Bicycle Archives
Fixed!
By on August 16, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (4)
Fixed! (Double meaning indeed!)
I don’t really remember when I started this project exactly, roughly it’s been just under a year. It is perhaps the best feeling to have it finally finished. Speaking of finally finished Prescott Family is getting pretty darn close. Anyways, needless to say, yesterday was a pretty good day. 1) I picked up my bike, 2) We got jars for making the kombucha, 3) I ate udon noodles, 4) PLUS! BONUS! We watched the Office (by the way, have you seen this or this?)
So the bike! I’m looking forward to becoming less sheepish about going fast down hills; I’m getting used to the whole “stopping” thing. I feel pretty proud of this little project though. I replaced the bottom bracket, cranks, pedals, saddle, handlebars, rear wheel, the wonderful blue chain… It’s so sexy. I guess it’s not completely done. I still need to tape the handlebars, figure out the front brake situation (It’s the law, right? Or even if it’s not, I would feel a little more confident in going really fast…), and it would be nice to get a matching front wheel. But all that isn’t necessary, I can ride it now. I CAN RIDE IT NOW!!! It’s been too long little bike. It feels so right because a) my other bike is huge, my body gets all tense riding it for too long, and b) riding fixed gear feels so logical, you’re moving, the bike is moving. If anyone wants to ride soon, well, in two weeks, after our trip, hit me up because I’m so down.
Possible future for my bike.
By on March 20, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)
I bought my bike about a year and a half ago with the intention of pimping it out. Or maybe not pimping. Pimping usually has to do with adding tons of stuff. More like simplifying my ride. Most parts I’ve bought over time. There was a lot of trial and error in this process.
My bike is a late 80s white Peugeot road bike. (From what I can find I think it’s called Tourmalet.) When I bought it it had most of the original parts, all Shimano grupo, Mavic rims, that kind of stuff. So far I’ve replaced the handle bars with Nitto bull horns from Ben’s Cycle, the saddle with a nice Brooks saddle from IRO, the bottom bracket and cranks with IRO parts from Orange 20, and the back wheel with a cheapo Alex Rims wheel from Coates. I’ve been looking into Velocity Deep-V Rims since the beginning because the are so hot, but I haven’t gotten up the courage to drop $300 on that yet. When I do I think I will put a blue on the front and a white on the back. I want the blue to closely match the top tube pad I bought from R.E.Load.
Well, the future is unknown. This is only one possible direction. Besides who needs Velocity rims, that just makes your bike more valuable to steal.
