I can has Ti? TITAACE THAT IS!!

These beauts were waiting for me when I got home from my trip:

Soooo super stoked on em! Thinking of lacing them up the with Dura Ace 10 hubs I have..

This was also waiting for me. A nice NOS Norlipp handcuff lock:

Don't have a home for it yet but was stoked to find one in such great condition. I have a nasty old used one that came off an old Peugeot road frame which was re-appropriated by Lyle a little ways back..

I can has Ti? TITAACE THAT IS!!

My kind of Locker: EDDIE MERCKX!

Saw this locked up on 42nd bet 8th and 9th on the way home last night:

Gotta love that rusty BB!

My kind of Locker: EDDIE MERCKX!

Now that I'm back, it's time for a RECAP!

Holy christ that was a long ass trip! I knew that from the instant I returned and was able to enjoy all the amenities and hospitality that JFK has to offer, I was glad to be back..

I actually spotted this creepy ass painting/sculpture thing while enjoying the line ride through customs:


Weird..

Upon my return I was met with some uber frustration when I accidentally fried my Macbook Pro's Logic board. Let's just say that getting stoned for the first time in a month and being wicked jet lagged will make you do really stupid things when you've realized that you've left your power cord in the bag that your airline temporarily misplaced and all you want to do is have a vigorous wank at 4:30 in the morning to some fresh internet porn after being bored to tears of what little you brought along with you..

yyyyeeeaahh, riiiight..

In any case, THANK GOD for Applecare!

Aside from a desperate lack of 'inspiration' the trip went well. As well as hanging out with your parents and sister's crazy family can get while all your relatives continuously remark on the fact that you're not married yet/don't have a girlfriend and you know you don't have much time left yadda, yadda, yadda. Yeeeeaaaahh you can pretty much go fuck yourself when it comes to my personal business. But thanks for running me on a guilt trip about something I already feel like killing myself over half the time. Fuckers..

Didn't help that there were hot chicks EVERYWHERE. I, took, a, few, snaps, for you bastards and I hope you can appreciate just how disgusted I was with myself for doing it. Though the 'problem' is that they're all like 16-21 and the ones that are closer to my age most commonly have a cigarette in one hand a beer in the other and or a couple of kids running frantically around them.. God what a nightmare. I just couldn't win..

I had all these lofty goals of doing this and or that but those got quickly dashed to bits after the first few days of swimming and 2.5 naps. It was like: wake up, eat something, take a nap, get up and eat something again, hang around a bit and go swimming, then take another nap, have some more food and or go hang out and get ice cream or some shit, then go home and back to bed. Never under estimate the value of complete and utter boredom. After a few days of all that fun under the sun I just stopped giving a shit about everything. It was actually pretty amazingly refreshing! I didn't miss a thing..

It was almost shocking coming home after being away so long and looking around my place for the first time. I couldn't help but think: "Oh christ that's right- I'm that guy.. Dammit!.."

Being away from everything and coming home made me think of a lot of things. Mostly about the direction of where I've been and where I need/want/have to go. I figure I can either do one of two things: 1) Get rid of everything I don't need-need and take on a more 'normal' lifestyle or 2) Just get like, way crazier and retarded with everything and see what happens..

Well, enough of that self diagnostic time wasting BS.. Here's some visual stimulation that had me Cheering, Jeering and BARFing in my mouth a little..

Some bikes seen on the streets of Zadar:

The street cleaner bike was def my fav. I'd like to get one of those and mount a stage/stripper pole in place of the bins. That or fill them with high explosives and ride it into an oil well fire..

Here's some crazy shit I saw catching up on the forums etc..

I'm going to assume this photo was meant as a 'Hey check out how gay this pose is' photo because I'd hate to think there was any bit of seriousness to it..

This is kind of so awful that it makes it RAD!

Best stolen bike flyer EVER!

teh sex..

I think it would be rad to attach one of those chin holders things from the eye doctor in place of an eye cap while using the lower set of bars..

