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Going old style silver in our next build. Chrome is the new purple. Shown with newly aquired Chris King hub adjusting tool.
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Non-bike related Art Friday.
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I’ve already unveiled my Stache at a private screening and my new nickname has become “boogie nights”. I’m prepared, are you?
Come with Baron and partake in the glory known as the Beard and Stache Dash. Ping me if you are interested. Maybe we’ll do some commemorative team shirts.
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Uptown Sparkle Outsider frame for a downtown build. Soon will have full Shimano Alfine gruppo and flat bars for gettin’ around town.
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You have to keep track of them zones. Seen on top tube of sponsored team member.
Baron did 70 miles of ‘product testing’ on Saturday and 100 miles of ‘product testing’ on Sunday; 60 miles of Sunday’s ride looked something like this:
(Image Via KOMO)
OK, I took that photo off the web, but it was wet and not so warm. There comes a time on an epic ride where you are torn between stopping to warm up and get food and hot drink, or continuing on and forgoing re-entering the freezing environment and just getting it over with.
Local pro Adrian Hegvary joined us for the ride and thankfully didn’t torture us too much. You can follow his musings HERE. His blog is one of the few that if I see more than 3 sentences i DON’T navigate away and will take the time to read it.
Not only is he racing on US Pro team United Healthcare, he’s still in law school. Now that’s a Renaissance man. I’d like to tell myself that he was worn out by the end of the ride but I know he just took it easy on us.
I’m going to get a few things this week. One, is a Showers Pass elite 2.0 jacket, I don’t care if it doesn’t pack down as tight as a standard rain cape; rides like Sundays are beyond the love a clear rain jacket offers. The second item is a waterproof nutter butter dispenser. I don’t know if it exists, but if it does I’m going to find it.
And lastly, thank you Nutter Butter for getting me home.
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New Vuelta Jersey. Awesome? Not quite sure about that. Having designed a few kits in the past I know it’s no easy undertaking. You have all the sponsors to keep happy and the urge to fill any blank space with something. But come on, this looks like a pair of Fran Dreschers tights from that show The Nanny. (Don’t ask about my ‘thing’ for Fran Drescher).
Get out the panniers and use the USBRS.
Adventure cycling’s bike corridor plan. More info here:
http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/nbrn/usbikewaysystem.cfm
Come see my friends Alex's art show "Catsploitation"
I’ve seen a smaller teaser and it’s pretty phenominal. I can’t wait to see the real deal Feb. 5th.
Alex Lacao’s CATSPLOITATION from PHEED on Vimeo.
Snowboarders build a bike car and pedal to Ski resorts
Last winter, snowboarders Travis Parker, Louie Fountain and Scotty Wittlake built a custom pedal car and drove it, or rode it i guess, to a bunch of ski areas. I gotta hand it to these guys, it’s a great idea albeit a little cold.
For some reason more and more snowboarders are adopting cycling as an off season pursuit, especially cyclocross. I think part of this can be attributed to the fixed gear phenomenon. Personally I harbor no disdain for what many see as a fad. Anything that gets more people on a bike is great in my book. Hopefully this cross over will bleed onto the road and velodrome. I think the new ‘blood’ will grow the sport and help give it some of the fun we find in cross racing.
