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The wheels are clinchers

If anyone is interested in a split I’d sell the the frame, fork & headset for £600 and the complete groupset for £450

Edit:

Frameset only for sale.

Sadly there are some bad scrapes on the DS chainstay, the seatstay and brake bridge due to a rogue stick ripping off my PDW mudguard.

Size is around 55cm

Tubing is Columbus Zona.
ZS44 headtube

Fork is Hylix tapered disc

Hope Headset

Delivery and pickup from available Glasgow. Payment via cash on Collection or PayPal.

Got it pretty much finished today! I just need a longer bolt for the base section of the mudguard. Plus I’ve decided to colour match the seatpost.

So this is as she stands just now. Still need to cable up the back brake, bar tape nds bar, get proper SS chainring bolts, fit and chain and install the rear mudguard!

I’m really happy with how it looks so far! Think I’ll colour match the seatpost with the bars. Thoughts?

That’s rad!

It looks like the RH brake lever has the cable release open. Pull the lever a little and pop the stud to the opposite side.

I’ve not got the decals applied to the frame. Time to let them cure for a day or two then I’ll apply a few coats of lacquer over the top.

I also got a RBAD decal applied just to oppose current forum trends! ;-)

I managed to get a makeshift spray booth in the garage. Complete with a heater..... :-) That mean I started painting the frame. I’ve got the base coats applied. Today I’ll get the grey fired on and let it cure for a couple days.

I also went to town on my handlebars. I really wanted to use the sparkling silver base and candy purple paint but I couldn’t quite figure out how to fit it on to the frame without it being too cluttered with colours..... So I decided to paint the handlebars!

Well I managed to get some stuff done on this today.

I fitted the tyres, which are 1.75 instead of 1.5’s. Seems I mistakenly ordered the wrong size. But, they fit so they can stay.

I assembled the front end and I’m happy with the clearances, and I think it looks good.

I got the frame rubbed down in prep for paint but I need to wait until more primer arrives before I can start.

I’ve now also ordered a Mach rim for the Alfine and a Microshift BS-No8 bar end shifter.

It’s coming together and hopefully it’ll all be done in the next couple of weeks.

The frame arrived. I’m currently dying with man flu or something similar so I don’t expect much to change on this over the weekend. In the meantime, I have however bought some Panaracer Gravel King tyres. I went for 1.5’s because the fork won’t accept wider than that.

Thanks for the tip!

I’ve found a couple of 36h rims. Mavic do a couple of variants and there is a brand called Mach on eBay. Not heard much about them so I’ll probably I with Mavic

Yeah I’d agree with what @TheShipwright says and just bite the bullet and learn to strip the hub. It’s actully not that hard. There is plenty instructional videos on YouTube but once you’ve done it a couple times it should be a straight forward 30-45 minute job.

In other news. The frame is in the U.K. I’m assuming I’ll need to pay a customs charge as it’s been in the national hub for a few days. I’ve also now painted the forks and applied some decals. I wanted to go with something striking that would look cool! I think I’ve achieved that look. I just need to lacquer the fork but I’ll let the decals set for 5 days first.

So today I stripped down the Alfine hub and it’s now bathing in some auto transmission fluid.

I also go the fork primered. Now all that remains is deciding what colour to do it.

See the photo below for the colours of paint I have. Any photoshop gurus fancy knocking me up a design???

A few more parts have arrived now. The Origin8 EBB, the TRP levers and a cheap Pro alloy seatpost.

I also started sanding the fork in preparation for the paint

Thanks for the advice.

I’ve been playing about with a gear calculator and running 46/18 will give me a similar gear range to my road bike setup of 11-27 & 52-36

So it looks like I’ll run with that in the meantime.

Here’s the link to the frame. Price has went up a little since I purchased. Plus I had a voucher towards the cost.

http://s.aliexpress.com/IzMnmMfM

The EBB was an Origin8 one purchased on eBay.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F152672747577

I’ll be running the bike single speed initially until I get the Alfine hub built into a wheel.

I’ve painted a bike or two in the past with decent results but I’ll check Mechamorgan’s post for some tips. Thanks for the heads up!

So I’ve got 95% of the parts ordered now.

The frame has been dispatched from China so should be in the U.K. soon.

The EBB is coming from the USA and hasn’t been dispatched yet :-(

I went into the garage and raided the parts bin. I found some carbon one piece bars, some alloy bottle cages, a stripped SLR which need re-covered and a rack.

Last night I picked up a set of TRP RRL levers on Planet X for 35 quid. Much cheapness.

I plan to use the Microshift BS-No8 bar end shifter when I get the Alfine hub built into a wheel. The only issue at the moment is finding a 36h 650b rim :-(

I’d quite like a fluro fade paint job now. Has anyone got experience of using paint.bike spray paint?

I’m currently running a 42t praxis chainring on the SRAM cranks. I do t know if this is potentially too small for the Alfine? I like a pushing big gear. I was considering a 46t or 48t chainring. Can any Alfine Gurus let me know what the best balance is?

Definitely not out of the question. I’ve got a load of dark grey spray paint and lacquer in the garage that didn’t get used from a previous project. So I was potentially going to use that.

Disc brake.

I’ve got a 36 hole Alfine hub that I plan to build up. Otherwise I’d opt for 32h.

So I’ve just picked up a cheap-as-chips Carbon cross frame on AliExpress for 120 quid. The plan is to build it up with an Alfine 8 rear hub, fat tyres and mudguards. It’s got a BB30 Shell and I’ll be using an EBB for the chain tension.

The parts I already have are as follows;
Hylix gravel fork
650b Hope/Pacenti wheelset
Alfine 8 hub
Spyre calipers
SRAM crankset

The frame and EBB have been ordered and are on the way.

I haven’t got much experience with Alfine hubs. What would people suggest chainring size wise?

I’ll post updates as they happen.

I’m not sure if this has been asked but is there any manufactures making a 36h 650b rim that won’t break the bank?

Subbed. Waiting for an update :-)

All sold now.

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