Cycling

Now this is more like it!

A COMPLETE 03' Pista Cuntcept w/Dura Ace all around for $867!

As opposed to a frame and fork only for $942 or a beat to shit one for $325..

Had it not been for a couple of recent purchases I would've snagged it up. Then sold the frame and fork alone just to see how much it would've gone for. That def would've made for an interesting experiment..

Monday, June 22, 2009

Girly girl bike alert!

This one's for all the poor saps out there DESPERATELY trying to get their girly girlfriends to ride bikes with them (amongst other things) and are wasting their time and money attempting to assemble something 'pretty' for them..

Yeah.. Good luck with that chumpy..

A) They're not going to ride it and you'll just end up getting half of what you paid for it..

B) If they didn't enjoy riding bikes to begin with they're most likely not going to start..

C) If they do end up enjoying it, it'll give them yet ANOTHER thing to nag you about every time they need pressure in their tires or the chain pops off- 'my bike is broken!' and my personal favorite: 'I don't like it cause all the colors don't match right'

D) You get to 'D' and you realize you have to keep your mouth shut to avoid getting in the dog house anymore than you likely already are..

I am just beside myself right now..

..in shock and awe at how much this old school Dura Ace 10 Inch Pitch group DIDN'T cost me:

$500 hundy for a full group in mint-ish unused condition?! Un-freaking real!!

+$25 for a an extra 16T cog and the chain IS included- sssssUUUper STOKED!

The AX post has gotst ta gizzo tho.. Any takerz?

The funny thing is that not more than a week ago did I consider this group as being perfect for a build I've been stumped on the last couple of months. Only I knew for a fact I would never get my hands on a complete DA10 set in decent condition for anywhere near $500..

God I love being wrong sometimes!

The same seller also has this beautiful 52cm ctt Strawberry Roadie frame for sale as well. I'd pick that shit up in a heartbeat if A) I had the extra cash B) It wasn't a 650c frame and most importantly C) I had a little lady to build it for..


Oh and here's a cool shot of the DA gear from the 1982 Shimano catalog:


Did I mention how totally stoked I am??

Probably the one great thing about having nothing better to do at 3am than cruise around the bay..

Friday, June 19, 2009

HOLY MOTHER FUCKING SHIT!!!

CHECK THIS PLACE OUT!

..what I wouldn't give to ride and skate this freaking place!!!

Funnily enough it turns out it's not LA or Arizona which were my first thoughts, it's actually a hydro power plant in Ljubljana, Slovenia. A mere 4 hour drive from my hometown in Croatia! Which I'm going to shortly but more on that later. BE SURE to check out the rest of the images in the muslauf blog's flickr set. The sheer scope and size of the place will blow your fuckin' mind!

What do you do when you can't afford a Pista Cuntcept?

The answer is simple: Why spend $942 on a used Cuntcept when for a mere $325 you can get a totally busted up one instead!:

AWESOOOMMMEE!!

:-/

..will the brilliance never cease to amaze me? will it??

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Would someone please..

..PLEASE rip those fucking blue tires and rims of this Hetchins!

Pretty wicked though otherwise!

What's also wicked is the fact that there's Ultegra 6500 ROAD CRANKS on this one:

Who gets a fraking Hetchins track frame and then puts SHIMANO road cranks on it?!

Nevermind the rest of the unfortunate group.. so sad :'-(

Monday, June 15, 2009

Apparently I spoke too soon..

..because not only do I have something to share that's cycling related but better still, it'll make you totally ralph in your mouth! or at least on the couch..

Behold:

DESIGNER TOP TUBE PADS AND ACCESSORIES!

SO AWESOME! ..not

OMFG SO NOT!!!

As if those fucking things weren't bad enough as I was browsing their selection of prints I was taken aback in COMPLETE HORROR at how un-fraking-believably douchey this shit looks on the back of a god damned dutch cruiser..

FML

Is this really the state of affairs? I mean, seriously.. Are people out there really interested in this sort of shit? I get the bikes cause you know, they def look a lot better than those cheesy fucking comfort bikes. Granted just about anything does but oh man.. I'm choking from disgust over here right now. In fact, I think the only thing that would make me feel better right about now is actually seeing someone stopped at a red light on one of these set-ups and barfing all the fuck over them..

I've got nuthin'..

..for you mofos today. Working on stuff.. But nothing worth showing off yet. Such a bummer! This weekend was a bit of a bummer too other than the fact that I was able to work on redoing my place. I spent Saturday reorganizing and ripping out all the old heating vents that were an insufferable source of dust having being disconnected YEARS ago.

