Haven't felt like posting in quite a while. Still riding. Powered through the commute everyday this week, except wednesday. Got to the DOT building, saw that the trail hadn't been touched, and gave up and went home. Fortunately the office was closed anyway.
Tuesday riding home was the best workout I've ever had commuting. And I rocked an average of like 5 mph!
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Masi Build
I actually finished my Masi a little over a month ago. I guess I forgot to post pictures.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Masi Speciale Sprint
I gave up on the Delancey and went with a Masi Speciale Sprint.
I'll have to change some of my accessories to black and I'm going with white bar tape (we'll see how that comes out). Eventually I'd like to get white painted rims on it.
By By Winter
Today was the first thunderstorm of the season. Sadly, after a winter of never missing a day I grabbed a ride home. Something about 57mph gusts, baseball size hail and tornadoes made me want to not ride this evening. A half hour after I got home the sun began to peak out and I've seen no more activity in the last two hours: I could have easily waited and road anyway. Lesson learned.
That said, I'm pleased to have made it through a winter of commuting with no serious injuries. I had one fall and it wasn't too bad: A couple of days of a sore hip.
Winter riding really isn't terribly hard. If you have the proper equipment and a little patience it's not much worse than a nice day in spring. It has the distinct advantage of not presenting any acute danger like: Lightning, extreme wind, hail, tornadoes.
As I remember from last summer the trick with thunderstorms is to wait out the storm. They often hit about when you need to head home and since you're going to be on your bike about twice as long as you'd be in your car they present extra danger. But usually they clear up in 20-80 minutes: Well, that's what they do in Lincoln, NE.
That said, I'm pleased to have made it through a winter of commuting with no serious injuries. I had one fall and it wasn't too bad: A couple of days of a sore hip.
Winter riding really isn't terribly hard. If you have the proper equipment and a little patience it's not much worse than a nice day in spring. It has the distinct advantage of not presenting any acute danger like: Lightning, extreme wind, hail, tornadoes.
As I remember from last summer the trick with thunderstorms is to wait out the storm. They often hit about when you need to head home and since you're going to be on your bike about twice as long as you'd be in your car they present extra danger. But usually they clear up in 20-80 minutes: Well, that's what they do in Lincoln, NE.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Bar Tape
http://fixedgeargallery.com/2009/mar/5/BartVanderwegen.htm
What's with the no bar tape fad? Bar tape costs $15 people. It's worth it.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Metric Century #1
Did my first metric century today. Home -> Cortland -> Roca -> Bennet -> Home
Time: 4 hours 11 minutes
Average Speed: 15mph
I think it's pretty good for my first long ride of the season. I'm still breaking in the brooks swallow. I have to say: It's not as comfortable as the B17. It might be just a pinch too narrow for me. I'm gonna give it some more time though.
Time: 4 hours 11 minutes
Average Speed: 15mph
I think it's pretty good for my first long ride of the season. I'm still breaking in the brooks swallow. I have to say: It's not as comfortable as the B17. It might be just a pinch too narrow for me. I'm gonna give it some more time though.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Soma Delancey Build
I've decided to build a fixie. I decided early on that I'd probably build it from a frame set. I always want to do this but the last time I tried it turned out to be much cheaper to take the stock bike. Parts are very overpriced and bike manufacturers get much better deals.
So I'm spending the money (too much) and building a Delancey. Since it has silver lugs I'm doing all silver parts: This is expensive.
I'm going with soma's pursuit bars.
Other than that it's all pretty boring. I actually have to get a cane creek S-3 to get a silver headset. I pretty much have to buy Soma's levers to get silver. Silver cranks are easy.
I'm gonna throw a honey B17 on there and I'm probably going to find the closest to light brown cork tape I can find. I'd spend the money for Brook's bar tape but I know I will find it uncomfortable. I'd hate to have to wear gloves all of the time because of my bar tape choice.
All in all my fixed gear is going to be my most expensive bike. Mostly because of the $650 frame set.
Hopefully this will help me stave off my desire to build a bike based on Soma's Speedster frame :D. If I were smart I'd take advantage of the current exchange rates and buy a Bob Jackson frame.
All of this makes me realize: I'm becoming a frame snob. As I looked through Bicycling's buyers guide edition today I found very few bikes that I liked. They either: Weren't steel, had an odd geometry, or they had shimano equipment.
I feel like the high end bike market is being taken over by low end carbon, super cheap aluminum, and shimano. I'd feel better about it if Shimano would rework their STI levers to be ergonomic.
I find myself recommending Konas and Surlys to people and realize: There's almost nowhere for them to ride one! It's a sad day when people want to buy the whole bike for what I consider to be reasonable for a frameset. *sigh*
So I'm spending the money (too much) and building a Delancey. Since it has silver lugs I'm doing all silver parts: This is expensive.
I'm going with soma's pursuit bars.
Other than that it's all pretty boring. I actually have to get a cane creek S-3 to get a silver headset. I pretty much have to buy Soma's levers to get silver. Silver cranks are easy.
I'm gonna throw a honey B17 on there and I'm probably going to find the closest to light brown cork tape I can find. I'd spend the money for Brook's bar tape but I know I will find it uncomfortable. I'd hate to have to wear gloves all of the time because of my bar tape choice.
All in all my fixed gear is going to be my most expensive bike. Mostly because of the $650 frame set.
Hopefully this will help me stave off my desire to build a bike based on Soma's Speedster frame :D. If I were smart I'd take advantage of the current exchange rates and buy a Bob Jackson frame.
All of this makes me realize: I'm becoming a frame snob. As I looked through Bicycling's buyers guide edition today I found very few bikes that I liked. They either: Weren't steel, had an odd geometry, or they had shimano equipment.
I feel like the high end bike market is being taken over by low end carbon, super cheap aluminum, and shimano. I'd feel better about it if Shimano would rework their STI levers to be ergonomic.
I find myself recommending Konas and Surlys to people and realize: There's almost nowhere for them to ride one! It's a sad day when people want to buy the whole bike for what I consider to be reasonable for a frameset. *sigh*
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