By looking at me now you would never know that I was an avid cyclist for many years. Several ridiculous accidents finally took their toll on my body, but I occasionally still enjoy a spin around Prospect Park on my Klein mountain bike.
My true love is my Cannondale Shark track bike. Like all official track bikes it has a fixed wheel gear ratio and because it’s a Cannondale the tubing is high strength aluminum and light as a feather. Track bikes don’t have a laundry list of components and where it matters I used all high grade Shimano parts. I even changed the handlebars to Modolo bullhorn bars for that sexy aggressive profile. It’s a beaut of a horse and if you have ever ridden a fixed wheel bike then you already know that the Cannondale Shark is like the Murcielago of that shit.
I peeped this video one day on YouTube and it was totally reminiscent of my experience spinning through New York City Manhattan. Until humans evolve and gain the ability to fly this is the closest thing to that feeling…
ride or die? that shit looks mad dangerous (and fun)…
you wouldn’t happen to know the name of that song playing in the background?
an all white campus =’d many Specialists, Cannondales and Trek’s , which in turn equaled much pocket change for the kid!!…big shout out to to the hedge clippers!!!
Once I was in a cab and the driver clipped a cyclist and knocked him into a parked car. I had to yell and plead with the driver to stop. The guy ended up being ok but the driver was crazy.
And the song playing is called Bandwitch by Broken Social Scene. I can up the album if you would like.
Good stuff.
@ sangano. me, you, and them hedge clippers would’ve come to blows! 🙂 i got a couple bikes gaffled in undergrad. studying on an all white campus had me thinking bicycling was the way to go, after the second jacking i switched to the long board. just don’t tell NOBODY. (grins)
That video is crazy… I’ve never been much of a cyclist myself, but that shit looks fun as hell (and dangerous, as twerk said).
I’d like it if you upped the Broken Social Scene lp. Thanks!
Here ya go…
http://www.sendspace.com/file/mr4zyx