Fuck riding those things, I'd throw them shits on a chain so I could wear em around my neck!

Ghost bike look a like FAIL

Pretty purple!

Essentially what the inside of Via Bicycles looks like..

Whoooooooooo tittiiieeess!! Not like I haven't seen a gazillion of those before..

Um, stem..???

Another one that so ugly it's kind of super rad..

Jizz..

Get that shit off the rafters STAT!

I'm not even going to apologize for stating the fact that I REALLY WANT to be that guy!

eeehhhhhh..

The thing that excites me the most about these repros is that with any luck it'll help drive down the price of all the NOS ones to a more affordable rate..

The whole Urban Outfitters getting into bike bullshit really had me clutching fist fulls of scalp. SO. FRAKING. RIDICULOUS.. Image via Tracko

The staggering price this Cinelli stem/bar combo floored me:


I mean come on, you can get a used 04' Pista Cuntcept frame for that much- GAWD!

Anyways, there's a lot more awesomeness and lameness out there but if this post gets any longer it's going to bore the 90% of you who've already seen this shit..

Here's some rad stuff you may not have seen yet:

1988 Olympic games photos:

aaaannd my personal fav, water dissolvable bikinis IN ACTION! NSFW!!

Whooooooo dawggie!

Now that I've had sufficient time to settle in I'll be getting back to work on the umpteen projects I'm in the middle of. Hopefully I'll have something good soon..

A note to the locals: Fette Sau before Peels this Thursday care of the Meatatarian thread on the NYC fixed board yours truly started..

Now that I'm back, it's time for a RECAP!

BOB JACKSON TRACK FRAMES BLOW OUT 2.0!!!

As many of you may know I've been helping my buddy Dennis out with selling some of these AMAZINGLY RAD Custom Bob Jackson frames. Well he's dropped the prices EVEN LOWER with what he still has available so be sure to take a look and send em to your friends. ESP the friends who think it's really smart to spend $800+ on a freaking 5 year old used Pista Concept. I have one of those along with one of these frames and the ride from the BJ steel is INFINITELY much better!

$800 + Shipping!!!

LOTS more pics on my Flickr set too!

Details include Reynolds 631, Paul adjustable dropouts, Dimpled rear ST, Two colors, Lug lining and Drilled front fork. Geo for the frames with the red type is a little more lax than the ones without. Both geos are great for street riding..

53ct ST CTT, 53cmTT

Sexy Black Matte with PINK panels:


56cm ST CTT, 56cm TT

Classic British Racing Green with Cream White panels and (Partial) Blue lug lining:


By 'partial' I mean the person originally painting the frame must've spaced and missed a couple of spots. Easily touched up. This frame is also built up right now but have NEVER been used. Slight discount could be applied.. IF NO ONE BUYS IT THIS TIME I WILL!!!

57cm ST CTT, 56cm TT

Matte Grey with Red front panel and Blue lining:


If someone buys the green one than I'm going to buy this one, SPRAY PAINT IT BLACK AND LOCK IT UP AROUND TOWN..

55cm ST CTT, 55cm TT

Bronze with Blue lug lining:


51cm ST CTT, 52cm TT

Silver with Red and Yellow lug lining:


49cm ST CTT, 52cm TT

PLEASE NOTE: This frame is indeed light metallic blue but does not have the goldish panels as this one pictured. Just plain w/lug lining as the one pictured above..


55cm ST CTT, 55cm TT
Silver with White front panel and Blue lug lining and ST bands:


To those of you who are SERIOUSLY interested, please contact me and we can go from there:

thetriplec@hotmail.com

Also, ordering one direct from Jackson with the same features and shipping is going to cost about the same AND will take who knows how long to actually be built. These are all ready to ship ASAP and located in the SF Bay Area..

BOB JACKSON TRACK FRAMES BLOW OUT 2.0!!!

Meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat..

MEAT!

