Zack, a nice lad from Bicycle Therapy, happened to have acquired a brand new X-Check that was too small for him. Frame + fork + Ultegra cranks for $300!! OMG!!!111one!!11!
Here it is near my bed. I kept it there because it was so sexy I wanted to sleep with it:
I thought I'd let it sit around a long while until I had $$ for parts, but I couldn't just let it sit there so I bought parts anyway, with money I should be, of course, saving. I picked out parts with Peter at the Trophy Garage, because Lenore was getting a X-Check too and told me that he was THE MAN (she did not use those exact words). Actually, I didn't really pick out parts with him. Basically he opened a catalog and pointed to stuff and I said "ok." Then he gave me a freewheel and a chain and brake levers. The chain and the freewheel were not the same size. Silly Peter.I took the frame and fork back to the Garage to get the fork cut and the headset installed. They charged me too much.
I put it the rest of it together over the course of two nights at Bike Church. Kevin called me sassy while I was there. When I left to ride it I realized the bars, from which I had already cut a bunch off, were still MASSIVE.
Tonight Alex came over, and he cut them off with the crappy saw I have. Before he did so, he rode my bike down the hallway and tried to trackstand but fell into the wall, like so:
Then he cut the bars. Then he bent the saw:
Then he cut the grips:
Then he put the grips back on:
These photos make it seem like Alex did all the work on my bike. He didn't. He just did all the work tonight. I don't saw.
And then it was done.
[Insert Photo of Finished Bike Here]
THE END.
p.s. it is called Sexy Beast.
Then he cut the grips:
Then he put the grips back on:
These photos make it seem like Alex did all the work on my bike. He didn't. He just did all the work tonight. I don't saw.And then it was done.
[Insert Photo of Finished Bike Here]
THE END.
p.s. it is called Sexy Beast.
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