My eyes! My eyes!

[consularrider]

Nice bike. That could have been my Indiana ride on Boxing Day, our route went around the northern end of Lake Monroe and Moores Creek had flooded about a quarter mile of the road. A high clearance truck went slowly through while we were looking at it and it didn’t appear to be more than six or seven inches deep on the road surface, but we turned around anyway. Also saw my first live Pugsley at Bikesmiths in Bloomington. One of the mechanics there had ridden it to the shop in during that morning’s snow and now I want one. Of course, I’m not sure what I’d really use it for, but I since I had ridden in on a hybrid, the thought of the Pugsley for snow riding is appealing.

[culimerc]

@eminva 12522 wrote:

I’m going to betray my ignorance and ask what kind of tire that is on front?

Liz

A really big one……

[Dirt]

The front tire is made by Surly. It is one that is made for their snow bikes. It is a 26×3.7″ tire on an 82mm wide rim. The rear tire is 26×2.7 and is made for a downhill bike. The combination makes for a fun ride off-road and a good workout on-road. Generally it is something I’ll goof off with when and if the weather gets really bad. Later in the spring I’ll put some 700c touring wheels and fenders on it and use it as my touring bike. It is also easily usable as a fixie. It has all the braze-ons and mounts for running racks, fenders and even a trailer hitch (Surly or Yak trailers).

Basically the frame is designed to do pretty much anything. I intend to use it that way.

As huge as the tires are, they could never keep the bike afloat. It weighs close to 40 pounds. It sinks like a brick. I already tried that.

[dcv]

Dirt,
love your bikes, especially the pink ones. i just finished building this, not quite as bright but love the 80’s…

[btj]

@Dirt 12520 wrote:

I kinda put it together with a bunch of weird stuff that I had laying around the shop.

…including what appears to be TruckNutz? Nice. 😎

[Dirt]

@btj 12556 wrote:

…including what appears to be TruckNutz? Nice. 😎

That is the Livestrong Truck Nut. (Patent Pending… or not.)

[Dirt]

@dcv 12554 wrote:

Dirt,
love your bikes, especially the pink ones. i just finished building this, not quite as bright but love the 80’s…

Lovely bike. Should be a lot of fun too! Nicely executed!

[Dirt]

My Troll is a little more famous.

http://chasingmailboxes.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/bikes-to-like-pedro-gringos-surly-troll/

[acc]

That Sir, was a brilliant interview.

[Dirt]

@acc 14933 wrote:

That Sir, was a brilliant interview.

Thanks. Ms. Gypsybug is a serious class act. Her Flickr stream is beyond reproach in every conceivable way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gersema/

[jrenaut]

@Dirt 14934 wrote:

Thanks. Ms. Gypsybug is a serious class act. Her Flickr stream is beyond reproach in every conceivable way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gersema/

I actually just met her this morning at my first #fridaycoffeeclub meetup at Swings Coffee by the White House.

[Dirt]

@jrenaut 14935 wrote:

I actually just met her this morning at my first #fridaycoffeeclub meetup at Swings Coffee by the White House.

It is odd, but I’ve known her for 18 months… or longer. We ride the same areas, routes and places, but at different times. We’ve corresponded almost exclusively through Flickr and have never met face to face. We both commented last week (when talking bout this blog entry) that it actually feels odd to e-mail with each other outside the context of photography. I felt like I needed to attach a photo to my email just to be conversing normally.

I’ve wanted to do a 200 or 300km Brevet with DCRand for a few years now and just haven’t gotten there.

[jrenaut]

I enjoy meeting people in person that I’ve previously known online. It’s almost always a surprise – people are never quite what I expected, though usually in a good (or at least not bad) way.

[Dirt]

@jrenaut 14938 wrote:

I enjoy meeting people in person that I’ve previously known online. It’s almost always a surprise – people are never quite what I expected, though usually in a good (or at least not bad) way.

Totally agree with you. It is just odd that there are a bunch of people who I overlap with and keep an eye out for but have never actually seen.

[Dirt]

Something dirty and fat.

[Author]

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