my little queen

evolution of a flea market bike

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And the bike got stolen

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Spokes are right size These wheels came out pretty sweet!

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Today I started off building my front wheel. Usually this is a meditative activity but I soon realized that my spokes are too short. So I went back to the store ONCE AGAIN

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Rolling free. No worries.

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Right outside the flea market (super dirty) and after a quick wash. surprisingly it rides very well with no maintenance.

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Kona honky tonk

A week ago I rumbled the flea market and I had this "folie"... i stumbled upon a kona road bike and after some hardcore bargaining with the gipsies, I bought it. It's my first multi speed bike after many years of riding fixies and single speed mountain bikes. I suddenly realized that it's pretty cool to run gears but I couldn't afford them. And I'm so stoked about it that I even started writing a blog about the future upgrades and longer trips in teh saddle. So here it comes...