Remember those Dura Ace Track cranks from the previous post?

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oooooo, I know this one's gotta sting the majority of you wankers- mwahahaha!

But what-the-fuck-ever, they were used and not super pretty. I decided to toss em on on my Concept when I was swapping out the Phil BB for a Miche. NOTE: Steel BB rings aren't exactly the best idea for aluminum BB's. I actually knew that before I put em in there but since I'm slightly retarded I did it anyway..

I'm pretty psyched about the cranks cause they weight 230 grams less than the Andels. Also because I know it'll annoy people to know that I rattlecanned dem bitches up!

Update: If you think that hurts, check this shit out:


Bike Repair from Stegnco on Vimeo.

I can't even begin to describe how much it WOUNDED me to let this one go...

I mean, come on, not only does it have a pavement licking front 24" wheel but a REAR 24" as well? How fucking sick is that?!

I really, really wanted to get this thing and mount some long monkey bars on it with a banana seat- KRATE TARCK BIKE!!! Alas.. I did not...

BUT.. I did however get a couple of awesome deals on some very good condition Paul/DT/DeepV/Gatorskin/EA wheelset and used Dura Ace cranks for all of four hundy! Local buy too so zero shipping $$$

A piece of advice to those of you on the bay: NEVER sell anything and have it end on major holiday when people aren't either at work, or traveling to see family etc.. Also, if you're a loser like me and have the time to spend looking around on ebay that day, sort your searches by 'ending soonest'. Chances are you can get some good deals on stuff due to the slight drop in activity...

Well, as you can imagine it was a 'productive' morning. Satisfied with my purchases, I went about my business. I eventually headed over to see the fam and gorge myself with yummy 'Thanks for giving us your friendship before we eventually decimate you race once we don't need you anymore day' food. After which I spent the next couple of hours wanting to sleep, barf and drop a deuce all at the same time. Instead I made yet another creepy self portrait to add to my collection...

Lyle came over the next day and after a brief visit to Home Depot for some supplies, got back to work on his new tall bike:


I don't know about you but looking at that sort of shit melts my fuckin' brain. Pretty bitchin' though right? Def the only time I think anyone's ever done a detailed CAD drawings for a fucking tall bike!

More info on his build here...

Just to give you an idea of what level I'm working at in comparison:


Yep.. Not feeling slightly retarded or anything..

Anyways, just a sneak peak at the original sketch. It's def looking a lot different now...

More to come!

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!

Lyle from Projekt B Came through earlier today to sift through my pile of junk to begin work on his new freak bike...

I was busy working on some photos of stuff I'm selling on the bay. Though the second I caught a whiff of burning paint and steel I dropped what I was doing and set to coming up with something new. I actually surprised myself with quite an awesome design and got to work on it right away. With any luck we'll both move a little further along with things tomorrow...

And no, we're DEF not making any engraved fucking coat hangars...

London Fixed Gear Forum shirts!

The Philinator was nice enough to bring me back a couple of shirts from London:

You gotta love the rearview mirror 'what a cunt' one!

Thanks a lot Phil you phancy phuck!

Since we're on the topic of shirts check out the difference between my old Metallica ...And Justice for All shirt I've been wearing since I was like 14 and the NOS one I got last year off ebay:

The one thing you def can't gauge from the photos is the near transparancey of the old one. Never mind all the tears..

BTW.. For those of you who aren't aware, ...And Justice for All was THE LAST viable Metallica Album. The ONLY reason for this is because Cliff Burton had written half of the songs before he died. Once he died.. The band officially died.. You would do well to avoid arguing this point with me because I'll totally bust out some ninja throwing stars and whip em' at your face!

So at this point I was just going to hit the publish button but then I thought it might be awesome to photograph some of my other rad old Metal shirts that I've had for fucking ever...

Another Metallica shirt from the same 'Justice' tour:


Metal up Your Ass was actually the bands original title for their debute Album but Elektra killed it for obvious reasons and they went with Kill em' All instead. Thankfully, they still made the shirts:


Megadeth's Rust in Peace tour shirt. That raddest part of which was for the first few years I owned it the back would actually glow from that green light absorbing stuff:


This is the only slayer shirt I could find that didn't have a MASSIVE photo etc on the front. More of a recent purchase too. I used to have a few more but they got lost in some luggage during one summer trip...


I totally used to get mocked out for this one in high school but it never prevented me from wearing it:


Quite possibly my favorite one is this Misfits shirt my old buddy Jon gave me a while back because it was too big for him at the time. I totally cut the sleeves off and did a lot of shreding and partying in this one. Hence all the holes...


Well, now that I've gotten that out of my system I promise I'll get back on topic shortly. I've got some 'junk' I'm going to post up on the bay soon me thinks...

Two words: Trailer, Racing..!

Dude the check points are REDONK!



The rest of it is pretty rad too. It's kinda like the original Bike Kill/Critical Mass gang..

The ingenuity factor of this set up just destroyed me!!!

Talk about some wicked tinkering to get things just right! Nice Job Morgan!!

This of course is a precursor to some freak bike building action about to go down over the next few weekends...

Some daylight photos of the new Jackson..

I took this beast out for it's first glimpse of daylight on a ride to the Far Rockaways yesterday with Lyle of Projekt B. It was a harrowing experience filled with many perils. Such as mounds of glass and hooked bars- D'ho! Though photos were taken, chairs were thrown and we made it back alive... and there was much rejoicing. Looking forward to the next ride!

Seen on street!

Aero KHS and Bilenky Cargo bike as seen on the corner of Kingsland and Beadel Street this past Sunday afternoon:

Mofo's are lucky I didn't have a long crowbar at my disposal- ssssSKOINKS!!!

...and the DKNY bike saga continues!!!!!!!!!!

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes it hath arrived!!!

BEHOOOOOOLLLLLD:

Cast down from it's earthly fire, the DKNY bike burnt and broken reemerged from the depths of 3rd earth and awoke stronger than ever! With a burning hunger for vengeance it molded itself into a formidable adversary to do battle with the forces of man...

No more fat white walls and curly soft tube geometry here:

Custom Bob Jackson Track frame, Matte Black paint with Orange Decals and lug lining, Paul dropouts, Dimpled rear ST, Straight forks, and S+S FUCKING COUPLERS!!!

EC90 Bars, Stem and Seat post..

Chris King Headset..

Sugino 75 Cranks and 47t Chainring..

Bright fucking Orange NOS Selle Turbo Saddle..

Converted HED3 road wheels I got for next to nothing otherwise I would NEVER have painted them, with some Gatorskin Tubulars...

Def not my best work photographically (sold my 5D and am currently one of the first in line for the Mark II). Though I can tell you from personal experience that photographing in mount doom is nerve racking at best! Not to mention hott- WOOOO!!! Doesn't help that the DKNY bikes minions were all lurking about in their tinted out Crown Victoria's...

More photos to come once the bike has emerged from the darkness into the light...

..if you have no idea what the fuck I'm talking about, check this out first, then this...

Big thanks, ups and high fives to Dennis Stone, Andy at Ben's Cycle, Lyle, J.R.R. Tolkien and Tommmeeeee!!!