Spotted this on the UVa Grounds (University of Virginia). Pretty sweet!
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Photos of more bikes on the streets
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| not so much |
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| Holy hell this is a beauty |
Monday, May 14, 2012
Nice rack
Look at this apparatus! Parked outside Lanesplitter, so perhaps it's for delivering pizzas...
Friday, May 11, 2012
Parklets
Hardly the first blog to show SF parklets, the mini-parks/sidewalk-extensions that create habitable space outside businesses and other locations in 1 to 3 parallel parking spaces, but here's some photos that feature bikes being accommodated in those spaces:
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| bike parking on Valencia in a former parallel parking space |
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| bike parking in parklet-adjacent, former parallel parking space |
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| Valencia Street bike parking in a "bulb out" |
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| Valencia Street bike parking in a "bulb out" |
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| Valencia Street bike parking in a "bulb out" |
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| Hanging bike parking outside four barrel cafe on Valencia |
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| Bike parking on a segment of a parklet on Divisadero |
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| A nice porteur conversion |
Friday, April 20, 2012
New Bikes!
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| What's wrong with this picture? |
Super stylized bikes in Seattle. One internal gear and one fixie:
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
1992 Stumpjumper 2.0
I previously posted about reconverting my '92 Stumpjumper from a city bike back to a mountain bike (which basically involved stopping riding on city streets and starting riding on trails...).
I had some spare parts from the JPR conversion, including the handlebars and brake levers, so I picked up a shorter, steeper stem, some cut-off brake levers and some new pedals and put together a quasi-26" wheeled-cyclocross bike.
A few issues arose with the conversion. First, I needed to get the Travel Agent adjusters to make the V-brakes work with the caliper-compatible road levers. This works by changing the amount of cable pulled by the lever to a greater amount of travel in the v-brakes - pretty clever.
I also had to bend the shifters' clamp/metal straps/attachment area to get them onto the road bars and around the curves, and then had to squeeze the clamp back together and use a longer bolt and nut to secure it all because the diameter of the road bar is greater than a standard flat bar. I shoved the levers as far to the center of the bars as I could to make room for the cut-off brake levers. This is because the handlebars from the Paramount were narrower than those typically used on a cyclocross bike.
Here are some photos, including a gratuitous beach glamour shot.
I also installed these Shimano PD-A530 touring pedals, which have the standard SPD cleat on one side and a flat ample surface for a cleat-free shoe on the other. These pedals are awesome - they have a good amount of float on the cleat side, and the flat side is a bit heavier so the cleat side is always facing up (and slightly back) so you can very easily slam your foot down/forward and get in every time. If you want to use the other side, you just flip it over with your toe. Highly recommended.
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| 1992(?) Specialized Stumpjumper - still need to take the reflective stickers off, or maybe not... |
I had some spare parts from the JPR conversion, including the handlebars and brake levers, so I picked up a shorter, steeper stem, some cut-off brake levers and some new pedals and put together a quasi-26" wheeled-cyclocross bike.
A few issues arose with the conversion. First, I needed to get the Travel Agent adjusters to make the V-brakes work with the caliper-compatible road levers. This works by changing the amount of cable pulled by the lever to a greater amount of travel in the v-brakes - pretty clever.
I also had to bend the shifters' clamp/metal straps/attachment area to get them onto the road bars and around the curves, and then had to squeeze the clamp back together and use a longer bolt and nut to secure it all because the diameter of the road bar is greater than a standard flat bar. I shoved the levers as far to the center of the bars as I could to make room for the cut-off brake levers. This is because the handlebars from the Paramount were narrower than those typically used on a cyclocross bike.
Here are some photos, including a gratuitous beach glamour shot.
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| stem and bars installed |
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| original shifters, brakes and cut-off brakes, tape installed |
I also installed these Shimano PD-A530 touring pedals, which have the standard SPD cleat on one side and a flat ample surface for a cleat-free shoe on the other. These pedals are awesome - they have a good amount of float on the cleat side, and the flat side is a bit heavier so the cleat side is always facing up (and slightly back) so you can very easily slam your foot down/forward and get in every time. If you want to use the other side, you just flip it over with your toe. Highly recommended.
A Couple More City Bikes
Some more cool bikes from around town... mostly united in having internal hubs or cassette-only shifting.
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| ok, this is a single speed, but c'mon, that's a sweet (dish) rack |
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| original issue |
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| match made in heaven? |
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