I have a stool like that made from a Windsor the hour, killed by a Honda civic. But tht was a mistake by an old woman, this was malicious .

The stool is neat. I think I would use one of the super wide cruiser seats with the springs in the back.

Good ride today.

I put the gas tank on Cheryl's little 1X7.

Today I got my first parking ticket, that's $115 that I cannot spend on bieks.

It's nice to hear you're alive. May the law throw a [strike]u lock[/strike] NY chain at his face.

Glad it is what it is. A bike is replaceable, you aren't.

Amen Dan.

I'm really glad to hear you're alright and I hope that mother****er gets in a lot of trouble.

Here's hoping for swift justice. On a brighter note, I made fried chicken and ohmygoditssogood.

Hopefully, it's not NY because the driver would get away without a fine but the cyclist would be ticketed.

Today I built a few bikes at the co op. Had a good time. I'll be back.

nj.

You might want to consider writing a polite two or three sentence contesting the ticket. I've written my way out of over $300 of BOSTON parking violations.

Michigan, I'm inside you. I'll be at Bled Fest in nine or so hours! Stoked.

I went cliff diving yesterday if any of you want to see pics or videos look me up on face book under Arthur Rowe

Well, so today a bunch of stuff got delivered to my house. Except for the fork I ordered from Scrod. USPS delivered apparently, but it's nowhere to be found. I'm dreading the worst. Terrible week this has been so far, but I'll find out for sure tomorrow.

Never mind. My mail lady kept it because no one was home. I talk to her all the time and had that this hope that she wouldnt fail me by just leaving it outside like some people. Phew..

I scored a 1992 Specialized Rockhopper for $20. Luckily, I saved some matching Specialized skinwalls (and a bunch of 90's parts) to throw on and finally make the bike I so badly wanted when I was a kid.

Scored a Viscount frame, crank and "death fork" for $45:

Viscount is a real company? I have a turbo knockoff from them in my parts box

my bum dun like turbo shape.

Cranked out a solid 40 today and broke pretty much all my PRs. Going from b43s to a light wheel has been the best thing thats ever happened to me. I wasnt even trying very hard on the ride either.

Viscount saddles are entirely separate from Viscount bicycles. Viscount bicycles was born out of the ashes of the bankrupt Lambert of England back in the early 1970s when Yamaha purchased what was left of Lambert. Lambert was an unusual company and produced most of their own components to help keep the price down. Some of these were quite innovative at the time, e.g. sealed bearing hubs and bottom bracket, needle bearing pedals, others were blatant rip-offs of other companys' designs which got them in some hot water and didn't help their financial situation. The frames were hand fillet-brazed from quite light gauge chrome-moly tubing and the final product was much lighter than anything else in its price class. The "death fork" was a solid aluminum casting with a steel steer tube pinned to the aluminum crown. These had a reputation for cracking at the pins, hence the "death fork" moniker, and Yamaha recalled them and replaced them with steel forks. Production continued in England for several years, but by the late 70s was phased out and subsequent Viscount bikes were made in Japan using standard lugged construction and components.

Viscount saddles were produced by a Taiwanese company that specialized in supplying entry-level components for Japanese manufacturers and had no connection (that I know of, anyway) with Yamaha or Viscount bicycles.

mine came on a 87 fuji entry level roadie

Volunteered at the bike co-op today for a little while... back has been giving me extra grief of late so was nice to get in and help out even though it was only for a short while.