one less car news

my grandpa died this morning while i was here in michigan visting my parents. im going to be here for a bit longer then i planned. if your waiting for an order please give me a few extra days.

thanx

cole

updated: sorry all. my other grandpa died two days after the first. its been a weekend of funerals for me. im heading home wed. ill get right to work and you should see your stuff next week.

ps thanx for all the nice comments.

thanx

cole

i got this email the other day, i love getting cool email like this makes me feel like people really dig what were doing.

cole


A friend and I headed out for some fixed-gear shenanigans yesterday.
She and I were wearing your hat in a lot of them.
Let me know if you want any of them full-res or anything. I'm a pro
photog, so most of these are print-quality.
http://www.duderonomy.com
Thanks for what ya do, Cole!
See ya l8r sk8r,
-michael

well my computer lasted what about a month. its broke again im not even really that mad...im just now used to it.

dennis and katy from the fixed gear gallery have started a new biz powder coating frames called powdercoat $100 bucks for a frame and fork...thats a good deal,plus dennis really knows his shit so you know it will be done right. if you got a frame and want a new look check it out.

cole

jared who is yeti bags sent me this bag to review. i have received alot of bags now but this one has blown my mind,the craftsmanship is amazing its perfect. i cant wait to test it out for the next few weeks. check out jared's stuff on his blog, (the recycled bags looks really cool.)

for real. its my winter bike, here is the story. its a brown Schwinn varsity, i bought it for $30.00 bucks out of some dudes yard (yeah yeah i know $30.00 is a lot for a Schwinn but i felt like the guy really needed the cash) i turned it into the scariest fixed gear ever! it was super sketchy,im talking 27 inch wheels,53 18 gearing,suicide hub and platform pedals. last year i decide that i would spend a few bucks and make it safe. i bought a bottom bracket conversion kit so i could use a regular bottom bracket and put the wheels off my iro on it because i sold the iro. i used some old mtb cranks and bottom bracket and the chain line was really really far off...but it worked.once i hit a bump while in traffic and because my chain was loose and my chain line was so far off my chain came off and wrapped around the spokes stopping the wheel dead! i survived it but feel i used one of my nine lives. next its the one i hit the lady on,and the other day the rear tire split going around a corner and i almost went face first into the pavement. so i locked to the parking meter out front and let it get covered with salt and snow to show it who's boss. today i decide that i wanted to have fenders again and my good bike is getting covered in crap. i bought a new $15 tire and went to put it on. the tube that was in there had a hole near the stem so i used a back up tube,i put it in, pumped it up to 80psi and was making sure it was seated right...all close to it and... BAM! the tube blew so loud, its been three hours and my ears are still ringing! im pretty sure the people who live downstairs think one of us are dead because it sound just like a gun shot. i gave up,its sitting in the corner silently taunting me. i used to call it The Noodle because it was so soft under you but now im thinking of calling it Christine.

please tell me other people have cursed bikes and im not just crazy.

thanx to all you guys this month was the biggest month we ever had. we 969,740 hits! i really cant believe its gotten this big...im going to have to hire an employee...hmmm me as a boss...thats not right.


thank you

cole