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thirdraildesignlab posted a photo: View of my Walnut portage strap, as stitched onto the frame of the wrongbike fixed- gear conversion project in it's second incarnation after a recent tear-down.Wrongbike is a fixed-gear conversion of an old Vista road bike. The current set-up is:1. Vista original frame and fork, sandblasted and powdercoated nuclear trigger yellow-orange, with chrome fork accents2. Nitto Tecnomic quill stem3. Nitto Moustache bars4. Toshi leather bar wrap with cork bar end plugs5. Original Vista headset6. Walnut portage strap7. Mavic Pros laced to a White Industries Eno Eccentric hub8. Sugino cog and Messenger crankset, 72 inchgear9. gumwalls, for science10. Brass Universal Sound Bell on Velo Orange retro bell headset mount.More on the build can be found on www.teamlopetyreclubbe.com

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The Past, Both Glorious and Fleeting

now that’s thinkin

06/29/10

Posted in: TLTC Items to Amuse by ironlung | Comments (0)

1277842617 now thats thinkin

1277842623 now thats thinkin

i’ve been sitting on this for a while, just not making the time for it, but i couldn’t let it go any longer.

let’s say you break or lose or strip a crank bolt, and you don’t have any around in your small parts bin (FOR SHAME!). or let’s say you strip the BB’s spindle (highly unlikely), and you don’t have another BB around. well, you’re probably gonna need to find some way to get yourself home in one piece because i doubt you carry a rear skewer around in your toolkit, but once you’re in your shop, THIS is how you hold the shit together long enough to get to the LBS.