From Drew B in Kansas:
Just wanted to make sure your 10 minutes of tears at the Fedex depot were not totally unwarranted.  CC is currently sporting a Brooks B17 Honey (I usually don’t go for hype, but I gave it a whirl this time around due to overwhelming online reviews and […]

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Its been awhile I know. New jobs in new states make it hard to get out on two wheels these days. The great state of Colorado has trails, paths and bike shops for days so no excuses here. Ive been a bad cyclist lately and I’m sorry.
To make myself feel better I sold one bike […]

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This is the seat that came on my fixed gear project bike, it was in about as bad condition as the rest of the bike and I didn’t want to reuse it as it was.  This was the last part of the bike that I repaired, and was the one I had the least confidence […]

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The bike is coming along, it now has wheels.  I ordered some wheels from a local bike shop owner a month ago and got frustrated that they had not arrived yet, so yesterday I ordered a set of Weinmann track wheels from JensonUSA dot com.  The wheelset was on sale for 109 dollars, and with […]

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I’m working on the frame for my next project, it’s a Motobecane 57cm from the 70s that I bought for 40 bucks a while ago.  The frame was stripped down and sandblasted, and the paint is on!  I am doing dark red paint with polished metal lugs and a clear coat over the whole thing.  […]

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Yup you read that right. Isaac resurrected a pair of Vintage BMX bikes to ride over at the Pump Track at woodward park.

There were some badass aolescents there grabbing some big air.

And some little tykes in full gear getting a hang for it.

Isaac again getting schooled by the kids. LOL

Pretty impressive course.

I took the Cross […]

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So after taking delivery of my brand new Surly Cross-Check and treating it to a constant battery of mud and muck I decided that a dose of Frame Saver might be appropriate. Some rust runs had developed near the exposed threads of the rack and fender mounts.
So last week I tore the Surly down […]

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I stripped the CrossCheck down to bare bones race minimum.

No more CrossTop levers. Ritchey WCS Stem, Bontrager X lite Bar.

No more front shifter.

Single Chainring. 44t 3/32 BMX ring. I have a chainring guard on
its way in the mail. The old 48T ring is there as a place holder.

Campagnolo Record Rear Deraileur I scored for $10 […]

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6:45 am commute

Mmmm Rockies

I added crosstop levers last night that I picked up for $10 at VeloSwap

Mavic Elite Wheelset also bought at  VeloSwap for $60

Old used 9 speed Ultegra cassette from my parts bin.

The crosscheck rode really well. The bar-end shifters are
brilliantly vintage. The brakes are a little iffy. The ride quality
of the frame is […]

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Cant hide that SURLY box.

Nicely packed in the box

Wrapped in that crazy plastic wrap that sticks to nothing but itself
like welded steel. Thanks Surly for packing my baby up so well.

It took me longer to get it out of the plastic than to put it together.

“Fatties Fit Fine” refers to the large amount of tire […]

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