A Word About Addictions

So this makes Brooks number two. This little beauty is a B-17 Narrow in Antique Brown. Brooks saddles are dangersouly addictive, stay away from them!

Wow...

So I check out Argusleader.com this morning to see what the staff came up with after their poking around at the swap and I found the above picture, they must be seriously hard up if they are taking (relatively) close up pictures of me and that out of control buck thorn on my face! It's actually a bit amusing as it looks like I am giving Jeff the stink-eye, when in all reality we were having a pleasant conversation about the swap...now I see how the Enquirer works!

Bike Swappity Swap

So the Bike Swap is finally upon us. I am getting myself up and out to the garage so I can start hauling the bounty that I have to sell (hopefully). I have pulled together a few wheelsets, bottle cages, chains, frames, forks, so and and so forth...certainly enough to build a bike, albeit a Frankenbike but oh well. I'm sure I will see some other nefarious characters in the building as well. Well enough of my banter. Till next time.

Look What I Found Today!

Big up to FedEx for stopping by the shop today to drop a sorry looking box (think tattered and held together with clear tape) with something very dear to my hefty ass inside...the VIG! The King headset was transferred out of my "bike swap" inventory because I KNEW it would look so, so nice! This little guy is like riding a rocket and in the 3 mile ride to my home I could do nothing but think about how many miles of road it will see. Next objective on the checklist is to replace the Gossamer crank with a compact Ultegra unit and more than likely an Open Pro wheelset...not to mention lots and lots of fun rides. Who's with me?!

Riding Some Rides

So now that I have a suitable road bike on its way to me from Bianchi in Californ I. A. I need to get a hold of some people with information on some upcoming rides to ride said road bike on. I do know that the B2B ride is on its way (I want to get myself a super sweet CityBilly something or other) and that the Tour De Korn is in August as well...anybody else riding anything cool that I could tag along on as well??? Thanks in advance, yo.

Bunyons to Bobs Beast

So I had spoken with some of the CityBilly peeps at Monk's a while or so ago and decided that this coming B2B was for me (the rhyme wasnt on purpose). At the time I bitched about how I would probably need to get a hold of a road-ish bike as the Karate Monkey (before I sold it) would probably kill me on such a ride. I saw that Snakebite was selling a road bike...but it turned out he has this thing called height that dodged my carcass some time ago so no dice there. I eventually got a hold of a Bianchi Volpe which would fit the bill nicely with its triple and perfect geometry for the ride....stoked I was. Well, as it just so happens I have managed to secure myself another piece of equipment that will be even BETTER. Dont you just hate it that you read all of this drivel and I just leave you hangin??

New Light Setup

So I sold off the Blackburn X setup that I had to John Rahn (good ol irishman like sean) who was in need of one and got lucky and picked up a SWEET Sigma Evo X Pro Mirage setup from the man of the hour Cal at the shop. This thing is INSANELY bright, two lamps (one spot beam, one wide beam) and also came a wicked nice blinky too! Apparently at one point Phil (Tau) borrowed the Evo for a night ride and it was so powerful it knocked out his computer leaving him without, nice. So if you happen to see a bike with a headlight as bright as a motorcycle...it was probably me.

More Reports of Carnage

A continuation of the previous entry about my bad luck with ice we have some more news about the same night...turns out Adam (weischedel) decided to butt heads with a chain link fence over the via-duct and beat up the compression knob on his nearly new RockShox Revelation U-turn fork. I will leave you with this: Please Hammer...don't hurt 'em!

A Note On Ice

Just a little helpful information for the masses, stay away from ice. On my ride home saturday night I managed to find myself a rather large patch of ice about one and one half blocks from my residence. The sad note about said patch of ice is the fact that I saw it ahead of time and dismounted my bike but still managed to slip and fall on it....twice. Now, I do understand that the beers I had consumed at Monk's, Top Hat and A Touch of Europe with Adam and Sean did contribute to my eating shit but...anyway. I was lucky as I only walked away with 5 bruises (that I can tell) and a broken adjuster on my helmet (that can be fixed).

Hooty Hoo!

Well its about damned time, the Scalpel has been built and life is good...rode her to Monk's and Top Hat as well as A Touch of Europe for too many beers with Adam and Sean. All went well except for the patch of ice that kicked my ass...and the police cruisers that watched me fall and questioned me for 20 minutes with their cherries on like I was a wild'n out crackhead...thanks. Anyway, its done, Im happy. Que Serah Serah.