mike k in l.a.

I finally got a bike. Well it’s not exactly *new* but now it’s mine all mine. Picked it up in West Hollywood yesterday afternoon; another successful craigslsit purchase.

Her name is Taka, because the brand is Takashiri. Internet sleuthing revealed almost nothing on the brand name, which leads me to believe it is some obsolete Japanese make…I don’t really care about the brand, as long as it gets me around the west side and to my studio. It rides just fine, but needs tuning up: new hoods and tape, a good cleaning & de-rusting, minor seat and brake adjustment and possibly a true-ing of the back wheel. Next week I think I will take it to the bike kitchen/Orange 20 and put a solid days work into it.

The only lame thing is that the bike kitchen is too far away to ride to. So i’ll need to load it up onto a Metro bus and ride out there with it. I had to do something similar in order to get it home. I would have ridden it but then I figured it would be an intelligent move to tune it up and make sure it’s secure before bombing down Sunset Blvd.

Scoops is also right by the Bike Kitchen, so if things aren’t going well i’ll treat myself to some Guinness ice cream.