Home Made Bash Guard

Just finished making this thing. Used an old thick plastic cutting board, and traced my chainring on it and cut it out. Drilled a couple holes and it was finished. I had to use double space chainring bolts since its sitting on the front ring of the spider. I haven't got a chance to test it out yet, but we'll see how long it takes till it cracks in half.




Its not the most round or true bash guard ever, but hopefully it will get the job done.

Super Ted

I stumbled upon this photo of Super Ted from Charge Bikes catching some air in Paris. Pretty sick. Keep it up!

Photo : Fixed Gear London

In case you haven't seen this yet...

No one can say it better than John Cardiel says it at about 25 seconds in.

Updated

Got my bike back from BMW this weekend. Check out the updates to my frame and the new paint job.

• Boxed in, reinforced fork

• Gusseted down tube

• Grind guard on bb and chainstay

Heres the complete build up, should have my front wheel laced back up soon.






Thanks Joe and Luke!

Apparently I am still 12 years old

As I was cruising through an unfamiliar part of town today, I happened upon this sign...



It's sort of depressing to think that there is still a part of me that would snicker at this sign, stop, take a photo, and then blog about it. Maturity is a constant struggle for some of us I guess...

Surgery

I left my bike up at Brooklyn Machine Works last weekend so it could have some work done on it and get an actual paint job. Check out the gusset taped onto my frame to get a general idea of what is to come.



More photos once i get it all built up.

Destruction

Heres a video from a road trip my buddies took to Centralia, P.A. Centralia is an almost abandoned mining town that has had an under ground fire burning for 46 years. I think the current population is about 9 people living in the town. Anyways, the best clip in the video is Joe snapping a 93' S&M dirt bike with a 1" threaded headset. More info on the town here. Video by Steve Hartley.