Happy Birthday Oro!

It was last year in the midnight hour of today's date that I posted, "Orochimaru meets pavement". We've done and seen a lot over the course of a year, covered a lot of ground and made a lot of friends. Some of my favorite memories include...

• the daily commute
• smokin' fools on the daily AND at the races
• getting clips w/ friends
• VCRs and Crank Mobs
  

After cleaning the chain and a bottom bracket tune up, it's time to open presents!

new Strong-V track grips by CHOICE


new Turbo saddle by Selle Italia

r.i.p. flite saddle, you were awesome and will be missed.

Me: what're you doing on the couch?
Oro: it's my birthday, i do what i want.
Me: happy birthday.

*note: on 4/12/09 the Sparton frame in this picture broke

the liquor store's lime green wall

CRANK MOB stopped at a liquor store along Venice Blvd. It was around 3am when I took these pictures. The 'mob' had dwindled by this point of the ride but there was still a hundred or so cyclists behind me binge-drinking, lighting fire works and riding bikes (most prevalent from left to right).

The wall was lime green, a killer offset to purple and also rather appropriate given it was early Easter morning when I took these...

ghost shadow ride the whip a.k.a kage mane no jutsu

salute!

orochimaru

crank mob 3.22.08

Christmas Trees

Ornaments make good fish-eyes

My favorite ninja atop a purple Christmas Tree.

fixedtography

A few of my favorite pics taken by my friend Aaron.

Even our shadows are drawn to fixies.

Orochimaru through Feaver's Holga

track stand (what you don't see - Naruto mask and Konoha forehead protector)

Ride tonight.
Photos by Feaver - more here