I took my bike out for the first time since I've been back yesterday. It was a little strange being back on my fixed gear after a whole year on a steel road bike. I also road about 16 miles yesterday, so I'm sore as fuck. Sixteen miles isn't actually a lot, but it's more than I did in an entire month back in Korea, since I only road my bike to pick up groceries and go to ping pong lessons. I also have a new pedal setup now. I bought some new straps in Korea before I left and I put on some BMX pedals, which is working out really nice. I'll probably squeeze in more riding before I go back to Korea.
April 20, 2010
LSD Bikes
I went with my friend to look for bikes after work today in my neighborhood since there's about four bike shops within walking distance from my place. Well, we went to all of them and didn't find anything he liked. It makes sense too, since the choices are all really limited. At most shops you can find foldable bikes and cruisers for about 200,000 won or less, mountain bikes in the same price range, or a road bike that's over 500,000 won. I haven't even seen a BMX since I've been here. Anyway, the only money that you're going to see me spending on bikes now is if I decide to drop a GRIP of cash on a fixed gear or if I just decide to convert the road bike I have now. I've asked a few Korean guys where they get all their shit and they mentioned this shop. I haven't gone to check out their store in person, but it looks like the have a decent selection online. The only other places I know that you can get some fixed gear shit is near Hongdae, but it's not like that I'm looking too hard.
March 10, 2010
Good thing I just bought a bike.
Good thing I just bought a bike.
This article in the Korea Times says that Korea is going to start putting more money into helping out its bikers. The major part of their plan is opening up more bike lanes. However, one of the coolest things that they're going to try to get bikers businesses to give discounts to their customers who ride bikes. I think that's awesome, especially since I bought a new bike two days ago.
It's a sweet bike. I bought it off of someone on craigslist. It's an older Korean road bike. It has a steel lugged frame. It runs pretty smoothly. I'll probably wait on seeing if I'm staying in Korea or not before I decide to drop any money into it. Bikes are a huge hobby of mine if you didn't know. I'm sure I spent over $1,000 in 2009 on bikes and bike equipment. Either way, the only thing I pretty much want to get for this bike at the moment is
I actually bought a bike the second month in Korea but I've only been using it to go to the grocery store and back. It's a foldable and it's not really meant for heavy riding. Either way, I'm trying to sell that bike if any of you were interested. I'll post pictures the one I'm trying to get rid of and my new bike tomorrow or something.
In other bike news, my brother was hit by a car yesterday while riding his bike. He's okay, so that shit's really funny.
