TODO R CASPELL
Maximum Pace
- Jan 27, 2009
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Hi you all seem a very likely bunch. I am in Yokosuka for 4 months. Having a GREAT time. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Japan ! Been up to Tokyo 9 times. Rode over to Kamakura [ Kamikaze - Divine wind.] and to Yokohama [ Many tunnels.] on my bike. The bike I brought to Japan is my Tom Ritchey Break away Ti carbon Dura Ace. A very sweet ride. I took off the weight weenie wheels and put on 36 Mavic rims DA hubs and they are pretty well bomb proof. 180 mm DA cranks. I have covered almost the entire frame with inner tubes and SCREAMING green and orange tape, Rmv most of the Durra Ace logos in hopes of fooling the bike thief. So it looks kinda ghetto at first glance. Bike thievery is not really an issue here in Japan and I am just running a "Stick in the spokes lock." But I go to San Diego / London etc... where this bike would not last a New York minute on the street. My general thought on bike security is lock as the locals do. If every beater on the street is locked with 2 U locks and a chain... well you better do likewise. Amsterdam bad Copenhaugen good.
On a more personal note I am half century old and still pretty darn good on all levels. 6'4" ride a 63 cm. 200 # or so. Have removed most of the hair from my head excepting a trendy goat. Almost always in a black beret with star or skull but will wear a helmet under protest. [ The more you harp about THAT the less likely I am to wear a helmet. So no preaching please.] Wardrobe is almost entirely black. Favorite jersey is wool long sleeve Molteni ala Eddy. I have 11 S.T.P. s [ Seattle to Portland ] seven Ramrods [ Ride Around Mt. Rainier One Day.] Done a lotta mountain passes. Raced just a bit, mostly mountain one road thing at SIR one Triathlon { I HATE Tri.} a couple cross { I HATE cycle cross ! I got story why too.} No podium finishes. These days though 50 miles is a big day and mostly I just ride around town.
My best bike is a custom Glen Erickson in British racing green with chrome lugs. Steel of course, a mix of Reynolds and Columbus tubing that Glen thought best. I don't interfere with an artist. I built it up all with the most beautiful Campy parts I had: 80's C record cranks, NR changers etc.
The rest of my stable is: Cramerotti X bike, red & campy[ Living in PDX with my best X Red.] , TREK road bike Reynolds steel Campy, Cliff track bike, steel with a ridiculously short wheel base mostly campy now but I plan on Keirining it out [ NITTO/Kashimi ]as soon as I get back to Seattle, Raleigh 20 that I will never be able to get to fit me and need to get rid of, 08 Raleigh 29 er hard tail, it was yellow but had it powder coated Flat Black [ The durability of Krylon poof can paint has suffered under EPA regulations, alas. Poofed the Cliff F Black years ago and it is holding up just FINE.] 29 r has Avid mechanical discs that I love, a good rock shock fork with a lock out on the bar and whatever is the rest, but all good stuff. It rolls over everything. I WAS planning to make it my Japan bike with the Big Apple slicks but decided my Ritchey was already broken down in it's case and easyr to haul. Maybe next trip ? Bianchi SASS Chrome steel frame that I have made a 69er [ 69er = 26" bike with a 29 wheel on the front.] single speed 180 cranks [ note almost all my bikes have 180 s as I have long thigh bones and tend to mash pedal ] This list seems short I think I am neglecting a bike or two so lets make this a running intro, more later.
My ass likes Cinelli Unicantor saddles, Black plastic unpadded leather covered and also the just plastic cyclocross / BMX in yellow or red, also like the Rolls and Regal Sella San Marco. Just ordered a Kashimi 5 gold Keirin saddle and think I am gonna love it. Fondled one in person at Toyko Hands [ They wouldn't sell it to me as it was the last display one. That is NO way to run a bike shop. Why you need a display model of something you don't got any of ? ] and it was a ROCK thinly covered with leather. So I found one in Japan on eBay. Thinking of trying one of the Kashimi BMX plastic saddles but they ain't cheep either.
