CYCLING WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Why I've been MIA lately..

I have fucking Lyme disease, that's why..

I know, sucks but I'm just stoked it isn't anything super serious and is totally curable..

For the last couple of months I'd been feeling wicked burnt out, constantly tired and sore but couldn't put a finger on WTF was going on. I thought it was work related stress or some shit at first but then things started getting weird with my body..

Nothing crazy/gross. Just like weird rashes and random swollen digits. Totally bizarre. The worst part is having zero energy. You know that destroyed feeling you have the morning after a really gnarly ass ride or a long active day? I've have that same feeling every morning. Only instead of having something worth while to chalk it up to, I'd have spent the previous day lying in bed eating ice cream while watching the Vampire Diaries..

The worst part about all this is it's been slowly seeping into my state of being (as gay as that sounds). As most of you know, I'm pretty into doing creative type shit. So having my brain on full blast with my body running on fumes 24/7 has been seriously bumming me out. I'll be thinking- oh hey, yeah, I should be like doing all this bitchin' stuff cause I feel guilty if I'm not using every spare minute I have being productive. But then my body's like- wait, what? fuuuuck youuu, we're taking a nap. So now I'm at the point where I have to actually put effort into giving a shit about doing anything at all. Fucking sucks..

Sorry for the TMI/TL;DR nonsense. Just figured I'd throw it out there in case any of you are as uninformed about Lyme disease as I was. That and I feel really bad that I haven't been able to post anything of value lately. I actually built this fucking AWESOME rolling stand, to rival all other rolling stands, for my Anvil jig. Fucking thing came out great! Been meaning to photograph it for a while now but just haven't gotten around to it since I have to clean out a nice space in the shop for a photo..

Anyways, I'll be heading to Croatia week after next for two+ weeks. Between the meds and a hella relaxing vacation, I should be ready to roll when I get back..

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Graeme Obree: Never, ever disappointing!

A video of Graeme Obree on the first test run of his future bike:

He hopes to break the IHPVA's current record of 82.819mph on this at the next Battle Mountain weekend!

Friday, June 29, 2012

Rare (AND RAD!) Photos from the '53 Tour De France on LIFE.com

Check out a lot more of em out here..

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

ATTN AUSTIN TX: Putting out a HIT on a bike thief!

Some piece of fucking shit ripped off our good friend Prolly's sweet Geekhouse Woodville road bike right off his front porch in Austin earlier today. Here's a snap of what it looks like:

Here's his post about it..

Someone needs to find that knucklehead and give him a good beating. ESPECIALLY if what prollz heard about someone spray painting it is true!!

Please be sure to video it with your iphone etc and upload it to the internet for us all to enjoy. I'll make something amusing for ya if you do :-)

Total fucking bummer man! Really hope that it comes back to you in one piece and un-spray painted!!!

This dude is livin' the dream..

Call it corny/hipster/hippieish all you like. Dude is out there having a good time on his own WAILING on those gnarly ass jumps..

Fucking Austin. Gotta make it down there again one of these days. Perhaps this coming winter..

Also, sorry for being MIA as of late. Just been wicked busy with shit all over the place. Finally got back in the shop recently which was good and will likely have a bunch more time in there this weekend. Hoping to have some new pics of the Anvil jig all set up on it's new custom rolling stand..

Also-also, this, this seller's list and THIS..

Friday, June 8, 2012

ZOMG! NEW ANVIL FRAME JIG IN DA SHOP!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAA

SO STOKED!

Some assembly required obviously..

I've been wanting one of those ffffffucking things for longer than I can remember at this point. Super amped to get it all together and put it to good use :-)

Only thing I have to do is build a nice rolling stand for it. The one from anvil is really nice but I didn't want to spend $350 on something I can make myself for like $25 bucks..

I'll post some more photos of it once it's all done, which should be pretty soon..

In the meantime, make it a point to enjoy Die Antwoord's new video for Baby's on Fire:

If you relish prime examples of male bravado as much as I do, the dude at 5:44 is my fucking HERO..

So stupid but so fucking good at the same time..

Now if you're talking about fucking good all the time, IAMAMIWHOAMI has been KILLING it with the videos AND songs on their latest album Kin:

While her get ups are usually on pretty amusing and on point, the one in that last vid ain't got shit on the 80's ladies outfits from Tom Petty's Don't come around here no more..

Okay, enough music BS. More bike shit real soon!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Two really weird lookin' bikes...like REALLY weird!

Funky ass Bottecchia:

And an equally weird Battistelli:

Both seen on Bici crono's flickr page along with A LOT of other neat and nerdy bike shit..

SO looking forward to making some weird shit myself! Which will be soon SINCE MAH MUTHAFUKIN' FRAME JIG IS COMIN' TAMORRO!!

STOKED!!!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Just a few snaps from Bike Fetish Day 2012..

Just went through my photos and there wasn't a whole lot worth posting. Here's a few in any case:

For the longest time..

