Gunnar Hyper-X (2019)

[sweitee]

Bought this as a F/F/H last month and am slowly getting the parts I want together on it. Some are salvaged from an old bike and others I'm still sourcing but I'm hoping to have something of a color scheme to it. The frame and fork are a light/baby blue and I'd like to have a lot of silver parts with some royal blue touches and black for the rest (tires, saddle, bartape, derailleurs, chainrings). Not all the blue anodization will be exactly the same, but I hope it will be close enough and sparse enough to not be distracting.

Gunnar Hyper-X 56cm frame in Big Band Blue (one of Gunnar's archived colors)
ENVE Adventure fork
Chris King Navy headset
Custom Light Wheels (Blue Bitex BX106 hubs, silver Sapim CX-Ray spokes, 700c carbon rims)
White Industries R30 cranks (silver arms, blue extractor cap, black 48/32 chainrings)
Silver Ritchey stem and handlebars
Ritchey Flexlogic seatpost
Stainless Steel silver bottle cages (ordered V/O Moderniste MKIIs, but may change depending on how I think they look)
royal blue flashes (seatpost collar, fd clamp, centerlock disc lockrings, bar-end plugs)

Off the old bike I'm taking -
Dura-Ace R9100 shifters
105 R7000 disc brake calipers
105 R7000 front derailleur

and I bought a GRX 810 rear derailleur

I'll have better pictures as the parts come in and the build progresses.

[DHallerman]

I love Gunnar bikes for their comfort and control. Your color scheme sounds spot on - I look forward to seeing more.

I’ll be posting photos of my two latest Gunnar bikes here soon - like now, on Washington's Birthday.

Dave, who also needs to take pics of one of the first Gunnar bikes shipped from Waterford Wisconsin in 1999 which is his single-speed Street Dog

[sweitee]

Originally Posted by DHallerman

I’ll be posting photos of my two latest Gunnar bikes here soon.

Looking forward to seeing them!

As far as my build/color scheme goes, the one thing I've been really unsure of was whether I should stick to the scheme and get an aluminum silver seatpost and sacrifice a bit of comfort, or just get the more comfortable carbon one. Opted with the carbon, but there's still time to change my mind.

[Alexi]

I think we’re about to have dueling Hyper X builds.

[sweitee]

Originally Posted by Alexi

I think we’re about to have dueling Hyper X builds.

What a thrill! Care to give a sneak peak/ insider info on your plans?

[Alexi]

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=289991

Like you, there will be a bit of silver.

Mostly secondhand and parts off other bikes, I think I should have all the extra other bits by Saturday.

[sweitee]

Oh very nice! I wondered who nabbed that red one! I love the mood board.

[Alexi]

How’s the build going? I’m very jelly of the colour.

[sweitee]

Originally Posted by Alexi

How’s the build going? I’m very jelly of the colour.

I'm waiting on wheels and crankset. All is on hold until then. I am loving how yours is coming together and starting to get jealous of how much sooner you'll be able to ride yours.

[acckids]

Looking forward to the final build.

[lorenbike]

Very cool, I have a roadie in the same color way.

[DHallerman]

Finally posted photos of my Gunnar Crosshairs. With its custom geometry, it's in the other image section if you'd like to look. https://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=292830

[sweitee]

Got the notification that my wheels are in the States and on their way to me! Finally looking like this bike will become a reality!

[charliedid]

Nice bike

[sweitee]

Getting closer! Just missing some of those fiddly bits like the correct size fixing bolts for the rear disc brake. Also have a different seatpost collar that I need to pick up from a local manufacturer (Engin) but using this black one from the co-op in the meantime.

Also ended up getting some parts in carbon rather than aluminum at the recommendation of my LBS (seat post and crankset specifically)