Hulsroy's Hustle

I'll have a think about brick red...
I don't mind not having all options. It makes making decisions easier

I'd say that the best colour is liteskin, function being form. Also if your doing custom cranks (wich you really should!) brace on a spider, this is based on the frustration of having to bin a perfectly good chainring because it was welded onto a crank made of butter.

I wonder if anybody has ever constructed an extending cargo bike like a trombone. Then you could adjust the capacity depending on the length of whatever cargo you had. Surfboards? Just pull the front out a bit.

Well, there is the extender bar for Omnium bikes: https://omniumcargo.dk/shop/product/aluminium-extender-bar/

I would suggest Bullitt style bags on either sides of steerer tube. They are so functional for storing the stuff you need on commutes/school runs/quick day out. But they do tend to fill up with random crap over time.

I need to get my arse in gear for some Wit Slingers stuff instead of just reading the forum...

I not sure which bags you mean? As in bags Bullitt have produced? I already have a setup for the cargo bike that works well for me, but the Blackburn framebag I've been using broke and it doesn't seem worth fixing. I don't actually NEED the extra framebag, I just thought I might as well since I am getting Tijmen on the case.
I have a Ortlieb Panniers for the rear and a Rack Pack for behind the child seat.

edit: These what you mean?

If nobody has it is probably because telescopic constructions are hard to do cheaply especially for something that needs to be outdoors. But I like the idea.

I am currently working on a little something something with my favourite framebuilder. So you might see some cargo bike action soon.

Exactly that, really handy to put the kids dirty rain boots and kit in after a day in the woods. The bags always hold a small picknick tarp, 2 ikea bags for shop runs, the lock and other bits.

But I guess everything changes when you have a rack and Ortliebs.

I don't carry the ortliebs daily. Only on long trips.

I have just had the framebag on daily and it carried, pump, tubes, straps for holding things and nothing else.
My rack construction doesn't allow for the same style bag and I am not sure my feet will fit, but I will try and sketch up somethin similar and see where it goes

I'll have a think about brick red...

Should fit right in the Hulsroy's Earthy Hues™ body of work.

Speaking of... I might let my daughter pick her own colours and I will give in to oxide red

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Got a little further on the tiny pedal bike

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Hot stuff!

Thanks!

I normally do larger fillets but kept them small this time. In the pictures above they are quickly shaped using a round file and my belt sander. No blending yet. A couple more hours and they are beaming

so good all the time! that red is nice!!!

Thanks. Yeah I can't get that colour combo out of my head.
I just really really want to build that bike up right now. But daddy duties, work and knee injury is keeping me from it 🥺

The good news is that training seems to be working and I feel less pain now than when I started rehab.

This is great. Should you get the red bags for the cargo you'll have a reverse of the colour combo.

But keep them knees warm, yeah? The cold is a killer for joints.

Yes for sure. I am going to be a knickers person now 🤢

I am not cycling outdoors until sometime after Xmas. I've been given an occlusion pump strap thingy and training with reduced weights. It means I am knackered without the strain on the joints.

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Frames are done , but painter accidently scraped the all road frame a bit so he is going to redo it/touch it up for tomorrow morning.
I am so excited to see the results. Lately I have befriended the painter a bit (used them more and asked loads of questions) and it is as if they have started painting my stuff better/care more. But we shall see tomorrow if that's the case!

:) a pack of beers does wonders for befriending someone! :) keep the recovery going, gotta ride those amazing bikes!

Wuhuu

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All road

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Cargo bike

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Stems

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Cargo bike forks

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