Trout Lake Freakin'

I was taking a little vacation, staying with my brother at the Northwestern Service Academy in Trout Lake, WA. We were so far up in the hills that there was no TV reception, yet lo and behold I learn that they use this little beaut to scoot around the campus. I was surprised to find that the wide-band chunkulation field extended this far from Portland, a good 80 miles up in the mountains.

Johnny 4:43 PM

 

Tiger Trashbike

I rode this bike at a Critical Mass, when its owner gave The Hammer a try. Then, months later, it turned up at Working Bikes. Most of the bikes there come from the scrapyard, where they're bought from scrappers. So this bike must have been cast away, picked up, sold off, and then brought back to Lee's place since the day I rode it.

Nice paint job though. I hope someone adopts it.

Johnny 4:40 AM

 

Angel

Despite the fact that I am the world's lousiest photographer, you might be able to see the angel bike in this picture. I never talked to the owner, but I think it looks like an angel. The entire bike is spray-painted silver (including the tires- I love it!) and the details are done in gold. Sitting there next to Count Chopula, it reminds me of some sort of metallic holy warrior sent to earth to battle the dark demon bikes from hell. I see this one around a lot so next time I see it in the daytime I'll get a better picture.

Johnny 11:23 PM

 

UV Chopper 1

 

Another random chopper off the street. I suspect this one was either made by or directly copied from UV of Blackstone Bicycle Works, one of the most productive and skilled freakbikers in Chicago. The frame is a flipped step-through frame, with an extra crankset welded where the seat was, with the distinct use of forks as braces for it. Flipping the frame increases the rake of the head tube for extra chopposity.

Johnny 10:18 PM