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Bike Lust: Installment Six
5 November 2006 | culture, bike lust | 1 Comment |
I really hope this is a girl’s bike because it exudes femininity. It’s petite, it’s wheels are filled with extremely cute spoke cards in the wheels, and it was parked in front of Therapy (Valencia Street, SF) which is kind of a chick magnet full of Tchotchky. Anyway, if this is a guy’s bike, he […]
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Bike Lust: Installment Five
5 November 2006 | culture, bike lust | No Comments |
Grey Mangusta with a red fork. This is pretty cute for a Frankenbike. The breaks at the bar ends, I find, are extremely comfortable. I, personally, like to stop with breaks if on a fixed gear. Why? Cause I’m not on a fuckin’ track where it makes sense! Some say breaks are for pussies. Naw. […]
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Bike Lust: Installment Four
5 November 2006 | culture, bike lust | No Comments |
I like the subtlety of this bicycle. It doesn’t say “fuck me” as many fixies do. It screams simplicity… even boredom. Good choice if you don’t want your bike ripped off. Props on the grip tape.
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Bike Lust: Installment Three
5 November 2006 | culture, bike lust | No Comments |
Hell Yeah! This is a pretty sweet bike for a piece of junk. Maybe it’s the white seat that harkens back to 1970’s golf shoes. I don’t know.
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Bike Lust: Installment Two
5 November 2006 | culture, bike lust | No Comments |
This is a beautiful Schwinn on display at a local hat store. I have never seen a Schwinn tricycle in person before, and this one is in fairly good condition. It’s at a place on Valencia between 18th and 19th in San Francisco, if you’re interested.
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Bike Lust: “Jim”
16 October 2006 | culture, bike lust | No Comments |
“Jim”: One of my favorite junkers of recent days.
Bike Name: “Jim”
Location: The Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Bike Lust List:
narrow handlebar
Franken-fork
red striped tires
“Lawrence of Arabia” spoke card
glowing skull pendant (not seen in pictures, damn!)
Summary:
I think this would be the perfect bike if you were a narc because it’s got some wear and tear as the undercover […]
Attacked by Hacker
16 October 2006 | bike lust | 2 Comments |
hacker
Originally uploaded by melvelez.
Ok, I probably didn’t get hacked by a kitty, but the person who hacked my site sure is a pussy! I got hacked, big time. I kind of gave up on recovering the index file that ran the website. The data was spared, so I will slowly transfer all the data from […]