The Genesis Equil Brum Brum Project

[Splatter Paint]

Craaap! Sorry to hear that. The bike appears to be mending nicely, hopefully you’ll do the same.

 

[Paul R]

Craaap! Sorry to hear that. The bike appears to be mending nicely, hopefully you’ll do the same.

Yes seems ok so far. Im taking a bit longer lol

 

[Paul R]

Made a few tweaks to the bike, I found even with the 32t on rear on the rare occasion i hit a 17 degree hill it wasnt to good on the knees so gone for a 34t Deore xt cassette which ended up being a smidge lighter than the sram 32t which suprised me. had to add a wolftooth roadlink to make it clear the ultegra mech works great but not sure i like the look. So ordered a sun xcd mech which will take a 34t cassette without the roadlink.

Also added some allu cage bolts good saving there and much tidyier than the steel ones.

 

[Paul R]

A few more upgrades have been done firstly i ended up not liking the look with the roadlink on rear mech so now running a microshift r10 that can take the 34t rear cog. It was a bit dry lube wise when i got it so fully stripped and greased it all much smoother now and shifts great.

Same weight as the ultegra mech too result. going to make the cage silver at some point too.

 

[Paul R]

The further upgrades are a set of Hunt sprint aero wide wheels which have enhanced the ride and handling very nicely with the wider rim width speading out the tyre 20g heavyier but strava speeds have gone up since fitting them.

Also i sprayed the 3T carbon seatpost with chrome paint and pinstriped around the orriginal decals.

Lastly for extra tyre clearence i fitted some lightweight Planet X cnc brakes with kool stop chrome pad holders and salmon pads. There was allot of fuss online about how hard these are to set up and about lack of power personally i dont know what they were on about easy setup and power isnt much different to the shimano's.

Brake weight difference



Wheels and brakes fitted



Chromed seatpost



fitted





New pads and holders



Chromeness

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Those tyres are close significant weight saving too

 

[ktuludays]

that seat post looks great. tight squeeze for that front tyre - breath in!

 

[Paul R]

Those tyres are close significant weight saving too

that seat post looks great. tight squeeze for that front tyre - breath in!

Cheers. yes I have some smaller 30c tyres to go on eventually. The clearence was a bit better with the old narrower rimmed wheels but nevermind worth it for the looks and extra comfort/speed

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Cheers. yes I have some smaller 30c tyres to go on eventually. The clearence was a bit better with the old narrower rimmed wheels but nevermind worth it for the looks and extra comfort/speed

Comfort is underrated, I have said before the only place an uncomfortable bike goes is to the back of the garage.

 

[Paul R]

Cant believe I've had this bike over a year now time flys.

Latest upgrade is some tanwall schwalbe pro one 30c tyres and vittoria latex tubes. This combo has made an amazing differance to the smoothness of the bike they've taken out allot of the road buzz even though they're 2c smaller and i have much better brake clearance up front now thankfully.