Thursday, September 07, 2006

the journey begins

okay, i am a self-admitted bike junkie. like chris, i am weak before the pusher. maybe i shouldn't have tried those gateway drugs...you know, those frames made in china or taiwan. well, they just don't cut it anymore; i need something more powerful. so the journey begins down the path of the custom made frame. there is something about having a bike made to fit you, your riding style and aesthetics that is too hard to resist. after all, this will be a lifer - a frame that you want to keep and perhaps be buried with.

so the journey begins. initially, i thought i would get the soulcraft plowboy, but then i found quiring cycles, and his scandium mountain frame kinda interested me. after all, if you are in for an ounce you are in for a pound. but then, tomek, the ultimate pusher, talked to me about a frame builder in squamish named mike truelove. mike has the shit; and its cheaper.

stay tuned as the journey progresses.

4 comments:

PaddyH said...

the crap from my flapper counts for shit..Mr. Truelove has my vote...2nd would be Badger(Rob Pennell)

PaddyH said...

sorry, that should begin with "if"

PaddyH said...

and NOT as in "indy fab" either

that dave said...

the plowboy's dropout/tensioner is cool. nice bike. i'm also digging the groundskeeper.