back to love…

Today I had one of those rides that makes you fall in love with bicycles all over again.
Loaded up the fixed gear and headed out to good ol reliable Suwanee Greenway. It was drizzling when I left but I was pretty sure it wouldn’t turn into a downpour. Since I have been taking the fixed [...]

track bike wheelsets

Looks like Bike Island has discontinued their awesome $120 track wheelset w. cog/lockring/tires and tubes. It was a great deal while it lasted.
Now they are offering a newer version of the same wheelset (updated to a deeper cross section) , for a little more money, and without tubes and tires. Still, under $200 for a [...]

I never go for the race, I go for the beer

Tonight is the start of a weekend of fun for bikey folks…The Atlanta Misummer Invitational 3on3 Bike Polo Tourney and Alleycat. Unfortunately I will miss most of this event, but I am hoping to make it to the Pre-Party tonight at  The Bureau. From what I can see online, this place may not even be [...]

another one

Holy crap I actually went for another ride this month!
Lugged the fixed gear over to Suwanee Greenway. I had to park at a different spot than I usually do. The new spot is smack in the middle of the length of the trail. See, this was my first time at SGW on the fixed so [...]

ultimately it was stress relief that got me back on…

Today I got so frustrated with the stupid Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 program, which DOES’T FUCKING WORK FOR ME EVER, that I needed to go do something…anything else for a while.  Since the fixed is now computer equipped, I headed out for bit and logged my first ride of the year.  Actually I think [...]

additive

installed a cat-eye enduro 8 on the fixed today. i’ve been making excuses about not wanting to ride it because I can never keep stats. we’ll see what kind of excuses I can come up with now that the comp is installed.
did a little test ride around the shopping center just to make sure the [...]

almost

Another step closer to actually riding today.
I was all set and ready to install a cat-eye enduro 8 computron on the fixed gear, but then I realized I didn’t have the spoke magnet. Some time this week I’ll head over to Addictive and see if they have a the part I need. Been meaning to [...]

i seriously lol’ed

here is a gem of a craigslist “ad” that I saw last night on in the bikes for sale (atlanta)
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/bik/1196109598.html
WHO ARE THESE MORONS (METRO ATLANTA)
Reply to:sale-nux8y-1196109598@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-05-30, 12:11AM EDT
METRO ATLANTA IS COMPRISED OF STEEP HILLS. VERY FEW DALES.

WHY WOULD ANYONE BUT A MORON CHANGE A MULTISPEED ROAD BIKE TO A [...]

statistics

i don’t recall ever seeing any fixed gear bikes with bike computers on them. there may be one soon, because I am considering popping one on mine. i’m a stats junkie, and since my fixed is the only workiong bike i have…etc etc etc

you knew it…

…was going to happen eventually. Here is a pic of one of some dood doing some kind of trick on a fixed gear that appears to utilize a peg on the front. You never really get a good shot to see if there really is a peg on the front axle, but he would have [...]