Harrison’s bikes: equilibrium, arkose, giant granite

Nice find, got this one ages ago mind.

#basketlyf

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you know I had those bullmoose when you were doing your A levels right?

I did BTECS pal.

Someone also probably had bullmoose before you did your A-levels.

I dunno how the UK education system works tbh, is that a slang for posh private school?

stop derailing my thread you blithering idiot.

I will stop if you post a proper pic of the bike

It’s when you do hairdressing or car mechanics because you failed your GCSEs

once I've put a back brake on it I will

Didn't @hp93 do hair and beauty at college?

Right, here’s some phone pictures!

I got the rear brake set up yesterday, and dialled the gears this morning. Really, really, really happy with this bike! The gearing is great, climbed some pretty steep (but relatively short) bits today, especially in reddish vale country park all of it was more than manageable seated which is fun, 36 x 11 in the hardest gear is definitely quick enough too.

Rode down through reddish vale park to Stockport, joined the Trans Pennine Trail then followed it west to fletcher moss park in didsbury and treated myself to some chocolate cake and an iced coffee.

I just need to get a new saddle and it’s finished I think.

Will be commissioning a bag from the forum’s very own bag maker for the basket ASAP too.

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Oh and I’ll eventually replace the pedals with some decent ones. When the BB needs replacing I’ll get a slightly shorter one for a better Q factor, I might polish the cranks if I can be bothered too.

This looks excellent, is there a build thread?! What are the guards/grips?

Edit: ignore me, this is the build thread 🤦🏼‍♂️

The Mersey by Fletcher Moss?

That’s the one!

Edit: ignore me, this is the build thread

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Grips are Seal BMX (got em for like £8 on wiggle).

The guards are Giles Berthoud from eBay (they seem to be much cheaper on there than elsewhere but they do come packaged weirdly), second only to the wheelset as the most expensive parts on the build. They’ve been on 2 bikes now, they’re great, but the rear does require drilling and some fixings being bought/improvised at the seat stay bridge. (Don’t bother with the ones you have to fold round the guards they’re a faff and don’t work as well as drilling and bolting.

Need to get some leather or faux leather for flaps, thinking about looking in charity shops for a garish handbag I can chop up (someone else on here did it with like a fake Gucci bag or something) maybe leopard print would be good.

Ahh! Very much miss dicking about there with whatever bike I was on trying desperately to knacker my collie when she was a puppy before I moved to the big shitty. Trick bike and enjoy!

Finally got round to riding the arkose, still need to sort the fit as I’ve done about 30k so far have a numb left hand, numb gooch and getting a numb right foot too :(

I think I’ll rob the 42t back from my gfs bike instead of the 40 that I got as it feels a little under geared on tarmac.

Feels so good to be riding for fun again instead of just commuting.

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paint on this looks ace! v cool

Thanks, some doodles from the O.H. I want to add more of my own but I’ve lost the Montana paint pens we used the first time and I refuse to buy more because they must be in the house somewhere and I’ll no doubt find them when I buy some.

Properly bonked on the ride which I don’t think I’ve ever experienced before, ended up riding 70k in the end which I hadn’t expected and I was flagging badly when we headed back into town to meet up with some friends for a drink, I then smashed a halloumi kebab and chips and nursed a cider whilst I shivered to near death before promptly getting up and riding home feeling sick. One of my friends was so worried about my condition that she lent me her coat 😂 what an embarrassment.

Aching now and considering a bike fit. Who’s good in Manchester?

Way better setup especially with the drops and fresh tires, really diggin the colour combination

Tyres are the same, was thinking of going with the new gravel king SS in a 42but I think I’ll just make these tubeless for now!

Yeah, aesthetically drops definitely work better for this!

I hadn’t cleaned my commuter or done any maintenance on it whatsoever since I started teacher training in the first week of September.

The build up of crap under the rear mudguard was comical, and the drivetrain was beginning to sound like it belonged in a horror film.

Lazily Jet washed it and lubed the drivetrain and its running silent again.

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