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05.26.05 : Captech Classic-Richmond, VA SoProJones (Health Net) drives the early break up the climb. |
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05.26.05 : Captech Classic-Richmond, VA The ghosts of Mike Jones (Health Net) and Stefano Barberi (TIAA-Cref) at turn 2 where the course ramps rapidly upwards. At this point they are the sole survivors of the Health Net driven early race break... |
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05.26.05 : Captech Classic-Richmond, VA ...while the Advantage Benefits Endeavor squad drives the (rapidly shrinking) peloton on behalf of their star Karl "Ten" Menzies. Is it art, or is it just the product of a cheap, point-and-shoot camera? |
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05.26.05 : Captech Classic-Richmond, VA Mike Jones (Health Net) larger than life on the start/finish line Jumbo-tron screen. |
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05.22.05 : Durham County, NC The sights of rural Durham County, NC, spied while out on a training ride. |
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03.14.05 : Carrboro, NC I've never seen these moving vans actually leave the parking lot, so quite possibly their world is even smaller. |
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03.14.05 : Durham, NC My original intent for snapping photos was simply to document bikes which caught my eye while wandering around Durham and Chapel Hill, but after repeatedly seeing this graffiti while riding the Duke/UNC express bus I couldn't resist. |
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03.10.05 : UNC-Chapel Hill campus Ditto above rationale. |
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03.10.05 : Duke Univ. campus A fixed-gear commuter special: fenders, mustache bars, brakes, and check out the hoopty chainguard. That's totally home-made, just a bent chunk of metal and some hose clamps. |
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03.10.05 : Duke Univ. Campus Fixed-gear with front brake. The savvy, cyclocross top-mount brake lever setup is partially visible. |
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03.10.05 : Duke Univ. campus Wow, what city am I in? I walked out of the library and thought I'd been teleported to NYC. Here's a serious messenger machine: crazy tight wheelbase, deep drop stem, steel track bars, keirin grips, Kryptonite NY chain, a top-tube pad, a flurry of spoke cards, and of course--no brakes. |
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03.10.05 : Duke Univ. campus Detail of spoke cards from above Cinelli. |
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03.10.05 : Duke Univ. campus Detail of spoke cards from above Cinelli. |
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03.02.05 : UNC-Chapel Hill campus I'm not really one for maxims and self-governing ideologies, but when it comes to bicycles I'm quick to embrace this concise credo: "You can't polish a turd". However, this philosophy is nearly rendered moot by the addition of a Rolls saddle. So sweet. So comfy. So 1987 Stephen Roche. The chopped down bars and fixed gear are icing on the cake. |
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03.02.05 : UNC-Chapel Hill campus World Traveler...if your world is Chapel Hill. I'm not sure about taking this tank (I swear the frame is solid steel) for long haul operations, but for slinking around town it delivers the goods. |
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03.02.05 : UNC-Chapel Hill campus A fixed-gear mountain bike, not something you see everyday. Complete with a blast from the past: Kooka cranks. And no brakes. |
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03.02.05 : UNC-Chapel Hill campus Whoever owns this must have read One More Kilometre and We're In the Showers; this is a flashback to 1950s English, fixed-gear club culture. |
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01.10.05 : UNC-Chapel Hill campus Basso fixed-gear conversion. It's odd how you get funny looks from passersby as one snaps pictures of bikes. I wonder if they think I'm planning on ripping it off later. |