http://www.cascade.org/EandR/stp/index.cfm

so me and the lady are in for sure this year, anybody else down?  Would be cool to organize, could pick some people & bikes up beforehand in pdx in exchange for return trips, maybe some aftershenanigans, whatever.  We're gonna be doin the 2 day so, oughta be pretty mellow 

i've been looking at those too but, dont really need more bikes in my 1 bdrm apt at the mo.  for the price the doods asking for each though, hock the sturmey rear wheels on ebay and double your money if anything 

jezus.  i feel fat just looking at this 

this project come in to fruition yet?

i ride this bike the most, live in a pretty flat area of town and use this for majority of my food and beverage runs.  One of the first bikes I've built in a long while that I'm actually content with and no longer feel the need to upgrade or mod, she's perfect at the moment.



As soon as we moved here my girlfriends rather nice kona mtb with slicks got stolen, so while she was out of town for a couple of days i decided to surprise her and pooled together some of my unemployment and bought an early 70s raleigh mixte for her to scoot around town in.  Im not a big fan of gears, she is so i compromised and turned it into a 1x5.  works great.  wish i had more money because, there's alot i want to do to it right now.  I have a lugged chrome fork coming that will also alleviate part of raleighs fucked thread choices of this generation.  After that i'll throw a wheelset on it that it probably wont deserve, and put a much nicer derailleur on it too.  And a seatpost, a B18 ladies, probably some cranks, you now how that shit goes.  Mainly I wanted to get her back on a bike as soon as i could and it functions well at the moment.



The kona.  Admittedly this bike is a bit of a piece, but not terrible.  Picked it up off of craigslist somewhat recently for a hundy with the intent of turning it eventually, into my daily commuter bike to whatever local job i find that will allow me to do so.  Not a huge fan of road bikes as I can't get the bmx out of my system and consequently like to jump and break shit.  I've been riding some dirt around here lately untill that point and have been finding the lower level componentry to be,  shitty!  I bent the back wheel beyond repair, sheared off a chainring, and the fork is stupid, but whatever.  I'll keep riding it and when i turn it in to the daily commuter i'll put slicks and fenders on it and be cool with destroying it.  Think guilt free minimum investments on this one.



and thats it for now.  Got a few frames kicking around I'd like to build up but moneys not really permitting at the moment.  Allways something being built though, it keeps me sane. 

i tacoed mine.  I'm unemployed, so cheap would be cool.

i hope you used a credit card to show that your colors, don't run.

shit seriously scarred me.  Every time I eat today I get flashback tastes in my mouth, and it is fucking rotten.  Cold shivers.  The consistency of afterbirth with the flavors of sweet and low & bottom of the trash can seepage.   I really do not think after popping it open I would have been able to continue were it not for being hammered at 3am, and being coaxed by two women to be manly.  I gave it a whirl, suckled the embryo of two seeds, digested it, and will never do so again.  One positive side affect is your poo will slide out like greased lightning the following day.  Other then that, don't do it.

its being stored in the tub with the fan on and the door closed.  It's definitely got a certain funk.  It almost smells good but misses in a bothersome way.  I'll be puttin down a couple before i crack her open for certain.

agreed.  can't believe what stores try to charge for an hdmi cable

yeah, thats what i use too.  i steal my wifi from, fuckin somebody in this building.   and i get my tv and movies from said stolen connection so, yeah.  nice to be rid of that monthly bill.  hopefully he/she just stays here for a while 

how much use you got on it?  any strange sounds/abnormal play? 

and are you coming up north any time soon?  a guy can never have to many chop saws

so whats the local groups name?

so i've been looking, and I see westport which looks somewhat legit.  It's a couple hours away, which i guess i should be fairly content with, but i'm not finding any other spots, at all.  I know this state isn't known for waves, but is this the only decent  location?  I was hoping to find something around the sound but i guess thats not gonna happen.  Two hours away my best case scenario?