Scooped up a bunch of MAX Style fork kits on sale!

Just ordered FIVE of these rad MAX style fork kits from Nova that were on sale for $80 bucks each. They come with everything you need and all fits together pretty damn well. Here's an almost finished one I made a while back:

Only took me a couple of hours to go from the box to the flux water bath which is pretty fucking awesome! Stoked to build those sexy bastards up soon :-)

Also, I hope all 3 or 4 of you shitheads who still check out my dusty old blog have a carrot waxing good time this new years eve!

Scooped up a bunch of MAX Style fork kits on sale!

Rene Herse, Cinelli, Frejus, A.S. Gilliot ALL FOR SALE ON EBAY!!

A friend of mine is thinning down the herd in anticipation of a move so he axed me to sell off a bunch of his stuff off. Be sure to check it all out and share the auctions with friends with deep pockets who you think might be interested..

Cinelli B roadie:

Cinelli Track frame 1 and 2:

A.S.Gilliot roadie:

Frejus Track:

Rene Herse:

A BUNCH of parts, some in NOS condition:

Campy Record clipless pedals:

Unknown maker but who cares pretty lugged stem:

TONS more photos on my flickr and here's my ebay seller list..

I have a bunch of nieces and nephews who need their one cool as fuck uncle to hook them up with some bad ass shit for christmas since the rest of my family are too cheap or puss to do it themselves so GET YOURSELF, OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL FOR XMAS THIS YEAR!!

Rene Herse, Cinelli, Frejus, A.S. Gilliot ALL FOR SALE ON EBAY!!

MASSIVE FIRE 2 BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE!!

So I'm lounging in my bed last night when all of a sudden I hear two massive explosions and my windows vibrating. I look out the window and from behind the houses I can see that the sky is bright orange and smoke is bellowing like a mother fucker. I immediately run outside and down the street two blocks away where I see this big housing complex construction site is going up in flames:

 

 Here's the a few videos I shot as well:

It was pretty fucking gnarly. SUPER bummed that I broke my camera the other week and it's still at the repair shop. All I got is lame ass iPhone footage. Having said that, ABC, NBC, CBS, WPIX, NJ12 and somebody else all requested video and photos. So if you were watching the news last night you might have seen it. If not, here's some screen grabs:

 ..and my personal fav:

When I saw that I immediately belting out the screechiest falsetto:

\m/ FIRE AND AAAHHHHIIIIICCCEEE!!! \m/

I mean, as if the flames weren't amazing enough, seeing my name broadcast across all the major networks shrouded by fire WAS THE RADDEST MOTHER FUCKING THING EVER!!!

So yeah, I had a pretty great narcissisticly indulgent night, lol..

Here's the CBS and ABC's BRUTAL coverage on the story and thankfully no one was injured..

In bike related news, I started working on a new mini tall as it's about fucking time already. Main thing I needed to help kick the project off is a set of custom dropouts. I didn't have any appropriately sized scrap metal to make custom drop outs with so I went to Harbor Freight and bought this standard receiver tube for a trailer hitch:

Started with one of my typically crappy loose drawings and went for it:

 

1: Initial outline, 2: 1st rough cut, 3: Second piece cut out and welded to the first, 4: About 2/3rds of the milling and hand filing done..

I actually got a bunch more done yesterday, including the middle cut out section, but when I was waiting for it to cool down enough to the touch is when the building down the street exploded and ended up spending the rest night emailing back and forth with all the news channels. I'll have em finished and ready for mock up next time I'm in the shop..

More soon!

MASSIVE FIRE 2 BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE!!

Get a load of this overly designed piece of fucking shit!

  

More about said POS here..

Get a load of this overly designed piece of fucking shit!

The Philly Bike Expo is this weekend!!

More info here..

The Philly Bike Expo is this weekend!!

Danny MacAskill Rides the Infamous Ridge on the Isle of Skye..

Not the most technical thing he's done but the scenery is really awesome!

Danny MacAskill Rides the Infamous Ridge on the Isle of Skye..

A gnarly collection soon to be for sale!

A friend of mine is moving and he decided to let loose a good portion of his collection. Here's a sneak peak:

Yup, it's one of those collections. Should have some more stuff in from him this weekend. I'll be sure to take some nice snaps of everything soon. If y'all know anyone who's got deep enough pockets to afford a beautiful original condition Rene Herse with a ton of perior correct parts holler at me!

More soon suckaz!

A gnarly collection soon to be for sale!

Brooklyn Bike Jumble TOMORROW 9/13!!

aaaaand of course I have a health insurance payment to deal with instead of buying rad bike parts GOD FUCKING DAMMIT..

Anyways, go get some shizz!

Brooklyn Bike Jumble TOMORROW 9/13!!

ENOUGH..

..WITH THE FUCKING 3D PRINTING BICYCLE BS ALREADY!!!

I know, let's make a bicycle that's not only wicked ugly, but noodly as hell to ride. Brilliant!

More about this 3D printed POS here..

ENOUGH..

The Bike Cult Show starts tomorrow!

Looking forward to seeing some of you mofoz there!

More info here..

The Bike Cult Show starts tomorrow!

A crazy thing happened yesterday during my ride home..

I'm crossing the George Washington Bridge on my way to the good ol' Jerz when I get to one of the support towers and notice a crisis hotline phone. You know, for jumpers. I've crossed the bridge a million times and never really noticed it before. As I looked out at the dark and cloudy landscape of the city as an impending storm approached, I couldn't help but think- Welp, this is certainly a good day to for it! That and just how effortless it would be to throw yourself over the railing..

I slowly snake my way through the narrow corridor in the tower and when I get to the other side I see a cyclist talking on another crisis phone, nervously looking out towards the bridge span. I look out to see what he's focused on. There was a woman on her phone holding her head up, visibly upset. A discarded backpack sitting on the ground in the middle of the path near her. Another cyclist who had been riding ahead of me was now making an attempt to talk with her. As I slowly passed them she lost it and started screaming bloody murder. My assumption was that someone she knew had jumped moments before I turned the corner..

I wondered what the chances of rolling up on a situation like that were after imagining the scenario not seconds ago. Morbid curiosity crept in as I pondered the curcumstances leading up to the person giving up and throwing themselves over the railing. The feeling of initial freefall before being swallowed up by the depths of the turbulent Hudson river over six hundred feet below..

There was really nothing I could do at that point and since there were other people around, I figured I'd keep moving and not crowd things up. I rode a couple of hundred yards down when all of a sudden I see this kid, half hiding behind one of the cables. He had a blank look on his face and he motioned for me to stop. I stop immediately (I was riding my sweet fixie so you know I pulled an equally sweet skid to a stylish halt) realizing that this might be the person the woman (his sister I later found out) was screaming about. I turned around and went over to try and talk to him. He was just a young kid, early 20s if that. He was clearly shaken up about something so I asked him if he was alright and what was wrong. The wind suddenly picked up and began to howl between the steel girders, large droplets of rain started pounding against my face. His lips began to move but between the wind, rain and passing traffic it seemed as if nothing was coming out. It was a very intense and surreal moment. The cyclist who stopped to talk to the sister rode up a second later, looked at the kid, then at me and instantly knew what the situation was. The both of us then continued telling the kid to take it easy and chill out, it'll be okay, his sister was right on the other side of the bridge and she's really worried about him.. 

Not long after a cop car pulled up. He got really nervous and started moving off. I got off my bike thinking- Holy shit, I'm gonna have to tackle this fucking guy before he gets too close to the rail! Fortuneatly the cops jumped over the guard rail and instructed us to stay away from him. They confronted him, asking him to relax but he kept moving away and telling them to back off. Since his focus was on them another cop came up from behind him. The kid saw him at the last second and made a break for the railing but it was too late. The cops managed to grab him and take him down before he could do anything..

I told the other cyclist who was with me to ride back and get his sister right away. She came running up a few minutes later and I let the police know who she was. At that point I didn't really know what else I could do so once the police had everything under control, I continued my ride home. The crazy thing is that I wasn't even going to ride that day since there was a threat of thundershowers. Guess it's a good thing I did!

UPDATE:

A friend just sent this to me from the NYScanner twitter:

A crazy thing happened yesterday during my ride home..

Danny MacAskill at the Playboy Mansion!

While it might not be the best example of his riding skills, who the fuck cares amiright?!

Danny MacAskill at the Playboy Mansion!

Huh.. not mad..

It's rare I see something like this and am not immediately disgusted. I mean, it's a pretty slick mounting job after all:

Huh.. not mad..

TODAY IS BICYCLE FETISH DAY IN BROOKLYN!!

Pretty stoked on this today since it's gonna be a really nice day out! Last year was a bust due to the weather and I'm thinking this year will be awesome since most everyone missed out last year..

I'll be bringing a few bikes for people to fuck around on including the last 'authentic' freak bike I made before heading off to the Yamaguchi frame building school. Here's a sneak peak before the full reveal later on today via instagram:

..yeah, it's a freaky one :-)

I never revealed it before it's just so far out there. Like, WAY out there. That and I didn't have a ton of cash at the time so I wasn't able to go all out with the parts like I used to. Anyways, come out and have a fun afternoon nerding out on bikes!!

More details from The City Reliquary:

The City Reliquary Proudly Presents the 10th annual Bicycle Fetish Day 2014

Saturday, June 21st 

Noon til 6PM 

Havemeyer between Grand Ave. and Hope St. 

