Gravel bike project

[JhnBssll]

Fantastic! Don't forget to take it back to Halfords for some expert fine-tuning.

See if they fancy doing some warranty work, the paint's changed colour!

 

[JhnBssll]

New tyres arrived today so I've popped them on. I've also fitted the new rear brake hose (at the lever end at least) and tidied up the cables. I'm missing one piston for the front brake rebuild as Wiggle let me down - they were showing in stock but they're only a few quid each and they have a £20 limit for next day delivery with their Wiggle+ subscription, so I chucked some other stuff in my basket to make it up and hit buy... The other stuff arrived but no pistons, they're now showing as on backorder Very naughty of them so I've contacted them to vent... Anyway, I have a spare RX4 post mount caliper in the garage so I'll borrow a piston later and get it finished

Until then, here's what it looks like now...

Don't look at the driveside chainstay - I dropped the seatpost on it and took a bit chunk out of the paint I'm now going to look at chainstay protectors to cover it up, after all that effort filling and sanding Next time I'll bake the frame before I build it up to help the laquer harden quicker, I did this on my Brompton build and it made a big difference. Nevermind...

I'll wrap the bars with the Jo Burt bar tape once the brakes are bled and will have a Mint Sauce stem cap to fit soon 😊

 

[JhnBssll]

I robbed a piston out of the spare caliper this evening and popped it in the purple one, then got it bolted on and piped up.

I'm now only missing two bits - the new mech hanger, and the Mint Sauce stem cap 😄 The chainstay protector arrived this morning so I've stuck that on, seems nice and thick so should do the job nicely... Most importantly it covers the chip in the paint

I couldn't resist wrapping the bars, I think it looks ace...

I've got the day off tomorrow so I aim to make the finishing touches; bleed and adjust the brakes, straighten the hanger or fit the new one (if it arrives), tweak the gears, tighten the disc rotors and do a final torque check on all the bolts. Then all that remains is a test ride and some finished photos

 

[JhnBssll]

I'm not entirely happy with the angle of the front light mount so I've just spent some time rebuilding the CAD model. I've built it from scratch with the light rotated 90 degree's to see how it looks, I'll get it printed tomorrow all being well

 

[JhnBssll]

She's finished and ready to ride 😄 The mech hanger arrived this afternoon so I swapped it on then went over the whole bike torquing up bolts and adjusting the indexing and brakes - all good for a test ride now!

 

[tom73]

Not sure about the bottle cages

 

[fossyant]

Saddle is slack, and your danglies are dangling.

Like the colours mucho.

 

[T4tomo]

Awesome job.
I once got one of scrotom lights from a secret santa. Surprising good for commuting as it moves around.

 

[JhnBssll]

Awesome job.
I once got one of scrotom lights from a secret santa. Surprising good for commuting as it moves around.

This was a 40th birthday present from some good friends so thought I'd put it to use

 

[jowwy]

What are the tyres john?? 650s or 700s

 

[JhnBssll]

What are the tyres john?? 650s or 700s

They're 650's mate. I used the 650b wheels I'd already built to save some cash. I might buy some 700c rims in future and rebuild the wheels but will see how I go with these for now

 

[jowwy]

They're 650's mate. I used the 650b wheels I'd already built to save some cash. I might buy some 700c rims in future and rebuild the wheels but will see how I go with these for now

But what tyres are they??? I can see they are halos but which ones and size

 

[Jenkins]

But what tyres are they??? I can see they are halos but which ones and size

They look like Halo GXRs which are 650 x 47 - Ribble have them on offer for £20 at the moment: https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/p/HAOETYRF100000065047/gxr-tyre-650x47-fd60-tan-wall

I've got the 700 x 38 GXCs on the ebike and am quite impressed with them.

 

[jowwy]

They look like Halo GXRs which are 650 x 47 - Ribble have them on offer for £20 at the moment: https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/p/HAOETYRF100000065047/gxr-tyre-650x47-fd60-tan-wall

I've got the 700 x 38 GXCs on the ebike and am quite impressed with them.

I like the look of those……..will wait til spring and see what i can get then

 

[JhnBssll]

Yes they're Halo GXR, 650bx47 as Jenkins correctly deduced