something else, I'm genuinely thinking of getting another, as the one I have is a 36 pound commuter/shop bike/light tourer.

Clean build man!

Amazing! After trawling google your build was the closest I could find to my intentions. Definitely understand the lego comment, the bike definitely feels like it'll be a bit of a chameleon during its lifetime.

Have you ever put a belt drive on it?

Boo, frame on backorder, ETA 6-8 weeks.

Lame. I did consider the black but the wait time, always longer than expect, put me off. Plus, the orange is rad

Looks amazing. Hows it handle? Cross or tourer? Both? Slow or nimble-ish?

Handling on mine is quite sedate. Upside is it's totally stable bombing down hills. zippy on gravel paths. Fine on roads around 15-18 mph but anything more is hard work. All as expected so far really

Nah, I don't mind, it allows me a bit of time where I can lock my old bike up anywhere and not give a f*ck. Can't hack the orange.

So good

Coyote front rack arrived. Going straight back...

Got a similar build going on for my brother. Been trying to get the frame in black for months.

Aiming at flat bars, belt drive and Shimano hydraulics, amongst other things.

Think I'll start a thread...

Do it!

Done:
http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/287586/

Have to add in more details later