husy's planet X build... finally

I've been meaning to build up a Planet X HHSBish bike for a while now. In fact I bought some parts 7 months ago including the f+f during the PX sale. But at the time I had finally succumbed to reality; my knees were seriously messed up and I stopped cycling for a while. I haven't been on a bike for at least 5 months straight and I've had to dismantle my small stable and distribute the parts around the house to stop myself cycling. I even avoided LFGSS as to not get too upset about not being able to cycle. But it seems after a few months of physio etc i'm nearly ready to get back on the saddle.

Frame and fork:

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Parts so far on scales (not a weight weenie but who isn't weight conscious :P)

Forks:

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Frame + clamp

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Seat tube and components

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Selle italia SLR (carbon). I may strip this down.

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Front wheel 88mm Chinese carbon.

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Rear wheel, also 88mm. Both matte like the frame.

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FSA isis cranks and BB.

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just over 5kg so far this is going to be light!

i'd go for sg75 dd

Still a few more bits to go, the weight will creep up. I was originally thinking sg75 dd or omniums but these are pretty bling and the i'm on a carbon phase :) But I may chop and change as I build it up.

So over the past week other bits came in in rapid succession. I've thrown money at the few bits i've already got, so I thought why not keep going with that theme... Took a leaf out of Hoke's book and blinged up the drive train with an EAI Gold Medal Pro cog (18t) and an Izumi super toughness. I think the little wallet the EAI sprocket comes in is super rad!

The tyres (Conti GP 4000 II, 25 front, 28 rear) and valve extenders came through the post so I threw them on too. My mates Haroon and Richard joined the party at the workshop!

@badmanlongtime post a pic of your current PX man, wanna have a look at the frame differences and the fork.

This looks badass already.

@Husy i have disassembled my bike due to not riding it in the wet and cold weather and lack of storage space.

but here is how it looked before i took it apart.

your build is looking rad!

Thanks guys! badmanlongtime, our bikes look so similar. Just went on a longish test ride and it's amazing. sooo comfortable too! I'll post pics when I get home.

It's a functioning bike now, stem and steerer need adjustment and some things might change.

The Thomson X4 stem hadn't arrived from ebay 3 weeks after dispatch so I nicked my track champion's stem to get things going. I'm using narrow hussefelt risers I bought on here, I found short enough grips for them. I liked the way the circle on the Oreba stem matched up with the arrows on the risers:

Locked out of my house last night, staring at the flower pots I saw a small package stuffed between them. My stem! The postman probably put them there and forgot to deliver a note.

I threw on some flat pedals and straps and took it for a spin this morning.

Rides really well and feels solid. I was surprised at how comfortable it is.

To do/decisions:

• Decide on a stem or keep the Thomson
  
• Cut more of the steerer, slam it, get rid of the random silver spacers
  
• Get mtb pedals
  
• Decide on stripping the saddle or keeping it as it is (pretty worn)
  
• Weigh it properly, see if I make my modest below 7.5kg guess
  
• Take pictures on a real camera
  

that bike wants drops..

a looker, for sure. risers are fresher than drops on this.+1 for slam the steerer

Fuck me loosen that chain

#tractor

Defo slam the stem.

Tis looser than you think

Also, chain tensioners are the most useless things everrr. This frame has them bloody build in!

+1 Drops... risers look a little try hard on this for me