Started riding on a Jamis and never thought I would be so happy with being on one again.
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the wood plane got me
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My collection of sweet Tarck memes is breaking my hard drive
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Iām fighting lots of urges to buy one of these
Itās a size smaller than ideal, but it was a mega deal. Could maybe use taller bars or a smaller rear cog, but itāll do for as it is for now
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The new bmx bike is way faster than I remember 00s bikes feeling
Put some parts on the black mountain cycles frame. Picked up some wheels with 5500 hubs. I like the little detail of color from that series. Marathon tires and these super tall bars. Still looking for a jandd extreme front rack. I love the bright red frame color. I donāt usually get brightly colored bikes. Put some forest green cages on it for a weird color mix.
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The XXL was what I was looking for, too. After shopping around, I understood why my neighbor races the cruiser class.
Might want to check out os20. Donāt know exact numbers, but theyāre a class bike with slightly bigger wheels. Pretty close to a 22" wheel
I rode my MTB today and it was not riding well so I came home and:
- Cleaned the chain
- Adjusted the saddle height
- Swapped pedals
- Looked at the pressure in the newly serviced rear shock. I was shocked to see it was 50psi. No wonder I was smacking pedals left and right. Fiddled with that for way too long.
- Looked at replacing the DVO shock that apparently is known to loose air and as soon as I saw prices for a replacement decided I can pump it up more frequently.
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Cruiser class seems hard. Thereās no real split like Novice/Intermediate/Expert, itās just a bunch of 40+ factory dads that are fast as fuck
A workmate gave me a 150 mm rock shock rekon so i thought id swap it for the one on my SC Tallboy and put the Tallboys 130 mm one on my wifes ebike. I did that friday night. Saturday we did a ride. The ebike doesnāt look too stupid. Sunday I took the 27.5 knobby wheel off my 96 DBR and replaced it with a 26 inch wheel with less aggressive tread. Put a 180 mm disc on it. Put a 1.5 inch slick on the back wheel. Swapped the chainring order. Now running 36 and 40 tooth 1x deckas. Removed the crank, stem and bars off the frame that I briefly entertained as being my tracklocross frame. Today I volunteered at my coop for 3 hours fixing bikes. Bled a couple of brakes, swapped a munted BB. Helped a few other vollies with stuff.
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Mosquito at the coop just swapping parts from one guys bike to another.
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Today I went to change out my 18t coaster cog out for a 16t to make it a lil more ATB and a lil less MTB, and I learned that with 3" tires I need a cog with a little bit of dish for the chain to clear the tire. The 18t that Mone sent me must be the Shimano one with a little dish, versus the flat Sturmey Archer 16t I tried. Good thing these cogs are $5-10. 
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Tonight is the first wednesday of the month. There will be a queue down the road of financially disadvantaged people hoping to pick up a free or very cheap bike to get about on. These guys are ready to go.
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godās work mosquito
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The Hoo Koo E Koo has been through twice. Its funny when you see a bike around town and recognise it as one thatās been through Ekerua.
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HY!
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We had a fresh off the boat vollie last week who had just finished an industrial design degree. He knows practically nothing about working on bikes, but had built a crazy camping rig that attached to the down-tube of his bike and used the bike as a frame for his tent. Itās pretty crazy and actually seemed to work, in the video he shared at least. He didnt know what cantilever brakes were but with a bit of advice from a few of us he set up the Hoo Kee E brakes beautifully. He has just started work at a company here that makes automated predator traps. Just as a wind up I asked him about the different rat varieties in NZ and he didnāt know buggerall. Iād just googled them the night before so I was full of useless information. Funny. Lovely guy.
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