{"id":12589,"date":"2015-07-05T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/keep\/2015\/07\/05\/two-travellin-trolloffs\/"},"modified":"2015-07-05T18:27:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T18:27:00","slug":"two-travellin-trolloffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/keep\/2015\/07\/05\/two-travellin-trolloffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Travellin Trolloffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\">So a couple of customers have decided to do what we all dream of doing, selling up, grabbing their bikes and heading off round the world with no fixed agenda or timescale. Perfect!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\">We were asked to build them two bikes that would be capable of taking on the rigors of long term touring, but that would also be fun to ride. They&#8217;d previously seen a picture of Rich&#8217;s &#8216;Travellin Trolloff&#8217; and decided that was the sort of thing they wanted.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size: small\">So- take 2 Surly Troll frame sets.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Cut them apart and have some S&amp;S couplings installed.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050456.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050456-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Send them off to be powder coated in this case one in ECR green and the other back to it&#8217;s original colour\u00a0 of Steve&#8217;s Pants.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mixandmatch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mixandmatch-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><u><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Airfix bikes!<\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Next we built the wheels using a combination of Rohloff and SP dynamo hubs married to the new Velocity Cliffhanger rims. These would give them a good strong touring wheelset with reliable bombproof gears plus the ability to charge things up as they go along.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cliffhanger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cliffhanger-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cable-225x300.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Shiny hubs and tidy cable routing.<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Next came a wishlist of components including, Chris King headsets, Hope bottom brackets, Renthal chainrings, Jones bars, Brooks saddles and grips, Tubus racks, Schwalbe Mondial tyres, Cinq 5 Plug charger and Ortleib luggage. Some custom decals were made for one of the frames by Gil at the Cycleshed &#8211; a very personal and private joke&#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">The result two very fine looking bikes.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050492.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hope bottom bracket- another nice local(ish) brand.\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050492-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Renthal- made in Stockport!\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050491-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sulry- best chaintugs in the world.\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050500-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Work in progress\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050506-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050504-300x225.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Brooks grips\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050509-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050564.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Custom graphics, Chris King headset\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050564-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050565.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tubus racks, Rohloff hub, Thomson seatpost.\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050565-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050569.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Custom graphics, Thanks to Gil at the Cycleshed.\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1050569-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TROLLS-2526S.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ready to roll.\" src=\"http:\/\/161.35.41.12\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/TROLLS-2526S-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So a couple of customers have decided to do what we all dream of doing, selling up, grabbing their bikes and heading off round the world with no fixed agenda or timescale. 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