Rob's New Ride

Here is Rob's newest creation and another set of our wheels--

Recent Wheels

These are the latest set of wheels that rolled out of Loose Nuts HQ tonight--

They are popsicle purple Deep-V's, laced to All-City hubs with black Wheelsmith spokes. 

Here is a pic of the hubs that we've been using lately-- All-City Standard track hubs

More updates to come (the carbon polo bike will be soon, promise)

LN

A quicky from the Nuts

Loads of wheels, bikes and mallets have been built since we last updated the blog so here is a quick update--

A few of us, Ben, Jordan and myself, Chris, from Athens went down to the Dick Lane Velodrome in Atlanta to get certified to race a few couple of weeks ago.


We jumped through all of the hoops to get ready to race and are raring to go. It was pretty exciting to see 4 Loose Nuts track wheels actually being used on their native turf. Hopefully all three of us will be racing in the upcoming weeks. We'll keep you updated as we figure out exactly whats going on. Ben and Laura snapped some photos while we were down at the track-- they can be found here Track Certification Pics

On the wheel building front we've built over 5 new sets. We got to build a nice track only set on some new Suzue ProMax hubs that built really nicely. The hubs are super smooth and look great on Ben's Langster Comp.


Rigerberto's city ride got updated with a fresh set of white Deep-V's, Amy's Mercier is getting closer and closer to perfection with some woodgrain rims, Brooks B.17 Champion Special saddle, and super cool Brooks leather grips. A recent 20" convert (his name is omitted so he can keep his street cred) is about to be rolling on some super clean ano purple deep-v's and Treetop is considering a 650c for the Fuji-- guess he's looking to be a trickster.

Polo has been the main form of riding recently (thats not such a great thing) and a new polo steed has been built-- more will come soon but I'll leave you with a few details. Full carbon, 32's and bashguards.

More soon and pics shortly
LN

It's the New Style!

If you're wondering why you haven't been hearing much news out of Loose Nuts HQ these last few weeks, it's because we've abandoned our wheelbuilding initiative and began pouring our federal bailout money into a venture that will be more sustainable in these tough economic times: hair styling.  Here is a photo of one of our models showing off the flashy and upscale, yet decidedly derelicte look that our new pneumatic styling gun produces:

While the curmudgeons and retro-grouches of the Athens hair fashion scene may be reluctant to embrace this new oh-so-green innovation and abandon their gallons of ecologically hazardous products, dyes, and ear-gouging scissors, we have been promised a hefty sum of Obama-approved stimulus money to fund an infrastructure development program that will put the technology necessary for pneumatic styling within the reach of salon, barbershop, beauty parlor, stylist, and flo-bee owner in Athens and across Georgia. Naturally, the Halliburton of fashion houses, Mugatu Inc. has been contracted to carry out the necessary work.

This move will put thousands of unemployed poodles and stray cats to work, and will help preserve the lightness of Athens hairstyles for years to come.

Redneck Slumlords Unite!

Ok, so it took me a full day to recover from this pentathlon weekend do a point where I could form nearly coherent thoughts, but I'm mostly there on this foggy Tuesday. After sending my beer-soaked race kit of black jeans and Sunshine t-shirt to the cleaners, a full day at the shop, and plenty of alternating doses of coffee and sleep, I'm back in the land of the living. The crucial element in my recovery however, was a tapering program put together by Loose Nuts Minister of Health, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Through meticulous research and scientific methodizing, Dr. Gupta has determined that you just can't quit drinking cold-turkey after a three-day blinding bender like the Pentathlon, you have to taper. There are receptors in your brain that NEED beer, and if you don't give it to them they will revolt, and like K. Sekai after a week without bike polo, you might just lose your shit altogether, or fall into a light coma/powernap. And, as horrible as that first beer sounded, he was right. If anyone else out there needs some help designing their own custom-tailored tapering schedule, Dr. Gupta has graciously allowed himself to be kidnapped, blindfolded and tied to a chair on the porch at the redneck slum formerly known as Loose Nuts HQ, with only one arm left free to hand beers up from the cooler full of icy cold water provided expressly for the purpose. But, as a high-profile TV doctor and U.S. Surgeon General designate, we are unsure how long Dr. Gupta will be available for consultation, so please act quickly.

As for the pentathlon itself, I would do myself a great disservice if I tried to recreate in words the awesomeness of this past weekend. It just can't be done. You had to see it to believe it, and if you weren't there you just straight missed out. Maybe when we were still in the thick of it, when the smell of beer in waterbottles still lingered, the frogs still flashed from trees and the crack of the mallets still echoed, I could have created a depiction of the heroism, savagery and pure mayhem that might have done justice to the truth of the matter, but now, with the powers of hindsight clouded by residual effects of drink and delirium, I find my powers of description unequal to the task. You'll hear all the stories anyway from those who survived, and the memories of those who did not will live on long after the worms have devoured their flesh.