More wild shit from Yamaguchi!

As if it was awesome enough to stumble across Asymetric #5 last week, here's something I just saw over at Berlin Fixed:

A Yamaguchi built Stayer bike?! WTF RIGHT??!!! More info please!

More wild shit from Yamaguchi!

I don't know about you guys but..

..the very LAST thing I would want to have painted on an bike is a BUNCH OF FUCKING BUTTERFLIES after having met the man himself:

SO

FRAKING

GHEY!

Not to mention expensive! Jeez..

That reminds me- has anyone else witnessed how AWESOME Caprica is getting?? I'm super stoked to see that after a little bit of a slow start, it's begun to live up to my expectation of: 'It has the potential for kicking Battlestars fucking aaasss!'

I don't know about you guys but..

Interesting 70's 3Rensho!

Interesting as in the mix and match decals and lugz:

I so confus!

Interesting 70's 3Rensho!

NYC Fixed Gear Bike Swap Meet 4.0!

I went and hung out with a bunch of the local forum members yesterday at Lakeside Lounge in the east Village for our small bike swap meet. This is basically a great excuse to get together with friends/acquaintances to hang out, swap/sell/buy parts, drink and be merry. Super fun and awesome way to meet people and find some good shit:

Moar here on my flickr..

I only sold two measly things but made a few acquisitions which I'm stoked on:


Set up a swap with friends in your area if you can!

NYC Fixed Gear Bike Swap Meet 4.0!

Lofty details, lofty goals..

Last week I linked to this RAD photo my buddy Tom took of me this past Sunday. I was waiting for the rest of them from the day before making more of a mention. As in have I mentioned how stoked I am that my fat aging ass can still loft a MONSTER ollie on flat ground?!!

Check out that clearance- AWESOME! You should also know that the board had a decent crack in it as well..

Another angle:

Tom was saying how this photo mid revert reminded him of this drawing by Robert Longo and posted it yesterday:

..which is pretty awesome!

I also did some handstands on some tall sketchy shit I originally thought would be good to gap ollie..


As for goals in the coming months.. I plan to put out some sort of shirts along with a couple of other things I have in mind. Small run type shit of course since in all likelihood no one would be interested, heh. Just things I'd like to see out there so we'll see how it goes. I also want to start filming more with my 5DmkII since the video looks REDONK and I found out about this awesome 3rd party firmware update. I've been wanting to put together some sort of bike short amongst other films. I've finally run out of the smelly green stuff so with any luck my initiative will kick back into high gear so I can FINALLY get some shit done..

In time for the BFF perhaps?? We'll see..

Oh and BTW, this chick's super hott and fuuuucking RIPPED bod has been screwing with my concentration ever since I saw it.

SQUEEZE MY FACE BETWEEN YOUR LEEEGGGGZZZZ!!!

UPDATE: Yeah, gee, a big thanks to Ben for RUINING IT FOR ME!!!

Lofty details, lofty goals..

Freshly built Yamaguchi Asymetric frame #5 spotted!!!

I just spotted this over on this new site I found today called NUT BUTTER:

Naturally i was shocked and called Yamaguchi right away inquiring about this new build Kiochi did. Found out it was a new custom made for a former student. Super, super rad seeing one of these built again!

For years I've been wanting to get a newly produced custom one for myself but figured Kiochi wasn't going to make anymore. Yes, I know I already have one but it def is a bit too small for me. Not to mention the historical significance of being from that era of when they were originally produced for the 92' olympics. Once I found out there were only four total it made me a bit more nervous about rolling around the streets on it. I actually got T-Boned by a car on it once! Thankfully it wasn't too high speed serious and I only walked away with a scrape and got the wind knocked out of me. Yes, the bike was fine too.. thanks..

Anyways, part of me would like to donate the frame back to Kiochi so it can reside in his awesome personal collection. One of these days I'll actually go take his fucking class (like I've been wanting to for like 6 years now) and I can hand it to him in person. Maybe he'll hook me up with a little credit towards a new one??

In any case, I'm stoked to see #5 painted and built up- should be awesome!

Freshly built Yamaguchi Asymetric frame #5 spotted!!!

Take it eeeeeeeeaaaaaazzzyyyyyy there Moser!

Dayum!

Thanks Dennis!

Take it eeeeeeeeaaaaaazzzyyyyyy there Moser!

Quick Gallery of Bikes Equpped with DA10..

Someone sent me a snap of a DA10 equipped bike and I thought, I wonder what all else is out there..?

Diamond:


Mexico 68' Kalavinka:


Bertin Pursuit:


Local 3Rensho:

Schwinn Paramount:

Bishop bikes:

Another Kalavinka:

..and lastly my fav: A Shimano labeled Nagasawa with some really nice deets:

So awesome!

Can't wait to put all the new gear to good use!!

Quick Gallery of Bikes Equpped with DA10..

1993 Herrington Crusader II AWD Version!

Lyle sent me this earlier:

I would fuck that bike if it was at all possible. Man, sooooo super sick! I'm pretty sure that the whole AWD thing wouldn't really work very well at all but the concept is still pretty awesome. That and the details on the frame are just really great! I'd kill for those bars!!

