Destroy Video Teaser

Just started playing with cameras. Mounting all over the bike you get a neat perspective of the movements. Enjoy the teaser.

Re-Located

i've moved my blog page. sorry "blogger" but im at http://spin4130.tumblr.com/ for now.

Sticker Order Has Been Placed

They are to be presented as white on black. I'll probably be handing these out for a while once the shipment comes in. Put them on your bike, or your helmet, or in the corner of that nook or cranny that your sure someone will see it, but not from a car's point of view. Put them on your bumper of your car if your also a driver. Put them on your frizbee. Put them on your box of secrets you keep in the closet. Put one on your boombox. Put them on your coffee table. Put one on your refrigerator. Put one on the wall in the bathroom at the bar. Put one on your dog. Or just stick them wherever else you see fit. Good times with stickers.

Bridgestone update

(jpg) So, there it is. This bike has been so reliable and it still rolls down the road even after all the abuse ive dished its way. Yes it rolls down the road...... in the trunk of a car..... (sigh). I went down on my way to work the other day. At the intersection of StateOfFranklin and Market, a junction i pass through daily, i picked up a chunk of rusted steel debris in my rear tire as i was hopping up the curb. it slid as the air rushed out of the wound. the curb impacted that rear rim with a vicious force. My spd released at a retarded angle and my foot slipped. i went down. the bike went flying. i got up and carried the rest of the way to work. that rim is so bent that it doesnt clear the stays thus wont roll at all. looks like ill be on the Ripper a lot until i get around buying a fresh set of Gator Skins and getting to lacing up another Mavic.

Urban Velo in Asheville

This article titled "Aiming for an Urban Cycling Mecca in Asheville North Carolina" can be read along with the rest of Urban Velo #19 online for free at http://urbanvelo.org/ . The article covers stories from our neighbor over the ridge, Asheville, NC. Many of us are already familiar with the subject matter in this article. It would be a good time if a few of the Destroy riders wanted to head over there with our rides sometime and cruise, eat, drink, ride the track, and smell the hippies.  

Buffallope Vs Chatty

New videos from David cruising in his new city of Chattanooga, TN. Neat that they were shot using an iPod hairtied to a light mount. They aren't action packed, but they are edited with video game themed subtitles. Just some chill Chatty-cruizin' footage. 

No, I Haven't Forgotten Polo

I've been slacking off a bit. But I swear my logic has been in holding out for the summer. Holding out for students' freedom. Holding out for late night rides. I get the feeling there are now more riders emerging that I haven't yet met. This 'summers almost in swing anxiety' swept over me as I was pondering the polo mallets that I still havent finished. So, I headed over to Luke's place to fiddle around with the supplies. Here is a picture of a still unfinished mallet from earlier today. All ski poles have been cut at 38". The mallet heads are CPVC and vary from 6.5" to 8". They are still waiting to have the hardware put in place, to be plugged, and to be wrapped. I am also trying to have Destroy "chainring D" stickers ready at the same time as the mallets. When I pass out mallets you should get stickers too! I just needed to post this so you all know that I am working on this stuff. Just a week or so till Summer takes over. In the meantime you can download these desktop backgrounds courtesy of MiniBruce.

Spin4130 art

This is a new logo design MiniBruce and I collaborated on for my bike projects. He just got it done and i felt the need to introduce it just as it is right here right now. Eventually you should be seeing this applied to those previously mentioned projects, but for now just check it out. The 4130 CrankFace.

To You, Local Rider

Dear Bicycle Rider I Almost Smashed Last Night,
        You might have crashed last night as I flew by. I have no apologies for the way I handled myself in that time or place. I saw what happened from afar, and I can assure you that you have no right in the streets on your rickety-ass bike at night. I spotted you riding down a one-way on the tree streets at the last possible moment. I wasn't the only one. I saw the car at the crossroad in front of you hesitate and second guess their actions a few times before I knew you were even there pissing the driver off. The main issue was the darkness of night and your lack of any lights whatsoever. As I was passing you, right when I noticed your presence, you made an unstable turn without warning or signal. I swerved to not hit you, and thanks to my awareness and not yours, swerved around the hesitant car as well. I don't hope that you crashed into the ground or that car's bumper, but if that is what happened its your own damn fault for not having any self awareness. I don't want this experience to stop you from riding, but to drop some knowledge into your skull that you may wanna consider protecting with a helmet from now on. If you didn't crash I wouldn't consider this an example of learning the hard way and now you know. Get some lights. Open your eyes. Look around.  Stop pissing traffic off because of your ignorant ways. Stop making me and other riders look bad.
                                                                              Sincerely Yours,
                                                         The Fast Guy With The Lights
p.s. - If we had collided, you would've been way worse off than I.

Old Fixie R.I.P. / New Fixie RIPper

Got the new fixie built up now. Its a 2010 SE Racing P.K. Ripper fixed. I always wanted a ripper back when i was a kid racing BMX. Now that i'm a big boy, SE made a run of these limited edition fixed Rippers based on the BMX i used to want so bad. For my purposes, this bike was the best bang for the buck. I dont consider my riding freestyle. Its fixed street instead of traditional fixed track. I intend on getting pretty technical with my handling of this bike, but im not taking huge risks for the sake of big tricks. If that was my intention, i'd be on a BMX. Don't get me wrong, tricking is an honorable discipline in its own right, but im done with the sacrifices i made in mobility and risk while riding BMX a long long time ago. Technical skills lead to tricking and with 700c wheels i can practice my 180s, barspin combos, wheelies, and whatever else, while riding at a more efficient pace to a destination. Riding in town gets stale for me sometimes. This will surely keep it interesting. There will no doubt be trick sessions, commuting, polo, and hassle free riding all come out of this bike. So, i think this is pretty darn cool.