Studio Lounge | Adam Patterson » Bike http://www.studiolounge.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:09:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Contrail – Biking Community Tool http://www.studiolounge.net/2009/03/22/contrail-biking-community-tool/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2009/03/22/contrail-biking-community-tool/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:04:42 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/?p=1447 prjcontrail00

I can’t even begin to describe the crazy things we did as kids to our bikes. Skate boards for front wheels, Skate board wheels for front wheels. Even tried lighting out tires on fire. The Contrail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrail) seams like one of the coolest gizmos made for a bike i a long time.

The Contrail is a simple idea, something to apply a think later of Chalk to your tire (road tires would work best). As you ride you leave a coloured path behind you, a group of people would look something like an rainbow.

I…

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The site is running off of WordPress with a custom CSS and XHTML theme for WordPress, The Gallery is running on ZenPhoto.

I have lived with computers all my life. My interest started along time ago, when I first used Adobe Photoshop 3.0 . My interest in visual…

]]> http://www.studiolounge.net/about/feed/ 0 My New Rear End http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/05/14/my-new-rear-end/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/05/14/my-new-rear-end/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 22:21:15 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/?p=599 Its that time of year when my bike starts to act funny and has become unreliable under load. Chain skips, gears are not working so well. I finally had some time to fix my bike and install some new toys on my bike.

Chris King Gold with Heavy Duty Axe on Mavic 721 with DT Swiss Alpine 3 spokes, SRAM DH 11-26 Cassette and SRAM X.O 20th anniversary Carbon Fiber Black Box Medium Derailleur with X.0 Shifters.

I hope to get a Rockshox Pike from a friend by trading some bike parts. Nothing beats the barter system.

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Pink parts! Any why not make them some of the best parts money can buy? a Chris King wheel set can set you back over a grand, and the pink Hope brake set could set you back $500 or $600.

Speedgoat, an online bike shop last year held an raffle for a pink bike and the proceeds went to help breast cancer. Not to mention they build a sweet pink bike.

Other companies…

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I shipped my rear wheel by UPS thought United Cycle to Chris King in Portland Oregon for Warranty work. I knew that by that at the time of year when i send in the wheel (June 2007) that they would be behind, so I waited about 2 months and then called them to ask if i could get a tracking number to follow it back to Canada.

I was surprised to hear that they had not received it.

My first instinct was there must be a mistake, so the tech i was talking with did some looking around…

]]> http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/02/25/9-months-later/feed/ 1 Seasons by The Collective http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/02/21/seasons/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/02/21/seasons/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:17:10 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/02/21/seasons The Collective One of my favorite mountain bike movies was the Collective, not long after Roam came out. Well with the new riding season upon us its only fitting to call the next movie Seasons.

Check out a teaser on there site.

Links:
http://www.thecollectivefilm.com/
http://www.pinkbike.com/

]]> http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/02/21/seasons/feed/ 0 A legend has passed on. http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/02/05/a-legend-has-passed-on/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/02/05/a-legend-has-passed-on/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:42:24 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/2008/02/05/a-legend-has-passed-on SheldonBrown Sheldon Brown was a name i heard many times in my years as a bicycle mechanic. His web site http://sheldonbrown.com is a constants source of reference for almost every bike shop. I learned a lot from is extensive wisdom.

Sheldon Brown (July 14, 1944 – February 3, 2008) was an American bicycle mechanic from Boston, Massachusetts. His trademark beard and plastic helmet-mounted eagle, named Igor, were his trade marks.

I was in contact with Sheldon a few weeks ago going over my spoke calculator and working on the new release with him witch he was going to…

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I was first introduced to Dan Barham at my old job, he had just moved from Manchester, U.K. I just thought he was another guy in a bike shop until the speaker at the seminar we were at recognized him from the U.K. She had said how he took some amazing photos, so I got to talking with him. Dan was pity modest about his talents, I realized something was up when he said he had a Canon Mark II DS. I have grown up around bikes and computers so we had a lot in common.…

]]> http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/10/04/interview-with-dan-barham/feed/ 1 Dan Barham Cover Shot http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/09/04/dan-barham-cover-shot/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/09/04/dan-barham-cover-shot/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:44:28 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/09/04/dan-barham-cover-shot/ Dan Cover After Crazing the magazine stand looking at the bike mags i came across my old friend Bike Mag. while looking through the September issue at home i saw that the cover Shot was from another old friend Dan Barham. To top things off the photo was also shot in my home town of Edmonton, Alberta.

After looking at Dan’s Blog to check things out its fitting that he got the cover for September because his birthday just happens to fall in that month.

Happy Birthday Dan :)

]]> http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/09/04/dan-barham-cover-shot/feed/ 0 Canada targeting dirty two-stroke engines http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/05/16/canada-targeting-dirty-two-stroke-engines/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/05/16/canada-targeting-dirty-two-stroke-engines/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 15:25:17 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/05/16/canada-targeting-dirty-two-stroke-engines/ I found this interesting, if you were to run your lawn mower for about 1 hour it will produce about the same amount of pollution as a car that has driven 500km.

Using a two-stroke lawn mower to cut a decent-sized lawn can produce as much smog-forming pollution as driving a modern car from Ottawa to Toronto.

If Canada wants to have the average household drop there green house emissions then lets have a look at some flexible numbers.

It took me 1hr to mow my parents law, thats 50′ x 100′ lot, thats more or less the average size…

]]> http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/05/16/canada-targeting-dirty-two-stroke-engines/feed/ 0 Dan Barham http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/04/24/dan-barham/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/04/24/dan-barham/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:13:54 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/04/24/dan-barham/ I had the pleasure of working with Dan Barham a few years ago in the bike shop. Dan a guy new to Canada from England. He came here in January, were he was introduced to winter. As i got to know Dan i found out he was a pro mountain bike photographer from over the pond. Since then Dan has moved over to North Vancouver were he is now close the the Canadian mountain biking Mecca. I was brought back to Dans site almost by chance and i noticed it has been updated.

I felt it was worth mentioning…

]]> http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/04/24/dan-barham/feed/ 0 nForm my new home. http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/04/13/nform-my-new-home/ http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/04/13/nform-my-new-home/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:52:47 +0000 Adam Patterson http://www.studiolounge.net/2007/04/13/nform-my-new-home/ nFormI have been working at United Cycle for close to 4 years now, i have gone from green thumb enthusiast to one to the key people involved in almost everything from training, service writing and just plain do it all. I have learned from some really great people. I have had the opportunity to accomplish more in 4 years at United Cycle that pretty much any other bike shop in Canada and probably North America, i say this not only based on volume of customers and variety of work but with the amount of mechanics that…

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