despite the fact that i felt a little sick this morning, i took a 4k ride to mendiola and back. i had to. my son needed a change of clothes for practice.
this gave me an opportunity to test the velo 8. nice little gadget for the price but i wouldn’t really trust the [...]
tool geek. i am. i swear. such a tool geek.
and lito would agree with me.
i always believe that one should use the proper tool for the application especially the mechanical kind. if not then one risks more damage to the item being repaired or fixed which would lead to more expense. and spending more [...]
my gurlfriend and i got a cateye velo 8 for an upcoming project of ours. it will fit our intended purpose perfectly. and its cheap too at 600 pesos (us$14; € 10).
the last cyclocomputer that i had was a vetta. i think it was one of those two-button entry level models too. the wire near [...]
yeah. i named my bike “kikay”. its a filipino word for “female flirt” (or something like that). the picture above is her current incarnation.
list of measurements that would be good to know (for my reference):
frame:
top tube: 52 mm center to center
seat tube: 49 mm center to center
bottom bracket length: 68 mm
fork spacing: 100 mm
rear dropout [...]
i was able to ride again just today. i’ve been busy with a bit of work and generally trying hard to get into the groove of things again.
city riding is not really easy especially in the pinas. there are so many jeeps, buses, pedicabs and wayward pedestrians. so today, i took to the [...]
its been a while since my last post about my fixie/ss project and since its a new year, i think its time i revisited it. there have been some improvements but, as expected, things are a little slow due to either lack of funds or the absence of fixed gear parts.
the begging list:
road frame (*1)
fixedgear [...]
first ride of the year. its a 20km (or thereabouts) loop in san pablo city. the pictures were actually taken 31 december 2007 but i took cherry out on the same loop on 02 january 2008 and i didn’t have time to take pictures then so…
i don’t know the total distance covered because i don’t [...]
