E-Bay Irony

I shit you not. Unable to find the seat I wanted on the shelves of my local bike store, I found the only one available online on ebay. Today I get the shipping information for the item I purchased and to my disbelief the freaking seller is my local bike store.

Detroit Alleycat

Pictured left is my new obsession and the latest excuse for the lack of blog content here. It's a huge(double xl!) mid-70's Peogeot frame that I picked up for cheap on craigs list; I've ditched the old chrome wheels in favor of a pair Deep-V Eighthinch wheels and torn all the 10 speed and braking gear off. With the wheels came an Origin 8 fixed hub and black spokes. I've still got a few more goodies on order to spruce up the looks and further reduce the weight of the bike. As it stands now it's probably one of the lightest bike's I've ever owned.

I've been riding the fixed gear for about a week now and I absolutely love it. Emergency stops can get a little sketchy but otherwise it's a very relaxing ride - you get up to cruising speed and just ride.

Last night we met up with a couple other riders for the Detroit Alleycat bike race. An alleycat is kinda like a scavenger hunt on bikes - the theme for this one was Scatagories. We had a list of destinations around the city with a category and we had to ride to each destination to find the letter. Overall I'd say we did about 15-20 miles zig-zagging across the city, it was an absolute blast and I got to see parts of the city that I never knew excisted. A++++ would do again.