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 [...]

upside downside #1

On the upside, I laced up my first wheel ever!
What I was trying to do was solve the problem I am having with skipping when I am in the largest cog on the rear of the mountain bike. It has been an issue ever since I got it back from Performance when they replaced the [...]

Cycle Tree

My folks got me this bike storage device called a Cycle Tree from Harbor Freight for X-mas. I’m just now getting around to putting it together…

I never would even dream of standing on it.

Overall it turned out a bit more sturdy than I thought it would. Plus now I have a place to put all [...]

SHUNTED!

Okay, the weather forecast called for gorgeous, so it was time to gear up for ride #2 of the 09 season. I started out somewhat early, and figured it would still be a little chilly so it was long sleeves and thermals regardless of how the temp would end up by the time I was [...]

pawl problems

Even though I worked at a bike shop for 7 years, I have never laced up a wheel. At our shop, since we primarily dealt with mid to lower end bikes, if a customers wheel was too badly damaged it was more cost efficient just to replace them. My boss built a bunch of wheels [...]

shopping close

Yesterday I was in the parking lot of the shopping center closest to my hut, driving around looking for a parking spot. When I finally found one, I pulled in and noticed a new sign wedged between the pizza joint and the eyeglass place that simply said “bicycles”. Whoa! Okay. I was simultaneously excited and [...]

Warranty + X-Games BMX superpark + vert

My mountain bike is fixed! The drive all the way to Roswell to pick it up was brutal because of the heat. It was worth it though, when I saw my bike all fixed and ready to go. They replaced the entire rear triangle with one that is sort of this dark smoke gray color. [...]

‘Goose troubles

I cracked my Mongoose frame. The crack is in two places on the same cross brace right by the bottom bracket by across the chain stays. I had thought that the pivot bearings about a half inch away from that locaton were loose, but when I went to tighten them last night they were tight. [...]

stripped Torx t-25 brake rotor bolt removal process

The rest of the repair went well. I had to use the quick release out of Ye Ol Talera to lock the wheel into the truing stand, because it seems I left the QR that belongs to this wheel over at Addictive Cycles. When I reassembled the rotor, I made sure not to lock the [...]