Bike Update
I bought a fixed gear last weekend. Modified Jeunet Franche-Comte. Its some seriously sweet Lugged French steel from the late 60's/ early 70's. Lined lugs, no waterbottle mounts, but pump mounts int he down tube, cotter-pin cranks and a damn-near perfect chainline. K did the modifications including the sweet wheel-build on the Suzue track hubs. All I can say is K does not fuck around. She is also very nice, super-cute and has wicked-awesome tattoos. My roommate took one look at the Jeunet and said "Its a real bicycle". There is a definate learning curve to riding fixed, and periodically I find myself doing something stupid, but I have wrecked only once, and that is not half-bad. I need to mount some lights, but I got the One Less Car sticker on the top tube, so everyone can appreciate my position on the discussion. Only modifications I need to make are some new bars and a new stem. Currently things are a little too narrow and compact for my liking, but soon all will be good. Pressure is off on updating the Trek, so now I can shop for some STI's et al. at my leisure.
posted by dr lothar at 7:34 AM
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congrats on the new purchase. post a pic of that new sad eyed fixie of the lowlands - i'm anxious to see what she looks like.
speaking of open-space, got up into the sky this weekend in my friends old 1946 Cessna tail-dragger for some good ol fashioned thermal surfin. even here in the bay area, where people seem to be everywhere, i was amazed at the amount of open space surrounding us in all directions. course you have to go out a little further to get it than you did in 1950, but the pressure is on to preserve it, which is a good thing, if not a little surprising (maybe its the absence of bush co. here in norcal). sometimes even the mighty dollar gets set aside for whats right.
8:14 AM
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