An angry motorist flips out on cyclist for stopping at yellow light.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_10783.aspx

A song for all you lovers of funny japanese clips:

http://www.plime.com/weird/l/15909/1/

I'm excited.

Inklet just let me know that she has guest passes for tonight's Grindhouse premiere.

Well, after a lot of nudging from a friend, I decided to convert my Team Chance into a singlespeed.

I've had a nice old suntour BMX cog sitting in my parts drawer for almost a year, waiting for a wheel with a freewheel to throw it on. I decided to build one up, and dish and space for the proper chainline.

I used an old suzue hub from a 27" roadbike wheel, and the least damaged 36h rim I had in storage. I think if I can find a 32 hole freewheel hub, I'll rebuild it as I have a very nice specialized rim waiting to be built up.

The chain was an impulse buy... I needed a BMX chain, and they had this nice shiny bling BMX chain for $2 more than the boring one.

I'm running the 18t Suntour freewheel with a 38T chainring. The gearing seems pretty good.

Riding it through the slushy singletrack in Mill Creek yesterday brought back memories of riding my BMX when I was 13.

After wasting many hours on ebay patiently waiting for a road bike frame in my price range, with a goal of a 90's carbon frame, my 1994 Specialized Epic frame finally arrived. The frame weighs in at just under 3.5 lbs.



The wheels arrived first, Mavic/Ultegra, and I have a complete Dura Ace 7400 drivetrain, and Ultegra brakes ready to go.

All I'm waiting for before I can build and ride it are a stem and the cranks.

I'm hoping it will come in at under 17 lbs.

An Australian "Talking to Americans"

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/clever-americans-p1.php

It's a fact!

So, I saw a frame that is selling on ebay today that was one of those "Too good to be true" deals.

I knew that I could get this frame for a fraction of it's value, and even if it was the wrong size resell it for a huge profit. It is a custom titanium Lynskey frame. If you're interested the listing is here.

It sounds like it was stolen from UPS. Now, anybody who could afford to have a Lynskey Frame made for them, is unlikely to be selling it on ebay through a liquidator. I decided to email Lynskey and find out if it was a stolen frame before biddding, and hopefully get some specification on the frame.

It turns out it is a stolen frame, and that it was stolen from UPS.

The upside, is that if I ever have the money for a titanium frame, I have a source for a hell of a deal.

What's sad, is that I'm likely never going to get that close to owning a titanium road bike again.

It's bitterly cold, yet it's beautiful outside.

I went for a short walk after lunch today and the sound of footsteps in the fresh snow at -30 degrees celsius reminded me of walking to school in Winnipeg.

That crunch with a little squeek at the end is exactly what I imagine it would sound like to walk across a field of smurfs.

Why is it that for the last few years, January is when I really want to start building a bike.

Maybe it's the fabulous deals on ebay. Unfortunately, I haven't found a frame yet... and have been buying parts just because they're cheap. Worse case, I guess I can resell them.

Best deals so far:

Dura Ace front derailleur: $5 ($10 w/shipping)
Campagnolo Record-C rear derailleur: $15 ($22 w/shipping)
Shimano RSX integrated shifters/brake levers (sti road): $20 ($30 w/shipping)
Ritchey Pro ergonomic road bike bars: $10 ($20 w/shipping).

Now, I know I can resell all of these things in July for a lot more than I paid for them. The Campy derailleur is the best deal of the bunch... only 500 C-Record groupsets sold in all of North America. A New old stock one just went for over $600 US on ebay.

I have a pretty good road bike already, and I'm thinking I could upgrade it with the shifters/bar/front derailleur, but really like that it has such a fine groupset already.

I'm thinking of leaving the kuwahara the way it is, and building either a cyclocross or touring bike.

Decisions, decisions... what bike to build without spending much money.

Anybody who knows me, knows about Jamie, so I'll skip that explanation.

Jamie used to say to his brother that he'd end up in jail if he didn't smarten up. I thought he had, but I guess not.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/01/02/3135253.html