Calling bicycle fetishists of all types!! Bike collectors, builders, activists, shops, attire designers, community groups 

and all-around BIKE NERDS... 

BICYCLE FETISH DAY IS A BLOCK PARTY FOR YOUR BICYCLE! The 10th Anniversary Bicycle Fetish Day will take place on Havemeyer Street between Hope and Grand. We'll have a bike judging contests, offer bike rides, host bicycle advocacy groups and display boutique bicycle-artist wares... and our BBQ grill will going at full capacity. 

Contests include: Best Vintage Bike, Best Shiny Bike, Best Family Bike, Best Mutant Bike, Best in Show and much more! Win great bike trophies , and maybe, possibly, hopefully a bicycle or two. 

If you're a self avowed bike weirdo, bicycle enthusiast, bicycle advocate, bicycle commuter, biek nut, you shouldn’t miss this yearly celebration of all things bicycle. 

See you there, BIKE NERDS!!!!!!!!!!! 

(...Bring Your Bikes And Get Those Prizes!!!) 

Schedule for Bicycle contests: 

Judging starts at 2pm 

2:45: Best vintage bike 

3:15: Best Mutant bike 

3:45: Best Commuter bike 

4:15: Best Handmade bike 

4:45: Best Small Wheel bike 

5:15: Best Ugly Bike 

5:45: Best in Show 

Cycling, Artists, and informational booths including: 

Transportation Alternatives, Times UP!, Taliah Lempert Bicycle Paintings, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, Coast Cycles, Horse Cycles, Velo Brooklyn Bushwick Bike Shop, Classic Riders BC, Black Lable BC , Puerto Rico Schwinn Club, Bike Cult, Bike Jumble, Harvest Cyclery, NYCbike, Bicycle Doctor AND MORE. 

BMX tricks courtesy of Harvest Cyclery. 

Music by: Boogaloo DJ Harry Ballz

TODAY IS BICYCLE FETISH DAY IN BROOKLYN!!

Sick parts I'm selling on ebay right now!! DURA ACE GROUP, CINELLI DEMI FOND STEM AND YAMAGUCHI FORK!!

FULL Dura Ace group that I'm SUPER bummed about selling:

Cinelli Demi Fond stem I got recently:

Lastly the Yamaguchi fork I had on my WTF townie:

Be sure to forward the links to anyone you think would be interested in owning one of these super sexy items!!

Sorry I haven't had much to post as of late. I'm always working on various projects but due to lack of funds a lot of my cycling ones have stalled out. Hopefully I'll have the cash money millions soon to get them back on track..

Sick parts I'm selling on ebay right now!! DURA ACE GROUP, CINELLI DEMI FOND STEM AND YAMAGUCHI FORK!!

Great news report video with a crazy ass freak bike in it!

So good, esp the last part when he gets pretty close to the camera!

Anyways, sorry for the lack of posts lately. There's been a bunch of heavy shit going on in my personal life the last few weeks which has been bumming' me out BIG TIME. The haze has begun to lift finally and I'm feeling like I'll be getting back to the projects again soon. Hopefully I'll have some more updates over the next few weeks..

Also, I'll be up in the Quebec City area for most of next week on a shoot. Holler if you have any recommendations of where to go, see and eat..

Great news report video with a crazy ass freak bike in it!

BIG Group of tasty NOS Dura Ace Track gear just came in!!

Full NOS vintage Dura Ace Track group, 6 sets of Shimano UFP 10 track dropouts, and a NOS DA10 chain whip and lockring:

Close up of the butterylicious cranks:

..and the SIX sets of OG Shimano UFP 10 drop outs:

While everything wasn't a hella good deal, the overall price was very fair. Especially considering how long and how much more it would take to put together a full NOS group like this..

In other words, fuckin' stoked!

Not sure what they're going on as of yet. Part of me wants to build a classic track frame, toss this group on and sell it. Would also be lovely on a vintage NJS bike as well. I've also got another new frame I'll be starting work on shortly which is also tempting but it's another one of my weird designs so I'm not sure if it'll go with it stylistically. We'll see what I have in mind as that project begins..

BIG Group of tasty NOS Dura Ace Track gear just came in!!

Progress on the schmancy lugged True Temper aero seat tube frame!

Spent the weekend building the rear triangle and IT. WAS. A. DAAAWWG. Totally worth it tho cause now I have a bike with a fat ass that I can't help wanting to slap lol!:

The wheels are just for mock up but I'm kinda feelin' something similar for the final build, hehe..

Still have a ffffffffffFUCKLOAD of work to do on it. Internal cabling should be fun NOT REALLY. Then all the little spear points I made amongst other bits and pieces. Then like a hundred more things before this sexy beast is ready for paint. Real paint with any luck..

More soon..

Progress on the schmancy lugged True Temper aero seat tube frame!