Hulsroy's Hustle

Thanks. Definitely. Considering starting Hulsroy Cycles up for realz so I will put you on the list.

I have finished my current contract and taking some time to think over what I really want to do for a living now. There are some options for an industrial PhD, but I am semi fed up with academia (toxic architecture school environments at least) so I am not completely sure it is worth the effort.

Just returned from first proper outing on the new MTB and I am buzzing. Was grinning the entire time.

A couple of notes comparing it to The Boat Anchor:

1. Climbing is better. This is probably due to the steep seat tube angle. I feel incredibly balanced on steep steep climbs. 32/46t also helped compared to the 32/36t i have been riding since 2015.

2. It descends like a boulder dropped from a plane. Slightly slacker head angle is probably helping my tracking but biggest gain seem to be the dropper. I am normally a bit technology cautious. I don't like my bikes to be too fancy or require loads of maintenance, but I am total dropper convert. I was doing drops I have never been able (confident enough) to do before. But more importantly on the rough stuff and in coners i was able to get a lot lower and had a better sense of actually carving through turns. And my lower back seems to have taken fewer hits and I am less sore right now than I am used to.
   What I do feel instead is sore thighs. Not sitting down means I've been using more legs to keep upright.

3. Frame is definitely stiffer. Power transfer is better. Going hard up short ramps tyre was rubbing a bit due to wheel flex. Haven't had that before. Looking forward to try new wheels and going thru axle on the rear.

Put me down for the next Hulsroy Cycles then, big fan!

Thank you ❤️

Excited for these recent developments
Keenly following

Great news! More people on Hulsroys is the way.

Sounds fantastic. Must be very gratifying to have got on it and to find you got all these bits right.

Thanks all. Definitely exciting times right now.

What's the internal width of the rims, and the size of your Mezcals? How do they ride with this rim/tyre ratio?

These are Mavic xc421 so basically gravel rims

Tyres are 29x2.6"

It is in no way ideal in theory, but I actually don't feel like they ride shit at all. New rims are 30mm and I will be running 2.4" tyres on those.

Thanks!

Yeah, I wonder how much of the modern rim width guidelines are purely to encourage upgrades to wider rims, and whether modern wide tyres which claim to have a profile optimised for a minimum rim width will actually ride completely fine on something much narrower.

MTBs were on 2.2"/56mm tyres on 17mm rims for decades...

Was more wondering if you were experiencing any freaky tyre rollover or sudden loss of traction with that combo tbh.

I noticed quite a difference with 2.4" tyres, moving from 19mm internal to 25mm, but hardly a thing moving up to 30mm

It's very easy to go too wide with mtb rims, which squares the tyre's profile, putting the knobs in a less than ideal place for cornering

Saying that, I seem to have settled with 25mm rims for 2.3" tyres and 30mm for 2.6"

No nasty rollovers yet.

Thanks. Good insight

Thanks!

I'm about to try running 26" WTB Ranger 2.8s on 23mm WTB KOM i23 rims. The allegedly '2.8' tyres actually come up at 63mm (under 2.5), and the profile looks visually normal.

The tyre/rim ratio is 2.8, much lower than the 3.3 ratio of the 2.2" tyre/17mm rim I ran for years on another 90's MTB with no issues...

I'm running 30mm rims and 2.4 Maxxis tyres on my Chisel and I like it. Also totally with you on the dropper front. Single best upgrade ever.

Absolutely

Yeah, 'optimum' and what you actually need are as usual, very different things :-)

I had 17mm rims with 2.3" tyres for years without any worries, although I was running the tyres at around 40psi, which is about double of what I currently do with wider rims, tubeless, fatter tyres etc

"Did you just spend an entire day doing that?"

My mum said.

I am making my daughter and nephew (and myself) a single track around our summer house.
I had to take down some trees on the property today so decided to make a little wooden bridge/ramp.

Yes I am not good at vacationing.

Here is a little video https://photos.app.goo.gl/WRyRrhxXyXMMbNaf8

I am so knackered right now.

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Alder rather than Hornbeam?

Are you talking about wood types?

Some of it is beach, the other one I am not sure.

Yep,
Beech = Bøg
Alder = El
Hornbeam = Avnbøg

I'll find out tomorrow. But googling I can say it isn't hornbeam or alder.

Yes I am not good at vacationing.

Not good, great.

Got a bit further with the single track project today.

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