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after the “skaters are little shits” incident:

scene: richmond skate park
issue: the grind ramp stolen
result: leaving just the dyna bolts exposed - man so dangerous
problem: back wheel/gatorskin deciding to slam it on the side wall, instant puncture, causing the side bead to break, creating flat spots in the tire… ffs

hugo hit the road a little earlier than expected. the spindle isn’t right. i did take him for a ride after the build over the weekend - he did 17km to the golf course and back - but the premature beginnings of his station run have made the spindle issue a priority.

today i purchased 26 x 1/4 ball bearings so i will repack the BB over the weekend and hopefully it will fix the issues of tightening and loosening spindle play. the bag of bearing looks like some kind of new fangled drug with metallic ball bearings covered in a white grease.

damn its been about a week since i posted last. can’t believe how quickly time goes. basically i took tarini into work last wednesday to show the fellow bikers. i took a few images very quickly during lunch whilst waiting for the food, and since then i have been spamming pretty much everything i can with the bike. i did a few photoshop massages to the images one night, i also had a few images of the bike whist riding it to the station from my N73. the original images are shit but with the photoshop doctor brought in they are looking nicer now.
it is quiet amazing how good the bike looks with a little bit of work with the doctor. i love the moss on the ground under the image so the second time i brought the NEF’s into photoshop i played more with bringing them out. they highlight the green really well
so here is the combo of shots

the weather is still shit. raining all the time so i am getting very frustrated with hugo. i have to get the bastard on the road so i can get to the station. i have now been about 4 bike stores looking for bloody hub spacers. i have only got 4 x 5mm ones so far and a set of shit BMX wheels for the trouble.
it is funny to judge a bike store on its hub spacers availability but is also such a good test of who gives a shit, who knows there shit, and who has attitude to book. clarence street cycles were great. the guy spent about 10 minutes looking for some and couldn’t find any but was seriously apologetic. city bike depot i rang, they said they had some, i walked for 35 minutes, and no f^#%ken luck, they just sent me to clarence street, and the guy had a real attitude. the bike store at castle hill industrial area were nice but only offered me to shitty BMX rims that need to be trashed with spacers on them.
i think now my best bet is to go to the serious LBS at springwood. i know the guy has a draw full of them, he has shown me, so that is the plan now.
i am still concerned about the redishing of the wheel. i have a couple of options i can either take it and have it done, or possibly sell some more shit and buy some dedicated track wheel set. the more i think about it the more i think that may be the best option. would be simple and straight to the point.
who knows!

i am an idiot. i rode for just under 50km yesterday in the 40º heat. i left at 10am and returned home at 1.00pm. 3 hours of heat hell. the ride was average but the view at the destination point was quiet spectaular, although the river below was a real tease. i so just wanted to jump in it. the ride was from trailflix’s grose point trail. once i reached the lookout i took out my phone to take a few images, then realised i had reception, which blew me away, what was even cooler was i had a missed call. it was from blackmans, tarini was ready to be picked up.
mapping position is maked on the flickr image below.

and thanks to track cunt for the inspiration - i now have the route mapped out at mapmyrun.

it took my total km’s for the week to a nice 130.

tarini and i departed at around 10.15 this morning. he needs the stem taken out @ a place that has more than around 25 tools. i have also spoken to them about the chainline. i know it is out and we are going to work on what is the best way to sort that issue out. does anyone know someone with a buffing wheel? i really need to hit the 80 up badly for that real shein …. doh i forgot, no one reads this blog.

the docket is quiet funny.
no it isn’t a “blue - fixed Road Bike” it is a “blue - Broken fixed gear Road Bike”
NOTE: security black bar created in photoshop. every docket requires some kind of digital manipulation to improve is validity if viewed on the internet.

blog newz. i am going to try and create a full custom blog using moveable type. if it all goes to play you will see it. if not… you won’t lol.

the stem is frozen!
so all the new bits can’t go on. now i have to seriously make a decision about the frame. if i intend on powercoating it then i am going to have to get all the stem item fixed at the same time. arhhhh. decisions decisions decisions….