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| See how Kyle looks kind of happy, but at the same time kind of aggravated and a little like Doctor Evil from Austin Powers, plotting some gnarly plan. That's because all of the above are true. He is a punk rock dude, however plenty smart and basically a sponge when it comes to absorbing bike knowledge. He'll regurgitate the weight of some obscure bike part at will, along with three facts about it that the inventor can't even remember. His bikes fit the bill too. Smartly built, pretty punk, and dressed in black. Word. |
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Specialized Langster:
Kyle's Langster is a novice
cyclist's worst nightmare. It has the most awkward seating
position there ever was, bars that look like the horns
on the front of Boss Hogg's Cadillac Eldorado from Dukes
of Hazard, a single speed fixed gear drivetrain (that
means if you are moving, the cranks are spinning... watch
them turns), and no brakes. If you are running from your
computer shrieking in horror, you're like most cyclists.
If you are thinking, "Yeah, that sounds good", then you
should be out applying for a messenger job in San Francisco
and practicing your guitar riffs for your punk band. DO
YOU WANNA ROCK!?
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Felt F1X:
You may have noticed that this bike, Kyle's Felt F1X Cyclocross bike isn't in his "Group Shot". You may also be thinking that this bike doesn't look that crazy, and maybe it does not belong in Kyle's fleet. Well, here's the scoop. During the group shot photo this bike was in some stage of Frankensteinism and was actually being converted back to a rideable machine. You see, Kyle had turned this ride into a single speed. That is rad, yes. However it is also nearly impossible to ride when you ride in the Berkeley and Oakland hills. So now it joins the rank of Not Totally Crazy, even though it is still just a freakin' "10-speed" with dirt tires meant to be raced in the pouring rain and on cobblestone and mud roads... Hm....
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Woodman
Trials:
Okay, seriously. You wanna talk freaky bikes? 'Cause we can talk freaky bikes. This fine specimen of madness is Kyle's Woodman Trials bike. "But there isn't a seat man!" You not so quietly scream at your monitor. Yeah, see, we told you it was freaky. Trials is where you hop about on your front or rear wheel and do things most folks would bet plenty of money against being possible on a bike. A couple days after this photo was taken Kyle did an 8-foot drop off some garage rooftop and altered the look of his fork and shin dramatically. His fork now has an extra 40-degrees of rake, and his shin has the proud honor of being able to say to other shins, "You think I look bad, you should see the pedal I bent!" Random fact about Kyle: Every time he goes to 7-11 to buy something (pretty much always something caffeinated) he gets a free donut from the owners.
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