Monday, December 12, 2005

my latest "project"




i've been changing some things up in the 'ol stable of bikes in the past few days. here is the latest iteration of my kona jake the snake 'cross bike. with a singlespeed chain, the 39/16 gear combo worked out perfectly without a tensioner. awesome!

the upside-down mary bar feels great too. lotsa' leverage for the singlespeed action, and i love the cafe racer look the pseudo-drop bar gives the bike. i think i'm gonna' race this in the singlespeed class next week instead... let the singlespeeders hand me my ass instead of the usual (tilford/stolte/wilhelm/thomas/jp...etc) A class beating. it'll be refreshing to see different people from behind...

comments on the bike are of course welcome!
:-}

11 comments:

redstone said...

Sweet concoction there. I like the cafe racerboy position. zoom zoom gimme room...

MG said...

no joke davey.. it feels super moto too!

believe it or not, i'm running the same upside-down mary setup on my salsa dos niner too. i left enough length in the steerer on my sc32, so i was able to raise the stem enough to compensate. i'll post pics of that bike later today.

cheers,
mg

cvo said...

watch where you leave that thing man, you may loose that seat.

I've got sticky fingers around wtb sst 9.8's

len said...

dude, that thing is fresh, you gotta get some leather for that race, boy

MG said...

it's actually a sst2k cvo. one of the ones you can get for $25 bucks on ebay because the black comes off the leather prematurely. still a super great saddle tho...

i got your leather right here len! ha!
mg

Willy Jo said...

i can tell by lookin at yeah that yer a little on the quar side. not a lot just a little. not becuse of yer shaved legs butt more becuse of yer bike jumpin and er wheelie skills.

now iffin thisn heer blob commet makes you all mad inside, yeh mite have to take a long and soft look at yer sexuality. not in a mirror. that mirrors prabably tired of seein ye anyway.

MG said...

actually, i don't shave my legs willy. if you'd get out to ride with us a little more often, you'd know that.

don't tell my wife about my "quar side." she'd be super bummed...

Willy Jo said...
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MG said...

ok willy. enough. stop.

Willy Jo said...

This post has been removed by the blob wuss.

MG said...

yer mom...