Recent acquisitions.

A Bike Friday Season Tikit. This thing is pretty damn cool. Here's a nifty video:



Now I don't have the super super fast folding style like that one as it was a $250 option that increased the complexity of an already complex little piece of machinery. So I opted for the so much slower 15-20 second fold *cry* But it's still damn cool.

Has an 8 speed internally geared hub (minimal maintenance) and I can take it on the T or Commuter rail at any time or throw it into even the smallest of trunks. Bad ass for such a dorky looking thing. It's fun, I like it, kind of a lot.


Winter Commuter

So I've had this thing for quite a while now picked it up sometime around last winter but never quite got around to setting it up. I have finally gotten the parts together and finished putting it together last night. None to soon as we got our first, rai... sn... sle... crap storm last night/today in Boston.

I've a 2006 Specialized Rockhopper with disc brakes (discs are key for ucky weather for a variety of reasons) a set of Schwalbe (I like saying Schwalbe) Marathon Winter studded tires, and a pair of basic plastic Planet Bike fenders. I decided to change out the suspension fork for a rigid fork and lucked out in that Bikes Not Bombs had a disc brake compatible, suspension corrected fork with rack mounts (which ended up being key as the disc brake caliper got in the way of the fender stays.) I rode it in to work today it was way fun and way confidence inspiring. I'm hoping I still feel this way on longer commutes.