Archive for the ‘swedish defector’ Category

A Bike of Interest

The time has come to sell my Swedish cykel. Originally sourced from the Swedish Craigslist equivilent (blocket.se), and then resourcefully added to, and turned into a fixed-gear with Casey’s help during a marathon g-chat session. The frame is a 57cm lugged DBS (Den Beste Sykkel – “The Best Bike”) which is a well known Norwegian [...]

Two Guys Who Know

You Can’t Win The Tour de France if You Ride Lugged

The omniscient New York Times has an article on why no French rider has won “le tour” since 1985. The money quote is: “Their mentality is, well, you should just get on with it because Bernard Hinault won the Tour like that and you should be grateful.” Of course, Ancy McLarmstorg’s über scientific approach is [...]

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.

NYT Posts Something I Am Actually Not Repulsed By

Bikes In Film from the Digital Ramble blog.

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.

Who Likes The Trials Riding?

WSJ Schtick & The Bushwick Bike Chick