Hulsroy's Hustle

I know we all have our struggles and it's kind of hard to stay brave and optimistic these days. In addition to all your great builds and bike related stuff here the complete thread is just so wholesome to read.
Just dropped by to thank you!

Thanks man. Really appreciate it.

Awesome day out with my best friend

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Good off road loop at Trelde Næs with almost zero elevation. Perfect for that MTB day trip feels

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Love the bottom photo, not sure which is my favourite part, the segmented fork, the coastal path, your best friend’s look of concentration or the purple risers.

Looks magical

Big orange slug GTFO

Lovely.

Thanks all.
Really nice that it's cooled down a bit these days. Last week was really hard getting outside.

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Got my dad some new tyres and sorted the bike a bit. It gets less and less use but it still rides nicely and fresh tyres made it look good again

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One fresh asf dad bike

That rust is bumming me out though..

It's not rust, it's patina .

It's parked outside all year around under a roof but exposed to the environments.
Because of my dad's Parkinsons they sold their nice big house years ago and moved to this semi-detached. But the shed is too small to fit bikes and the garage solution seems like an afterthought.
I have actually designed a communal shed for the estate and I did solar analysis for them (my mum and dad) to help them prove it was a good idea for everybody and didn't conflict with anyone's garden. But it wasn't possible to get every single resident a bike parking spot so the project was cancelled.

I managed to pull myself out of bed early this morning. Maybe it was one time only, maybe it was the beginning of something good.

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Deep clean before putting on a fresh drive train some time soon hopefully.

Still love my bags.

Currently on a 26x2.5" rear.

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15km MTB before fam got up

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lush

Wheels arrived

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Wheels set up tubeless and crank bolts stripped from red ano and polished up.
I'll setup drive train tomorrow as much as possible but waiting for the proprietary BB tool to complete the build.
Wheels came with 12mm endcaps front and rear and I need 15mm for the front so waiting for that to arrive as well.

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Here's a little sneak peek. I think the colours are nice together but I'll choose a different colour for powder when I get rid of the linseed oil paint. See attached mood board

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Gonna look so nice & autumnal with the new paint, bars & tanwalls.

The yoke & monostay are just so good.

Thx 😊

Things have been pleasantly quiet at Hulsroy International lately. I am slowing crawling out from under my rock. Reinstalling Instagram etc.

Near future will bring some fun things:

1) Looks like I'll be joining Stayer Cycles at Bespoked this year. I will be bringing parts and prototypes I've done for them and we will probably be sharing some new parts in the flesh if everything goes to plan.
Anyways, if you are coming to Bespoked I'll probably be around Saturday to chat bikes etc.

2) I've got a fun little stem/rack project with @Tijmen coming up shortly so watch this space.

3) I've been working on some premium ALT bars which I am waiting to get some quotes for. I have no interest in selling stuff I don't make myself as for me that's the fun bit. But getting to the point where I can produce alu bars myself is unreachable economically and an opportunity has arisen to get my design made. And this bar is needed trust me! I will share some design stuff when I know if it's going through, but it has been exciting times with the prospect of having a product to market and sell.

4) I been given this AWOL frame which I intend making into a rinko inspired folding gravel touring monster. The rear end looks to be fucked and there are no dropouts available so I want to build a new rear end that can be taken off. Suggestions for inspiration for the folding bit welcome. Something like English folding frames etc...

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asymetric or crooked?

these are booom news!
congrats and l look forward to the bars!