This Friday April 2nd, 255 9th Street San Francisco, get your game on…. 5buck to race… present by SFBMA. Proceed go to this year Q.C.R. preperation.
Quake City Rumble on 7th year is again on July 4th… keep check or add Q.C.R. on Facebook
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2010 North American Handmade Bicycle Show from Michael Wendell on Vimeo.
THis VDO from NAHBS 2010 is very cool.. feel like I am there at the show.. thanks!!!
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Yeah… Bike-pornographer….MASH and Macaframa star James Newman. that rhime so well… Prolly the originator of “Merckx Monday”.. said it.. Yeah, Newman my favorite.. dude always show up with fun surprises (girlfriend-T)…
Newman website just got update with his recent project bike porn portrait…. like seeing all the familiar bikes here….
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My deepest condolence to your friends and family….
From Bicycle Retailer and Industry News…
BAXTER, IA (BRAIN)—Phil Wood, the man responsible for sealed hubs and bottom brackets, died this week on his farm in Baxter, Iowa. He was 84.
He started the Phil Wood Company in 1971 as primarily a hub maker, though he offered other components. He sold the business to Peter Enright and a group of investors in 1991.
“I feel so lucky to have talked with him about a week before he passed away, and he mentioned again that he was so lucky to sell the business when he did,” said Enright, Phil Wood Company’s president.
contributeGood question, right? Answer: a Masi made by Mario Confente for Alberto Masi himself. Here is the recipe. Take one part Confente, mix liberally with some Alberto. Combine with thinned lugs and some nice REYNOLDS (not a typo), place in jig, braze and file for several days, and then:
1971 Confente Built Masi
As the story goes, this Masi was built by Confente to “in 1971 with my [Alberto Masi's] sizes.” So how do we know such a thing? Well, a letter provided by the man himself tells all the details:
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I bet some of you probably think, wow, Battaglin and Campy Delta Nutsack brake.. ha.. This 1991 Giro d’Italia photoset is amazing. It was definitely shot in film, not digital. Wow.. I just realized how cool film was….
Here is the slideshow worth checking it out while you are working…
First seen from La Gazzettadella Bici
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And if you in Bangkok this Saturday…
Be a part of Bike documentary by change your bicycle into an art piece!!! Decorate it with lights then come out and ride with us on Saturday March 6th, 2010. From 7:00pm to about 11:00pm starting from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration-Rachadumnuen road-Hualumpong station-MBK-SIAM-Petchaburee road-End up at RCA and finish the night out with after party at BOX RCA (MINI-808). JNSNP and Tiger Beer would like to invite everybody to come out and help raise awareness! Let’s make riding safer for EVERYBODY!!! *thanks Michelle for translation! Wohooo! :D
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HBFT, what is that, doesn’t really rhyme innit? anyway this show was not too long ago in January. WHOA…. The Level bike here with integrated brake system, blow my mind…. mmm my most respect to Japanese builders. Ok… time to book flight to Japan.
Jerome posted tons of pictures and a neat article of the HBFT show here.
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