=VIRTUE HAUTE TATTOO=

FIX-FRIENDLY 'VIRTUE HAUTE TATTOO' OPENING IN OCTOBER. 30TH & BURNSIDE, EAST PORTLAND. WHAT-WHAT!!!

ALL WE NEED NOW IS A COUPLA BIKE RACKS AND WE'RE GOOD... DISCOUNTS OFFERED ON TATTOOS FOR THOSE WHO RIDE TO THEIR APPOINTMENT!!!

=FIXIE ART.3=

FIXIE-FLASH ART BY SMFJ/2009. (ACRYLIC INK ON WATERCOLOR BLOCK, 4X6")

=FIXIE ART.2=

FIXIE GRAFFITI BY V'SHIPS SANDY JONES... (AEROSOL ON FOAM-CORE, 4X5 1/2')

=FIXIE ART.1=

BIKE RELATED ARTWORK BY SANDY JONES OF THE VELOSHIP CREW. (AEROSOL & SHARPIE ON MASONITE, 1 1/2 X 3 1/2')

=CAVITY CREEP=

IT ALL STARTED WITH A CASUAL RIDE IN THE COUV... I HAD THESE SWEET-TARTS IN MY BACK POCKET... BUT NOT FOR LONG. OUT OF NOWHERE I FEEL A BUMP AND MY CHAIN FLIES OFF!


I STOPPED TO PUT IT BACK ON AND PICKED UP RIDING AGAIN. MY FRIEND SAYS. "WOAH! YOUR CANDY JUST FELL OUT OF YOUR POCKET AND GOT CAUGHT IN YOUR COG!!" I THOUGHT IT WAS CRAZY, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE. AS WE RODE ON, I FELT A HUGE CLICK IN MY PEDAL... AS I INSPECTED CLOSER I NOTICED THAT NOT ONLY HAD MY CHAIN BEEN DERAILED BY THE SWEET, BUT THAT SHIT BROKE!



I GUESS IT'S TO BE EXPECTED... THAT CHAIN WAS AT LEAST A YEAR AND A HALF OLD... A CHEAP ONE AT THAT. IT WAS IMMEDIATELY REPLACED WITH A PINTLE-CHAIN WHICH I SHOULDA HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE SINCE I RIDE SO HARD AS IT IS!
THE MORAL IS: WATCH OUT FOR CANDY CAUSE IT HAS A VENGEANCE AGAINST BIKE CHAINS... OR RIDE QUALITY SHIT. CHEERS!