fork, bottom bracket, headset DONE

i’ve been slowly acquiring parts for my leader frame. i bought a crankset and chain off of my friend matt anderson. origin 8. had a headset, bottom bracket, and fork installed yesterday. so, it’s coming along nicely. now, i just need to get some wheels, seatpost, stem, bars, and straps. fun fun.

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bike progress

it's time to make a checklist.  i've started building my frame.  now it's time to get the hard shit done.  the first thing i did was purchase some pedals.  joe is currently installing a headset and bottom bracket onto my frame.  i purchased some crank arms, crank, and front brake from a pretty cool dude named matt.  he lives in josh's building and he's a pretty solid guy.   wiped out on his fixed-gear pretty hard so he's parting it out.

parts so far:

• frame (leader 725tr 2010) 250$
• saddle (selle italia turbo ) freebie
• pedals (crank brothers 5050xx) 75$
• crank set (origin 8 track crankset {used}) 100$
• headset (not sure) 70$
• bottom bracket (not sure) 25$
• total spent: 520$

parts left to buy:

• handlebars (deda pista) 90$
• stem (crank brothers iodine 2) 90$
• carbon fork 160$
• seat post (leader SPCA1 Aero Carbon Seat Post) 150$
• wheelset (not sure) 200$-400$
• left to spend: 690$-890$
• damn.

Bike geometry

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macnivens, parcel service, and angieslist.com

i went into macniven’s yesterday to learn that the gm is a former fridays gm and thinks very highly of fridays employees. apparently, fridays people with longevity get shuffled to the top of the application pile pretty quickly. so, this gives me hope. i really don’t want to serve any more, but this could be good for me. just a basic change of scenery. also, no more 100$ weeks.

also, i ran into a few of doug’s friends today who have started a parcel service. a bike messenger gig. they offered to let me do a few shifts of that, which i think is pretty rad. i could ride my bike around downtown for money lol. i may pick that up as a part-time gig. we’ll see.

also, i hear that angieslist.com is looking…

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accordion folders save me

i picked up some accordion folders last week. this should help me organize my papers (taxes, legal, car, etc.). almost have the dining room ready to vacuum and shampoo.

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leader 725tr 2010

i went to joe’s cycles today and put a leader 725tr on layaway! this is going to be so goddamned awesome. i can’t wait to get this puppy home and start putting parts on it. i ran the trek on craigslist yesterday and have already had a few people contact me about it.

i’m still on the fence about going fixed. part of me wants to say it’s a fad and to just stick with freewheel and brakes. but the fixed-gear community seems to have an awfully good time with their bikes lol.

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friday's and lakecia

basically, lakecia is a wretched asshole. i don’t really want to comment on the fight we had last week. let’s just say, it was stupid. and it would be completely tolerable, save for the fact that her and craig swapped departments again. so, she is now my direct manager. she sucks. the problem is, she is genuinely unhappy in life. so, she feels the need to bring down everyone else in her life who may have found some shred of happiness. that’s me. i’m happy. so, rather than give me guidance or MANAGEMENT when i may need it, she just tries to call me out and embarrass me. not any more. i’m going to angieslist.com this week to apply. so long fridays.

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