Thursday, October 28, 2010

biking is a disease

so took the morning off and ran some errands around town. finally could bike seeing as the wind isn't blowing at 50 mph or above. the last two days were crazy with weather. so after 2 hours biking around doing errands, i realized that the season for biking outdoors is getting shorter with every colder day that brings us closer to snow. could bike in the snow, but don't have a bike set up for it and before i do, i have two bike frames sitting in my living room waiting to be built up this winter. so my plan is to make one into a fixed gear and the other a single speed with a coaster brake. not sure what types of rims i'm gonna use for the fixie, but looking at a set of velocity deep v's or if for some reason i come into a few more hundred dollars, an aerospoke, but that is a bit pricey. as for the single speed, i'm just gonna put a new coaster hub into my existing rim from an old bike. both should be functional by spring and that will leave me with three bikes, a regular single speed, a coaster brake single speed, and a fixie. that should be enough for now or until i buy a road bike next spring. ah, this is becoming a disease. here is an awesome trailer i found for this movie. now to just find out where i can buy this thing: http://vimeo.com/14349409

other thoughts, anyone have any color ideas for a bike/wheel/rim combo? the two bikes are as follows: dark grey for one, and baby blue for the other. i like these colors:



1 comment:

KateM3 said...

dark grey looks awesome with acid bright green and white. baby blue + red are good, or baby blue + orange + white.