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Haha -- I also use the knees / front wheel technique but the 'shut up brain' approach will probably be more useful.

On a few recent rides using different bikes, I have started to become obsessed that my stem is a couple of degrees 'off' to the left or right, thus putting my handlebars at a slight angle rather than nice and straight, 90 degrees to the top tube and wheels. The more I look, the more it seems...

Matron -- the screens!

Spent an hour this morning messing around with the gears on my Kona Jake after replacing the chain. You have to do a test ride after that, right? So went off on a quick spin pretty much where I went on Sunday, but staying clear of the really rough track created by overenthusiastic 4x4 drivers...

Wanted to do a 'recovery ride' after some rather ill-advised hilly running yesterday, so noodled off on my Soma Groove to just turn the legs over a bit. I've never done a thread on this bike but realised today that I've become really fond of it: it doesn't have the pedigree of the Explosifs and...

They do pop up occasionally on eBay but usually quite unrealistically priced.

I've posted this elsewhere but here's my Kona Jake with V-brakes and Maxxis Rambler 40mm tyres. I'm still fiddling with the drivetrain -- think it will end up as 1 x 10.

Lovely day here with strong sunshine and very little wind. Took off on the old warhorse to retrace some of the routes I've been avoiding since last year's crash. While no Strava records were broken, I was quite pleased that despite recent on-again off-again riding, I was still able to handle...

Still fiddling about with this. In light of the recent test ride and following the controversial 'Bar ends yay or nay?' thread, I decided to fit some bar ends, which I figure will help with riding position given my height vs the 19" frame. Also finally whittled down that strange little cassette...

That's some big 'n bold bar end action right there . . . almost intimidating

Finally a spot of summer here in the NSW Southern Tablelands -- 20C and clear, not much breeze. Set out on the Kona Jake and broke the chain within a few hundred metres -- the Shimano snap-off pin came out somehow (I suspect the chain plates were a bit wonky after rejoining). Came home and took...

Finally, finally, got out on this little number for its inaugural ride. Two months' back pain, physiotherapy and osteopathy meant a long delay in actually testing the thing, but now we're in summer time and the light lingers later in the evenings, it seemed about right to get out and about...

Someone's put a lot of love and attention into that build . . .. All I can see is knees about the height of the rider's ears, though . . .

Two bicycles, one for each foot . . .

Beautiful frame and some droolworthy bits, and yet the whole seems so much less than the sum of its parts.

Good to see it being raced!

apologies I never thought to attach a picture. Haha no need -- I hadn't realised it was the same bike as the other thread! Looks like very localised damage which is good. Hopefully easier to patch & match.

Hi Scott -- congrats on scoring a classic! There's a huge amount of wisdom on these threads -- I'm pretty sure I've seen one about reproducing the early black Konas. I've never done a paint match but from what I've seen, the people who do it are the more specialist automotive ones, rather than...

For a more comfortable ride

Wow man, that's a slice of reality -- but huge props to you for the positivity and even giving your roommate a bit of support. Breaking it down like you have really demystifies the scary stuff. Really hope you're on the road to recovery now and there's no further trouble. Keep your Retrobike...