1993 Herrington Crusader II AWD Version!

DA10 HeeeaaaaVEN!

I'm SO there right now!

Oh, oh, wait.. Did you say you needed something? Well..

I'M (go)

NOT (fuck)

SHARING (yourself)

ALL MINEZ!!! (not yours)

Got this kick ass NOS DA EX Headset and tools too!

You can expect some sweet re-ups and other kick ass builds with this shit in the coming weeks..

Big thanks to Lester for hooking me up!

DA10 HeeeaaaaVEN!

Ebay finds I would've posted over the weekend..

..if I wasn't too busy getting stoned, skateboarding and slayin' it suhyn!

Super sick Johnny Cycles Custom:

Never seen before or will ever again Colnago Panto'd adjustable 3ttt stem:

Here's a standard one in case you're curious..

Then there's this 3ttt adjustable stem which has to be THE UGLIEST fucking thing I've ever seen:


Sparkly Naggie:


Awesome paint job on this Land Shark Tarck:

..and then did anyone else notice how rad these Nitto ADB-X Track bars look that Ben's just started carrying?:

Just wonder how they feel/ride..

Ebay finds I would've posted over the weekend..

New Freak bike and NAHBS show photos aka MONSTER POST!

As you all know, I made the trip down to Richmond Virginia this past weekend for NAHBS. I also mentioned coming up with an awesome new creation of my own to roll around with that weekend so here it is:

This one came to fruition so quickly that it has yet to be named! The best suggestions so far have been: BMHEX, SnookiePUNCH! and the T4 (Totally Tragic Tall Tarck) followed by 'Mark I' since after having ridden it a bunch, I'm SO DOWN to make more of these! SO. MUCH. FUN!! Not to mention how HOTT that shit looks- DAMN!

..and I know the photos suck ballsac. Fucking weather has been complete shite here lately and I've had no real time to get anything done much less trapes around taking photos. I suppose I could've taken some in VA but it's just SO not Jersey there..

For years I'd heard and read things from various builders about how they were on deadline or were in a mad dash to have something completed for one of the various larger builder award/industry shows. Suddenly I was finding myself under that same intense personal pressure! Okay, well, nothing like what they have to go through but it was a very decent glimpse..

I originally conjured it Thursday afternoon the week before the show while working at my BS job and thought- Shit! I need to go for a walk to get lunch or something to properly formulate the idea in my head. Came up with some good shit while out and then came back and began working on a sketch. Here's the mock up I did later on that night:

I also laughed at this a bunch that day..

Then here's the first test spin build photo from Monday morning after having completed about 85% of the job on Sunday night:

I then placed an order to Ben's for all the parts I needed to complete the build (and others):

FUCK YES!

..aaaand by Thursday night it was all complete! New mini tall tarck conceived and built inside a weeks time- not bad considering I have a full time job!

My unbelievably sexy lady friend was kind enough to spend that weekend at my place as well while I toiled away in the shop. As though it wasn't inspiring enough to be in the midst of such TREMENDOUS creative GENIUS after coming up with yet another MASTERPIECE. Yes folks, I've gone past patting myself on the back and have moved on to just giving myself the full reach around- AWESOME!

But in all seriousness, I just thought it would be kick ass to show up to NAHBS on a ridiculously fun new freak bike that I built myself in the spirit of the event. Even though I'm no where near a proper builder by any stretch of the imagination. I'll most likely end up toning down the parts group a bit too. 1) The Jackson is kinda pissed at me for ripping a bunch of parts of it and 2) I want to be able to lock this bitch up around town without worry..

Oh right, in all likelihood you don't give a shit about all this! Okay, moving on to NAHBS..

As you know I started out my day on Friday with a few feet of freshly fallen fucking snow all over and around my car. After I dug myself out and got going I was stoked when the sun was kind enough to break free of the clouds and offer me up a ray of light for good luck. After all the shit storming that had been going on I was stoked!

Until of course my rear passenger side tire decided to blow out while I was doing 75mph down the New Jersey turnpike- DHHOOO!! Fortunately exit 12 was not far away so I managed to limp my way over to it on the shoulder. As you could image I was pretty fucking pissed! Buried under snow and now this?! DAMMIT!! I feared that the trip would be off altogether. But right when all hope was lost what did I find at a strip mall on the other end of the exit? A fucking Pep Boys! Which may as well had been the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow considering my situation. The gold coming in the form of a properly sized tire! If I had a normal car with stock rims it wouldn't have been a big deal at all. However most places don't stock low profile 18" all season sport tires. Seeing as how Pep Boys rules I wasn't even worried as I waited on line. When I finally talked to the guy he said he had one left in stock- THANK GOD! So I ripped off said wheel with blown tire and handed it over. Hung out, ate lunch, looked at car parts, got the wheel with fresh new tire back on and I was off again..

