Totally man. My kilo was nothing special, but it had decent components and looked really nice imo. It was stolen the second time I locked it up somewhere. Luckily I got some of it back, but I learned my lesson. My new ‘beater’ build is gonna be pretty slick too, but I’m gonna tone it down some and make it inconspicuous to the untrained eye. Gonna start double locking bikes too. I just picked up a kryptonite chain lock cuz the bastards obviously destroyed my old U-lock and I’ll also run a cable lock. Nothing will prevent a theif if they want something bad enough... aside from a .45 to the ass... but every deterrent helps.

On a side note, I just locked in my booth at the local bi-annual bike swap coming up in mid April. It was kind of a last minute decision, but pulled the trigger. I’ll be selling some stuff, but mostly promoting a new business venture in custom engraving, custom one off parts / mods, and custom builds for the bicycle world. Mainly focused but not limited to the fixed gear and track bike consumers. It’s gonna be a hustle the next few months to get cards / stickers printed, example products ready, but I’m excited! My best friend is a ridiculously talented tattoo artist and I’m having him make me a banner to hang. My go to bicycle homie has a repair shop who I’m going to approach about a possible display in shop, I’m even looking into developing a relationship with a local fitter that will be mutually rewarding. I’m also doing a lot of research into frame building, which has been a goal of mine for quite a while.

There has been some talk about building a velodrome here in Tucson for the past couple of years, and if everything takes off the way I hope it does I’ll be heavily promoting and fundraising for that in the near future. I have extreamly high expectations and motivation for 2019 to say the least.