Saw this Bottecchia come and go the other day..

..within like an hour or so!

I was going to go meet the seller to have a look at it, with the intention to look around and see what else he may or may not have lying around, but someone snagged it and he never got back to me after initally agreeing to meet up :-(

I'm sitting here with my head in my hands..

..wwwweeping at the sight of this auctions result:

$942????!!!!!!

Just when I think things can't sink any lower, they inevitably do.. But hey, why spend the money on a NEW CUSTOM FITTED FRAME when you can just get a used one for only a little bit less?

Fucking retarded..

Oh dawg! Whatta Rensho!!

Just saw this on the NYFG forum and have been lurking around for other shots from the Le Cirque du Cyclisme show this past weekend. Def send me some good shit if and when you come across it. If you actually went to the show do a quick little write up for me to post. Like, foreign correspondent style..

Gone Fishin'! But not before..

..leavin' all ya'll mofoz some old newspaper clippings about bicycles I found on the interwebz a few years back- enjoy!

LOTS more on my flickr..

Le Cirque du Cyclisme THIS WEEKEND!

I've been DYING to check this event out for a while now but inevitably something comes up.. In this instance, a fishing trip with the men in the fam.. I'm not really into fishing at all so I'll just hide behind my camera for the duration of the trip. Probably a good thing cause I'd undoubtedly be shooting blanks in like 5 mins after I showed up! So many sexy bikes to be appreciated!!

One of my dreams is to build a bike of my own making to enter in the show. I was beyond stoked when my Bilenky won in 07'. Though something about putting more than just my ideas and hard earned cash into a project strikes me as being more fufilling a win..

I'm always looking to top myself with my various projects and I've been slowly making the move to actually building proper frames myself. Time is the only factor I'm missing right now (along with some 8020 and a milling machine ((not to mention an actual name for said frames)) ). I currently have 3 new bikes I'm working on putting together/rennovating and two new killer ideas for freak bikes. My lair will begin to billow with the dark smoke of industriousness VERY SOON!

..and when I say very soon I mean once my weed runs out..

douche..

Brooklyn Bike Jumble: A ROUSING SUCCESS!!!

Which is something I'm wicked stoked about since I can never get my ass head out to Trexler Town EVER. The day was super nice and relaxed. Lots of cool bike porn and parts. Saw/met/BSed with a lot of the fellas from the NYC fixed forum too. I arrived at 10:15ish thinking it would be relatively dead but it was quite the opposite. It got progressively busier and busier throughout the day too! I was going to get a crowd shot but I totally spaced. I have to say it was def a lot more difficult to pay attention to, well, anything else with all the good shit for sale. I had to keep reminding myself to take photos in between spooging all over everything! I mean, check this shit out:

I just wanted to grab all four coners and make a break for it! That or just wrap myself up in it all snug like... weird

There were a bunch of rad show bikes for the little 'best of' contest:


Sasha was able to finish up his Dick Power just in time for the day:


So classic! Esp next to my Yamaguchi. Would've been nice if I'd known everyone was going to bring super classy lugged bikes. Though it was def an amusing contrast having it there..

The winners of the contest were as follows:

The winners were:
Best As-Found - Alex Singer
Best Restoration - Fiorelli Roadster
Most NY - Dick Power
Best in Show - Devotion's bike, built by himself.

Def no surprises on the winners. All super awesome bikes!

I also met up with this kid who was awesomely named Alan as well to give him a chainring he had won from me on ebay. He showed up on this sweet Merckx (temp swapped front wheel due to blown tubular):


The sweet thing about it, aside from being a Merckx in great condition of course, is that he got it for all of $550! That's with a FULL suntour group, Cinelli alloy stem/bars and Campy Record pedals- SO SICK!!!

UPDATE: Nicer photo of said Merckx with more detailed group info here

Speaking of sick, I was really into this AWESOME side by side bike:


It looks to be a conversion kit of sorts that just bolted onto a regular frame! One of my favorite bikes from the day for sure. Bummed me out tho cause I saw them riding away but wasn't really able to get any decent footage of it in operation..

Justin showed up with his bitchin' 3Rensho roadie:


We were talking about the way he had it set up and in my honest opinion, vintage and or classic steel bikes really look great with like, vintage campy record etc.. But you really can't beat the shifting accuracy and dependability of more modern groups. Not to mention not feeling guilt about wearing the stuff out if you plan on REALLY riding it hard. Some of my personal favs are Shimano Ultegra 6500, 105, and the older 600 stuff..

More pics on my Flickr set

Even more here too..

My own personal scores for the day included this great condition vintage Campy 47T chainring for $40 bones:


and this HED3 rear road wheel for $160! (I didn't have a $5 bill):


Original owner, Great condition, used in TT's only and the tubular is the only one that's ever mounted and barely has any wear on it!

The catch of course is this little ding:


Which is so retardedly easy to fix it's not even funny. A combination of a little tapping with a ball pien hammer and very lightly filing it down a little flatter will make a world of differnce. Not to mention tossing a Conti Gatorskin Tubular on there too. Those Tofu racing jammies pop like a freaking ballon on the smallest pothole. Though the one 'bummer' is that with all the HED3 wheels I've acumulated, that being four, I have now surpassed the price of ONE new one- YES!!!

The main thing about getting that wheel is it now gives me the perfect excuse to build a rad roadie. Esp since I haven't really ridden one at all in THE longest time. I'd like to build up another locker type job like my last one. We'll see though. There's plenty of other amusing ideas rolling around in my head right now too..

ANYways, as for the show, it was an amazing first time turnout! I'm looking forward to next years jumble/show for sure. I can only imagine it being even bigger with more fancy pants bikes, parts and a whole lot of wheelin' and dealin'..

Nicely done Harry!