Whoops, pardon me...
(climbing onto the walkway from the beach at Hug Point on the Oregon Coast, turned a corner and encountered this. Turned *right around.*
Elk family (with a huge stag) came down to the beach to eat.
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I joined a bike ride that went over five (5) bridges in Portland and this happened.
THE CONDUCTOR WAVED AT US.
#mbtpubroll would have gone apeshit @wvistheduck
Seen today on my block in Portland, @Will @bikepedantic I thought this would be of interest. #weirdcarmastodon
I spend a lot of time on Alaska 737s in and out of Portland so that's fun 😬😬
Ya gotta admit tho, it sure looked like a great view outta that door-hole
I've desecrated some of his good work. The bars got swapped for classy townie bars from Velo Orange; the tires for big semi slicks (no skidding, I promise). The beautiful curved VO stem will likely be switched for a longer stem to accommodate the bars' sweep. The suspension fork may go.
But the coaster brake. The coaster brake stays. A revelation in chilled-out urban riding, a pub bike essential IMO.
This thing is so much fun. Thank you Colin!
Appreciation post for @colin_b.
Colin gifted me his artfully bizarre vtg Rockhopper to make my own.
Colin outfitted it with AMP Research's pioneering suspension fork, super shallow dirt drops, the OG dropper post designed by Joe Breeze in the early 80s, a basket of course, and- because of course he did- a friggin' *coaster brake with a heat sink*. Fit with Panasonic Smoke tires, it was built as a singlespeed singletrack shredder, but I needed a hipster whip to take my old ass to the bar...