DDBG SF

On my way back home...

2012-01-23T20:14:00.001-08:00

Got to hang out with Stefan, Willy, Alex and T tonight. Classic SF dinner and drinks in the Mission. Rad.

I'm sure you've noticed that I added Slex's "Rain From The Sky" and Z's rant to the feedlist. It comes from my own desire to read their musings all in one place and the fact that they are Dead Deer through and through. So, buy them a beer if you see them and keep pedaling.

My wife throws down

2012-01-15T21:07:00.000-08:00

Ahi steaks seared with sesame seeds and garlic over brown rice and steamed broccoli topped with fresh cabbage slaw plus a touch of soy sauce. So dank!

"That salsa is like dressing." - Rafael

2012-01-03T20:29:00.000-08:00

Raf my old buddy sent me some pics of him getting back to nature up around Fort Fun. Dude is rad, and he likes his women like he likes his salsa (thick and spicy)...

As soon as a date is nailed down for OSO this year I'll probably be making a trip back to race you kids, be sure to harass those involved in the decision making process for me.

happy holidays!

2011-12-24T09:35:00.000-08:00

December...

2011-12-19T12:30:00.000-08:00

I got my new Hunter all built up last week. It turned out really well, check it out.

Frame - Hunter Cyclocross with a split seattube and downtube coupler for traveling.
Fork - Hunter Supercrown
Headset and BB - Chris King
Shifters - Shimano Ultegra 6700
Drivetrain - Shimano CX-70 and Ultegra 6700
Bar - Pro Vibe 7 Compact
Stem - Pro Vibe 7
Seatpost - Pro Vibe 7
Hubs - Chris King CX
Rims - Mavic Open Sport
Spokes - Sapim Lazer 3x

Now that I have a rad travel bike. Who is in?

Went to an art opening with these hipsters the other week.

Finally got back 4 racks from powdercoat. 3 are spoken for...

Making stems now, more radness on the way.

Have a good month Dead Deer.

christmas wave

2011-12-17T20:29:00.000-08:00

Season's change Franz...

2011-12-01T20:02:00.000-08:00

Went out for a couple laps on William's peak today over by sunlight Mtn with Sean and Chris. Super fun times in spite of a shallow snowpack. Let it snow!

Schuyler sighting at the MRKT....

2011-11-25T15:01:00.000-08:00

yeeeeew!, happy turkey day kooks!

2011-11-23T16:29:00.001-08:00

frothing....and

oh yeah...if you didn't see it.....we were right

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Carbondale's new skate zone. Get mellow!

2011-11-18T15:53:00.001-08:00

Grant Taylor SOTY 2011

2011-11-15T19:10:00.001-08:00

breaking news, you heard it here first. All 6 of you!

Party Wave

2011-11-08T12:05:00.000-08:00

Stefan and his buddy Spencer spent the weekend in SF (more posts to come) On the way back to LA I followed them down to Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz and got some tasty waves.... epic weekend all in all. I was frothing too hard when we got there to take any photos of the waves, whoops. I assure you they were good!

fast forward

2011-11-05T23:00:00.000-07:00

somewhere in san francisco

2011-11-01T23:25:00.000-07:00

Couple flix from the rip curl pro in my backyard. Its crazy how the first day of this thing actually lines up with incredible waves. That and these dudes are a whole other level of radical.

check the dude getting barreled, seriously

a post from yesterdays events... unheard of

2011-10-07T11:49:00.000-07:00

Got to see Mallman open for Electric Six last night. One of my favorites! He blew up the PA or something pretty early but it didn't slow down the show at all. If he's ever in your neck of the woods do yourself a favor and go see him.

Things have been getting stale here at DDBG.com so I think we're going to try and do a site revamp soon.... shake this thing up a little bit. Let Metzler or I know if you have any suggestions, things you'd like to see happen.

