Hulsroy's Hustle

2 steps forward 3 steps back lol.

It is a better idea, every 3 months I think about getting repainted/ powder coated, but I think will be going back to mandibles as undefeated worldwide no. 1 for cases where these can’t be drafted in

Yes obvs. And they don't seem to have any cages on their site!

Jambi Jambi seems like a natural fit

Great suggestion.

I am currently sold out.

Congrats man!

I have just sent them an email!

And thanks. It is such a rush. When I had the idea over a year ago I was hesitant to start developing the cages because how would I ever be able to make them fast enough and compete with big brands and mass production facilities. But here we are. This definitely taught me to pursue dreams a bit more tenaciously

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Awesome!

Soooo, I was actually expecting to have @Pish 's frameset done around the beginning of February, but stuff happened. Like it always does :)
At the end of last year my wife landed a great gig curating and designing an exhibition about inventions. But then right after Christmas she got her dream full time job at a highly sought for exhibition design studio in Copenhagen. Luckily she can start part time there until the other exhibition is finished and ready to open. To get her over this period of working two jobs I am stepping in as her CAD monkey / junior designer. The pay is great and everyone is happy, but it does mean framebuilding and bottle cage making is pushed to late hours, weekends and when there is breaks in the design process.
This also means that we are likely headed to Copenhagen come summer. This is pretty exciting stuff for many reasons, but it will also be a period of time where navigating deadlines and workshop facilities will be tricky. So might take on a little less frame work in 2024 and focus on builds for exhibitions and bottle cages. We will se what happens.

I did manage to get into the workshop and finish the chainstay sub assembly. I almost always do the front triangle first, but for this build i decided I wanted to get the chainstays right first and then add the rest of the tubes.

The rest of the frame is a walk in the park now

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Congratulations on this turn of events.
I hope you'll be able to establish a workshop in Cph without too much hassle.

Thanks. There is no doubt it will both be a hassle and very very expensive.

But this is the way

Let's have a discussion about cable guides. I'll start. Zip ties are annoying because plastic, but smart, but also annoying for quick disassembly f
of folding bikes etc. But also it is often a place where paint is compromised.

I like the idea of "art. 303" type cable guides but they are ugly and flimsy. And paint is also compromised here often. Enter this idea for a 1.5mm stainless Happy Huggy™ cable guides. They will also losse their painted surfaces eventually but stay stainless and patinate pretty.
And they will be more rounded and elegant and they wont bend as easy.

Yes?

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Yes

this is the sort of wallet inspection which will send the 10k custom bike crowd barmy, absalutely make this

Sure they don't want Tig welded ti, Enve and CK aeroset?

the preformance market pales in comparison to the depths of "american who works in tech and needs to drive his truck over some otherwise pristine land outside the city. this is so they can forget the promise of technology from their youth has all but failed and trapped them and their ideals, all except the anodised new mexico components, pnw frames and japanese trinkets sold to them by people who are living the life they're desperately trying to live, curate or buy, but limeted to the invisible tether that is cat7 fibre, their works vpn and the compulsury 2 days in the office which provides them with healthcare and enough disposable income to distract from the destruction around them...all while listening to pearl jam, the beastieboys... velvet underground?? or some shit."

at least that's what market research tells us.

Is this AI?

10,000 times yes!! excellent idea

authentic information? yes.

:)

Hey, I don’t listen to Pearl Jam or drive.

Otherwise a bit too close to the bone.

Any concerns on where cable is doing a swoop bend and therefore the guide not really capturing it properly? Or the fit would be tight enough? What about a “triple” that you have to bend the cable/hose a bit to pop it into.

What about a “triple”

Perhaps an even better idea. Three bendy prongs

where cable is doing a swoop bend and therefore the guide not really capturing it properly

I would also have this concern.

I think the guides are a cool concept. They're certainly an appealing expression of @Hulsroy 's philosophy.

Personally I'd consider them. But it's also fair to say that I wouldn't shed a tear if I couldn't get them for a build, as traditional zip-tie or loop guides work just fine; it would be mid-to-low priority for me.

I think they're super cute although the smiley faces will probably be lost without very careful silver application. Paint and powder would be trying to hide them too.

damn