Hulsroy & Gundersen 2.0 / 3.0 + Graham Weigh

So I bought this frame of @Hulsroy a few weeks ago, had been umming and ahhing about it for ages though and probably being really annoying. The size was pretty spot on and looked like a good project, if you haven't already seen Hulsroy's build thread, it's pretty interesting.

In short, the frame is a Sancineto which had a cracked headtube, this was removed and replaced by a 1 1/8". The frame probably isn't completely ideal for me in terms of clearances for mudguard and tyres, but definitely appeals to me on the unusual spectrum. I'm going to be building it up as a commuter / road bike, which will be fairly light weight and happy to do the odd 100 km but also comfortable with the daily grind.

This is how the frame looked when I bought it, I couldn't decide whether I liked the powdercoat or not, have to say it kind of grew on me. But in the end gave Cole Coatings a call and got it booked in with him.

In the mean time I found some super cheap Columbus Minimal forks on ebay for £35. The frame is Gara so on the weighty side and the forks that came with it were also pretty beefy, so it seemed like £35 well spent.

Bit the bullet and dropped off the frame and forks to Dan for paint last week. Went for a sparkly black wet paint, which is apparently what the new Range Rovers are painted in #premium.

It felt a little counter intuitive to be doing this just as winter is rolling in, and for a bike which will inevitably take a bit of a beating. But I haven't had a project for quite a while so this massively satisfied that gap :)

Picked it up yesterday, and have to say it is looking lovely. Couldn't get the sparkles at all, but in the sun it has a bits of blue and green in it. Dan also polished up the head badge which I'm very pleased with! As it's raw brass it will patina over time, but want to try and keep it shiny.

Very nice. Do like @Hulsroy s work. Look forward to seeing how you build it up. I'd leave the headbadge to patina, as the ex owner of a narrowboat, life's too fookin short to polish brass.

Looks clean, what groupset are you going for?

ta, indeed! I imagine I will leave it. But enjoying it at the moment :)

Cheers, I've got an 11spd Ultegra groupo + wheels from my previous bike which I bought a couple years ago. So will use that, would love to get some swanky wheels built up, but the ultegra ones are fine and pretty light considering the price tag.

Wow. You did that well. So happy to see this painted proper. And black is super stylish. I am also glad to see the head badge shiny like that.
I feel that Gara is underrated. It isn't that heavy and It is very comfortable.
Let's go for a ride together some day. I'd love some photographs of it in sunshine and kitted out :-)

So finally got a few bits on the frame. Annoyingly waited 3 weeks for the headset, but very pleased with it. Seeing as I'm SO non comital with paint, I wanted to get something a little punchy, a pink CK seemed like the perfect excuse ;)

not sure why but the headset/fork seems a little stiff. I can hear a bit of rubbing. there is no spacers as the steerer is very short, probably 4mm space between top of stem and steerer which i know is a little bit too much... it doesnt feel awful but doesn't seem quite right.

the 5600 brakes are currently temporary, I had them in the parts bin. but they have got me wondering if silver stem and post might be nicer?

Very nice Joe. Did you get it reamed after paint? Maybe cups are in a tad off?
I think silver would work, but it is also very nice with the black parts.

Also: It is Gundersen, not Gunderson ;-)

Hey Mads, cheers!

No, though I had thought this might be the issue, it looked pretty tidy so didn't worry. Will drop it round the LBS on Monday and see what they think.

have had this built up for a while now, but hasn't been getting much use, mostly because I'm a self confessed fair weather cyclist ;) But hey, suns out today!

Feels pretty gnarly to ride, very lively. Need to get some bigger tyres on it, 23's are killing me on London roads. I reckon I can get 28's in, but may need to get some wider rims. For now I'm going to swap in some 25's.

Fit is pretty good, perhaps a bit long, which isn't helped by shimano's hoods - not sure what the solution is to this... (don't say sram)

(sorry for basic pics, was just on my way to climbing wall and thought I'd grab a snap)

Very nice. Well proud to put my name on that. Good work mate.

I picked this up a few months ago off ebay, in typical fashion I didn't contact the seller asking for exact measurements. It was listed as 58cm, I could eye ball that it was smaller but I made an offer in vein hope that it might just be the angle making it look small, nonetheless I won it for £40.

And of course its 56cm square.

So it's been sitting looking sad on a radiator for ages and I decided f*ck it I'll build it up with bits and bobs and use it as a run around.

not sure what it's made of, but it's nice and light so I imagine something fairly decent.

Plan is.

• give it a good clean up.
  
• upright style swept back bars + some inverse levers from parts bin.
  
• tyres - as big as i can get in.
  
• possibly a basket, got a black wald but would love a silver one if i can find £.
  
• need to either get a chain tensioner or magic gear, probs just get a chain tensioner.
  
  

This is going to be in reality too small, not particularly adequate functionally. But I'm going to try and do this on the cheap and satisfy the urge for a bit of a project!