Friday PicFest No.411

[e-RICHIE]

Paying Less Attention

The concept of focus has been swirling around my head lately. Where should my attention be. That sorta’ thing. In recent years I’ve found that the more I let go the happier I am with where I arrive. That also applies to the walk over, regardless of how long/short the path is. I once heard Beattie describing a downhill on ABC, or maybe it was Brooker. He, or they, were talking about “letting the skis run.” I can’t recall who was hurling himself down the mountain. Not important. The thing is, when I get into a place where the rules aren’t so much ignored as they are forgotten about for a spell – when I let motion take over – I’m more satisfied. I gotta phrase it another way so I’m more clear: there’s this trust I put in letting the work happen. When I don’t give thought to each file stroke, or heating cycle, or whether center lines are justified – when I just put my hands over my eyes and start winging it – that’s gold, Jerry. Gold.

[fortyfour]

Marauder 1x11 : Bikepacker











Practice









Mental Break

[Eric Estlund]

[Dazza]

Heat guns, soldering irons, and every thing else is on the bike assembly bench in the bike assembly room.




John's Rando is being assembled

[Nate Zukas]

Aluminum test frame number two. Road frame with flatmount, T47, bi ovalized DT, internal routing, 7005 AL.

2017-01-23_08-32-18 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr

2017-01-23_08-31-53 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr
2017-01-23_08-32-39 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr
2017-01-23_08-33-01 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr
2017-01-23_08-33-17 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr
2017-01-23_08-33-38 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr
2017-01-23_08-35-25 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr
2017-01-23_08-36-37 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr
2017-01-23_08-36-12 by Nate Zukas, on Flickr

Thanks! NATE

[Moustache]

[Clockwork]

[Pi Guy]

Finished up a practice frame. On to the next one...

[noblecycle]

Noble racing, raw

[David Tollefson]

Late to the party, but we're having a snow day today. I had posted this one "naked" previously. Here's the finished product, partial parts-build. It will be completely black when assembled, right down to the nipples.

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