Thursday, April 23, 2009

Russ' Fixie

Ok I'm going to post a fixie. For those of you who know me know that I hate fixies. Don't get me wrong I like any kind of bike, and these bikes can be very cool. I even got suckered into "fixie fever" and bought one. I never ride it though because I like my gears and feel like I'm getting kicked in the a$$ every time I try to sit down after climbing. Besides I don't own tight enough pants, a visor, stupid f-ing sunglasses, or even a sweet top tube pad. I am saving up for some love/hate knuckle tatoos so I can have some street cred when the next trustafarian brings in his 5sp motobecane for a fixed conversion.

So he calls his bike "Purple Rain" which makes me wonder. Do you have to wear special pants to ride it? I can truly appreciate the purple touches though. No everyone is willing to anodize a campy crank. Well some might. It's a ton of work to put something together like this. I can appreciate it as well because rides the hell out of this thing as evidenced by his he-man goat legs! To him it is not just some art piece to sit in front of the coffee shop.



Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Dmitri's 2009 OTBCX Team

"It's ok, I own a bike shop." That's what the sticker needs to say on Dmitri's new ride. Forged in the hell fires of Mt. Doom comes this murdered out beauty. Rising like like the phoenix to be the Ebony to my Ivory, the Darth Vader to my Luke Skywalker. It had to happen. Can one really exist without the other?
Bike highlight are a mix of Campy ten components, Zipp 303's and a Specialized Barmac. Final touch was a set of Zero Gravity Cantis. Why did he buy those? Because you can't!

Friday, April 17, 2009

Jason's OTBCX Team

Here is Jason's 2009 Cannondale OTBCX Team frame. The first one built! He sent me the pics awhile ago and I've been pretty lazy. Sorry about that. Keep the pics coming and I'll get them listed...eventually. The fork is interesting. A custom painted Alpha Q from Vanilla!