an updated Gunnar Sport…

Posted: May 11th, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, gunnar sport, photography, projects, road bikes | Tags: 950, bike, brake, Brooks, cockpit, fun, funky monkey, gunnar, Gunnar Sport, monkey hangers, Paul, saddle, stem, swallow, thomson, trek 950, update | No Comments »

so i felt that the Gunnar Sport was falling a bit behind on component quality so i decided to boost it’s confidence a little new on the bike are the Paul Components Racer M brakes, the Paul Funky Monkey hangers (1″ up front and 30mm in rear). i also decided to swap saddles with the [...]

Kogswell P/R update…

Posted: May 4th, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, kogswell p/r, photography, projects | Tags: 750, Alfine, Dynamo, hubs, internal hub, kogswell, lighting, rear hub, shimano, shimano lx, Trek, Triple, update, Velo Orange | 1 Comment »

so the kogswell is finally nearly there, only front and rear lighting to mount and wire up to that pretty Shimano LX dynamo hub out front there. the Alfine 8 rear hub was a breeze to set up, i wish i could justify the cost of the 11 speed, i’d have a triple on the [...]

more soon, i promise…

Posted: April 16th, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, kogswell p/r, projects | Tags: bike, bikes, kogswell, nirvana, overkill, scalpel, update, wheels | No Comments »

updates coming soon, ish, have three sets of wheels to build, one for a the Kogswell, two for projects that are not mine, and three bikes that are under the scalpel. overkill? maybe, but i’m in bike nirvana -peter

mixte became a Kogswell P/R…

Posted: March 24th, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, kogswell p/r, photography, projects, road bikes | Tags: 650b, albatross, Brooks, Chris King, cranks, dura ace, Dynamo, e6, fender, Flyer, headset, kogswell, Minoura, Nitto, Pletscher, Porteur, randonneur, Schmidt, soma, thomson, Velo Orange, VO | 1 Comment »

sooo, that whole Soma Buena Vista mixte thing? um… yeah… just kinda shifted it became a much cooler Kogswell P/R (Porteur/Randonneur), thankfully all of the parts (excluding brakes) were a straight swap. right now it’s kitted out as such (front to back): Minoura King Carrier Front Basket/Rack Large, 2x Schmidt E6 dynamo headlights, Velo Orange [...]

racks for the Trek 750 Multitrack…

Posted: March 1st, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, road bikes, trek 750 multitrack | Tags: 750, bianchi volpe, Farfarer, jandd, kick ass, lowrider, Multitrack, Nitto, quill, rear rack, santa cruz ca, silver silver, soma, touring, Trek, xtr | No Comments »

this time around with the touring build i decided to go the Tubus route, with a Logo for the rear and Duo for the front (both imported from the UK in Silver). the logo in the rear is going to a bit to get used to, as it has a MUCH smaller top platform than [...]

dueling treks part II…

Posted: February 19th, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, trek 750 multitrack, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: break in the rain, lull, Trek | 2 Comments »

decided to take advantage of a lull in work and a break in the rain -peter

dueling treks, an update on both…

Posted: February 18th, 2012 | Author: peter lombardi | Filed under: bikes, haphazard, photography, projects, road bikes, trek 750 multitrack, trek 950 singletrack | Tags: 750, 950, bianchi, bike, fender, mail, Multitrack, parts, singletrack, Trek, update | 3 Comments »

got a few more parts in the mail as well as installing fenders on the 750, more pictures of that in the next week or so, as well as some changes from the Bianchi’s kit. the 950 however is all ready to ride, minus a bottle cage, Chain Keeper, rim tape, tubes, tires, and grips. [...]