sweetest commuter

color coordinated fenders for the win

Return of the Otero

I haven’t rode my mountain bike (on a trail) since spring/early summer…once Duncan Creek opened I abandoned the trails for all park action, and then actually broke the rear section of the Otero frame. I had it repaired, and the furthest I have rode it was from the shop door to the car in the [...]

Dura-Ace Wheel recall

Shimano has issued a recall on some Dura Ace wheels. You probably don’t have them, but if you want to check and make sure, you can go here to see the specs and pics.
Apparently they are causing flats.
In other news, I’m mad that I can’t afford Dura-Ace anything.

Raleigh 1985

Haters and squish

I saw this on some artwork at the SOPO Cogtail party.

Saw this little gem also (black bike, middle of pic):

A single speed, probably fixed gear, pursuit bars, suspension forks, parallelogram/spring suspension seatpost. Interesting stuff.

Macaframa

Last night, Graham and I hustled over to Doo Gallery to catch a screening of Macaframa. Well, we tried to hustle. The flow got interrupted about halfway there by way of me flatting.
We walked to the nearest street light and got to work. The piece of glass was still sticking out of my tire, so [...]

roadtrip post #3

From Baltimore, my next destination was Philadelphia to sync up with my old buddy Skip for a little while. I haven’t seen him since his wedding probably like 15 years ago, but we were roommates and co-workers at Golden Ring Bicycle so we have deep roots. I almost thought something was wrong with the GPS [...]

Theres a sucker born every minute: post#2

Check out this monstrosity spotted at Eurobike 08:

WTF? I guess this is the integrated version of running a bottle cage behind the saddle like the triathalon folks do. But seriously…this has to be one of the most butt ugly things I have ever seen. If I ever saw someone riding with one of these I [...]

low brow high style

I totally love this bike:

Its an entry called “My First Boardtracker” in the RatRodBikes Build off, which I heard about by way of mystic negro/kranky. How about the matching machined pattern on the rim sidewalls, chaingaurd, and frame mounted number plate?! The kicker though, is the giant downtube mounted suicide shifter which looks to be [...]

touring bike lust

I entertain this fantasy long term goal that I am going to ride a bike from here in Flowery Branch GA up to my mothers hut in Baltimore MD. Despite having 5 bikes, I do not have one that would work well for this kind of ride. Fortunately I have this Fully Loaded Touring Bike [...]