flight of the bmx mini tall bike

Just got back from the MC3 ride, which was fittingly my first real ride on the mini tall . The rain held off and it was a lovely night for a ride. I'm pretty pleased with how she rode and feel like I've finally bonded with this bike. I was a bit apprehensive about the coaster brakes but they were fine. The steering is a bit twitchy but that is to be expected with a fork that steep, not to mention that the front wheel needs to lose the chunky tire. Overall it's a relaxed riding position; just need some grips and longer cranks to straighten out my legs a bit. Many thanks to Jim and Sailor who did a fine job guiding my creation.

On the subject of legs though, I'm pretty proud of mine tonight. I was asking for bets as to where on Adnac I would have to dismount and walk her up the hill. I couldn't believe it when I passed a girl on a road bike, made it up to Commercial, and then all the way home. These lil legs of mine are tougher than I thought.

As for aesthetics, I'm still not sure if she'll get the rattle can treatment or not. The general consensus is that 'pink and black are hot'. Not being a huge fan of pink, I'm thinking dark, sparkly purple and gold would look pretty rad and compliment the leaopard print seat well. And of course, I'm in love with my molocules. I drilled apart some cog sets to fashion a slightly abstracted inosilicate structure across the monkey bars, which just so happens to match part of my forearm tattoo.

You can take the nerd out of her lab but you can't take the nerd outta the biker.