Usually 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 a bit of video mission:
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 joyful on the roads of town as it’s on the paths of the “nation” (for those who think about the northern suburbs the nation)–straightforward to rise up to hurry and capable of hold tempo with visitors, but clean and secure 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 good metropolis gear, and I shifted solely as soon as all day, and that was on the very finish of the journey once I obtained house, as a result of I reside on the high of a hill. (I insist on dwelling at elevation, so I can monitor the strategy 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 an enormous 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 way in which, one of many many unlucky aesthetic side-effects of the Y-Foil’s design is that for those who 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 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 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. The truth is, after trying on the mugshot, I nonetheless assume this can be the case:
He’s obtained “former skilled highway racer” written throughout him.
No less than they didn’t get this one, which is protected at Traditional Cycle:
[Photo: Classic Cycle]
No, it’s not really Armstrong’s bike, but it surely very a lot captures the spirit of the period:
[Photo: Classic Cycle]
Refined. Very refined.
