Hulsroy's Hustle

Had a better day today. Started working on a 700x48c gravel frame today.. Client is great and it will be a quick and lovely build.

4 Attachments

Here pictured with 52mm tyres.

The dropouts cried out for assymetric chainstays. This can be a bit tricky with short tapered Life chainstays as I like doing my fish mouth details on the chainstay to dropout transition. Normally you can just fill with brass but the cavity is bit big on the non-drive side so decided to do a scallop with some tubing like you do on seat stays. Very happy with how that came out. Still need some sanding but you get the idea

3 Attachments

Sorry I missed your question. Probably takes half a day to do right now. I would love a fast way but its currently all by hand and eye

My mushie bottle got lost in the post, but after a tense couple of weeks has finally turned up.

1 Attachment

Yay! Thanks for the support

Day two of this gravel build. Plans is to be able to do it in five days. It's looking very promising as I have made good progress. Only had from 9am-2pm this last couple of days. So pretty happy about being able to braze Monday when I have done the seat tube fish mouths, wishbone prep and bottle bosses.

4 Attachments

A frame in 5 days is very impressive with those 2 short days!

Nice CS dimpling set up!

Let's see if I can do it. But it should be realistic. All the hard bits are done. Biggest issue is the 2x chain set vs 68mm BB vs 48mm tyres situation. But I think I got it sorted.

CS dimpling was a new attempt using the quill stop on the pillar drill. It work great, so my new iteration I will make a hard limit for my hydraulic press and make a stop for repeatable action.

Have you thought about wider t47 shells with internal BBs like what comes on treks etc

Yes. But I think T47 is pointless if you are using Shimano.
For internal cable routing through the BB shell and short chainstays with big tyres yes. But I am not convinced I want or need those. Also the added weight is meh. I did talk to the client about the options but they understood my concerns.

Chainstays ended up being 430mm I think. And that's not idiotic on 700x48 mm tyres.

Does this thread end on grumpy old man hating on t47? Looks like it.

It can’t. Surely there is time for one more forum legend x Hulsroy x witslinger epic collab!

I hope so at least.

But what is the point if it all gets deleted anyways?

3 Attachments

Ouch!

What is the point of life if we are going to die anyway?

You have created so many beautiful bikes that people will always remember from this place. If they see a Hulsroy in the wild they will remember this thread, when they see a catalogue bike that needs some BDHU they will think of this place. The list goes on.

I vote for several more epic bike builds before the switch is turned off.

when they see a catalogue bike that needs some BDHU they will think of this place

This.
A totally accurate tribute, as nothing that is ever made is a waste. It has an intangible impact on innumerable lives. Think of the 1 million+ times someone has viewed and been touched by the bike nerdery bullshit that goes on here.

i guess that's what you get for trying to engrave your own name into your hand.

Superglued the gouge and had a successful day at the office despite the tube touching the bone yesterday.
The adrenaline of making is amazing. I did not feel it until now doing the dishes post dinner :)

Thanks @Simba and @vthejk

We will continue to the very end then.
Yesterday's battle of internal cable routing paid off, although I am finding dropletts of blood around the workshop from frantically looking for bandaids yesterday.
Anyways, I managed a rattle free internal stainless tube despite the long blind bosses taking up most of the tube. It's going to look so sick with the cable routing. Photos of it tomorrow.

Hugo's frame getting there. I am very pleased with it so far. Here pictured with 29x2.0" tires although 48mm is actually max.

5 Attachments

Superglued the gouge

It took me a hot minute to realise you were referring to your hand here.
Onwards and upwards. It’s easy to feel that things happen for nothing when we’re accustomed to having monetary/numerical results-based lives I guess. But intangible results are so much more real 💚

I do hope this place continues, or at least you host a forum so we can all continue to follow along.

Thanks. I also hope it continues. It's looking more positive today.

If this shut down I will devote more time to YouTube

Heal up quick.
You've got a Xmas with two children to enjoy.

Supergluing your own wounds is cool. Finding your own blood splattered around the place is also cool.

Looks like you are cool. Tricky thing to achieve when you’re a parent. Well done.

Superglued

I mean, that is what it was invented for originally wasn’t it