electric feel

My brother Christopher loves bicycles. He has since he was a young teenager and he encourages everyone around him to develop a love of all things two wheeled for economical, ecological and recreational purposes. Me, I just like anything that people say is cool. So I love bikes too!!! This past fall I got a great deal on a sweet one from my friend Marc...who is the other person I know willing to kill kittens for bikes. It just needed pedals and a seat but since I wasn't about to ride to school and work in the cold (sorry environment), it's waited patiently in my room all these months until I deem weather conditions suitable enough to comfortably commute.

Last night I finally went to the Salt Lake Bike Collective to get everything I needed to make my bike fully functional.


The Bike Collective is a funny place because there were both hipsters and homeless people co-existing and then a couple guys who just look like nice Mormon dads. Some hippie kids wandered in and out and I noticed a pack of girls who look like they could punch me in the face. But everyone was nice because of mutual bike love!!

Christopher and Mike go like every week and Logan has been building a bike the last couple of weeks so they were all there to help me (read: do all the work).

Mikey Mike spinning


Christopher fixing


Logan rummaging


Final adjustments


$18 later my bike is ready to go (and oh so sexy).