Usually I level the Roaduno away from town, however yesterday we headed proper into its coronary heart:
The rationale for the journey was that I used to be engaged on somewhat video venture:
And no, I didn’t benefit from the flip-flop hub and shoot a sick Rivendell fixed-gear freestyle edit on the imply gentrified streets of Brooklyn.
By the best way, have you learnt Thomas Edison made the primary fixed-gear freestyle video in historical past? It’s true:
That video actually was filmed by Thomas Edison, too, although I’m fairly certain the soundtrack was added later.
As for the Roaduno, it was simply as comfortable on the roads of town as it’s on the paths of the “nation” (in case you contemplate the northern suburbs the nation)–straightforward to stand up to hurry and capable of hold tempo with site visitors, but clean and steady on town’s carpet-bombed streets:
I even took in some Bonus Gravel:
Additionally, I proceed to be very happy with the MicroDrive triple:
The 42×17 is a superb metropolis gear, and I shifted solely as soon as all day, and that was on the very finish of the journey once I obtained residence, as a result of I stay on the high of a hill. (I insist on dwelling at elevation, so I can monitor the method of my many enemies.)
Talking of yellow bikes, yesterday I shared my newest Exterior column about George Plimpton’s Y-Foil, and since then naturally I’ve been checking to see if it’s having any impact on the Y-Foil Index:
[From here.]
That’s a giant ask for the lesser Y-66 mannequin, and so I’m going to go forward and say my story is sending shockwaves by the beam bike market.
By the best way, one of many many unlucky aesthetic side-effects of the Y-Foil’s design is that in case you use a longish seatpost it stands proud the underside of the crabon beam, however this explicit vendor has chosen to make lemonade out of the state of affairs by utilizing it as a spot to mount a lightweight:
It’s a testomony to the ingenuity for which we Y-Foil riders are well-known.
In different Trek information, somebody’s been charged for stealing a bunch of Lance Armstrong’s bikes:
I had no thought Armstrong had been the sufferer of a heist, and my first thought was that it should have been perpetrated by one in every of his many disgruntled and destitute former US Postal teammates. Actually, after wanting on the mugshot, I nonetheless assume this can be the case:
He’s obtained “former skilled street racer” written throughout him.
A minimum of they didn’t get this one, which is secure at Basic Cycle:
[Photo: Classic Cycle]
No, it’s not truly Armstrong’s bike, however it very a lot captures the spirit of the period:
[Photo: Classic Cycle]
Delicate. Very delicate.