My buddy Luis was AWESOME enough to give me his old super suede couch upon moving into his new place a couple of weeks ago. Fucking couch is wwwwwicked! He said he paid like $5k for it 10 years ago and aside from a little normal wear here and there it's perfect. I'd been admiring the couch for as long as I've known him so I'm really excited to be able to adorne it with my naked bodice now and again in the privacy of my own home..

I only mention the couch because I thought for those of you in need of some lathe action would be interested in how I cleaned up the feet of said couch:


It's funny cause you'd think Stainless steel wouldn't look so dull and tarnish like that. Anyways, the key is to mount a power drill in a vise and lock it into the on position. After that I just tightened the chuck down onto the threaded bolts and applied even pressure with a course sand paper followed but a finer one to bring it to a smoother shine. I would have made something more elaborate so as not to damage the threads but in this case that wasn't an issue..

Back to more interesting cycling related things soon tho I promise! Once I've gotten sick of looking at rad 60's mod funiture anyways..

Friday, June 12, 2009

SO. MUCH. RADDER!

..than using a tape measure:

Same dude has like one of every vintage campy derailleur ever made for sale too..

VERY nice Scorcher style Indy Fab Club racer..

..on the bay

For those of you unfamiliar with the Ibis Scorcher:

Funnily enough, I got one of the original frames a while back for a $100

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

And some of you assholes think I'm obsessed with orange!

yyyyeesh!

via fixed-gear blog

Oh Ben's, how thou maketh me swoon!

Okay, not so much swooning as just giving me a raging hardon- BOIYOYOYOYOING!!!

That photo looks like it's straight off the cover of a fraking porno!

Though unlike porn, Campy bling is not cheap and is VERY classy.. and doesn't leave you soul and hardrive in ruins :'-(

Saw this Bottecchia come and go the other day..

..within like an hour or so!

I was going to go meet the seller to have a look at it, with the intention to look around and see what else he may or may not have lying around, but someone snagged it and he never got back to me after initally agreeing to meet up :-(

Monday, June 8, 2009

I'm sitting here with my head in my hands..

..wwwweeping at the sight of this auctions result:

$942????!!!!!!

Just when I think things can't sink any lower, they inevitably do.. But hey, why spend the money on a NEW CUSTOM FITTED FRAME when you can just get a used one for only a little bit less?

Fucking retarded..

Oh dawg! Whatta Rensho!!

Just saw this on the NYFG forum and have been lurking around for other shots from the Le Cirque du Cyclisme show this past weekend. Def send me some good shit if and when you come across it. If you actually went to the show do a quick little write up for me to post. Like, foreign correspondent style..

Friday, June 5, 2009

Gone Fishin'! But not before..

..leavin' all ya'll mofoz some old newspaper clippings about bicycles I found on the interwebz a few years back- enjoy!

LOTS more on my flickr..

Anyone wanna go halvesies with me on this one?

Okay, well maybe half of half the price anyways. I mean the frame is great and all, but what I want more than anything else is the group set..

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Le Cirque du Cyclisme THIS WEEKEND!

I've been DYING to check this event out for a while now but inevitably something comes up.. In this instance, a fishing trip with the men in the fam.. I'm not really into fishing at all so I'll just hide behind my camera for the duration of the trip. Probably a good thing cause I'd undoubtedly be shooting blanks in like 5 mins after I showed up! So many sexy bikes to be appreciated!!

One of my dreams is to build a bike of my own making to enter in the show. I was beyond stoked when my Bilenky won in 07'. Though something about putting more than just my ideas and hard earned cash into a project strikes me as being more fufilling a win..

I'm always looking to top myself with my various projects and I've been slowly making the move to actually building proper frames myself. Time is the only factor I'm missing right now (along with some 8020 and a milling machine ((not to mention an actual name for said frames)) ). I currently have 3 new bikes I'm working on putting together/rennovating and two new killer ideas for freak bikes. My lair will begin to billow with the dark smoke of industriousness VERY SOON!

..and when I say very soon I mean once my weed runs out..

douche..

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

There's no better way to be inbetween the trends..

