June 18th GRAND OPENING

Soft Opening Pictures

Via Twotoneatl

See the article and all the pictures at http://twotoneatl.com/2010/06/13/loose-nuts-soft-opening/

Few Progress Pics

Dr. Jones and Ms. Sanders came down to the shop a few days ago to check out whats been going on.  While here, between beverages and pizza,  Ben snapped a few great pictures so take a peek inside (and out)

Loose Nuts Cycles -- UPDATE

Rapid progress is happening at 452-A Cherokee Ave, Atlanta, GA 30312.  Stay tuned for more details and pictures!

ATL Polo getting the come up

I've been working with Eighth Inch for a while now helping them develop their mallet heads. Well, the wait has finally come to an end with these fine final models.





The come in a handful of different colors and are made of HDPE-- the same material that most players are currently using.  Designed around a one bolt attachment method swapping out shafts is extremely fast.  A cool feature that keeps the mallet heads from being proprietary (which is a pet peeve of mine) is that the diameter of the opening in the mallet for the shaft is 19mm.  This is the same diameter of the non-tapered end of a ski pole.


All in all I am extremely happy with how the final design turned out-- they play wonderfully and are super solid.  I can't wait until their production shaft drops because the combo of the two should be one of the stoutest set-ups on the market.

Doin' Tricks

Went riding with Kareem and Sean over the weekend.  Sean snapped this pic of me right before my rear axle broke.  Gotta love the crazy face--

26" Fixed

Latest wheel build-- 26" Velocity Cliffhanger rims laced to Profile True 3/8" hubs.  Pretty sick build and going to a great guy in Canada.  We're international folks!

Loose Nuts Cycles in the Media

Just found out that Loose Nuts Cycles is in the media.  What Now Atlanta did a small piece check it out HERE

Also, Thrillist is going to run a piece in the near future.  Check back to see the article soon!

Twilight before Twilight Alleycat Friday April 23rd Athens

Some friends of mine in Athens are throwing an Alley Cat the night before the Twilight Criterium.  Come out and race-- then stick around for some awesome professional racing on Saturday.




After the race Anchor Tattoo will be having a bike themed art opening.  Swing by for some great art and great tattoo work.

More Broken Parts

So after about 2 months of running a rear peg, yes I run a peg, finally snapped an axle.  The Velocity hubs that I'm running have been awesome-- cheap and pretty strong, and truly, asking a 10mm non-hardened axle to stand up to grinds is a lot to ask.  Luckily Kareem had a spare axle and in about ten minutes I was back up and running.



Wonder if anyone makes a hardened axle or a 14mm fixed hub?

New Spokesgirl

We got a new spokesgirl here at Loose Nuts--

Late Bike Builds

Here are a few pictures of the latest bike builds from Loose Nuts.

Nash's Build






Rhys's Build

Headed to the Richmond River City Trick Jam tomorrow.  Pictures and a write up to come--

A Snowy Athens

Athens got hit with some snow yesterday.  Took the Bruiser out towards the bar and managed to eat shit rolling out of the driveway.  Guess CX tires should have been swapped on.

Broken Parts are No Fun

Was out riding a few days ago and was doing a grind when I heard a pop.  This was the end result-- not much fun.

After swapping on a non-splined chainwheel to get home I took apart the Krull, Stout, All-City ring combo and the Krull just fell into two pieces.

I'm currently debating on what to do next for a chainwheel.  I really like the Krull for its compatibility with my Steel MKE Stout, but obviously, its not up to the task of grinding.  A Tree Lite sprocket would probably make the most sense but its not compatible with a bash/grind guard.  Maybe left side drive is in my future.

Chainring grind

Chainring grind, originally uploaded by loosenutswheels.

short video of Chris grinding in Atlanta

Race Reports: USGP and Cyclocross Nationals!

Hop over to Ryan's Transcontinental blog for updates and reports from the final stop of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross in Portland, as well as coverage of the Cyclocross National Championships in Bend. Some hot racing is going down in the Oregon cold!

SSCXWC '09!

Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships were held this past Sunday in the pit of mud, blood and beer that was the Portland International Raceway. A full write-up is in the works, but here are some quick news flashes:

MUD! Lots of it. Everywhere. In every consistency and depth, at every angle and incline.

BEER! Lots of it. Mostly cheap, in red, white and blue cans. Pabst was also an event sponsor and served up only-slightly-overpriced pints.

THUNDERDOME! Craziest thing I ever rode through. S&M freakazoids and undead zombie people swinging from the rafters throwing beer and marshmallows.

BACON! Bacon handups should happen at every race!

JACKALOPE! In a nod to Jerry, the great and glorious Loose Nuts Jackalope, I felt it appropriate to don my best Jackalope attire for the festivities. Some spectators knew who I was, some were a little confused. "Go... Deer with ears guy!," "Go Bullwinkle!," and, "Holy shit it's the Easter Bunny!" were only some of the cheers I recieved.

Did I mention that it was muddy? I still don't know who won but I'm pretty sure it wasn't me. There was also some kind of race-within-the-race between Seattle and San Francisco to decide which city will host the SSCXWC next year. Either way, I'm going to do my damndest to make it next year too. Might have been the most fun I've ever had racing my bike. There was intermittent rain all afternoon, so we didn't get any photos of the actual race. A couple of post-race shots are up on the flickr page and I'll be scouring the buckets of photos sure to be dumped out on the interweb for pictures of me in the heat of battle, goring other racers with my noble antlers. BikePortland has a pretty good gallery up on their flickr page with some good pictures of the Thunderdome and scary MadMax racer people.

Stay Loose.

Interbike 2009

So its been way to long since this has been updated but I'm currently in the air flying to Vegas for Interbike. Hopefully I'll be able to snap some pictures and show you some new freshness in the bike world.

Ryan and India's Journey

Here's the link to the blog that Ryan and India are keeping on their journey to Portland. Follow along with their adventures!!

Transcontinental Odyssey

Stay Loose.

Tour de France 2009

Ladies and gentlemen, the 2009 edition of the Tour de France is off and jogging!  Sunday's prologue time-trial was easily drowned out by the echoing power of Independence Day fireworks and the soggy sound of Will Smith punching aliens on cable TV, but Fabien Cancellara still "tore the legs off everybody and threw them asunder" on the way to a convincing stage win.  Stage two began with what looked like little bumps on the stage profile, but looked like the wood grains on the inside of a coffin lid to the Athens faithful. Still, the four-man breakaway managed to stay clear up until the painfully flat final 25km, when they were snatched and grabbed by an errant breakaway artist who failed to stay away over the last 9k, and were finally caught by a ferocious pack led by Mark Cavendish's Mallets Of Athens/Columbia team. The MOA squad had done the lion's share of the work to catch the break, and applied the thumbscrews to the shift levers of the chasing teams.  After rounding the final corner with three leadout men still locked and loaded when all other aggressors had already spent every round in the chamber, the Mallets Of Athens rider won a convincing stage victory in his first sprinting test at the 2009 tour.  Here he is, replendent on the podium in the Mallets Of Athens (MOA) "Muscular Jersey," or "Maillot Musculaire."  

It is a little odd that the preeminent team in the pro peloton is also sponsored by THC, which is listed as a dangerous and harmful ingredient in marijuana smoke.  Also, I'm a little concerned that our favorite Manxman has some serious body-image issues.  He was recently quoted in a prominent cycling publication as saying that when he looks at himself in "the one mirror that never lies" he sees that "mother nature was on an off day when she made me."  Ladies and Gentlemen, please, when you see Mark please remind him that he is not "fat", that he must stick to his nutrition plan and keep up with the beer-drinking regimen that MOA director-sportif Vinnie Van GoGo has laid out for him.

In other news, everyone's favorite occasional cocaine user and big power strong man Tom Boonen has been allowed to ride this year's tour, but has been nowhere within sight of the podium on the first two stages.  Keep an eye peeled and a nostril flared for Boonen on Tuesday, as he will almost certainly be visible on the Team Time Trial.  A Loose Nuts/Mallets Of Athens viewing party will be held upstairs at Transmetropolitan to(morrow)night at 8:30.  Come and enjoy!