The choice has pretty much been made that I will be building a mountain bike this Spring. I’m kind of looking forward to the challenge, and the excuse to hang around bike shops more often.

I’m leaning towards a frame by Transition or Commencal. They appear to be legit bikes for the price. The Commencal seems like it could handle most of what Wisconsin could throw at it, but the Transistion seems a bit burlier. If you’ve got any insight into hardtail frames please let me know.

Most of the responses I got from people we pretty supportive. And a lot of people seem to think once you build a bike you never regret it. Apparently it’s like dating jewish girls, or buying a Mr. Bungle album.  You might not reference it everyday, but you cannot shake it.

Come to think of it, Faith No More’s Angel Dust album was killer as well. Plus you couldn’t even fuck with that album cover in 1992.

And now that you dwelt on that please get this. It’s the kind of shit that makes the Olympics great: