so as some of you may or may not know, last week, I got doored by a passenger as she was exiting a taxi. thankfully, I wasn’t going very fast, so i only sustained a few bumps and bruises. but my bike wasn’t as resilient.
anyway, here’s my bike with its new fork
here’s becca and I
and these are our bikes :)
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before.
this is an ice pack in my bag. it keeps my back cool when im riding with my bag on. my bag doesn’t insulate all that well so the cold transfers through. I’m still all sweaty when I’m done, but it’s a heck of a lot better feeling than riding without it.
simple good ideas!
so far this is the best iphone bike mount i’ve come across. the other’s i’ve seen are too bulky! but for $30, i’m not sure i want it that bad. but it’d be a nice thing to have on a long bike ride.
http://www.ibikemount.com
hello friends!
it’s been a little over a week since my family came back from our trip to Maine. It had been a while since our entire family went away on a vacation like this. the last time, i think, was when we went to Tennesee! i know Maine doesn’t sound that exciting (and it really isn’t) but the Yung family can make a boring place ridiculously fun! i’m just gonna post up a few pictures here. the rest you can check out in the flickr set.
upstairs living space of the condo where we stayed
the yungs on some rocks
my dad on some rocks
parents on a kayak…on top of lots of little rocks (ok, no more rocks! haha)
yung sisters and parents tearin’ it up on the waves!
guess who was here…THE FREAKIN’ YUNG BIKE GANG
unattended pie stand – you could totally steal these and get away with it. but you’d be eating it with a guilty conscience…never a great way to enoy a pie.
antique store – these were great!
lobsters! big juicy lobsters! seriously, the best i’ve ever had.
my parents – thanks mommy & baba!
Inspired. Danny MacAskill from dave on Vimeo.
this is simply the most amazing display of skill on a bicycle. i’m subscribed to a bunch of blogs dedicated to all things bicycling and have seriously gotten tired of watching all these kids on fixies spinning around and skidding and acting all alternative. in the past 6 months it seems like everyone and their mothers and grandmothers and great grandmothers have been releasing trailers for fixed gear videos. they were cool at first – now they’re a little boring and a little annoying. but THIS…this is FRESH (and i mean this in the literal sense and 90′s lingo sense)!!!
this has got to deliver a pretty humbling blow to the community of bicylists who think they’re hot stuff! GOOD!
I wouldn’t say it’s anything special, but it’s mine. if I could do it all over I’d probably whip up something neat, but going black was safe :)
i really don’t know why anyone would want to do this to their dogs or themselves. i know i definitely could not use this with joey. he’s a good dog and all, but he doesn’t really walk in a straight line. and if he were to see another dog, forget it! hello Jesus!
but this, i want.
bike theft in NYC is a pretty big problem. i’m glad that i went with kryptonite’s “fahgettaboudit” chain lock shortly after i bought my bike. however, over the months i’ve come to realize that the chain lock is a bit of a nuisance to carry around if i’m wearing a bag. i can really only carry it one way – across my shoulder. some people can wear it around their waist, but i’m not that skinny. anyway, i’ve finally gotten my hands on the mini U-lock by the “fahgettaboudit” name. it is perfect. the only drawback is that i can’t wrap it around as many objects as i could with the chain. but it’ll go perfectly around any street sign or bike rack in the city while securing my rear wheel and seat tube.
along with the U-lock i also got myself a holster for it. i know that sounds sorta dorky, but when i saw it i thought it was pretty well done. before i stumbled across this, i was just planning on carrying the lock in my bag. the u-lock is a rigid shape, unlike the chain which would just bunch up in a clump in my bag, so i would’ve been able to deal with this. but this makes carrying this lock even easier. it’s made by fabric horse, a small company in cincinnati, ohio that makes sewn goods. this holster was made from seatbelts pulled from junk yards. that in itself is sorta neat!
anyway, check it!
mini U-lock
U-lock holster
here they are together! (that’s not me)
this is awesome…but i would not ride this.
i like DIY stuff, especially when it’s fairly easy to do and the results are pleasing.
here’s a DIY toe strap doubler that i put together (instructions found here). i had to go to 3 places to get all the ingredients.
home depot:
hole puncher
39th street (lots of fabric/crafts stores):
rivets
rivet tool
james (neighborhood belt guy):
sheet of leather
*i already had a straight edge, blade, and cutting mat
the original instructions called for 12 rivets for each side, but i think the rivets that i bought were just a tad larger than what was pictured so i had to open up CAD and improvise a bit. my estimations were good. here’s how it turned out…
what is it for, you ask…?
a fixed gear bike requires you to pull up on the pedal as well as push down (when stopping). most of the times, a single strap will do you just fine – for example, my road bike has single straps on both pedals. but on a fixed gear, the force you exert to pull up on the pedal is much greater since you’re working to slow down or totally lock your wheels. 2 straps add security, power, and comfort. both my means of propulsion and stopping come from my feet. if, by chance, the strap were to snap or just somehow fail, it’d be bad news for me. think of it this way, imagine trying to walk joey with a kite string…then imagine trying to walk him with with a nice broad nylon leash.
seeeee :)
