This bicycle design worked out very well. Used it nearly every day. Get supplies, beer, lumber… Rigged for theft prevention security, and ease of use; it quickly adjusts so the wife can take it when she needs to get something.
Street
Sep 052015
Street wheels for speedy bicycle conversion: http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Complete-wheelset-mountain-replacement/dp/B014Z0QYVY/ref=sr_1_2?s=outdoor-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1441478798&sr=1-2
Nov 102014
The latest in fixed gear urban riding performance of the day. Aluminum aero frame with steel plate fork ends. Easton carbon fiber seatpost. Carbon fiber handlebars with suede bar tape. Selle Italia Trans Am saddle. Cane Creek headset, Specialized tires, and more! The experiment here was to keep the entire machine, but especially to keep [more…]
Nov 042014
Ladies and Gentlemen: My good friend and former roommate, the musician Wayne Static has died. Please think condolences. Thank you https://madmimi.com/p/56cc75/preview.html
May 092013
Check out this great old Giant Cadex 3 frame. The tubes have a variety of weave patterns. Detailed engineering for a new path; carbon fiber was very new and exotic. Then I sought and found a Specialized Future Shock FSX carbon fiber fork. This one is from 1994 with titanium hardware. It is a great [more…]
The rim of a bicycle wheel can be exchanged for a new one. This can be done for maintenance, to replace a worn rim, or a rim can be replaced with a wider, narrower, or lighter rim to improve bicycle performance. The accepted literature on the subject of wheels, by Brandt, explains in detail [more…]
Mar 052013
Here is a well locked cool bike. Note the axle locks keeping the wheels secure, which then allow the fork to be secure when the front wheel is locked to the frame.
Nov 232012
1) The late summer weather for our trip to exotic Michigan was outstanding. Sunny, clear, not humid, not debilitatingly hot. It had strangely rained in early August, so the grass was green and lush and the trees were happy. One significant climatological difference this summer was that there were very few nuisance insects. Something about [more…]
Yes, I have ridden by smashed houses, splintered trees, and cars lined for miles to get gas. http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/locals-embrace-biking-in-hurricane-sandy%E2%80%99s-aftermath/
Nov 012012
So has a reporter for the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/with-transportation-snarled-in-brooklyn-bicycles-roam-free.html?_r=0
