Moving

As of today, I'm moving all posting over to The Sara and Donald Blog. There's no reason to keep two blogs. All two of you update your bookmarks/RSS feeds accordingly.

Bicycle Tool Roll

I have a Rivendell Bike Tube (except unfortunately mine's not the vegan version - I got it before they offered that one) on the front of my bike. I love this bag - it's exactly like they say (paraphrased): "once you put it on you'll never find a reason to take it off." That's exactly how it's been for me. I put it on my bike when my bike was some different bike. The bag stayed on the handlebars when the handlebars moved to my new ride - a Raleigh Touring 18. I store my tools, my poncho, granola bars and trail mix, phone, wallet, keys, whatever needs storin' and accessin' in that bag. I also usually ride with panniers but I've found that the front bag is the one that I use because I love the easy accessibility.

I installed the bag over a year ago, and amazingly it only occurred to me last week that I could use something to keep my tools from rattling around, being unwieldy, getting things dirty and occasionally breaking shit in my bag. So I sat down at the ol' Sailrite sewing machine that we have at work (for some reason) with some heavy-duty cloth and whipped out this marvel of engineering:

 

 

 

 

I think the bike strap holding it all together is the essence of "hey, like, i'm pretty great because not only did i like make this bag myself but i also like used this strap i had hanging around to hold it together and even the strap is bike-related because that's the kind of guy i am. the kind of guy who makes things and has bike parts laying around."

In retrospect, I might have designed in some things like loops to hold the strap, and maybe some velcro. Oh well! Maybe I'll do that in a hundred years when this one wears out.

Went for a Bike Ride this Weekend

For everybody hating on bike-riding in Dorchester, I just want to let you know that I spent all afternoon and 16 miles riding (slowly) up and down the coast of the ocean on BIKE PATHS in DORCHESTER. It was nice and you'd like it.

 

Recent Fixed-Gear Project

Can you tell I'm going through my old photos and uploading them to Blogger? Here's a fixed-gear project that I finished a few months ago. This frame started life with me as a piece of junk, and I put the parts that you see on it. It's now serving as the office fixed-gear so that people can pick up their lunch on it. Thus far, it's converted two people to the fixed-gear life - not bad for a beater bike.

 

 

 

Does Anybody Want a Motorcycle?

Because I'm selling one...

 

 

Small Bicycle

A friend went to Japan, and came back with this for me (and my wife):

 

I think we can all agree that it's pretty great.