Look at Dan

Hey guys. I gotta apologize for the lack of posts lately. There has been a lot goin on recently and as a result, blogging has taken a back seat to real life. I'll have a bunch of updates soon, but for now look at these photos I took of Dan riding an All-City Macho Man Disc and a Trek District. 

We needed some images for some upcoming projects at North Central Cyclery, so Dan and I went out one morning before work to cruise around the NIU campus and do some shootin'. I think a few of them turned out pretty well. One of the photos can be seen currently on a giant banner outside the shop.

Trek Project One Domane with Vapor Coat

We recently built up this baller bike at North Central Cyclery, and I went out to take some photos of it. We decided to stick with our recent theme of photographing sweet builds in front of a chalkboard, but to bring the "chalkboard" outside this time. I found a nice backdrop and sketched out some of the more notable aspects of the build. There were a bunch of people walking around staring at me, so pardon the quick/sloppy handwriting. I think somehow it works though...

Get all the technical details of the bike and other info here.

A few more shots/details of the bike below:

Baller Bikes at the Shop

We've been building up some real fancy bikes lately at NCC. It's been cool. I snapped some photos of a few things we had sitting around and utilized our freshly painted chalkboard. Above is a Project One Trek Domane. I actually really like the look and feel of the Dura-Ace 900 stuff and the clear "red smoke" paint over the carbon looks fantastic in the light.

We've recently became a Moots dealer too, and this PsychloX frame is the first one we're building up. The craftsmanship of this thing is phenomenal. It will be getting an Enve fork and a bunch of other nice things.

We've still got a few Beargrease hangin out, and this one received some "icy cool" touches.

The Portland Design Works Dios Thronous saddles are made from the same material that those Crocs "shoes" are made of. This means they're completely waterproof, scuff resistant, durable, lightweight, and surprisingly comfortable. The perfect fatbike saddle.

E-Thirteen pedals. Durable, grippy, wide, nice bearings.

Herringbone Rim Tape

Some nice “herringbone” rim tape, found under the tires of an old Trek 520 that I tuned up at the shop today. Who made this stuff? I know you'll never see it unless you get a flat, but it's still pretty damn cool.