Ride Lugged

Ok, I saw this thing in Maxim, it’s like a train wreck for me, I couldn’t look away.

more detailed pictures.

Corey, notice the Rohloff hub?

Over all a total waste of money for $16,000 but I do like the leather grips and the absurd use of carbon. I think they said that all of the leather is comes from the skin of the endangered orange bellied somolian goat herder’s dog. It’s very rare.

This is the car you are supposed to buy as an accessory to the bike.

I really like the Make blog. They have a lot of interesting DIY posts. They created a section that’s devoted to Bikes. For example: check out these shitty laptop bags attached to a bike, sweet.

I was perusing google images and came across this tricycle:
Anyone know anything about it?

The site that it’s on has some interesting stuff. Check it out.

Be sure to check out the antique bikes section.
You’ve gotta love that break.

From the website, “Alternative Needs Transportation, or A.N.T., is a one-person shop run by Mike Flanigan. Mike is dedicated to building bikes for transportation that have the right combination of function and style. Mike has been in the bike trade since 1983 and joined the Boston bike building scene in 1989″

My TA assignment this semester to grade papers and artwork for an online art appreciation course. Here are some selected quotes from essay submissions. Some make me laugh. Some make me cry. All make me wonder about who will be in charge of our future fate.

“I could spend all night buggedly altering and tweaking proportions, effects, and boundaries to my fixation’s liking.”

buggedly?

“My artful knacks are not the noble of them.”

Has a certain ring.

“Laughs a lot, loves to play, and smiles constantly; three short descriptions of ME!”

I know exactly what you look like.

“I like so many things. Where do I begin? I like butterflies, the color purple, puppies, flowers, red toe nail polish, New York City, my parents and pets, my friends and extended family, traveling, speaking French, and so much more I can’t think of right now. Things I am interested are so varied.”

Thats a real gem, one of my personal favorites. Who doesnt like purple puppies with butterfly wings? I mean, really. Not surprizingly, this is from the same author as the previous quote.

“I was chosen for this program because I excelled in every subject area including: mathematics, science, writing, art, and music; I even graded papers for the teacher in some subjects.”

no joke, she is talking about elementary school here.

“All in all, I am a pretty laid person.”

smooth.

“Oh yeah, I’m white…did I mention that?”

in reference to the fact that he raps. I bet its heavy hitting politio-social stuff.

“One of my goals in life is to have a successful career in a company that is seen as being the top in my field, like a Wal-Mart.”

is it wrong for me to hate on this guy even though i’ve never met him? no.

“Lastly, internship is a word with a lot of symbol behind it.”

I think these sentances are proofread by a seeing eye dog.

“I believe that having no negative space would implement that my life is cluttered and overbearing and this is just not the case. ”

have there been language developments that I have not been privy to?

“I use the internet more often than I use the bathroom, partly because of interest and partly because of necessity.”

Fuck, did he need to go there? This is the same guy that’s the white rapper.

“To me there is nothing more exhilarating than knowing that there is 1200 pounds of pure muscle beneath you,”

slightly out of context, but still distrubing.
furthermore:

“I found my true passion in the form of a gangly Appaloosa horse.”

gross. she goes on to say:

“many days I would dismount in tears of frustration and find myself questioning not only my ability but my willpower”

graphic.

“Slowly a transformation took place, and the animal that had once angered me to no end was bringing me countless hours of joy”

really graphic

Ok that wraps up this weeks installment of schlockery. Stay tuned next week for more from the greatest minds of PSU.

Yeah, they look good in that photo but there was a lot of touching up to get them to look like that. Look at the picture before the photoshop guys got a hold of it.

various cats havnt seen these, some dont care, some care a little to much. me for one.
anyway, as some know, cory aka voice of reason, crafted those wooden fenders, all i had to do was sand and varnish them. on the bridgestone, the main thing of wierd guy note is the crank set up, a 48/46/26, making the 46 the middle ring, so its usable across the cassette range. i never use the 48t, its mainly there cause the triple cranks look lame without the outter ring. just saving up for a TA crankset.

Its all about the lighting. this is the same day the “mongoloid” photo was taken, but it was after the sun came out.

Ditty bops are not hot when they are riding their bikes. It might only be the big one but she looks like a mongoloid.

and just for comparison.

You can get to this blog through http://ridelugged.com/ now. We’ll still use blogger to do all of the posting stuff but it’s nice to have a real domain name.