just a short quick update, basically, the Spooky has some baggage 😉 ouch.
low and behold this year for my birthday my family actually got me a bike part! this is a fairly new experience for me, so please let me revel in it.
anyhow, the Spooky now has a medium Revelate Tangle Frame Bag and Gas Tank bag to make commuting possible.
lastly i got some matching leather Brooks Violet bar tape.
that’s it for now, hopefully more soon 🙂
-peter
so, just got the Volpe back from the powder coaters, colors more olive than i thought, but i still like it. got bored and cleaned up the headset and bottom bracket faces to install the two parts i had sitting around 😉 more as it get it, -peter
so zoran at twin works factory west sent me these shots to update me on the progress of the gsr600 swingarm. this is before he did anything to it!!! how kick ass does that look!!! it’s wider than the frame is, haha he now has the go ahead from me to continue on and start…
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…
going through old stuff, figuring out what should and shouldn’t still be up -peter
that is all…. -peter
got my 110mm 10? Thomson X4 stem, the Chris King 1 1/8 2Nut Conversion, and my M770 XT 11-34 cassette. it’s finally starting to look like a bike! figured i’d get a little more progress up, since i’ll be heading off to PA again come tuesday, wheelset ordering / building when i get back! 😀…