On Saturday we had a little outdoor swap. Admittedly there weren’t as many sellers or buyers as I had hoped for, but I was able to sell $625 worth of stuff anyway and had enough fun to make it worth the time.

I hope all the other sellers feel the same. Thanks to all who came out.

Ben rode his sweet Serotta down, so I got some snaps.

check the pedal interface on the Aero Dura Ace cranks

Info is kind of sketchy, but this Cinelli Mash was stolen last week and the owner is on the hunt. If you see it, please grab it back and let us know.

This gorgeous Chris Kvale commuter rolled by at the swap and I just had to grab some photos of this beautiful every day driver.

According to the owner it is 18 years old, though was just resprayed recently.

For those who don’t know, Chris Kvale is and old school master frame builder and painter who’s been doing this since the 70′s. He’s well known among the sort who used to hang out in the Serotta forums, but within our generation his name hasn’t really made it beyond the upper Midwest. The obvious culprit, of course, being his lack of participation at NAHBS.

It’s a damn shame as Kvale’s work is truly immaculate, though despite the lack of renown among the younger generation he’s definitely not hurting for work.

If you’ve been reading the blog for any amount of time, then you know about this bike, my affection for it, and the heartbreak that occurred last fall after I discovered what appeared to be the beginnings of a whole lot of frame trouble.

Brad offered to repair the frame, but after studying the rest of the powder coat, I realized that those spiderwebby stress marks were all over the thing, from the fork blades to the seat tube lug. I took this as anecdotal evidence that pretty much everywhere the frame flexed it had the same affect on the finish, and it might not be as bad as I originally thought. Obviously the perpendicular lines at the lug points need to have  an eye kept on them, but what the heck let’s roll the dice and see how it goes.

So I built it back up and am loving it. The Capricorn is easily the most fun fixed gear I have ever ridden, as it just begs for play. Nothing whips and skids like it.

another gem from MPLS’s favorite tiny rappers

bring down your stuff to sell!

we kicked down a couple of Big Blocks to the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, because of course we did. I don’t know what’s up with the forks or racks, but we were stoked to see this sent to us from TMZ today.

made a midnight run down to Levis for some alone time and honest dirt

I’ve been using the proto’s for a while now and am super stoked that they’re now available to the public.

A nice slim backpack with a whole bunch of organization for $89.

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