The Little Bike

The little bike hasn't seen any action lately. It's been all about The Cap and Blue Whale (soon to be gone gone gone), so Kink has been sitting around collecting dust. All of that will change in the next few weeks, don't worry little bike! The pics is nice and fuzzy and cell phoney - iPhone x Freight Elevator status :)

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Spy Shot

Yea yea. It's that serious. Life has been a bit hectic, that's why my bike garage is lookin like a 10k junk pile - but that's not the point here. Whats that black bike over there? Eh? :)

Just wanted to put it out there. Soon to be seen in full glory.

It's faaaaar from finished. The bars are a bit too low right now, steerer tube is long as hell. I'm also not a big fan of using the Schlitz beercan as a shim for the seatpost. But then again, doesn't everyone shim their Thomson Elite with a strip of shitbeercan? Still need a new rear hub too. It will get there, and THEN you all will see it. However if you're holding your breath until then, do not worry, even if you're a heavy smoker you'll be golden - it will be all done and done sooner then you think.

Now, do I want to put Yowelli ODBs on this beast at 3.5" or would that be too tall? I would then also need a bmx sized stem. Decisions Decisions Decisions. And yes, that's a Schwalbe Tabletop upfront. Boom.

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AIBLPM - January 2010 Edition

The AIBLPM for today is a easy and refreshing 0.83 and that makes C2D's heart sing.
Perhaps the cold makes people want to endanger others less, or perhaps today is a lucky day. I haven't commuted to our HQ via bike in a long time, literally since last year, so perhaps the real reason behind a low AIBLPM rate is the fact that I haven't pissed anyone off on my office route in weeks, which resulted in everyone calming down and finding deep within themselves a overpowering will and rational to park in designated spots and not wherever the fuck.

Regardless, I forgot how much fun it is to ride.

My bike of choice, a Tonic Fallguy will shortly be replaced with a NS Capital. Its a sad moment, but like with anything, good things always seem to come to an end.
Eventhough Portland, Oregon is a perfectly reasonable place to make bike frames, bikes of choice in that region are road and track, not dirt and street, therefore I must take my business overseas to Poland.
Eastern Europe is the horseradish of my excistance and its only right that I ride a velosiped cultivated 714 miles away from my hometown, and not 5,433 - presuming Moscow is my hometown and not NYC, in which case I suggest to just ignore the mile measurements above and use a less known but more accurate and case specific soul scale.

The point is, its warmer out. The face no longer wants to fall off with each minute on the pedals in 20mph 12F winds. Ride!

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