Hollow Leg’s Bikes (Mason Resolution, Dolan Tarck Bikes, Brompton, Local Framebuilder Specials; Fixed & Gravel)

Showing off the Bonny Banks in a great way sir!

Fab photos, what are you shooting with? Conditions look lovely for winter!

The road from Sannox to Lochranza is stuck in my memory as a toughie - being the first big one I ever did on my first real bike tour.

Nice photies - been meaning to get back over to Arran for a ride for a couple of years now, don't fancy it much on a fixed though, haha! Narrowly missed a sheep at 50mph coming over the string road back towards the ferry last time we were there, also remember the roads around the south of the island were a bit agricultural & withing we'd done that section while we were fresh.

Indeed!

Thanks! All taken on my trusty LUMIX LX100.

The photo with the moody clouds is the descent into Sannox, so the opposite way you would have gone on your tour.

Thanks.

The sheep are everywhere. I even saw one making its way (quite easily) across a cattle grid, which I’ve never seen before.

It’s quite a tough island to ride around in general I find. Lots of small, steep hills and descents, as well as hardly any flat bits makes it difficult to get into a rhythm. Worth it for the views, though :)

The weather is wet today in Edinburgh and I’ve had a good weekend of riding, so I’ve taken the opportunity to have a rest day and strip the Hansom. I was planning on waiting until I’d had one last ride on it, but I think I was just trying finding excuses not to break it down.

With the Hansom stripped, I built up the Seta. This isn’t the final form I’ve been planning but with the frame now a full bike, it can take the space on the bike rack that the Hansom once took.

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Please go full weight weenie on it

this slaps

+1 for full weenie for the lolz but black chainring and silver spokes and that's how I would build it anyone would agree it's perfect
looking forward to seeing your planned final form however it may be tho!

Such a nice place and great pictures! I want to visit isle of Arran now

Please go full weight weenie on it

Please buy all my leftover weight-weenie kit?

Not much exciting going on at HLHQ.

The Brompton pretty much needed an entire new drivetrain after commuting through winter; cogs, chain, tensioner idler wheels all replaced, as well as new SwissStop pads and shoes. Now it runs super smooth again. I was a bit miffed that I had to replace this so soon, but thinking about it, I would have replaced my fixed commuter drivetrain yearly and the cost of replacing the Brompton parts twice a year works out about the same cost anyway.

I wasn’t going to replace much else on the Brompton but I’ve also noticed that a load of the bolts have rusted as they’re fairly naff quality, so I’ll slowly replace these with better quality stainless steel/titanium over time. I’ve started with new Ti Workshop crank bolts and tensioner bolt as these were rusted up the most.

I also replaced the Brompton saddle with an Arione, and replaced the telescopic seatpost quick release clamp with a Thomson one. I removed all the reflectors, too.

I would like to replace the seatpost with a titanium one but that would mean chopping the top off of one so I can insert a regular seatpost into it. Not sure if I’m ready to chop up a £100+piece of ti tube yet, so we’ll see.

One final thing is I squirted a load of ACF50 anti corrosion stuff down all the tubes and let it sit in the sun for a few hours before wiping off the excess. Hopefully that’ll prevent any future rust problems with the frame.

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Managed to do a few jobs on the road fixed that I’ve been meaning to do for a while. It got new tyres, new brake pads and I also replaced the rear mudguard blade which I crushed - and then subsequently spent an hour ‘uncrushing’ with some pliers - when I first installed it (one too many beers and a pesky cat were the cause of this).

I also fitted a new custom Straight Cut framebag. I meant to take a nice side profile photo of the bike while I was riding yesterday, but I got distracted so these will have to do.

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The road fixed is pretty much completely dialled in now. Other than popping a saddlebag on for longer rides, this is how I will keep it for audaxes this year including Paris-Brest-Paris. I’ve got a 300km coming up the end of the month that I’m really excited about. For PBP I’ll probably need to replace the chain, chainring, cog, BB, hub bearings (maybe), tyres (again) and brake pads (again).

I took the Seta out for its first test ride today. It’s my first time riding a carbon frame, too. While it was lovely to ride, I don’t think I’ll be trading in any of my steel frames any time soon.

I’ve almost dialled in the fit. I’ve lifted the saddle nose ever so slightly after taking these photos, and when I replace the 120 Thomson on there now for a 110 Nitto and some slightly narrower Nitto bars, I’ll be happy with the reach as well.

I’ll be dropping the wheels off at the LBS this afternoon to have the hubs re-laced to high polish TB14’s.

I may add a bell.

And then it’s done.

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And some detail shots.

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Yeah, that's bloody lovely that. TB14s will complete it.

Stunning shots!

Also jealous of the Seta, always sought after one & the build looks great.

Wow great shots once again! Is this Scotland too?

Yeah, that’s up near Loch Katrine. Maybe an hours drive north of Glasgow.

who's your gp4000 plug?

I'm not sure what you mean?

i believe maxicosi is asking who supplies your gp4000's, a plug being someone with the ability to supply hard to find items

Ah, got it!

@maxicosi I just have an eBay search saved for 23mm and pick up a set every now and again when they come up. No one wants 23’s these days which is great for people whose frames can only fit 23’s.