Bikes
Ta Da... the new fixie
Submitted by Wease on April 18, 2004 - 10:18pm
Hangin' with the new fixie
After some long consideration I decided to convert my evil commute bike over to a fixie. Ed down Mighty Rider ultimately convinced me it was the wisest way to go. I had hesitations because the frame is a bit of a tank and the bike on a whole was evil. Does evilness, reside in the frame, the components, or a mixture of such? I am not sure but I figured it was best to conduct an experiment...
Building a Fixie Part II
Submitted by Wease on March 26, 2004 - 7:50amI rode up seymour mountain on the weekend. Half an hour out to the base of the mountain, then the glorious 1000m accent from the bottom to the ski lodge. I came for pain, but I noticed that I wasn't hurting too bad, actually I felt dam good spending half my time in the saddle and half out. I even had a good rhythm going, putting in a consistent effort bottom to top without ever feeling like I wanted to puke. Clearly, this can only mean one thing...
Its high time to make things harder!
Building a Fixie Part I
Submitted by Wease on February 25, 2004 - 2:44amI have been lamenting for a couple months about building a fixie. I have gotten some good feedback, but unfortunately I have decided not to heed anyone's sound advice and instead have blazed off in my own direction...
My New Years Resolution
Submitted by Wease on January 3, 2004 - 4:38pm
I gave my New Year's resolution some thought. Did I want to be nicer to people? No. Did I want to save the world? Hmmm, naw maybe next year. How about expand my horizons as a person? Been there, done that, not happening. So what does that leave me? Building my new single speed...
Redline cyclocross bikes
Submitted by Wease on August 18, 2003 - 7:26pm
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Obsessed
Submitted by Wease on July 21, 2003 - 12:57amI am completely and totally obsessed with building the coolest single speed commuter bike. I can't explain it, but if I get the money this winter I want to build a single speed cyclocross commuter bike with disk brakes... It has to have discs, why? I don't know it just does.
You see I am planning to go back to SFU to peruse my PhD come this winter. I went to SFU as an undergraduate and I fell in love with climbing the 800ft mountain (Burnaby mountain) every day on my bike. It was hard when I first started but that morning climb is what ultimately got me into racing. I was in such good shape from busting up that mountain that when I started mountain bike racing I did quite well. Road is another story. By the end of my undergraduate experience the hill was nothing to me, so I move 30 km farther away just to make it hard again.
