Archive for the ‘bikes/bits’ Category

Hang ‘em high

So as I sit in a flu-induced funk surrounded by achiness and tiredness, fueled by Pandora and Soy Nuts…?, I figured, “Why not post something on RideLugged!?!” So recently I decided I was gonna do something about all my bikes laying around amongst each other with pedals sticking in spokes and handlebars mingling like drunken [...]

carbon repair

OK, so a while back I broke a stupidly expensive rear mech. It was a campagnolo 10 speed record, short-cage carbon, ti, aluminum, and plastic affair: Needless to say the part that broke was the carbon outer plate. Not the alu knuckles, plastic pulley wheels, ti and alu bolts, or even the steel pivots. The [...]

Bikes To Love, Bikes To Hate

In contrast to my previous post, I have found a

That Bike Has Colors! (Poser Content)

I present an easy target for your disdain: the “Aristotle” customizable single speed from Suburban Outfitters.

what’s a broken $400 piece of carbon look like?

ok, so I went for a short ride the other day to meet the misses after work, for a tool around on some city park paths. it turned pretty short, when on a steep little dirt climb my front wheel kicked up a piece or path debris (a stick or a rock, in the end [...]

answer my riddle!

ok, so where did our frequent posting go, yikes!! anyway here is a conundrum I am in these days, see if you can answer it: (I’m pretty sure it’s a recurring issue I know the solution for, which I’ll pipe in with later.) when I am pedaling along at a normal (~75rpm) cadence under a [...]

again a old pic from my phone

so I was in a nice art gallery a while back and saw this nicely brazed rocking horse that I thought you all may enjoy. couldn’t find out anything about the artist though?!

The Twitter Twatter of Seven Time Tour Tchamp

Pursuant to the convo Case and I had while he was e-supervising my fixed gear conversion project I thought I’d post some choice clips from Lancey Stronglegs’ twitter stream: “You know why else New Mexico is cool? The Shins are from here. 4:11 AM Apr 30th from TwitterBerry Good morning! Feeding kids and getting ready [...]

RL-FGG

This is the fixed gear conversion of my norweigan/italian formerly 6 speed friction downtuber. It is 100% due to Casey’s live g-chat assistance.

join in the push to bring back polished alu campy bits

another retro-grouch with photoshop wants to bring back engraved and polished C-Record, with honey hoods, real cork tape, and campy Record-level shellac!