Sometimes I level the Roaduno away from town, however yesterday we headed proper into its coronary heart:
The explanation for the journey was that I used to be engaged on just a little video undertaking:
And no, I didn’t make the most of the flip-flop hub and shoot a sick Rivendell fixed-gear freestyle edit on the imply gentrified streets of Brooklyn.
By the way in which, are you aware 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 completely happy on the roads of town as it’s on the paths of the “nation” (in the event you contemplate the northern suburbs the nation)–straightforward to stand up to hurry and capable of hold tempo with site visitors, but clean and secure on 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 good metropolis gear, and I shifted solely as soon as all day, and that was on the very finish of the experience once I obtained residence, as a result of I dwell on the prime of a hill. (I insist on residing at elevation, so I can monitor the strategy 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 way of the beam bike market.
By the way in which, 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 explicit vendor has chosen to make lemonade out of the scenario through the use of it as a spot to mount a light-weight:
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 one in all his many disgruntled and destitute former US Postal teammates. The truth is, after trying on the mugshot, I nonetheless assume this can be the case:
He’s obtained “former skilled street 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 truly Armstrong’s bike, but it surely very a lot captures the spirit of the period:
[Photo: Classic Cycle]
Delicate. Very delicate.
