Greetings friends, family and strangers! :) I just wanted to share with you my bike obsession. Yes, its an obsession. I won't sugar coat it. I'm so damn obsessed and here's evidence. All the bicycles I've owned in the past 4 years. It all began with a 1980's Raleigh 10 speed that I bought for $75 at Revolutions Community Bike Shop. I was photographing a live band at the 5th anniversary party of the bike shop and the director struck up a conversation with me and talked me into buying this bike, along with a year-long membership to the shop. Here I learned how to take apart a bike and build it up again. This was the beginning. Now I have all the tools to do it myself and I've become quite proficient at the art of bicycle building. I just wish I had a bigger space to work. Oh, well. Anyways, gotta go to bed..
Night!
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| This is where it all started... 80's Raleigh Record, converted into a fixed gear RIP |
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| A year later, with mustache bars, fenders and snow tires. RIP |
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| Found this bike abandoned on the side of the road. Stripped it, built it up and sold it. Sold. |
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| Found this GT Rage with 105 STI shifters and nice parts for 50 bucks at a thrift store. Sold the frame, components and wheels separately for a grand total of $300!!! |
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| Oh, Shirley. This is the bike that I traveled on for two months from Canada to Mexico. A good one. Sold it though. |
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| Ol' Pinky. RIP |
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| I had this fine steed for about 5 months. Sold it to subsidize my unemployedness in my first few months in Canada. |
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| My triathlon bike. |
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| A Bianchi frame I found in an alleyway. Gave it to my friend Kirk in Portland and he built it up for his brother in Hawaii. Aloha! |
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| My first cyclocross bike. it was too small... |
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| So I bought this one... Then I sold it after racing it a few times. |
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| I really miss this old Raleigh Marathon. I bought this frame to replace my first bike. Then sold it to a guy taller than I. And I think it might be a little to small for him. He looked like Abe Lincoln. |
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| Ah, the Rocky Mountain that is as light as a feather, climbs like a monkey and makes me drool. I'm selling it to pay for my new triathlon race bike. :) | | |
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| My current commuter. Miyata touring frame, surly fork. Badass pinkness. This is the replacement frame for Mr. Pink, may his soul rest in bike-heavenly peace. Oh, this bike is SOLID! |
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| Ironman bike for Kellen. Just wait till you see the tri-spoke front wheel I'm acquiring. |
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| My current winter training/commuter. Got the frame for free from Cannondale rep, some guy at the factory wasn't paying attention and welded one of the cable stops on backwards. quick and easy fix and I have a rad (fender-able) bike! |
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| The bike I know best. This bike took me from Seattle to Portland (200mi or 320k) in 11 hours. 7 bike races in 2009. Such a great bike! |
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| My living room/bedroom/yoga studio/bike shop |
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| Our bike room. Only one is mine. Before I bought some hooks, this room was a nightmare. I love organized bike closets. |
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