Tiny Terry on Lafayette

Adorable 650b front wheel and all

Time off in Portland

As usual, Portland OR is full of crafty and inventive bike art. I guess the endless gloom and rain leaves you with a lot of time on your hands.

I was always curious how portlanders consistently bike through a constant cold and rainy winter even with the best fenders and rainy winter gear. Over the past week that I've been here, the temp has been in the 30's and 40's; downright tropical coming from New York which is apparently under two feet of snow.

If the temperature stayed like this all winter, I'd have no problem dealing with constant wet pants.

Happy Pumpkintime!

Go death star!

On a Steel Horse I Ride

Thomas Callahan of Horse Cycles has been building me a beautiful track frame for a little while now and I thought I'd throw up some teaser photos as it is nearly done. I am so pumped to get this thing running. Its off to the plater in a few days for a genuine nickel finish. Thomas plans to show it at the Philly bike expo at the end of October. Enough Chatter I'll let the pics speak for themselves.

NJTransit to Trenton, Tow Path to Camping

headed to Bull's Island State Park 25 miles north of Trenton,

-from my phone-

Sunny Folding Bike on the West Side Hwy

Rode past this guy on a retrofuturistic folding bike and ran into him again later for a photo op.

The brand is If Mode. The wheels caught my eye first, but my friend summed it up best. It looks like a Storm Trooper.

Way to go Toby!

Congratulations to Race Winner and Ninth Street Cycles rider Toby Smith. Toby won the Cat 5 race in prospect park this morning. The race was 8 laps instead of the usual 5 allowing Toby and a few other riders to make a successful break from the peleton. The race finished in a two man sprint with Toby enjoying a 60 foot gap on his nearest competitor. This is Toby's first race win and the first win for the shop.