The Strife of Brian » Bicycling

New Bikes Ready for Spring

Brian — Sun, 03 May 2009 05:10:44 +0000

I recently finished a couple bike projects. The Goodyear cruiser and the Schwinn Breeze for Maritoni. We took them on a long ride with the Defying the Law Bike Club earlier today or technically yesterday. There are a few kinks to work out but so far the bikes are pretty great. You can see before pics and follow the restoration in my flickr account. There is a separate set for the Goodyear and the Breeze.

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2 More Bikes for Me this Spring

Brian — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:19:17 +0000

I have been buying way too many bikes lately. I keep finding really great deals on craigslist. I am keeping 2 of the ones I bought recently. One is a 1981 Bianchi Nuovo Touring. It was originally an 18 speed. I am refurbishing it and converting it to a singlespeed. The other bike is a 1980s 26″ GT BMX Cruiser. Both need a ton of work but I got both plus a box of parts and tools for $60! I will post more photos when I am finished with them. You can follow the Bianchi project or GT project on Flickr. Here are some before pics.

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Detroit Critical Mass 3/27/09

Brian — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:10:35 +0000

I attended a Critical Mass Ride in Detroit last night. I guess it was the first one in a long while. It was pretty fun. I think about 60 people showed up. We rode around downtown and midtown. It was a pretty good ride. Here are a couple pics.

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1940s Goodyear Bike Project

Brian — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:59:48 +0000

I am working on three bike builds this spring. One of them is a 1940s Goodyear brand bike I bought last fall from my buddy Dave. It is a straight bar cruiser frame and I want to build it in sort of a late 70s mountain bike/BMX style. In my head it looks really cool. We shall see. I bought a Nexus three speed wheelset from a Nirve. I am stoked that the back wheel seems to clear the rear dropouts even with the roller brake installed. So far so good. I plan to add photos of the project to this project log on flickr.

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I Laced a Bike Wheel Today

Brian — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:49:44 +0000

I have been wanting to learn how to build up bike wheels for a while. Today I finally got all the parts together to give it a shot. While I was waiting for parts I read about how to do it so today went pretty smooth. It took most of the afternoon trialling and erroring but I am happy with the results. I used a 3 leading, 3 trailing pattern to try to be fancy.

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New Bike for Maritoni

Brian — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:50:56 +0000

I bought Maritoni a 1975 Schwinn Breeze for Valentine’s Day. It needs some work but that is cool because I am going to strip it down and rebuild it for her. She wants it to be pink. It is still in the planning stage. It was hard to find a cool old bike to fit her her diminutive stature. I will post more pics in this project log on flickr.

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My New Whip – Fuji Singlespeed – picked from the trash

Brian — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:16:10 +0000

I finished this bike a month ago but have been busy riding it and other stuff so I didn’t have a chance to post pictures. I got it from my neighbor who had thrown it out. I completely rebuilt it and it is really fun to ride. If you want to see pictures of the build process, visit my flickr account.

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Memorial Day Weekend Bike Ride

Brian — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:09:28 +0000

I have been riding with a bike club on the weekends. I remembered to bring my camera yesterday. I took some photos. I like a few of them. Maybe I will take more next time.

My bike in the foreground at the Hazel Park Fair

The group getting ready to leave from the Mobil station on Woodward.

Fat family at the Hazel Park Fair

Captain Jack dude at the Hazel Park Fair