Yesterday we had a visit from John “Prolly” Watson from the Bike Blog Prolly is not Probably. It was great meeting John and he got to talk shop with our Sponsored Fixed Freestyle rider Christian.
He snapped a ton of Photos so keep a look out on his blog for those. He already did a post on my Landshark.
He dropped off a short stack of the grey beard viking stickers which are here for free on a first come first served basis so stop by quick to grab one.
We had a whole crew of NYC kids stop by the shop today. It was great meeting all of you. Thanks for coming through, and I hope you all stop back again!
Bryan Hollingsworth of Royal H Cycles stopped into our shop today to get his special Bendix 2 speed kick back coaster hub serviced. The thing is crazy! It not only is a beautiful coaster hub, but has an internal 2 speed hub without cables or shifters. It shifts with the action of the coaster break. I don’t even know exactly how to describe how it works, but it’s like a magical unicorn.
The hub is built up to Bryan’s custom show bike that was just featured last night in the Massachusetts Bicycle Film Festival Handbuilt Bicycle Show. Along with the crazy Bendix hub, there is a 3 arm Campagnolo crankset and vintage Ideal leather saddle. The frame has serious lug details and a beautiful sparkling burgundy paint job. If you are looking for a classic custom frame, especially with lugs, give Bryan a call.
Before I can even introduce Joachim Parbo I have to first talk about the week before his arrival.
One day at the shop, just working, 2 sets of carbon cyclocross Zipp wheels arrived in the mail. Tom and I were flabbergasted. While still getting over the shock, 2 more carbon fiber cyclocross frames arrived, now starting to freaking us out. I was running around calling everyone we worked with to figure out if these were for their own cyclocross order since the season just started. No luck. So I’m wondering if we paid for 10,000 dollars worth of carbon fiber no one ordered… Running around pulling my hair out on the phone with all the dealers making sure we didn’t pay for these components, all that I found out was they were for Joachim… Who the hell is Joachim? And if he doesn’t show up can we keep it?
Finally last Friday morning Joachim arrived to build up his bicycles and we find out he is the 3 time Danish National Champion and 31st in the world. Just arriving in America from Denmark to start the first leg of Elite cyclocross races in the US, he just needed a shop to help him build up his bikes. Here is a shot of Joachim’s Leopard cyclocross builds with a winning smile.
As you may have heard we recently teamed up with Colnago and are now offering their amazing frames. Alex Colnago and Diego Colosio from Colnago stopped by the shop to say hello and check out the place. They were pretty impressed and we got to chat about shops in Italy and even where to grab some authentic Italian food if you find yourself in Taiwan, some useful information Wei Wei plans on utilizing when she travels there this November. I heard some other interesting news I don’t want to mention quite yet, so stay tuned!
from left: Alex Colnago, Wei Wei Lin, Jason Hollingsworth, Diego Colosio
