Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Stranger than strange.

I was waiting for Chris to get his bike from River Market Cyclery when I saw this Cannondale Scalpel. It only has one side on its fork. That, my friends, is even stranger than strange.


Billy, the shop owner, says it rides just like a normal cross country mountain bike. He did an almost-century ride on a 29er with a similar fork (and hybrid tires)


And now for some other random pics from the past few days of awesome-weather commuting, in no particular order. It doesn't feel like mid-March to me. I've been eating it up!

Riding with Karen.


Following Chris


Stopped behind/under some crazy truck. GRAAAAAAWWWRRR!


Pre-dawn


Off-roading my road bike.
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7 comments:

  1. MattMarch 18, 2009 8:22 PM

    Fashion tip: wear your shades over your helmet straps.

    http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/races08/lbl08/preview-schleck.jpg

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  2. NoahMarch 18, 2009 8:59 PM

    That's only so you can see the corporate logos and whatnot. Not a big deal with my $4 tinted uvex safety glasses. Wearing them in the strap keeps them on.

    Also, no amount of fashion help with my shades could save me from the other fashion faux pas I made that day:
    * Mountain bike shoes
    * Black sweat socks
    * Cargo shorts
    * Wal-Mart running shirt (not a cycling jersey)
    * Helmet mirror

    I'm a completely hopeless case for fashion. I'll stick to utility :P

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  3. NoahMarch 18, 2009 9:00 PM

    Also, I think I broke almost every single road bike photography rule with my "Pre-Dawn" photo. Oops.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 19, 2009 7:31 AM

    Yeah for random pics!

    Steven
    IN

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  5. pedalGRMarch 19, 2009 11:45 AM

    I'm pretty sure Cannondale has been using their Lefty forks for at least a half dozen or more years. :)

    I was pretty taken aback when I first saw one as well.

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  6. 4tesMarch 19, 2009 5:24 PM

    pedalGR is right. The scalpel has been around a long time. Jinker Juarez has been riding one for years.

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  7. Tim OMarch 20, 2009 6:21 PM

    My friend Ted at work was an avid MTBr before he had some back problems. He loved his C-Dale with the lefty fork. He has some esoteric explanation as to why it's great, but it just looks WRONG...

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