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Yum. Having a little scroll through this thread has me excited for being stuck indoors this autumn. Love the triptych @AlexD, and your imaginative miniature worlds.

I’ve had a long break from art, a mix of self-pressure and nice weather/bikes. Thanks all for the inspiration!

Superstar components are your cheapest best, around £27 when I got mine. Feel like as it’s one of the only options, the second hand market isn’t great!

Stridsland restock next week with 110bcd options but might be too late for you

Raleigh pioneer for my girlfriend, I’m jealous! 700c, cantis, step through with big clearance. Now with some swept Nittos and a rear rack, just needs a white saddle and its spot on

Could be worth sitting down with a movie and pre trimming a years supply😉

Done it a few times at work, with cut down Aeropress papers. Tastes great, smooths out a ‘spro, but not sure it’s worth the extra couple mins trying to locate a pair of scissors.

That being said, what’s a couple of minutes extra on top of an already time consuming process. If I had a machine at home and correctly sized papers, I’d probably be using them every time.

Chainring is actually the middle ring from the WI crankset original triple. I think the missing teeth must be to aid shifting? They’re evenly space around the ring. They definitely aid in dropping the chain in the stand 😅

Instagram vs. reality.
You vs. the seatpost they tell you not to worry about.

NX might be a bit wobbly, but this is by far the most disappointing part of the mockup vs. reality I've had to face this week. The curse of having short legs (and always buying frames >3" too big for me).

Progress towards my KONA.psd has been made. Facebook has come up with the goods again. Earlier in the week I received some Sram NX bits in the post, a BNIB Sunrace 11-42 and a LONG Thomson post in 27.0. Parts look good on the bike, but it's made me realise that the stem at least needs to be black too. Thomson X4 chunky?

NX has gone on the bike and been cabled up, but without a narrow wide ring and new chain (NX seller forgot to post) I can't get everything to shift nicely. The derailleur went on with a bit of side to side play, which I've since read is common for the lower end Sram stuff. I'm a little disappointed about it, but hopefully everything plays nicely under tension. If not I'll be looking at swapping it out sharpish. Does my hanger look off to you?

Stridsland restock in the next week or so, which means I'll get a new chainring on this within a couple of weeks. I can always swap out the crank from the Giant in the meantime if I get too impatient.

Updated, now looking for bars, posted to Bristol. Let me know what you've got!

Sorted

Hopefully not too expensive with little wear, posted to Bristol!

Cheers!

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I'll probably be able to find a home for it

forum begins sweating

I photoshopped the chainring, it was actually much easier than buying a chainring and removing the existing two. I think I’ll finish this build digitally, and then mint it as an NFT to recuperate some of my outgoings.

@jontea thankfully we had a group of actors come into out secondary school to talk about the dangers of “blue ano all over the shop”. I think I will resist in this case.

@ibob this is a 90s bike but living in the 21st century. I think black parts will look great. I’m looking at some 11spd components which will be black too, so it makes sense to me.

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Gripshift is absolutely not staying, I hate it! In negotiations on FB about some cheap 10spd XT bits, but would take anything as an alternative at the moment. Here it is with some black bits, I think it could look good.

While I wait for cables to arrive to get the Kona ridable, I'm starting to wonder if the complete set up is going to look a bit dull. Silver ALL over? Maybe a silver frame is a dangerous option, should I have painted it a more interesting colour that could be accented across the build? Do I need to add colours elsewhere to break it up? My Giant looks great, and I think it's a great bike that hasn't taken a lot of consideration, built with practicality and fun in mind. It worries me that this Kona is taking too much consideration, and will end up a little disappointing.

I'm thinking I could go for a black cockpit and seatpost, with blue accents elsewhere. Anyone care to throw in their opinion?

Wolf Tooth are too close to road bike prices for this build! Avoiding road bike prices is what drew me to these bikes in the first place.

Although I'd put a fake King headset on the bike, I wouldn't buy a Medium ring. I know it's hypocritical, but I am a big fan of Mathias and have been looking for an excuse to put in an order with him for a while.

It’s as if you read my mind. I would’ve written this but thought I’d keep my options open, now I realise I only have one option. I’ll go 3x until I find one

Interested in the blue! Stayer looks fantastic

I picked up some white industries cranks to go on my Kona build, but didn't realise 94BCD narrow wide rings were so niche. Not looking to spend a fortune, so second hand is great. Let me know if there's anything out there.

Stridsland restock is soon, so can hold out for that if necessary!

Thanks @Dexter!

Bent crank arm sorted, with these arms that look bent. But on purpose. Such nice looking cranks, look as if they would suit any ring

It wouldn’t be the first colour combination to come to my mind either! Glad you like it

These are minor details, and as a whole the frame looks fantastic. Famously, paint jobs don't always photograph well, so I've tried to attach a couple of videos for visual effect. I'll be building the bike up soon, but I need to find a few more bits before it's complete. Bikes can get pricey once you try and make them nice all over. As is the theme of LFGSS, I think it's time for a mood board. If anyone has a fairly nice 11speed group set available, please let me know!

After a can of clear had gone on (and a fly had been badly removed from the seat tube with my finger), I let the frame cure for 24 hours. The next day I wet sanded the frame with 1200 grit, then passed over it again with 2000 before polishing with Meguiars cut and polish. I'm not sure if it was the best choice, I just had some left over in a jar and thought it was probably my best shot without taking yet another trip down the hill to Halfords.

Other than going a little hard on the sanding over the drive side decals (and a seat stay) the frame turned out better than expected. In certain lights on some harder to reach areas, the colour from the primer is a little visible. I guess that's what you can expect painting in a poorly lit, and at times windy, patio area. I guess the paint and flake from the Montana can don't travel the same in the wind. My tip for anyone doing this in the future would be to BE CAREFUL with sanding. Take it slow, with light pressure, and wipe down ares to check them periodically. Not all tubes will take as much paint as others.