Tonnnnnnnnnnnnuh, nunnn n n nun n

2011-10-05T06:49:00.000-07:00

This was 40 miles in to a 70 mile ride with 9000' of climbing in crested butte on my single speed. Congrats to Zness on finishing the whole 100 miles and 13,600'!

roll 75

2011-09-24T09:43:00.000-07:00

We took a photobooth and Maggie backstage at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate. Here are some random shots, from one of the rollspop chips were hadSlex was in town to hang out and see Phishover-phishedThis stranger asked me to take a photo, posed like this, and didn't have his own camera. I'm supposed to email this to him. heres a guy phishing

Toga!

2011-09-23T11:19:00.000-07:00

Double Yeeew

2011-09-21T12:12:00.001-07:00

Yeeew

2011-09-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

indian Summer

2011-09-15T23:27:00.000-07:00

I hear that there was a dusting of snow on the rocky peaks that face Denver this week. Summer is winding down for some, while here in SF the fog is about to lift and bring us our version of summertime. Big changes in the last few months for the gang. We got Stefan back on the mainland, complete with an uber hip haircut and Japanese foreign exchange student style handlebars on his Surly. Big changes next month too. I'm sure a post will emerge from the Mexico trip. Here is what the end of the Colorado summer brought to me this year.

Sipping Mojitos at my Vail condo. I managed to take an entire week off with the ladyfriend and relax properly. Nettles and Rankin made the trip for a Lasagna dinner and some Skip-Bo. A trip to remember for sure.

Saw the SF Symphony perform Antonio Vivaldi's 4 Seasons. When I was a kid we often listened to classical music during our sit down dinners and this was a family favorite. Nice to know all the tunes before you see a show.

Found this guy outside a cafe that I was at before work one Sunday morning. He had a boombox and was blasting metal at 9AM doing bong rips and yelling along. Made my day.

I enrolled in a welding class at CCSF this fall. Got a new auto-darkening hood that looks like I mugged a superhero. So rad.

Turning out rack parts at the machine shop at CCSF. Let me know if you want one. I'll start actually making these things soon.

...things to come... you'll see.

Gambling with Willy. Learned a fun dice game at the bar. 1-4-24. You have to get a 1 and a 4 for your score to count, high score wins. At least one die must be removed each roll.

I bought my first set of unbelievably overpriced tickets from a scalper to go see Band Of Horses at the Fillmore SF. Totally worth the money. These guys are one of my favorites.

Jerry, Janis, and Bill.

Stem jig. Butcher Bicycles is coming soon(ish).

Happy trails everyone. Call me and say hi. I don't have Facebook.

-Metzler

2011-09-12T18:21:00.000-07:00

roll 74

2011-08-25T14:31:00.000-07:00

this roll has a few miles under it's belt

sf^

maine^

probably new york^

montana^

The new fixed gear...

2011-07-30T00:33:00.000-07:00

I raced my fixed gear last year. This year I'm getting a custom frame made for me. I'm cool right?

JFR. so funny.

The last few months...

2011-07-24T14:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Willy and George, these are the drinks I bought for you. I'll save them for the next time I see you.

I managed to find a little time to get back in the metal shop this month and knocked out some rack parts. One more is finished and claimed, with all of the parts for another already prepped and ready for assembly. The first run is getting powdercoated soon. I think Bassboat red is going to be the choice. Let me know if you want in on one and I'll start up a list. Bro deal is 150$ and we can do 1/2 down for a deposit.

The Freewheel CX team's co-sponsor, De La Paz Coffee has been open on Fridays at their new Mission street location. Anisa and I have been going before work, you should meet up with us.

I did a patch on a cracked carbon frame a few weeks ago. It turned out really well.

