Friday PicFest No.411

Paying Less Attention

The concept of focus has been swirling around my head lately. Where should my attention be. That sorta’ thing. In recent years I’ve found that the more I let go the happier I am with where I arrive. That also applies to the walk over, regardless of how long/short the path is. I once heard Beattie describing a downhill on ABC, or maybe it was Brooker. He, or they, were talking about “letting the skis run.” I can’t recall who was hurling himself down the mountain. Not important. The thing is, when I get into a place where the rules aren’t so much ignored as they are forgotten about for a spell – when I let motion take over – I’m more satisfied. I gotta phrase it another way so I’m more clear: there’s this trust I put in letting the work happen. When I don’t give thought to each file stroke, or heating cycle, or whether center lines are justified – when I just put my hands over my eyes and start winging it – that’s gold, Jerry. Gold.



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03082 Playlist : Deep Wound X 1983 7"

Marauder 1x11 : Bikepacker

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Practice

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Mental Break

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Heat guns, soldering irons, and every thing else is on the bike assembly bench in the bike assembly room.


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John's Rando is being assembled

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Aluminum test frame number two. Road frame with flatmount, T47, bi ovalized DT, internal routing, 7005 AL.

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Thanks! NATE

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Finished up a practice frame. On to the next one...

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Noble racing, raw

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Late to the party, but we're having a snow day today. I had posted this one "naked" previously. Here's the finished product, partial parts-build. It will be completely black when assembled, right down to the nipples.

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