Sunday, May 18, 2008

good buy peugeot


another one bites the dust. i was going to take parts from this sucker and use them on hugo but plans change so it is time it went. i re-taped the bars, stuck two new tires and cleaned the shitter out of it. now hes on ebay and within 15mins of him going up someone had put the first bid in so he is going to leave the nest. i hope i can at least recover costs. i am doubtful but. he will have to go for around $245...

bit of an ask realy but hey...

who knows?

UPDATE
well the peugeot is on fire. for the first time every i have had multiple bids on the first day of a listing. i am really hopeful i will make back my money. with 6 days to go it is a magical $174.50 with 19 watches. this will be interesting

Friday, May 16, 2008

stay tuned

i will be working on the main site for this movie over the next few weeks

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Tomac 10th anniversary


i didn't / don't know that much about tomac but from what i have read he sounds like a complete legend x 10. i think he won every discipline of MTB at one point, XC, DH... the works.
he also seemed like the kind of guy that did things his own way, which i have and always will admire. so i was trying to find a dealer in OZ of his bikes but to no avail. i subscribed to his newsletter and today this came in.
there is something serious about this bike that has me hooked. i really love the colour scheme - very yeti - from tomacs roots.
there are only 10 made and 4 are already spoken for and i would hazard a guess that by the time i finish typing this, the other 6 are gobbled up.
the things dreams are made of

This custom bike is built with straight gauge chromoly tubes by Chris Herting and custom painted by Spectrum Powder Works. Featuring the lines and feel of the bike that John Tomac took to the worlds back in the late 90's.


only $5,700 USD which really isn't that bad for a custom made bike

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

training ...


So the addiction has now been discovered. i want to race MTB. and with all the research i am now of the understanding i really need to pull my finger out and start training so i am going to set a few goals, they won't be much for now but a plans a plan and i am pretty sure i will stick to it.
so.

i need a road bike. i know with the less than none excess amount of cash we have lying around it is going to be tight and it won't be easy to get one but i will. it will be a shit box - but i will build it up and am hoping to eventually swap everything out to make what ever it is a nice retro racer (see the repco)... but why do i need a racer? to ride to work once a week. even though it is only 89km it will be enough to get the training level up. coupled with every day bar thursday to the station i should start to get some serious strength, endurance levels up.
so the goals are pretty simple and are as follows
1. ride to work minimum of once a week
2. build/buy and old skool bike and build it up to a decent retro racer
3. finish the designs for blackmans and approach about contra for the site build 
4. compete in a couple more of the WSMTB races at yellomundee


i intend on fixing up scottie next week so he is again able to be ridden MTBing with the possibility of a trip to the city each week until i source the roadie.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

my iro bike


iro have re-designed their website. it isn't to bad either you can build your own bike so i did.

Monday, May 12, 2008

he is just fucken nuts....

almost as mad as the commentating

Thursday, May 8, 2008

FGG


tarini is now a serious part of the fixed gear world culture
7,341 happy days