Rain has finally settled in to Portland. I celebrated by overcooking a turn riding in to work this morning and sliding up to, but not quite into, a homeless guy’s tent. Only a little road rash on my left side. The bike seems to be OK, too, with the exception of one of my precious few remaining ancient Selle Italia SLK non-gel saddles. Down to only three of those, and now one’s a little frayed around the edges. Drat.
Anyway, yesterday I apologized to bike designer Helio Ascari after he sent over some photos of the actual bikes he’s designed (I’d originally questioned their existence.) They’re very pretty bikes. Still, I tend to think of bike designers as people who invent things–from tuning geometry for certain ride characteristics to creating completely original two-wheeled things.
Josh Bechtel is that kind of guy. Like his wild Bicymple or not, you have to recognize he’s made something. Difficult as it is to bring some new creation kicking and screaming into the world, people like Josh deserve a hell of a lot of credit for trying to make that happen.
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