Talera update

Not much riding news due to it being crunch time at school. I did put some proper off road tires back on Ye Ol’ GT Talera though. The plan is to have it be an -extra bike- so I can invite people up here to the northern quadrant to ride, even if they don’t have [...]

what a MESS! Top quality slippy slide action

My fave starts at around 1min 40sec…homeboy just gives up and drags the bike by the front wheel…classic!
from www.metacafe.com posted with vodpod

ride report feb25.08

It was fantastic outside today, so instead of staying in and reading a chapter of PERL, or reading some Database Connectivity crap, I went out and rode. Since there has been recent rain, I decided Suwanee Greenway would be the best option. Things started out a little weak…as soon as I started riding the pain [...]

dialing the Fooj

I got my shorter stem on there a few weeks ago, and today I stopped by SOPO and swapped out my cheapo 18T cog for an EAI 17T. I thought it would feel notably harder to pedal, but it didn’t, it just felt faster! I like that. Also, due to a nasty [...]

Bike Snob NYC Homage

If I were Bike Snob NYC, I would probably be able to find a zillion zingers about this bike…

“Invisible accessories seem to be the latest trend among the fixie set. To have full on cred, the appropriate way to set up your ride is to accent the parts you can’t see, with parts so [...]

Hutch post 1

This is the first of what will probably be a zillion posts involving legendary BMX company HUTCH. Here we have a vintage print ad from the mid 80’s freestyle era…

In the late 80’s it was okay to ride a completely pink bike, in fact, doing so made you the pinnacle of high style. It required [...]

Upgrade downgrade

Picked up some Jagwire inner wire and housing to solve the issues with the rear shifter on my Mongoose. The install went fine until I overtightened the shifter and cracked it. Fortunately, I only cracked one side of the clamp, so the other side should hold it just fine. Still chuffs my ass though. Every [...]

tricks n skids feb 15 @ Lennys, Atlanta

Friday night Graham and I fired up the fixed gears and headed out from his hut to the tricks and skids contest portion of SOPO bikes Broken Hearts and Bicycle Parts IV annual fundraising/bike cult initiation event. The event spans 3 days and consists of a race/scavenger hunt, the tricks n skids, some bands and [...]

Blankets Van Michael trail

Wow. Emotions are running high on this thread on the SORBA site regarding a trail being renamed Van Michael loop (formerly Area51) due to a donation from the notable Atlanta salon. The zingers are flying left and right, including gems about having the salon shave your legs so you can be stylin when you are [...]

tricks n skids

The word is that the tricks n skids portion of SOPO Broken Hearts and Bicycle PartsIV will be at 9:30 at Lennys tomorrow.  Apparently they now have a snack machine.