Will Blakey survive ???

spirito · February 27, 2011, 3:37pm

NAHBS 2011 pics are rolling in

NAHBS Austin 2011 - a set on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnprolly/sets/

heavymetal · February 27, 2011, 3:43pm

His head/balls have probably exploded by now.

spirito · February 27, 2011, 3:52pm

I have a mental picture of him wrapped around Richard Sachs lower leg, wailing like a 2 year old so he can bring one of his CX bikes back to Melbz.

Fair call though … I’d prolly do the same with happy ending if that’s what it took

I’m really loving Chris Bishop’s very understated lug work, the paint on the Vanilla specials is something else and all the party pics look like fun.

horatio · February 27, 2011, 4:33pm

Blakey should do a slide night when he gets back…

spirito · February 27, 2011, 4:39pm

I’m hoping he’ll be living on the street, homeless, broke and with an arsenal of the world’s finest bikes. <grin>

>> Yo Blakey: I gotz a great couch if you wanna place to crash, come and go as you like … there’s room in the shed if you wanna store a few things

mr_dylan · February 27, 2011, 5:09pm

familyguy · February 27, 2011, 5:49pm

Dunno about Richard Sachs…he didnt even clean his bikes for the show:

AL9000 · February 27, 2011, 10:16pm

I survived, I met amazing people (Sachs, Padraig, Hampsten, Ritchey…), I hung out with awesome folk from NY, LA, ATX, PDX, Boston and other places, I was used as a “model” for a Bicycling magazine shoot, I’m riding my new black CX comotion around and eating delicious food, life is pretty awesome right now.

Stay tuned for possible updates from NY & LA.

Cafe_de_Keirin · February 27, 2011, 10:22pm

I <3 blakey t-shirts. Only $5!

spirito · February 27, 2011, 10:30pm

I’d pay a lot more for an I <3 Blakey t-shirt. Gotta be nice cotton and well designed

AL9000 · February 27, 2011, 10:43pm

And Chris Bishop is such a genuinely nice guy, and a very skilled constructeur, he is one to watch.

Littlefoot in PDX are doing rad tourer/rando stuff too, keep an eye out at the Oregon manifest, it’ll be sweet.

I’m putting this out there: S&S coupled tourers. Next big thing.

nikcee · February 27, 2011, 10:49pm

Who is Blakey?

I had a friend called that but he is dead to me (for another few weeks)

nikcee · February 27, 2011, 10:50pm

with 650bs no doubt!

AL9000 · February 27, 2011, 11:00pm

What’s that Nik? I can’t hear you through my atmo beanie-cap.

(700c, 650b, 26")

spirito · February 27, 2011, 11:13pm

That’d be really cool on the back of the I <3 Blakey t-shirt.

AL9000 · March 1, 2011, 8:36am

Austin 2011 - a set on Flickr

Photos!

familyguy · March 1, 2011, 2:48pm

Awesome pics, thanks for posting so many great shots.

One of my favourites:

AL9000 · March 13, 2011, 2:23pm

Austin album updated, plus a NYC album added. LA album to follow in a couple of weeks.

Austin 2011 - a set on Flickr
New York 2011 - a set on Flickr

AL9000 · March 14, 2011, 8:48pm

Got a taste of Austin’s freak bike scene tonight:

Bike Deth ATX by ah_blake, on Flickr

More: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ah_blake/sets/72157626144680785/

spirito · March 14, 2011, 9:38pm

So … did you get some cowboy boots?