Comments on: The Boy Bike v.2 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2007/07/17/the-boy-bike-v2/ This is the bike that will love you back. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:41:03 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Barrett http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2007/07/17/the-boy-bike-v2/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Barrett Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:08:38 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2007/07/17/the-boy-bike-v2/#comment-1436 Boy Bike Redux, or, perhaps now, the Boy-O-Boy Bike...! The new paint is lovely though I loved the previous blue just as much...you both have a true eye for hues), the fenders, divine. It's funny that I'm reading this now, but I just finished up building (with a ton of help from my LBS here in Park Slope) two bikes that officially replaced, at long damn last, a pair of bikes stolen last summer, which left me in a serious funk for a while. One is a go-fast machine with a mix of old-school (lovely lugged steel frame/fork, DT shifters) and not-quite-so-old-school (Ritchey Aero OCR wheels, 9-speed Shimano Ultegra drivetrain), and it's both pretty and pretty fast. The other bike is more along the lines of the Boy Bike, save for one major detail: somehow, I managed to find a NOS Sachs "Torpedo" two-speed coaster-brake hub, nine years ago. Yes, it took THIS long to build this, but I love it: http://tinyurl.com/3b7qvw And I'm happy. Elemental without the hair-shirt theatrics fixed-gear bikes seem to engender (at least here in NYC). Between this and the other new bike, I can feel the extra pounds I've taken on in the interim (about 20) melt away gradually with each ride. Looking at your revised ride again proves that, while love can't be bought, it can quite possibly be welded. Happy riding. - Barrett Boy Bike Redux, or, perhaps now, the Boy-O-Boy Bike…!

The new paint is lovely though I loved the previous blue just as much…you both have a true eye for hues), the fenders, divine. It’s funny that I’m reading this now, but I just finished up building (with a ton of help from my LBS here in Park Slope) two bikes that officially replaced, at long damn last, a pair of bikes stolen last summer, which left me in a serious funk for a while. One is a go-fast machine with a mix of old-school (lovely lugged steel frame/fork, DT shifters) and not-quite-so-old-school (Ritchey Aero OCR wheels, 9-speed Shimano Ultegra drivetrain), and it’s both pretty and pretty fast. The other bike is more along the lines of the Boy Bike, save for one major detail: somehow, I managed to find a NOS Sachs “Torpedo” two-speed coaster-brake hub, nine years ago. Yes, it took THIS long to build this, but I love it:

http://tinyurl.com/3b7qvw

And I’m happy. Elemental without the hair-shirt theatrics fixed-gear bikes seem to engender (at least here in NYC). Between this and the other new bike, I can feel the extra pounds I’ve taken on in the interim (about 20) melt away gradually with each ride.

Looking at your revised ride again proves that, while love can’t be bought, it can quite possibly be welded.

Happy riding.

- Barrett

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