..than to get your ass first in line for Bianchi's new Pista Via Brera tarck bike:

I say in between the trends because the whole dutch bike thing is really taking off. This new 'Pista' gives the kidz on craigslist trading in their IRO's etc they bought last summer for a dutch style cruiser another option. You get the clout of being able to tell people that you ride a tarck, but have the more lax riding position and classy looks of a cruiser- YOU CAN'T LOSE! until of course you show up on one and everyone totally calls you out on it.. By everyone I mean the real bike nerds that no one other than the bike nerds themselves like being friends with cause geez, they're so uptight about everything- like, what does it matter if you ride the wrong way down the street or if I'm 100psi below the recommended 120psi minimum..

Seriously though, all disses aside I will admit to this being by far one of the classiest looking stock tarcks out there right now (which isn't really saying that much if you think about it). I def agree with Prolly about the desperate need for a proper fork crown and would also like to add that the cranks need to suck a little less..

So I hope you're hearing this Bianchi! Oh and could you also do one more thing? Could you please, PLEASE flood the market with as many Pista Concepts as possible so all the retards who spent $750+ for their old beat up ones on ebay can see the error of their ways. I mean, it's getting so bad that people are willing to spend $405 dollars on used 2001 pista's- WHO THE FRAK ARE THESE PEOPLE ANYWAY????!!!!

I had one (photo tk) of those like 5 years ago and not only did it ride like a hunk of shit, but I had a hard enough time letting go of $300 on a COMPLETELY BUILT MINT one. Nevermind a frame with just a few rag tag parts.. UUUGGGGG!!!

AND..

While we're on the subject of Dutch cruisers, could someone please give me one good reason why I shouldn't put the Brooks gear on this fucking thing to better use?


I've seen it outside of my office almost everyday since the NY times article broke and I'm flabbergasted that it hasn't been fucked with yet..

Christ.. I don't even want to know how heavy that shit is..

Monday, June 1, 2009

A Yamaguchi Kilo Pursuit..

gnar:

and a super sweet Tiemeyer frame:

Both SEXY!

..and like most sexy things, they are not cheap

Brooklyn Bike Jumble: A ROUSING SUCCESS!!!

Which is something I'm wicked stoked about since I can never get my ass head out to Trexler Town EVER. The day was super nice and relaxed. Lots of cool bike porn and parts. Saw/met/BSed with a lot of the fellas from the NYC fixed forum too. I arrived at 10:15ish thinking it would be relatively dead but it was quite the opposite. It got progressively busier and busier throughout the day too! I was going to get a crowd shot but I totally spaced. I have to say it was def a lot more difficult to pay attention to, well, anything else with all the good shit for sale. I had to keep reminding myself to take photos in between spooging all over everything! I mean, check this shit out:

I just wanted to grab all four coners and make a break for it! That or just wrap myself up in it all snug like... weird

There were a bunch of rad show bikes for the little 'best of' contest:


Sasha was able to finish up his Dick Power just in time for the day:


So classic! Esp next to my Yamaguchi. Would've been nice if I'd known everyone was going to bring super classy lugged bikes. Though it was def an amusing contrast having it there..

The winners of the contest were as follows:

The winners were:
Best As-Found - Alex Singer
Best Restoration - Fiorelli Roadster
Most NY - Dick Power
Best in Show - Devotion's bike, built by himself.

Def no surprises on the winners. All super awesome bikes!

I also met up with this kid who was awesomely named Alan as well to give him a chainring he had won from me on ebay. He showed up on this sweet Merckx (temp swapped front wheel due to blown tubular):


The sweet thing about it, aside from being a Merckx in great condition of course, is that he got it for all of $550! That's with a FULL suntour group, Cinelli alloy stem/bars and Campy Record pedals- SO SICK!!!

Speaking of sick, I was really into this AWESOME side by side bike:


It looks to be a conversion kit of sorts that just bolted onto a regular frame! One of my favorite bikes from the day for sure. Bummed me out tho cause I saw them riding away but wasn't really able to get any decent footage of it in operation..

Justin showed up with his bitchin' 3Rensho roadie:


We were talking about the way he had it set up and in my honest opinion, vintage and or classic steel bikes really look great with like, vintage campy record etc.. But you really can't beat the shifting accuracy and dependability of more modern groups. Not to mention not feeling guilt about wearing the stuff out if you plan on REALLY riding it hard. Some of my personal favs are Shimano Ultegra 6500, 105, and the older 600 stuff..

More pics on my Flickr set

Even more here too..

My own personal scores for the day included this great condition vintage Campy 47T chainring for $40 bones:


and this HED3 rear road wheel for $160! (I didn't have a $5 bill):


Original owner, Great condition, used in TT's only and the tubular is the only one that's ever mounted and barely has any wear on it!