I need to take more pictures of my life... I'll be at my Vail condo August 15-19, if you're reading this you should come up...

madison wisconson

2011-07-19T07:12:00.000-07:00

If you guys weren't aware i'm driving around the country, and I'm about 40 days in. Here are a few photos from about 3 weeks ago. This is the last time i rode a bike, and its destroying my body not to. If you guys get a chance maybe post a photo or two, just saying.

roll 73

2011-06-05T01:41:00.000-07:00

this is the roll that lead to me discovering that its the local walgreens scanner that is ruining all of my photos... so thats good, and bad....

roll 72

2011-06-02T02:14:00.000-07:00

where's the time gone?

2011-06-01T11:57:00.000-07:00

gonna be making a lot of these on the van trip..... so here's my first two attempts... nothing special but at least its not another photo post

roll 71

2011-06-01T01:43:00.000-07:00

a metal show, cody at work, colorado, and some westy shots... this old ass roll has it all

roll 70 (for real)

2011-05-30T13:35:00.000-07:00

That last roll was actually roll 69..... oh well nobodys looking anywho

Ryan and Jordans wedding was fun, it was also almost a year ago.... really slacking on film development and posting in a timely matter

roll 70

2011-05-22T13:54:00.000-07:00

its a pretty good roll when you edit it down from 24 and are left with 16 you like......

Epilogues are for lovers.

2011-05-18T20:21:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite bands came to SF last night and we had a killer time. It was very tame compared to Fort Collins standards. But I still bought the band and myself a round of short ones just like the old days. Word on the streets is they are supposed to come back in June so you'll get another chance at them in SF.

Get your Epilogues here.

three new and one old.

2011-05-16T22:30:00.000-07:00

I saw these two meet up in a bar in Berkeley a few weeks back. From what I could gather they were a Match.com date and were shockingly compatible. I was so happy that I had to sneak a picture of them to share with you all. They hit it off from the start. Two burgers, four beers, and a side salad later; I am pretty sure there is a second date in the works. (is that how you use a semicolon? I went to public school)

Only in SF....

I got a custom made bus for my US tour next fall.

Lovebirds... See you all in Mexico for this party.

I'm listening to Katrina and the Waves, "Walking on Sunshine" right now. Rad.

ok man, calm down

2011-05-16T17:43:00.000-07:00

these are from the phone on the same day as roll 68, we're not in trouble with the police at the end, we're trying to catch who robbed us at gunpoint. And for some reason my two favorite photos aren't showing up right.... somehow they've been stolen by the computer...... its a theme these days

roll 68

2011-05-15T21:44:00.000-07:00

too bad this night ended at the wrong end of a gun barrel, at least they didn't steal this film i guess

for the dudes racing this weekend

2011-05-05T19:52:00.000-07:00

have fun out there

2011-04-28T10:59:00.000-07:00

roll 66

2011-04-25T10:25:00.000-07:00

Songs for us bikes for Japan

2011-04-18T00:24:00.000-07:00

Usually I am against all of the relief efforts that are posed by celebrities. But, I came across this one while working today. It is a 38 track mixtape that is only 10 bucks and all of the proceeds go to the Japanese Red Cross. Check it out in the iTunes store.

In other Japan news, Giant Bicycles donated 1000 bikes for relief workers to use during the recovery process. So that is nice.Read the whole story here.

Just news today, my mind is scattered from the Booty Bassment last night.
Metzler

roll 65

2011-04-12T22:06:00.000-07:00

It's like rollerblades but better...

2011-04-08T20:32:00.000-07:00

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the real deal

2011-04-04T01:16:00.000-07:00

told yah slex.... he'll soon be your favorite

Party bus, looking for a party wave

2011-03-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

Auto body repair planter

2011-03-26T13:51:00.001-07:00

you get the idea

2011-03-26T10:09:00.000-07:00

whale watching

2011-03-26T00:29:00.000-07:00

Dinner party

2011-03-24T22:40:00.000-07:00

Urban cowboys

2011-03-24T15:53:00.000-07:00

Awe inspiring

2011-03-23T22:22:00.000-07:00

Looks can be deceiving

2011-03-23T20:37:00.000-07:00

hook, line, and sinker

2011-03-22T16:29:00.000-07:00

Greetings from port orford

2011-03-22T12:04:00.001-07:00

Reedsport

2011-03-22T12:01:00.001-07:00

Lincoln city

2011-03-21T11:46:00.000-07:00

Fueling up

2011-03-21T09:26:00.000-07:00

Kooks!