MMEEEEEEEEAAATT!!!


My Uncle Bruno hooked us up with a wicked tasty BBQ the other day and I'm still not over it. He's got a great place here in Zadar. He and his family reside on one floor while he rents the other two out for families on holiday. I took some snaps around his yard which doubles up as his garden. Take note of the grape flavored fence..

Anyways, my trip is nearly at an end and I should be back in akshun full time next week..

Meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat..

Quite possibly THE WORST Nagasawa build I have ever seen...

This is the last thing I need to stumble across while on vacation:

..so sad :'(

As is this, this and this for being too big..

p.s. I really am getting sick of these fucking PCs!

Quite possibly THE WORST Nagasawa build I have ever seen...

Wu-Tang Alleycat this Saturday!

Watch 36 Chambers and read up on your Wu history:

A Stoned Tone and J. Krillz Production..

Wu-Tang Alleycat this Saturday!

Ja sam stigla sigurno!

Meaning I´ve arrived safely!

All three flights went smoothly with the only major bummer being the 5 plus hour layover in Amsterdam. Mostly because I knew that despite having more than enough time to make a b-line for the nearest pot cafe for a sampling of their finest shubbery, the idea of having to complete the last leg of the trip all toasty and roasty in the company of my ever critical parents didn´t strike me as being the best of ideas. What can I say- between my momziz knee replacement and pops´s pre parkinson hand shake they couldn´t have made the trip without me. Though the bright side is that I FINALLY got to ride on one of those kick ass little electric courtesy cars:

They obviously weren´t as thrilled as I was..

In any case I'm happy to say that after 10 years of not being here the cycling situation has exploded! Well, in the MTB sense. I've seen all of one roadie so far with everyone else being on some sort of hardtail or comfort cruiser. In any case, it's pretty bitchin'.

From what I´ve seen there are now a wealth of riding trails to be explored all over the island with gnarly scenic veiws. Good thing I brought a track bike with me! Fucking retard..

As far as any bike porn goes this is about all I´ve got for ya so far:

The raddest thing being the fact that two days after taking this photo I rolled by it again and it was still sitting there in the exact same position..

Then there was these two canidates:


If they weren´t so rusted the fuck up I´d be tempted to construct something even more useless from them..

Check this shit out though:

The best thing about these two bikes aside from most likely being free would have to be the gorgeously rusted remains of that saddle! That shit looks like something of a cod piece the tin man would've been sporting before Dorithy freed him of his rusted situation..

Anyways, thatś about all I can handle from this ffffffucking PC and wacked out keyboard with all it´s weird ass characters, impossible formatting and swarmy european backpacking internet joint stench all over the place. I´m holding out hope for a free wifi cafe of some sort where I can use my own computes. Now if you don´t mind I´ve got to get back to eye fucking all these unconscionably hott and NATURALLY tanned broads. Christ all mighty there´s more around here than I can wag my dick at!

Hope all is well in the blogishpere otherwise suckaz!

Ja sam stigla sigurno!

Holy shit my ass is going to fuckinnngg FRY!

I just checked the weather for my area in Croatia:

I'm so fucked!

In a good way of course but damn! Something tells me that the SPF 30 suntan lotion I bought this morning isn't going to cut it :-0


I'm totally going for the no tan line look BTW...


...noooot kiddiiiiiinnnnnng!

Holy shit my ass is going to fuckinnngg FRY!

This is pretty much the raddest conversion grocery getter EVER!

Fuck man this is some seriously genius type customized shit going on here!

From this:

To this:

TO THIS:

TO THIS!!!:

It must be so pimp rolling through the supermarket with your own wacky self built shopping cart that YOU CAN RIDE HOME ON! So unbelievably rad!!

Great fucking job David! If someone hasn't already pinned a medal on your chest for this shit let me know so I can make and send you one myself..

A million more photos on the whole build here..

This is pretty much the raddest conversion grocery getter EVER!