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Now they are offering a newer version of the same wheelset (updated to a deeper cross section) , for a little more money, and without tubes and tires.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 [...]

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 [...]

return of a classic

I keep seeing pictures of people on fixies doing a trick we used to call a “foot endo” back in the stone age. Funny to see a trick like that make a comeback. Oh yeah, sorry fixie freestylers but you didnt invent that trick.
I bet it is a lot tougher on a fixed than on [...]

More Torker than Torker

Last post we were talking about the Torker fixed gear bike that is bound to hit some shops and what have you. I pretty much forgot about that bike after the post…nothing really remarkable about it or anything.
Then I was looking at some pics from the NAHBS and saw these:

I’m not sure what frame builder [...]

Torker

I find it kind of funny that the folks over at Urban Velo called Torker an “up and coming brand”. I guess they don’t know about the ridiculously talented Jason Jensen or his complete domination of the youngins class at practically every national in BMX history circa early 80’s…riding a Torker. I guess they don’t [...]

possumdex

Dunno what the Pistadex is here in Georgia these days, but I do know I almost pissed my pants laughing at this ad.
direct quote:
“Some scratches on the down tube from a opossum if you can believe that.”
douglasville, lol

PK RIPPER meets fixed at dub station

The SE Racing PK Ripper is without a doubt my favorite bmx frame of all time.

I’ve never “clicked” with a bike so well. I had a waaaaay earlier version than the one you see here, which did not have cable braze ons or bosses or brakes, since everyopne used side pulls during my era. Heh, [...]