Intro

It begins, and i can feel it.

A short intro.

I was waiting for this series for about one year, and finally I could get it started and made this intro.

Pics were taken in shrines...

Fixed.and going clipless

I gotta say...it is really really fun if you ride a fixed gear and with clipless you rock^_^

Anyway, a decent coaster brake bike is my favor too, they all are fun bikes, so i made RIesama's bike with coaster brake, and then convert my red bike to a fixed gear, bought cheapo track hub set(formula, loose ball), make my old knock off deep V rim bling bling using sand papers, then build them together, bought a cheapo fixed cog, put a lot of grease on both hub and cog, put the cog on, then found out that my chain whip is for narrow chain...ok, using rotafixa to get my cheapo cog tight, tighten the lock ring, put the drive train on, you know, i should say, i am a lucky guy, chain line is ok, it is important to get a straight chain line on your fixed gear.DONE. went out, made a try, without any back pedaling, just mash and mash, back and retighten lockring, and mash again and retighten a lock ring, and don't over tighten it. hope threads on my cheapo hub will be ok.

I have an old but still very very smooth MKS Sylvan pedal with clip and straps, , i really love them, really good build quality, so smoooooooth. but, but i d like to get spin, yeah, spin, fixed gear is a good tool to upgrade your spin skill, i like spin. and, for better spin, clipless set rules... alright, let's try to find out a good and cheapo clipless set for my fixed gear.

After researching, i decided to go with shimano spds, not spd-sl, cause road clipless pedal is a little bit hard to get into, shimano spds for MTB will fit me better. model 520. cheapo cheapo^_^

This time i decided to get my first clipless set from the LBS(local bicycle shop), not from internet, cause i have no idea about my shoes size, went to that shop- M2, i like that shop, price is ok, and today i was lucky, they have a pair of specialized spd shoe on sale, about 9000yen, wow, put my foot into it, great, my size, pay money, get my shoes and pedals, talked a little with owner of shop, a good guy^_^, put my first clipless set into my bag, go home.

Grease all bolt and put cleats on shoes, readjust the pedals, well, let's make a try, after about 10 seconds, i am in love with clipless, for me it is easy to get used to, maybe just because i alway made my straps tight when rode with my MKS. really feel good with clipless, yeah, SPD rocks. I feel my spin is getting better and better and ride faster, let's say it again, CHEAPO SPD ROCKS^_^

PICs tomorrow

Feel bad...

just feel bad...

Gift

Well, Chris Eve.

en, i wanna do sth special this time, i am going to give myself a good gift, will make it by myself.

I am a photographer, so, how about a camera?

yes, a camera will be good, a large format is even better. a 4x5 camera is light enough to carry out.

I have an old graflex, i got it from Masa-san(thanks a lot, Masa-san), i like graflex, but i don't like its weight and body surface, so, let's do it.

All i need to do is make the camera completely disassembled, sandblast metal parts and paint wood parts, remove that leather cover, remove rangefinder, remove shutter release system, clean all parts.

In result i got a light weight field camera, with beautiful mahogany wood looking.

Well, it is not a master piece but I like it, will load some sheet films tomorrow and make a test shoot.

(this work took me about one week to finish.)

bike Mania Part2-skin skin skin

Well, you can see the difference between Before and After.

I like good looking things, so, i just can not let Riesama's bike looks just so so, gotta make some change, the easiest way to change the feel of a bike is changing bar type, saddle, chain ring(i just kept old small chain ring and removed big one, cause she does not need a higher gear set), also a suitable saddle bag and bottle cage will make thing even better.

so, with minimum cost, and we made a skin change. now i can say, yeah, this is my wife's bike, and it's my work ^_^V.

Bike Mania Part1-Wheel Building

Ok, let's talk about wheel building, first you need a rim, a hub then you need nipples,some spokes and have them cut for fitting your rim and hub.

Then...

check on internet, there are a lot of online video to show you how to build a wheel. ^_^(BTW, i got my study video from youtube)

I found it is quite interesting, i mean building a wheel and then true it, sure it will also save your money and time, you can do it at home, you won't get dirty hands.

Tools, wheel building does not need special tools, you can do it even with a spoke wrench, sure, with a spoke wrench you can do your job faster.

Truing, take a little time and patient, but i found it suits me well, i just like do wheel truing, it is like an...like a kind of yoga, you gotta concentrate on the edge of rim, and even your breath, slowly, check, adjust, recheck, re-adjust, things like that. well, i got same feel when i develop my 8x10 inches sheet films in a darkroom. enjoy it very very much( BTW, soon will make a report about my new darkroom, wow, wow, can't wait)

目の前

最近我几乎没拍照片(是"几乎" 也就是说, 多少还是活动了下手指的), 仔细想了想, 好像真的是这样的...

最主要的那台8x10英寸祥子制木座机还在北京, 这次Riesama可以帮我带过来.

但问题不在这里, 我很喜欢富山这个地方, 很安静, 适合我这个懒人, 节奏慢, 于是拍照的节奏也开始缓慢起来.

匆忙带着猫们和Riesama一起过来, 只带了小机器, 有一搭没一搭, 如同慢板日记, 眼前的出现的人和物, 慢慢地被记录了下来...

那就干脆做成一组图片, "目の前"。