Exit 152B-A had me lulzing:

I got into town late on Friday night so I didn't do fuck all but relax in my hotel room. Woke up early the next morning and walked over to the Convention hall. I have to say, the Richmond downtown area is a bit of a ghost town. Lots of buildings for sale or in need of repair/falling apart. It was kinda weird. A good portion of the town was like this. Welcome to the rest of the country outside of the NYC area I guess!

The show was pretty gnarly and just a liiiiiiitle overwhelming. I took a fuckload of photos tho. Here's a few things I was stoked on..

First thing's first, The Bilenky boys had THE BEST display there:

To give you a better idea of just how good it was here's a comparison shot from the show:

..and one I took a few weeks ago when I visited their shop:

Awesome huh?!

Oh and a little side note: This wicked Hetchins esq vintage roadie was built with a similar set of vintage Hetchins lugs and tubing I had originally bought from a collector in CT. I ended up selling them to a buyer was from Long Island NY. When he inquired as to where he should get his custom built locally, naturally I suggested that Bilenky Cycleworks since they had done such a bang up job with mine. I was super stoked to see the final product! He def went in the complete opposite direction as I did with my set of lugs, hehe..

Speedvagen/Vanilla also had a pretty awesome display:

As did Chris King:

..and Chris (not THE Chris I don't think) was cool enough to tell me more about their new road hubs which I was totally digging on:

I mentioned that I was also digging on the display and he told me that people were saying they should get a DJ going in there. Which when I suggested that a pole and a couple of strippers would most likely go over very well with the crowd on hand, hehe. In any case, they had some kick ass deals on headsets and hubs that I was super bummed to miss out on. I had a set of CK classic road hubs a while back and would LOVE to try out these new ones..

I was amped to see that the Kimori guys were there with all the awesomely neat goodies they make along with one of their crazy ass bikes..

Kimori is probably my favorite companies I've ever found out about. Super, super stoked on their designs and it was SO AWESOME getting to meet them and vigorously fondle all their gear in person. I was actually really bummed I didn't have a bunch of extra cash cause I could've EASILY dropped a few hundy no sweat. I did however pick up one of their front brake adapters for a certain someone I'm still regretting selling a certain Cuevas frame to with the non drilled for THAT HAD BETTER STAY THAT FUCKING WAY or there will be blood spilled..

Also super stoked to meet Eric from Ground Up finally. We'd talked a bunch of times over the years via internerd socializing sites etc so it was nice to BS like normal human beings for once. He had THE WICKEDEST Ti BMX frame EVERRRR:

He also brought a SICK track monster and RAD cruiser with a built in flame thrower..

Seeing his work in person makes me want to get a custom from him sometime in the near future. I'd LOVE to get one of those BMX frames tho- so reddic!

The other amusing thing I noticed is that there were a lot of cute chicks in the form of girlfriends and wives. The only thing more coveted in the cycling world are women who genuinely enjoy cycling (as opposed to the ones who do it just to meet and hang out with 'boys'). More so than the rarest of the rare campy WTF ever or most ridiculous deal you could possibly imagine (Like getting a near mint condition custom coupled Sakkit frame for $150!). Cause let's be honest, what's better than sharing something you're most passionate about with someone you not only love to screw, but can tolerate on a daily basis. Not to mention them tolerating your dumbass for having nothing better to do than fuck around with, talk about and ride bikes everywhere all the time. 'I love her cause she get's me!' Yeah.. Keep telling yourself that buddy..

Afterwords I went over to the Trick Jam contest for a little bit to scope out what they had set up and take a few snaps. There were a shitload of kids there playing polo and riding BMX and fixies. It didn't take long for me to become bored to tears tho. I mean, the light was kind of a bummer, there was a bit of a weird vibe and well, let's face it, I'm not 22 anymore.. So I left since I'd been dying to take the new Mini Tall Tarck around and explore Richmond a little bit..

Here's a few snaps and sequence from that event:

During my ride I stopped by Re-Cycles to check out their shop since I most likely wouldn't be making it out to their party later on that night. It was def an awesome REAL shop. I say real because they had all kinds of cool shit and didn't have polished wooden floors. Not that there's anything wrong with that either but there's nothing like a grimy old dark shop full of neat old dead stock shit in overflowing bins. Like the bin where I found all these tools for a buck each:

Um, FUCK YES!

The dudes there were super cool and funny. They said it was okay for me to pet their dog (note tool bin in upper section of photo):

I went to the COG party later on but didn't bother taking any snaps aside from this kids bike he had locked up across the street:

My fucking hero! The balls on that guy with the single tiny ass U-Lock!!

Then I saw this shit on the way back to the Hotel:


Sunday morning I checked out of my Hotel and hung out at the show for a little bit and got whatever photos I missed the day before and or needed to reshoot. Then took off and somehow made it back up north to my area in NO TIME. Left Richmond at 11:50am, passed the Ikea in Elizabeth at 4:30pm. Felt so good to be back in my area a lot faster than what google estimated..

Here's the full slide show of the entire two days worth of photos. It's something like 130ish images so take a b-room break and get some snacks:



Note to self: NO MORE MONSTER POSTS!!!

New Freak bike and NAHBS show photos aka MONSTER POST!