Trash bike

Stamped drops are way easier to ignore when something fits.

Housemate Bike

Here is a post about the bike I towed from the last post. This was a gift bike from other housemates to singular housemate. Their original bike was too small, had a broken rear axle, and in general was reaking havoc on their commute.

Mid-eighties Team Fuji! 58cm square, seems to be a good fit.

Chrooome. Pain in the butt to fender.

Stuff lying around.

Nerd out!:

105 Rear Derailer

105 175mm Cranks, Chainrings came from old bike.

Campy something or other front derailer

Shitty Shimano Freewheel

Suntour asymmetric shifters

Suntour Sprint Rear hub! Was pretty trashed when I found it in the shop laced to some Araya rim.

Thomson Elite Seatpost

Titanium railed racey saddle

Cinelli stem with crap drop bars

105 Dual pivot rear brake

Suntour Superbe Pro front brake

Suntour Superbe pedals

Don't really care about the rest...

Racks Are Good

Especially on tri-bikes.

Tubes are also good.

RB-2 and New Blog Approach

Up to this point, this blog has been a bit more broad in its scope in terms of bike stuff. I'm not very good at coming up with lotsa non-techy material, so instead this space will be more about documenting my nerding out in private, nerding out with friends, and the results of our endeavors. So basically expect bike porn of old, repurposed and revived bikes. We'll see where it goes from there.

Back to bikes, this one Tanner built for a friend. Old RB-2 made for commuting/fun stuff.

Derailer cage too long, but he didn't have a short cage at hand so...

VO bars are pretty sweeeet.

Riding Then Eating

I'm pretty sure there isn't anything in the whole world better than riding a shit ton of miles hella hard then coming home and cooking a shit ton and eating twice the normal amount.

Parting Ways

I can only ride a frame for so long before I have to realize it's too small. So I'm saying toodles to my off-roadish bike.

$100 | Schwinn Voyageur
62cm c-t-c st, 59cm c-t-c tt. Dents in the top tube, paint ain't in the best condition with some rust. Beyond that, this is a pretty sweet frame. Clearance for 35mm with fenders, Champion No. 2 Extra Tange chromoly double butted tubing. Price is a little high because it comes with a Thompson Elite seatpost. Probably not the best matched, but what am I going to do with a 26.6 diameter seatpost??? The bottom bracket feels pretty bad, ISIS is the worst. Get an SKF if you want to keep the cranks for some strange reason. Headset needs to be overhauled... Tange-Seiki something or other.

Pick-up only, no delivery (unless in Oly area.)

Built From Stuff Literally Lying Around Our House

Front wheel came out of a dumpster.

 Shellac doesn't hold up in the rain too well when fresh, fyi.