2011-03-20T20:52:00.000-07:00

Thou Shalt Steel.

2011-03-20T16:21:00.000-07:00

The threat of free pizza and cheap Italian beers brought out a slew of bike nerds for the Northern California Handmade Bicycle show today. Some of the Bay Area's finest bicycle craftsmen brought their showpieces out to the party. I'll let the low-res pictures speak for themselves.

Black Cat Bicycles Randonneur : From Santa Cruz, CA "a one man dance party"

Sycip Bicycles of Sonoma County- Townie Bike. That guy in the background is Jeremy Sycip, Baller.

Really cool custom racks and the tell-tale coins in the fork legs. So classy...

Cameron Falconer from the Freewheel/Hunter cyclocross race team made this blue singlespeed shredmachine for the show, check out the rad shorty V-brakes he machined also...

Blue Collar Bicycles - I have no idea where these guys are from. Cool bike though. Singlespeed MTB with handmade lugs and dropouts... Very nice.

Caletti Commuter Bike - Alfine rear hub with belt drive and disc brakes... Love the integrated stem/bars...

The infamous Bruce Gordon, Ti lugged carbon town bike? f'n crazy. Carbon fenders Ti front rack full SRAM Red. And I thought Green Bike had a ridiculous build for a city bike. This is way over the top grandpa style.

If I had to pick my favorite bike of the show it would be this Steve Rex cruiser bike.

The place was packed and it was tough to get any pictures, but you get the idea. Great time, and the sun even came out. Next year I'll be in the show...

Have a killer week Dead Deer.

Newport beach

2011-03-20T16:20:00.000-07:00

Tighten the hatches

2011-03-20T14:52:00.001-07:00

Lonely seabird you've been away from land too long

2011-03-20T14:44:00.001-07:00

Fred and Andy!

2011-03-19T22:35:00.000-07:00

Van life pt.2

2011-03-19T22:32:00.000-07:00

Van life pt.1

2011-03-19T22:30:00.000-07:00

On the road again

2011-03-19T21:12:00.000-07:00

po1aroid

2011-03-15T02:19:00.001-07:00

A photo from my phone for everyday in february. For some reason the slideshows running in reverse, so technically your looking at the 28th to the 1st of Feb 2011

Nuff Said...

2011-03-15T01:41:00.000-07:00

I'm going for sure. Pizza, Bikes and Music?

It's like my wildest dream come true. Next year I'll be exhibiting. I just ordered a stem fixture, so I'll be making custom stems now. Get rad.

*note* all of the black DDBG caps are gone. Only 2 white ones left, get em' while you can. It will take Per another 8 months to make more... ha ha.

like buttah

2011-03-10T07:19:00.000-08:00

you gotta start somewhere

2011-03-04T00:07:00.000-08:00

i can't stop smiling at this photo so i thought i'd share, and introduce the newest dead deer member

never say never

2011-02-28T22:22:00.000-08:00

looks like i'll be chasing this lycra clad dude around on sundays and mondays. I'll bring the beers.

Black History Month.

2011-02-24T21:21:00.000-08:00

Why is Black History Month the shortest month of the year? Suspicious...

anyway...

I finished up my prototype rack, Turned out really well...

I even snuck a light mount in...

Really clean mounting. No handlebar strap bullshit like other rack makers.

Handmade strut mounts. I turned these myself on the lathe at CCSF.

Now that the prototype is really done. I'm ready to make them and I'll try to be quick about it. Get your orders in... only 100 bucks for Dead Deer. They will be around 175$ retail. Show me some cash and I'll move much faster. If you have any special needs/features/ideas let me know, I'm sure I can make it happen. Do it quick, the orders are already piling up...

