document updated 14 years ago, on Oct 31, 2010

serial number (on bottom bracket): 12L02077
purchased from: Ciclo Urbano, 2459 W Division Ave, Chicago, IL 60622, 773-772-4870 (it was used, but it shouldn't matter — they should have records of the sale either way?)
rear wheel
- rear hub: Shimano Deore
- rear rim: Mavic XM 117
front wheel
- front rim: stamped with "Araya 26×1.5", however this does NOT mean the rim is literally 1.50" wide, this is a big misnomer
drivetrain
- rear hub: cassette converted into single-speed
- gear ratio:
  - rear teeth: 13
  - front teeth: 42
  - crank: (Suntour?) MD-300 — 175mm
  - for a total "gain ratio" of 6.1

Her name:

"Devil's Own", or "The Devil's Own Bike" — I stole the bike from the devil. Every once in a while, she spots me and gives chase. I have to bike like hell to get away from her. So I've gotten pretty good at riding like crazy.
- I really do some stupid-dangerous things on bikes, and I've done more stupid-dangerous things on this bike than any other. So I try to mentally blame it on the bike.
"Sally", from "Mustang Sally" — I think of my bicycles as "hollow steeds"
"Fire crotch" — she's red all over

Emotional reason I bought it:

Logical reasons I bought it:

Single-speed. Makes a good winter bike.
- semi-horizontal dropouts... awesome
Has a "better" rake angle than my Gary Fisher. It's twitchier, and thus a little easier to steer while no-handed.

Things that I don't know if they're good or not:

TODO:

MUST do:
- replace the nut on my seatpost clamp — it's rounded-off to hell, and it's a 100% normal nut, very easy to replace
- Stop by a bike store, ask them how low my seatpost can go. I REALLY want to lower it a lot, but I've heard horror stories of seatposts getting permantnly STUCK inside a frame, if you lower them too far.
figure out how to pull wheelies on it as-is
- the current gear is WAY too high for the technique I used on my previous bike... but that's not the only way to wheelie
- if not, then I have to change it to a lower gear; however, the gear that's there is pretty good for cruising... and I THINK I SHOULD be able to do wheelies, now that I have some idea how... it will just require a little more finesse than on other bikes
  - lower the seat!
  - SHIFT WEIGHT BACK
get a red seat — partially to be hipsterish, but mostly to make the term "fire crotch" more literal
build another rear wheel that's fixed-gear (requires rebuilding it completely, around a new hub)
- if I do this, make sure it will accept the FATEST tire I can possibly fit on there, AND make sure the rear rim is STRONG as hell
put the fattest tires I can on it
get either a full-on bash-guard, or at least a pant-leg protector