My general bike philosophy is in part: Steel is real, Light ain't right and NEVER walk your bike. ANYWAY HI MORE LATER, TODO
EVERYONE wants T R Caspell
mr. Toads wild ride. Todd Royall Caspell
Tord and sundry
(expressed opinions not necessarily of
my brain)
Saint Eddy ride for us.
RIDE LOTS _ Eddy
Todd Caspell [email protected]
HE HAD SUCH POTENTIAL
On a more personal note I am half century old and still pretty darn good on all levels. 6'4" ride a 63 cm. 200 # or so. Have removed most of the hair from my head excepting a trendy goat. Almost always in a black beret with star or skull but will wear a helmet under protest. [ The more you harp about THAT the less likely I am to wear a helmet. So no preaching please.] Wardrobe is almost entirely black. Favorite jersey is wool long sleeve Molteni ala Eddy. I have 11 S.T.P. s [ Seattle to Portland ] seven Ramrods [ Ride Around Mt. Rainier One Day.] Done a lotta mountain passes. Raced just a bit, mostly mountain one road thing at SIR one Triathlon { I HATE Tri.} a couple cross { I HATE cycle cross ! I got story why too.} No podium finishes. These days though 50 miles is a big day and mostly I just ride around town.
My best bike is a custom Glen Erickson in British racing green with chrome lugs. Steel of course, a mix of Reynolds and Columbus tubing that Glen thought best. I don't interfere with an artist. I built it up all with the most beautiful Campy parts I had: 80's C record cranks, NR changers etc.
The rest of my stable is: Cramerotti X bike, red & campy[ Living in PDX with my best X Red.] , TREK road bike Reynolds steel Campy, Cliff track bike, steel with a ridiculously short wheel base mostly campy now but I plan on Keirining it out [ NITTO/Kashimi ]as soon as I get back to Seattle, Raleigh 20 that I will never be able to get to fit me and need to get rid of, 08 Raleigh 29 er hard tail, it was yellow but had it powder coated Flat Black [ The durability of Krylon poof can paint has suffered under EPA regulations, alas. Poofed the Cliff F Black years ago and it is holding up just FINE.] 29 r has Avid mechanical discs that I love, a good rock shock fork with a lock out on the bar and whatever is the rest, but all good stuff. It rolls over everything. I WAS planning to make it my Japan bike with the Big Apple slicks but decided my Ritchey was already broken down in it's case and easyr to haul. Maybe next trip ? Bianchi SASS Chrome steel frame that I have made a 69er [ 69er = 26" bike with a 29 wheel on the front.] single speed 180 cranks [ note almost all my bikes have 180 s as I have long thigh bones and tend to mash pedal ] This list seems short I think I am neglecting a bike or two so lets make this a running intro, more later.
My ass likes Cinelli Unicantor saddles, Black plastic unpadded leather covered and also the just plastic cyclocross / BMX in yellow or red, also like the Rolls and Regal Sella San Marco. Just ordered a Kashimi 5 gold Keirin saddle and think I am gonna love it. Fondled one in person at Toyko Hands [ They wouldn't sell it to me as it was the last display one. That is NO way to run a bike shop. Why you need a display model of something you don't got any of ? ] and it was a ROCK thinly covered with leather. So I found one in Japan on eBay. Thinking of trying one of the Kashimi BMX plastic saddles but they ain't cheep either.
My general bike philosophy is in part: Steel is real, Light ain't right and NEVER walk your bike. ANYWAY HI MORE LATER, TODO
EVERYONE wants T R Caspell
mr. Toads wild ride. Todd Royall Caspell
Tord and sundry
(expressed opinions not necessarily of
my brain)
Saint Eddy ride for us.
RIDE LOTS _ Eddy
Todd Caspell [email protected]
HE HAD SUCH POTENTIAL