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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Bon CACA (or) Small Validation will have to suffice for my 31st Birthday
TweetBuilding some of my first frames for bike mechanics invited them to professional scrutiny that would be elucidated in pidgin french/spanish/english slang from a cadre of expert evaluators of all things bike by the colleagues of the friend that gave … Continue reading
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All Together Now (or) “Do What You Can, Where You Are, With What You Have”
TweetEfficiency isn’t word I’d use to describe my current build process unless it was stated in terms of energy or in the fact that it is being accomplished (to exceding expectations, mind you) with a pretty minimal investment in tooling. … Continue reading
What’s cooking at Budd Bike Works? Smells Delicious
TweetThe last step before I can do any welding once all the tubes mitered tight for a fresh, baked to order frame is to get them scrubbed clean inside and out. Getting them to dry a little faster in the … Continue reading
Posted in BBW lab, custom, cyclocross, New Bike, steel, tig welded
Tagged Fresh Baked Bicycle Frames
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The Dark Ages of Frame Building
TweetI guess a transformer exploded underground here in Medfaahd, MAa and blew off a manhole cover in spectacular fashion, had to make do with votive candles to keep going on the bike build giving #24 a proper devotional during the … Continue reading
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Ready for My Close Up (or) The Cease and Desist Order
TweetWith all of the film crews descending on Cambridge and Somerville lately I have to admit I’ve caught the Hollywood bug and had been hoping for my big break and at least 15 minutes under the hot lights of fame. Well … Continue reading
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Tagged CycloCross Movie, cyclocross orgy, Embrocation Cycling Journal, Frame Repair, Great Brewers Grand Prix of Gloucester Pictures, PRO is a CON
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Get Busy Filing or Get Busy Dying (or) The Build List
TweetActually, there were options on my plate this past weekend besides getting my shop organized & cutting some tubes for the growing backlog of Budd Bike Works frames on order or facing the reaper, namely racing. Though, it would have been grossly … Continue reading
Who Else Thinks a Cyclo Cross Race Like This Would Be Fun?
TweetModel it on the way motor races are formatted with time trials on the first day to establish start position for riders except on a longer circuit than the traditional 2 mile cyclo cross course or maybe even a point … Continue reading
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Tagged a true grand prix, cyclo cross time trial
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The Price of Vanity
TweetA guilty pleasure of mine ever since I started racing bikes regularly back in college is searching out the web for pics of myself in action, pretty lame but whatever. I thought I might have gotten over it but alas … Continue reading
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Tagged cyclocross orgy, Gloucester CycloCross Photos
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Monday Mayham (or) Maybe I’m not Racing Hard Enough Sunday
TweetThe 45 minutes I’ve been spending doing my best to hustle on cross courses on Sundays from NH-VT-and Back to MA seem to me to be an end to a means of motivating Monday rides that are much more a … Continue reading
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Tagged CX Ramble
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Good Eats and Good Sleep make for a Good Start in Gloucester
TweetNot having your arrival at a race a test of your mettle more arduous than the 45 minutes that follows the start makes for a much better feeling at the line even if you are looking at the back of … Continue reading
