Usually I level the Roaduno away from the town, however yesterday we headed proper into its coronary heart:
The rationale for the journey was that I used to be engaged on slightly video undertaking:
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 positive the soundtrack was added later.
As for the Roaduno, it was simply as pleased on the roads of the town as it’s on the paths of the “nation” (in the event you think about the northern suburbs the nation)–straightforward to stand up to hurry and in a position to maintain tempo with site visitors, but clean and secure on the town’s carpet-bombed streets:
I even took in some Bonus Gravel:
Additionally, I proceed to be more than 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 trip after I bought dwelling, as a result of I reside on the high of a hill. (I insist on residing at elevation, so I can monitor the method of my many enemies.)
Talking of yellow bikes, yesterday I shared my newest Outdoors 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 means of 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 the event you use a longish seatpost it stands proud the underside of the crabon beam, however this specific 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 concept Armstrong had been the sufferer of a heist, and my first thought was that it should have been perpetrated by considered one of his many disgruntled and destitute former US Postal teammates. The truth is, after wanting on the mugshot, I nonetheless suppose this can be the case:
He’s bought “former skilled highway racer” written throughout him.
At the least they didn’t get this one, which is protected at Basic Cycle:
[Photo: Classic Cycle]
No, it’s not really Armstrong’s bike, nevertheless it very a lot captures the spirit of the period:
[Photo: Classic Cycle]
Delicate. Very delicate.