Saw my first live Banksy the other day while walking around with Emily. "If at first you don't succeed - call an airstrike"

Then we went to the drag show at the gay bar down the street from me. So hilarious.

This thing came through the shop the other day and made me smile. Kids are stupid. At least he has a brake.

finally some film, roll 63

2011-02-21T21:26:00.000-08:00

so this took forever, after walgreens screwed up my last 2 rolls of film i was hesitant to go back. here's an old random roll from christmas this year and a day and night

alex slipping into a sock coma

dan dolans new puppy

hoop dreams

amanda and lou's property is amazing

the MArket still strong

tween jacket

metzler was in the Fort for an epic night!

you spin me right round

2011-02-04T16:07:00.000-08:00

Tuesday Aloha.

2011-02-02T00:01:00.000-08:00

Made some real progress in the Rad Lab rack scene this weekend. Managed to get one rack completely brazed and mounted up to Stephen's Cross Check. They turned out really stout and surprisingly light. Super clean mounting to the canti-studs on the fork... I'd like to make one for everyone that wants one. Let me know. It's actually coming soon. Bro deal will be like 100 bones for materials/shop space cost... Maybe we could trade artwork/ other items of interest.

- Green bike's rack should be done this week too!

I went to a super hip art show that was a video art exhibition. I took a picture that captures how super cool it was. (Shit was lame, sometimes hipsters are actually not hip). I had a blast poking fun at them and wearing boots in an art gallery. It wasn't a total loss, they did have free beer.

I made a super gourmet dinner to congratulate myself on making it out of December without cutting an ear off. But I only took a pic of the appetizer. I followed this with grilled vegetables and cous cous, Then broiled pork chops with red wine glaze. So good.

If you haven't talked to me in the last month give me a call, I have Mondays off (kinda)... Metzler.

oh where oh where can my angel be?

2011-01-27T18:44:00.000-08:00

Super Saturday

2011-01-17T17:57:00.001-08:00

This weekend I took a reprieve from working my face off and decided to throw myself a party. It started off with a traffic-filled sprint from work to Yoshi's, a jazz club that booked the legendary Public Enemy to play with their live band. It was by far one of the best Hip-Hop concerts I've ever seen. I was in the fourth row. Killer.

Flava Flav! Complete with a clock, Chuck D and two PE soldiers.

The show let out at ten and we sprinted over to shake it at the Booty Bassment. Did a shot of tequila with T and that was all she wrote. I was dancing like it was December 21, 2012.

Back to the grind...

thanks walgreens

2011-01-16T23:37:00.000-08:00

and just like that i lose 2 roles of film because the people at walgreens aren't aware that if the numbers don't show up on the sides of film when its processed that means its a problem with the developer, not that i "didn't shoot any photos". Bummed

So another iphone photo for the fans

where was i?

2011-01-13T22:06:00.000-08:00

all over the place

its been way to long, my apologies interweb.

double the C double the S

2010-12-20T11:11:00.001-08:00

I have been trying to make a decent loaf of Sourdough bread for the last 2 years out here and I finally got one! It's like watching your first born go to college. The previous loaves have been dense and crappy, not very sour and not nearly good enough to impress anyone. I think i figured it out this time... Who knew baking was so hard? props to all the Grandmas.

Stephen's remaining days at The Freewheel are winding down and we all went out to the Academy of Sciences for the club night at the museum. Pretty freaking fun to roll around in a museum listening to mashups and drinking ballpark priced beverages. But no bar has a jellyfish tank or penguins or real scientists doing science fair presentations... Killer.

And! I'll be in CO on christmas day until the 30th... lets hang out.

