Kenny's Kids

Our pal Kenny (not pictured here) is an expert at trashing bikes! One of the best ever and proud of it. Here we have his hoopty that we converted with his pal because he was racked up in bed recovering from hitting a jay walker and then narrowly avoiding being flattened into his bike by a bus. We sold him a used front road wheel and new Cro-Moly 700c Chromed fork with a refurbished 39mm reach 1989 Shimano 105 caliper. Then we got him an affordable crankset that worked with his cartridge bearing Campy bottom bracket. Since his old Italian frame was Italian threaded we could not replace it easily to accomodate the Suginos. We gave him some track grips to go with his green frame. Some MKS Sylvan Track pedals with MKS single strap steel toe-clips and a KMC Kool Chain to hold him to the Dura-Ace cog and Wheels Mfg lock ring spun onto a Formula hub that was laced to an Alex rim by DT spokes.

We hope Kenny recovers nicely from his bumps and bruises. He helped us so much with our July 4th party where Japanther and Ninja Sonik played a benefit show for a local DJ. We had so much fun serving hot dogs and beers to our beloved customers and friends.

The Results...

We overhauled Mina's sweet Suteki mixti so you can see the almost done photos. She was tired of riding in such a prone riding position so we replaced her drop-bars with a taller Nitto Technomic stem to have her more comfortable. The catch to raising your handlebars in style is; if your steerer tube is not tall enough to accept enough of the stem, you are left with a minimum rise that may be a little high for some people. You can see Mina's handlebars are now at leasat 4 inches above her saddle. Fortunately this is just where she wanted them.

After admiring and photographing Mina's lovely ride, I washed my hands and removed my wedding ring in the middle of it and there was a little greasy heart left in the sink. I could feel the love from the ring pulsing like Frodo, but it made me have to give props to the talented jewler who made my wedding ring, and produces more hand-made fashions than I can even mention with my wife.Yesterday we had a tag-sale ALERT and ran out the door like Firemen for a local sidewalk rummage sale where a Boricua sold us a load of bikes that are for sale today in our showroom. Angel got the trike out with the quickness and we gobbled up these bikes for your enjoyment and benefit.
I am happy and feel like I am living the good life here today. We shall get the word out that we are here, but many thanks to you all for recommending us to your friends, neighbors and loved-ones. Victorcito has arrived and is repairing one of his hybrids for sale here.

The 3 Riders of the Apocalypse

We had three separate motorcyclists arrive coincidentally to one another last night. One of them had a sweet bike with a badly bashed in gas tank. It made us laugh to see that nice bike with a hideous bashed in gas tank.

Then we got another full overhaul going on here.




Hopefully the customers will appreciate how we completely strip down their bikes, fastidiously clean, inspect and polish all parts and precisely re-assemble and tune their rides. This lucky lady will be ready tonight for the weekend!