Showing posts with label flip flops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flip flops. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Bike building blunder

I was able to start assembling my American Dream Bike this evening, but ended up coming up a bit short. Literally.


The plan was to move the Alpha Q fork that I had on my old cross bike over to the Gunnar. I had cut the fork a bit on the long side for the other (smaller) frame, and checking the head tube length on the Gunnar website, I figured It'd work.

Turns out I forgot to include the stack height of the headset in my measurements. I could use about another 20mm of steerer tube. I guess I'll be doing some fork shopping at Interbike next week.


The bike is gorgeous, beautiful TIG welds and rich paint. Any bike with a rendering of a Labrador retriever is a-ok with me too. I was able to meet the real Gunnar back in June. Good dog.



Weight so far (w/o chain or front derailleur) is definitely respectable for a steel frame.

Once we sell our house, I plan on buying a Waterford frame to replace my current road bike.

Oh, and of course I was wearing the official footwear of San Diego County...

Friday, September 12, 2008

The humble flip flop...


...official footwear of San Diego County. I've never seen so many people in cheap shoes. Heck, I've only worn socks about 6 times in the last three months myself.


These stickers are pretty common on the back of family trucksters out here; minivans and SUVs. Without the text of course.