Monthly Archives: February 2011

New Fixed Fun Bike

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Hey Dudes
Heres my new Fixed Bike I built up for a bit of fun commuting.


Frame is a Charge sissor modded buy Super Ted with oversized 631 top tube and down tubes (59 TT)
Brooklyn Machin Works Cluster fork, diacompe Dcup headset
Sram Omnium cranks (had to hammer the chain stay to make them fit)
Free Oddessey Pedals, Holdfast
KMC Kool chain
USE seatpost, free saddle
Brooklyn Machin Works stem, deity freeride bars and genetic track grips
grand compe hub on back with 18t EAI cog, laced to Velo Orange Diagonal Rims 32H, Retro PACE hub and front with Delta security skewer
Panaracer RIBMO 35c on rear and Halo Twinrail 38c front.
Everything is locked down apart from the rear wheel and cranks and pedals.

SNOBBED!

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Ive been a fan of the bike snob for years. He is a constant source of amusement and inspiration, with his razor wit and his down to earth sensibilities. His constant, rigorous and hilarious dissection of day to day cycling culture is totally unrivaled.
There have been many times I have built a bike bike and wondered what the snob would have said, most of which where a few years ago amongst the fixed gear frenzy. But it seems all it takes to draw the attention of discerning snobs is a simple “street bike”.

There has been some discussion about street bikes with a few people over here but I didn’t introduce them properly on the blog.

STREET BIKE

A misappropriated road bike or time-trial bike used for short runs around town or short commutes.

The main points of a STREET BIKE are….

- Too nice alloy or carbon road or TT frame.

- Single speeded or geared with 7-8-9.

-Fucked up usual SBC style with BMX or mountain bike components, esp bmx flat pedals, mountain bike risers and some rattle can or faux crabon.

Road bikes are for ROADS but street bikes are for the STREETS.

Follow these simple rulz and we can all get thoroughly snobbed.

Paul Moffat Bike Check

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Some of you may have already seen this on Zombie… But I figured a Rat Rod Whip like this deserves its place on Skull Bike Club. This is Paul Moffat’s daily shredder here in Vancouver. Paul has been an OG fan of the SBC for a number of years now and has a growing collection of unique bikes including the infamous Pirate Bike, which hopefully with grace these pages shortly. All the bike check photos are by Paul himself and the riding ones where shot at the Igloo by myself. Paul shreds!

Frame 21.5 Fit Lurch
Fork Fit Blade lites
Bars Wethepeople Mad Max 8.7′s
Stem Fit topload
Crank Profile 175mm (the only cranks I’ve ever ridden or ever will)
Hubs Profile Mini’s in the original purple before they went to that ‘grape’ nonsense
Rims Rear is Chrome Alienation,  Front is a Purple Ano Proper Rim
Tires Fit FAF 2.25 front, Fit 1.9 rear pinner
Seat Macneil pivotal (In hot pant white)
Seat Post Animal pivotal
Chain KMC somethin or other
Grips Revenge industries
Pedals Cheap assed unsealed wellgo pedals with big pins on a big body.
Special Mods Custom Captain Muffbanger paisley spray tan on the Lurch, Custom Captain Mufffbanger Ergonomic fit grip (I cut em too short and then added a sliver back so they’re only like 1/4 inch shorter now, hahaha)

BFF piece

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Not best friends forever but the piece of art I did for the Bike Film Festival art exhibition last year.
Its a dip-titch called split second, spray paint on steel and its about living and dieing and the chaos and order of sub atomic particals flying around that make up seconds of riding a bike.

Skulls Softride

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Been waiting for these pics for a while. The softrides been rusting out in the backyard all winter but its gonna be a sweet sunday summer ride.


Heres the specs.
Alsop Softride Powerwing, stripped and rattle canned.
Old FFWD carbon wheel with Vittoria Ultra Speed slicks
H+Son SL42 to Halo Road Hub 28H, Gusset single speed convertor, (the Halo hub screams like a chris king on acid)
Sram Rival cranks
54T MDT chainring
KMC 3/32 Kool chain
Old mavic derailleur as tensioner
Speedplay Drilliums!
Blue lug faux carbon concor rip off
Miche brakeset
Diacompe Tech 77 levers with diacompe lever covers
Look ergo stem and bontrager crowbar cut too narrow.
Yeti grips!

It makes all kinds of whirring noise and you never know if your seats at the right height. Theres a M6 bold holding the carbon seat stay up which needs to be replaced every 2 years but its over 10 years old. Oh and you cant lock it up.