The catch of course is this little ding:


Which is so retardedly easy to fix it's not even funny. A combination of a little tapping with a ball pien hammer and very lightly filing it down a little flatter will make a world of differnce. Not to mention tossing a Conti Gatorskin Tubular on there too. Those Tofu racing jammies pop like a freaking ballon on the smallest pothole. Though the one 'bummer' is that with all the HED3 wheels I've acumulated, that being four, I have now surpassed the price of ONE new one- YES!!!

The main thing about getting that wheel is it now gives me the perfect excuse to build a rad roadie. Esp since I haven't really ridden one at all in THE longest time. I'd like to build up another locker type job like my last one. We'll see though. There's plenty of other amusing ideas rolling around in my head right now too..

ANYways, as for the show, it was an amazing first time turnout! I'm looking forward to next years jumble/show for sure. I can only imagine it being even bigger with more fancy pants bikes, parts and a whole lot of wheelin' and dealin'..

Nicely done Harry!

Friday, May 29, 2009

Brooklyn Bike Jumble and Top 20 FREAKIEST!

For those of you in the area I HIGHLY suggest you make it a point to attend the first annual Brooklyn Bike Jumble this Sunday. It's going to be a bike swap/show of sorts which should be interesting. Not only can you score some undoubtedly great deals on killer bike swag, but there's going to be a competition of sorts for various bicycle porn. From what I hear the categories are:

Best In Show
Most NY bike
Best as-found
Best Restoration

Should be pretty bitchin'! I hear the fellas from Via Bicycle out of Philly will be on hand as well- awesome!

I think people are bringing their bike collections out in force. Which makes me want to do the same but I'm not sure if it's going to happen. That and I really want to take a lot of photos to show all ya'll mofoz..

AND

The Mutandem made it into matadorlife's

'Photo Essay: 20 of the Freakiest Custom Bikes on the Road'



Check out my dumbass on the front fuckin' page!!!

Thanks again to Morgan for dealing with my redonkulous camera when I axed him to take a snap for me! and to Lyle for referring Matador to the whereabouts of the Mutandem!!

Anyways, you should def take a look cause there's some other really great WTF?! type whips in there :-D

UPDATE: Holy Fuck! I'm on treehugger too!! <:-0

Thursday, May 28, 2009

DICK POWERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

I mean, you can't not love it!

Speaking of Dick Power.. My buddy Luis took me out for some deenerr (dinner via spanish accent) for my my bday (Tuesday) to Barberry (formerly Zippe Zappe (( same owners)) ) and I have to say, there's nothing like a sizzling wrought iron skillet full of 7 different kinds of roast beast to replenish a shriveled nutsack after hard nights werk..


Not to say that has any bearing on reality of course but whenever I nosh on some super gnarly viddles like that I feel as though I could blast out one of those huge fake loads for reals..

BTW, can someone please explain what the allure is of shit like that is?! Those along with ass to mouth, cum swapping and gaping anal videos just boggle my mind with how unconscionably disgusting they are. Nevermind the level of grievousness they project towards women. Not to say that I'm not occasionaly guilty of the same thing, but that is some seriously BEYOND next level shit man!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Just because you think something would look cool..

..doesn't mean it will be once you build it up:

"track ready rig. Race it, commute on it, stand and pose with it...you will be envied"

Nuff said suhyn! Ahm gone-sta git it nawh!!

Some selling point huh?

Oh and the clincher:

"Obey your inner messenger and get this one while it last."

Leave off the last 'S' for savings!

Oh or better still- shop smart, shop S-Mart!

I honestly would LOVE nothing more than to get my hands on one of these bikes with all the gold shit on it. I'm in dire need of a new blog headline photo STAT!!! But more like the older one. Though in the case of this one something tells me they're just selling it after realizing how freaking lame it looks and are like- Oh I bet some trendy unsuspecting douchetard out there would think it was super radical and totally tubular..

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Nice vintage Cinelli Track but..

UPDATE: Thanks to Maththththth and erna for photos to clear up my confusion:

So obviously the one I was questioning below is just missing the little 'C' button decal..

..what is going on with that rear seat stay??

More specifically, it looks like there's a seat binder bolt but also another bolt of some sort to attach the rear stay to the ST. Granted it's a shitty photo at best but I've seen these Cinelli's in person and don't recall seeing one with anything like that going on..