The New S&M 26" ATF

Somewhere in my garage has been sitting a super nice set of 26 inch cruiser wheels for the past few years. A pair of low flange Suzue sealed bearing hubs laced to Mavic machined sidewall rims with DT spokes. And those seemed like the perfect reason for a new bike build. 

The S&M LTF frame in translucent green made for a fitting frame to build with these wheels and assorted Profile and Thompson parts. And to finish it off, my obsession of owning every last pair of Shimano XTR V-Brakes, this bike had to have a pair of these on it. 

The Rig Is Back Together--Solid

Manage to finally get the rig back together and feeling like a bike that I feel comfortable on. Needs one or two little tweaks, but as it is it feels great.

And here is a photo of me squeaking on the coping in our backyard. Thanks to Jonas for taking such rad photos. You rule!

And big thanks to Empire, Profile, Demolition and Solid BMX!

For Those About To Jump!

Sunday Bike Ride To The Store

Bike Commute.

Another good ride this morning. Was thinking I might have caught some rain. Clear the whole way in. We had a little shower hit at work 20 minutes or so after I got there. Good timing.

I shot a few clips on the way in this morning to see how the Kodak Zi8 would do in low light. Surprising well. The shots are also some what stable. Not bad for a one handed 20 mph shot. There is one shot I took after climbing a big hill you can actually see my heat beat shaking the camera.

Here are the lines for the last two days.

Avs-14.3, Dst-14.3, Odo-550.5, Mx-25.5, Tm-0.59.29

Avs-11.0, Dis-3.70, Odo-554.2, Mx-24.0, Tm-0.20.13

Avs-13.8, Dis-13.8, Odo-155.9, Mx-25.5, Tm-0.59.10

Man, those Profile racing hubs have a good sound to them. So much better than that crazy noise those Chris King hubs make.