DDBG Homework assignment 12-12-2010

2010-12-13T12:55:00.001-08:00

Your assignment is to take all the seatposts out of all the bikes that you own and slop some more grease in. Last week I had to ruin what was a perfectly good Thompson Elite seatpost because some dude forgot to. It took 45 minutes of penetrating oil, a torch, hammer and a vise to remove the damn thing. I thought the game was over when the post sheared in half while I was wrenching on it. This was the worst one I've ever seen. The post came out of a really nice Soma Delancey Frame, now its being sent to powdercoat. Scope the carcass...

Happy Cristmahanukwanzaa...

that is the creepiest Santa, no wonder she is so pissed.

Take a look at the sparkle in this guy's eye. So happy to be providing for his family. The full camouflage suit really paid off...

And... Hats are in. White with gold ink (Jay-Z edition) and black with white ink... email me if you want one or two. Only 8 left...

have a killer week everybody.

shit done changed...

2010-12-08T21:26:00.000-08:00

lots of things changing these days. Most of you already know...

I got a second job...

...and a new roommate for the month. She is pretty awesome. She is trying to develop an app for the new Samsung TV's and she is in a contest to get her business paid for. So, DDBG nation, go and vote for her idea because you can spare 5 minutes.

http://gurootv.com/

word up... if it stops raining i'll go ride bikes.

has it been too long?

2010-12-07T12:46:00.000-08:00

sorry i've been neglecting the site... but clearly i'm not the only one

atleast i have a few excuses....

had to make a website for class
check it out!

and also launched a project for work in which i'm going to try and travel the good ole USofA and make a book. hopefully i'll get to meet up with all the deaddeer on said trip

check it out!

and if you could help spread the word that would be epic

getting epic for the holidays

2010-11-30T20:43:00.000-08:00

more heath

2010-11-17T20:09:00.000-08:00

pretty awesome

they made it! check it here

i'm no king

2010-11-16T13:51:00.000-08:00

ah the good ole days, wonder how many times i've moved this headset... I've had it since 1998, put it on the old marin pine mountain in high school. went really well with the 130mm stem and magura hydraulic brakes

some good ole american steel. bontrager got an upgrade

roll 60

2010-11-09T15:15:00.000-08:00

pretty fun roll to revisit. we've got a ton of stuff in one roll of film, slex in SF, evins wedding in DC, back in SF, and then with Alex's brother and family in San Diego getting our legoland on

roll 59, A CAMERA FROM SLEX

2010-11-07T23:17:00.000-08:00

Slex mailed alex and I a thank you package for letting him crash here a few times this summer, dudes rad like that. One of the things he sent was a canon canonette camera. ITs old as hell, and its my first rangefinder. I figured it would have some light leaks and such so i threw a crappy 25 cent roll of film in it and this is what i got.

thanks slex, your the best

looking through my old pictures...

2010-11-07T13:01:00.000-08:00

three good things...

green bike...

no handed tandem rides

PBR's on long rides

Three bad things...

The cops

unicorns (evil ones)

zombies

Happy Friday.

2010-11-05T14:58:00.000-07:00

courtesy of Soil Saloon...

roll 58

2010-11-05T02:10:00.000-07:00

I have a brother named Ryan, my mom didn't birth him but my sister thought he was cool so now he's my brother. ITs pretty awesome. Too bad when i made his friends by 3 times the beer they wanted to take to his bachelor party I wasn't carrying an old film camera around to get some crappy shots on some thrift store bought film. That would of been awesome. (i'm pretty sure we drank almost all of said beer)

But my lady has a lot of sisters and another one of them got married to this dude(his name happens to be Ryan too). So I made his friends get 3 times the booze they wanted too and I had a camera thats super old, and film that I bought from a thift store for 25 cents. So the pictures are horrible but at least theres pictures.

Long story short I will probably have two brothers named Ryan once Alex proposes

Los Gigantes!

2010-11-04T21:59:00.000-07:00

The Giants won the world series and I was there... photoblog time...

