ooohhh, my bike is almost done

so let's see, it was back in May when I bought my bike to fix. It's now October, and my bike is a day away from being completed. Thankfully, my friend Mary told me about some of her friends that run this fantastic bike shop in orem called urban downfall. They did her bike for her, and since I am not really working on my own bike, I decided to turn it over to them. Jamison just called me and told me the paint job is done, and they will start assembling soon. I honestly can't wait, and have been waking up to dreams of my completed fixed gear bike all week long. Then in my inbox today REI had sent me 5 reasons why I should bike instead of drive:

1. the average Joe loses 13 lbs by biking

2. pedaling is better for the planet

3. you'll save major cash on gas

4. parking is free, so no more tickets

5. fresh air is the ultimate rush

So, yes, it's october, but I still plan on biking as much as possible, even as the weather gets cold. I love riding bikes. 

Utah Tour de Donut

Utah Tour de Donut

The Cosmos and the Cool Cats

My name is Nathan. I am a member of fixed gear valley.  This is the sweet 1969 Astra that I purchased from an old man in american fork for $20.  Thanks go to Whitney.  She met the old man a week before and scoped out the bike and saved his number in her phone.  Thanks go to Mark as well who took this beautiful bike for a test drive but decided that it wasn't for him.

Fate I guess, perhaps destiny then, brought us together.  She is now mine and I am hers.  Her name is Medda and yes she is on top of the world.  

I stripped off all her parts (wow, that sounds so seductive) and now I'm working on getting the rest of the old paint off her frame. 

I have a great image in my mind of how she will look when she is all done.  I can't wait but its a few hundred dollars away.

The history of Medda-

Manufactured in Italy.  Migrated to America.  Purchased by Glade in 1969 to be used on his LDS Mission in New England.  Medda traveled the east coast streets including riding with the cool cats in New York and the cosmos from Boston.  She was then slowly induced to a life of abuse.  Left in the garage for days on end, left low on air and littered with rust.  It was about 30 years later when she was saved by her prince charming.  Me.  I am her Jack Kelly and thus, she my Medda.  I love you Medda and our life together will be long and fruitful. 

i <3 my hearts!

So last saturday Nathan found his frame, it was very exciting (I'm sure he'll blog about it himself, as soon as he realizes this blog exists). But we spent all saturday playing on our bikes. It was great because my mom even made us lunch and I felt like I was 6 years old again.

One of the coolest discoveries of the day was while Nate was stripping his bike down and I was sanding mine...

wa la! hearts!

Yes, those are hearts! I have hearts on my frame! I don't know how we missed them before! They make me so happy! I can't wait to paint my bike and ride it around... oh, if only my student loan would get here!

What color should I paint my hearts...

garage sell reject

I found the frame for my bike two weeks ago today at a garage sell across town. I was lucky because it was the only bike I found all morning that was even close to what I was looking for. And it was only 5 bucks!! It was a miracle! I had begun to think it hopeless trying to find a used road bike. Especially since the day before Nate and I had driven to every second hand store in the valley looking for good frames and didn't find a single one.

This bike is the prefect size... when I saw it standing all alone and sad at that garage sell, I knew I had to give it a home.


So that following week Nate took the whole thing apart:

This is when the brake was cut. Sha bui!

This is when Nate was happy he got that thing off.

This is when Nate was done.

Now I'm just dreaming for an awesome paint job and cool components. And thinking of ways to get money to make it happen as soon as possible.