Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Limited edish....

Another bit of work on the bike. I dropped her off to the bike shop in the Vally. Dude there is gonna help me rebuild her. We'll see what happens... I got the original bars that were used on the bike back in the 80's. Cinelli's LA84s. They are huge. I'm not sure how they are gonna feel but I'm giving a shot. I had to get these shipped from the Netherlands. New old stock. Super limited edish...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

My new bike project...

Miss. Lucy the Guerciotti is the newest edition to my bike family. She was acquired from LA's craiglist. Named after a fallen street street cat I was fond of, this Italian time trial road bike is truly a legit gem. The previous owner had her built up as a half ass fixed gear with a 2 foot stem... (hideous).

I'm trying to rebuild her gears, breaks, and all. I only know about fixed gear bikes though so this is turning out to be a pain in the ass... I'm taking her to a sick shop in the valley this weekend to get some advice from the homie over there.

Here's some flicks of the long process...