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Hulsroy
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New adventure bike project that ive been waiting on for what has felt like ages, mostly because my Ti cross/touring bike's lack of tire clearance and disk brakes has been bugging me. Now that this new disc brake bigger tired project is here, ill be able to enjoy my cross/touring bike more for what its good at, and not be bummed about what its not :)
So i bought the frame + fork + headset off a guy in Alberta, Canada at the beginning of this year. Got it shipped to my parents place in Vancouver, and its been sitting there ever since. Having just gotten back from a visit over there, i brought it back with me to denmark, and now im pretty stoked to get it built up.
Its an unbranded 26" titanium mtb with a disc tab welded on after the fact. Made in the USA, and identical to the old Cove Hummer. The CK headset and the kona p2 fork are a huge bonus, especially since the forks got the lowrider mounts!
My GT has really got me to love 26" for all types of riding (even road and gravel). Iv also always had a dream of building a set of wheels on trials rims to get a nice and stable/ wide footprint on normal mtb sized tires, after seeing a surly 1x1 with a similar wheelset.
The frame fits 700x35 easily, as well as 26x2.2 with room to spare. So hopefully the wide rims will still allow a 2.3 slick and a 2.2 knobby tire. Ive also got my hopes up on 27.5 x 2.1" thunderburts being able to fit..
enough jibber jabber, heres pictures
something kinda weird about the disc tab though, he didnt weld the lower inside part.. the previous owner was also a tall guy (much heavier than me) and has been riding with discs for 2-3 years, and a local frame builder in vancouver also said he wouldnt worry about it.
im not too worried about it
I like to think of this project as a mix of my GT daily and my Ti cross/tourer.