photo dump

A few photos have been snapped lately with the intention of creating individual posts....but I never got around to it. so here's everything..... ;)

first off, Steph's new bike.....

(and she actually enjoys riding this one!)



another craigslist score. I swapped out the seat and pedals with those on her other bike, wrapped the bars in new tape, put on some fenders, new tubes, a set of used, but quite nice, Continental touring tires I got (along w/ the rest of the gear) from the fine people at Express Bike for $12, a new headlight and u-lock to boot. it came with the rack and "brifters"


next up is a quick lesson I learned today about cantilever brake adjustment.... here is how the F/R brakes on the cross check were setup from the shop....(this doesnt work that well) but according to a few peeps i've asked at various establishments, this is correct (note the ~90 degree bend angle of the cross-wire), and i'm told thats about all the braking performance you can expect from canti's. i thought that was a load of B/S.


I thought that the pull from the yoke should be more perpendicular in relation to wheel sidewall (braking surface) so i lowered the yoke, and shortend the link-wire. Also added Salsa's 50mm wide hanger. this setup brings this rig to a halt in short order.



next up is Jared's new Traveler's Check frameset, just outta the box from CRC w/ Chris King headset courtesy Hurldago.....


J, posing next to the xtra bringin' his baby home


My man Justin was in town saving the day again at the twinkies opener....


and semi-lastly, i'm all for more people commuting to work and all by bicycle, but when its not even april, and only 20 degrees outside, this is the last thing I expect to see. I might propose that those who commute via two-wheels year round get their own personal rack outside ;) (did i mention that this was at 7:20am to boot?)


wanted to make it climbing today, but didn't. last night went too late.

ALSO.... a word up for my man Ant. phucker kept the rubber side down despite some fascist-redneck-POS-pickup driving-ass hat clipped him w/ the sideview.

if you ever see a motorist do this to another human being, hold them in one spot till the cyclist catches up so she/he can promptly knock their fucking teeth out with their u-lock.

have a wonderful week.