the big dummy and birds on a wire

and just like that he left
Originally uploaded by faster panda kill kill.

i love birds on a wire. they just sit there. some fly in, some fly off. and then they sit.

there is a cute bike gang in my neighborhood. they are prolly in jr. high age group...mixture of type of bikes, but a few fixedgear. ive seen one of them riding around quite a bit, with his chrome bag...like he's practicing. he uses hand signals too. they are adorable. cept when they ran that stop sign and almost plowed me over. but c'mon. how can you be a proper bike gang, if you dont do these sorts of things every now and then.

did i tell you we participated in moving a small bike shop to a new location about 7miles away on saturday....all by bicycles?! yes we did. it was so fun. i am working up the photos and will have some little videos of it also later on today. hauling by bike makes me one very happy girl. we were a rolling metal parade.

speaking of this: i have long wanted to afix a tray on the xtracycle so that i can carry a bike on it. like this - but DIY style. no need to spend $90. i have the wideloaders. so will work this up over the weekend. fun.

and while we're on the subject of xtracycles and hauling by bike...surly will be coming out with a frame (the big dummy) made for the xtracycle hookup. the DIY karate monkey that me and my friend up in NYC run works fine. but there is some rattle and looseness in the caboose. here is the rigged part....i like the looks of what they are coming up with.

eye candy.

• the big dummy at interbike
• clever chimp is on board....by the way, i also dig the cargo bikes he is creating up in portland. scroll down some from that link.
• and surly posted up a picture of their prototype for testing.

o yes....