..I would hate on those wicked douchey looking guys with totally hot babes hangin' off their arm. Suffice it to say, I'm pretty stoked to be one of those douchey guys:

Seen on fucking Gothamist!

Pretty stoked on my rack being front and center along with the fact I'm wearing a shirt that says cunt (backwards for car mirrors) on it :-)

I'm working on some photos from that day now so I'll be sure to post em up soon..

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Bike Fetish day TODAY in Brooklyn! Come check it out!!

Super fun day full of bikes, weirdos and more bikes!

My flickr set from last year..

Bens' Cycle Memorial Day 15% Off Sale 3 Days ONLY!!

Here's your chance to get some great deals on choice gear during this holiday weekend!:

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Chrome Custom Military Salvage - Memorial Day Program!

I thought this was pretty damn cool of Chrome so I figured I'd put it out there for you vets:

Last year US Army Vehicle Commander Jared Morford


of Watertown, South Dakota reached out to Chrome to make a Custom Salvage bag with the duffle he carried to Iraq. Chrome’s Custom Salvage Citizen was born.

In honor of Memorial Day, Chrome is launching a Custom Military Salvage Program for U.S. Military veterans and their families. If they bring in their military duffles or fatigues to one of Chrome’s four HUBs (SF, NY, CHI, or PDX), we'll use the material to create a custom Citizen Messenger bag.



































How rad is that?!

Also, to the people at Chrome:

PLEASE DO NOT OFFER THESE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC- VETS ONLY!

You know there'd be a TON of trendy neon sunglass wearing assholes out there being like:

'aww yea maaan, zo kewl and street!!'

Just strikes me as being more of a badge of honor than some yuppie twatbag bag..

Def fucking awesome and I really hope I see some of these out there in the future!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Brooklyn Bike Jumble Spring 2012!

Man was the Jumble ever loaded with great shit! So much so that I barely even shot any photos. Didn't help that the super contrastiness of the bright sun and cool shade made it not the funnest anyways. In any case, here's what I did get:

Cooper's schweet Merckx:

Holdsworth:

USA GT and something in all chrome:

Neat, obscure and inexpensive:

Lovely Bianchi:

A table full o goodies:

Sorry Chris, there were no open face salsa stems to be had as far as I saw..

I was super stoked cause Rosko said he was going to show up with some frame building materials and tools. Naturally I bought a bunch of stuff from him:

Best thing is how I got that box home!

Another reason why I'm stoked I put some drop bars on the Yamaguchi school bike. The only thing holding that box down was the EC90s- so good! xD

Larger photos on my flickr page..

It was great hanging out and BSing with the various folks there. I would've stayed longer but my buddy Mark and I ended up making a run out to the Far Rockaways concrete skatepark:

Neither of us had been there so it was pretty cool checking it out. Would've been a lot more fun if I wasn't so out of practice, old and bitchy..

Def need to go back again during the week when there's a lot less gromz on their fucking razors and their big box retailer super shitty BMX MTB boat anchor things. How the fuck are you going to spend all the time, money and effort into building a huge polished concrete skatepark and let anyone under 4' walk in there riding something that'll only destroy everything it touches? I love how parents look at places like that as if it's a grass field with a slide and some swing sets. Keep those lil bastards out for fucks sake! If they have to let em in, there should be a designated time or day. Not just letting em into the mix with 150+ pound dudes flying the fuck around..

Like I said.. bitchy..

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Stoned Tone and da Prollz..

Since I've been on a wicked Tumblr kick as of late, I've been finding lots of old photos I never posted before. Some bad, some good. Here's a couple from the day John and I hung out after I had finished my Mini Tall Bruiser:

Prollz putzing around on one of the little banks under the BQE (not sharp, cropped in too closely, shitty background):

Then Stoned Tone rolled by on his at the time, newly purchased for a stellar price, Pinarello with all Campy goodness (bright shitty light):

The great thing about John riding the Bruiser is that about a year prior to the photo, he had jokingly made the suggestion to the guys at Ben's Cycle to send me a couple of their Milwaukee Bruiser frames to chop up. Then bam, there he is riding it! Now you understand why I was bummed I didn't get a better photo. Fucking asshole. As much as I love riding what I consider to be my favorite bike of all time, there's always room for improvement. I'm really looking forward to building a new 2.0 version from scratch real soon :-D

Thanks again to John and Ben's for hooking it up!

..and check out my Tumblr if you twats haven't already!!

Monday, May 14, 2012

Dag, a NOS Richard Sachs 70's Track frame??!!!

AND IT'S NOT FUCKING RED!!!

Wow, right?!

Same dude is also selling a MINT condition one as well:

NOICE!

NY Brooklyn Bike Jumble THIS SATURDAY!!

This weekend's shaping up to be another lovely one weather wise so try and make it out if you can. Earlier the better if you want some proper deals! See yo mofoz there!!