Lincoln Ave needs a ROAD DIET!
So I rode my bike down to Lincoln Avenue a couple days ago to grab some pizza and a salad. Theres a lot of great places to eat, cool shops and of course Willow Glen Bicycles. It was around rush hour when I finished my food and decided to stroll down the avenue and check [...]
Naglee Park GARAGE
Its Summer 2010 and its “Two dollar Two Wheel Tuesdays” at The Naglee Park GARAGE bistro on 11th and San Salvador. Ride your bicycle in on Tuesdays from 5 to 930 and pay only 2 bucks for a pint of beer. So bomb down there and grab a refreshing pint with a delicious burger and [...]
Vintage Peugeot Bicycles
I have a box of about 40 broken “Simplex” rear Derailuers from the many French made bikes I have repaired over the last 6 years. Going through pictures on my computer I found a nice collection of Peugeots Ive fixed for people or were repaired and sold by me. Theres a few different colors and [...]
SF Bicycle Music Fest
The Bicycle Music Festival is coming up on July 31st 2010 in San Francisco. Some friends and I have been planning a ride from San Jose to SF so looks like the 31st will be our day. We are meeting near downtown and are going to ride trails and paths along the SF Bay. The [...]
Shortyfatz Bike Co. / POPS Fabrication
I did a tour of the Shortyfatz Bicycles / POPS Fabrication in San Jose just before a Bike Party ride and was very impressed. They hand build their frames themselves right here in San Jose with guidance from long time bicycle frame builder Dale Sasso. Selling a limited amount of bikes each month keeps the [...]
Vintage Ladies Schwinn Single Speed Bike Build
Whats “Eric Clapton” green, has one gear and is about 35 years old? This Schwinn “Varsity” single speed girls road bike. This bike was sitting on the side of my yard for a few years (things dont really rust in San Jose)and had a freind looking for a frame to build for his girl. So [...]
San Jose Bike Party July 2010 “Deity” Ride
What a nice night it was for a SJ Bike Party ride! A little warm at first from a hot day but it cooled down through the night. We rode from Santa Clara University to downtown Saratoga and back. There had to have been about 3000 riders going for about 25 miles. I met some [...]
Leader 722 Track Frame
Just built up this Leader 722 aluminum track frame for a freind. He was riding a steel Leader frame but really liked the look of the thick aluminum tubing on the 722. Oversized headest and steel reinforced dropouts. The color is flat black and had lettering that were just decals but all that got peeled [...]
Bicycle Times Magazine
Just got the newest issue (#6) of Bicycle Times when I was at Frys browsing around in the magazine isle. I was looking for a certain digital photo magazine but stumbled apon this. This is great magazine and if you live in an urban area and cycle alot it will interest you. This issue has [...]
Barefoot Coffee Roasters
Barefoot Coffee: I dont drink anything but Barefoot Coffee these days. They just remodeled their Cafe on Stevens Creek in Santa Clara and it looks great. They just so happen to roast all their coffee right near my house. Pretty much everyone that works there rides a bicycle and so Im always workin on their [...]
“Spoke POV” programmable bicycle wheels LIGHTS!
When my “hokey spokes” bike wheel lights started to go out (due to age) ,and I couldnt get “Bike Party” to show up in the programable lettering, I started looking into a new wheel mounted bicycle light. I found some unbeleivable wheel lights called “Spoke POVs”. It took me many times looking at their website [...]
1983 Specialized StumpJumper
This 1983 Specialized “StumpJumper” was in awesome condition! Most parts are original but some were a few years newer. The frame was Japanese made, all lugged cro-moly steel. Even the braze-ons had small lugged looking diamond pieces set around them. The color was Gray and came on a few years of the early SJs. Original [...]
2010 AMGEN Tour of California: San Jose Start
The Amgen Tour of California came through San Jose again in 2010. This time I decided to head down and check out the start. Last year I watched from Sierra road where the cyclists charged up the hill like I go down a hill. When I got downtown I went straight for the Radio Shack [...]
missing parts?
or missing chain ring teeth? Mr Sean’s chainring is missing a huge chunk on his fixie. Is he still riding it? YES…For 3 weeks now! Dang! I hope he gets that new chainring on soon. Watching him ride it was amazingly WEIRD, the chain was still holding on. Sean…you are a brave man! Still workin [...]
IRO track bike
IRO makes great steel track frames, this one is a 52 centimeter. I built it up with white rimmed Weinmann Deep V’s with black spokes and black high flange sealed bearing hubs. All white CST tires (very basic ones), WTB “Clamp On” grips and a threadless “A” headest. The cranks were just basic cranks but [...]
FUJI Fixie build
Vintage Fuji Japanese made bicycles are great bikes . Frames made from “Tange” steel tubing with Suntour and Nitto components. This vintage Fuji was converted into a fix gear bike. The bike was barely a bike when I received it missing most components and having some of the wrong ones. A Sugino “RT” crankset was [...]
Vintage: Late 1940s Schwinn Chicago “Racer” Bicycle
This Chicago built Schwinn “Racer” model is possibly from the late 1940′s from what I saw on the web. It has a round head tube badge with “Arnold Schwinn” and an Earth logo, finned front fender, pin striping, and a ribbed design chain guard. Its a drab red color which I believe is faded and [...]
Japanese made “Speedic” Leather Saddle
This Semi-Vintage Japanese made Speedic brand Leather Saddle is very unique. Needs some restoration in the way of mink oil and saddle soap before it gets used. A thick leather top and a layer of a man made material on the underside were riveted to the rails of the seat. This might go up on [...]