The Boss invited me out on his sailboat for a floatilla from his slip at Historic Pier 39 to McCovey Cove, right next to AT&T Park for Game 1 of the World Series. A lasagna dinner, a few beers and an 11-7 victory were on deck for the night. Pretty rad. Here's my 8,000 words on the subject.

racks on the way (still)...Hats too (Per-David, do the hats)

roll 57

2010-11-04T01:59:00.000-07:00

this is super old... whats new

welcome al green to dead deer everybody (hands clapping)

dreams come true

2010-10-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

these are 2 of my favorite things.... batman and surfing

stolen from the gentleman's surf club who seem to be stefans blokes out in australia and the main reason for him to blog more/the reason he probably doesn't blog here

Looks like you're just riding around in circles...

2010-10-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

Saw a rad video on Lepistaresistance this morning...check it out.

First three minutes of 3,2,1.."KiLL!" from Oleg J on Vimeo.

It reminded me that there is a huge Bike Polo tournament in SF this weekend. Dustin from the Freewheel on Hayes will be there dressed up like Chuck Norris so that alone should be worth it. I'll be there too and if you mention that you have read this blog to me it will yield you a free beer koozie. Holy cow. They said they will have beer and food too...

greg harbour

2010-10-26T21:32:00.000-07:00

Greg and his lady crashed at the house for a few days and we got some good skating in..... he even posed in a few photo's for my photo class. Obviously i didn't use any for school so here they are on a blog that nobody looks at.

he skates for 1031 (click here to see his special place on the web)

thanks greg

this is way harder than it looks... ollie over to never been ground upon to exit through the pipes... pretty awesome. wish i could shoot faster than 2.7 frames per second

The First Loser...

2010-10-25T14:40:00.000-07:00

The first cyclocross race of the season was last weekend at Merritt College up in the Oakland Hills. I converted my Steamroller into a cross bike after scoring a White Industries freewheel off of a customer that was going back to gears. With touring tires and caliper brakes dialed in and ready to shred I set off for the BART station for a trip under the bay.

A tour of East Oakland was to follow. I haven't felt the anxiety of being the only idiot white kid to ride his bike through the hood' in a while. It was my first time through East Oakland and it lived up to all of 2$hort and Luniz's descriptions.

I raced Singlespeed B's that day and, not expecting much, lined up in the third row on the inside. I got an ok start and tried to maintain a decent pace throughout the race. Everyone was spread out and I had no idea where I was in the race. I was being passed by some of the faster guys with gears but not many singlespeeds.

Satisfied with finishing in the gold medal spot for the "jean shorts" category, I helped pack up the Freewheel tent, stoked to get a free ride back to the city.

It was 5 days before I found out that I had gotten the first losers spot. Awesome...

next race is Nov 7th...

have a killer week Dead Deer

and... racks on the way (still)

crumbling

2010-10-22T10:56:00.001-07:00

2010-10-18T18:55:00.001-07:00

Heath Kirchart has always been one of my favorites. Dude recently retired from skateboarding and is biking across the country to sort stuff out. Reminds me of thos miles I spent chasing PJ to a skatepark in Oregon so he could sleep while Schuyler and I tried to skate. (just kidding PJ) how bout we digitize the excess bike trip zine here on the blog one day?, you still even look at this blog? maybe I should email you....... ok getting off subject........

Heaths got a bike trip blog

check it out here, its better than this blog

oh, and go here for a cool interview greg hunt took

roll 56

2010-10-18T16:11:00.000-07:00

some denver, some lucas valley, some sky, and some coastline

life from above

2010-10-11T19:05:00.000-07:00

alex and I have been super busy. busy awesome. I think i spent more time away from home than home in september. long enough that fixing the website became a semi major task. So to those that kept posting thanks. Those that aren't posting get on it. I'm at least 10 rolls of film behind, with 6 or 7 more to develop, not counting the 5 different cameras that are loaded with rolls. and yesterday i uploaded my digital elph that is often neglected and it had 500 some photos on it. So needless to say I've got a lot of crap post to catch up myself......

so here's 4 photo's from the phone....

thats all for now