Okay, I didn't make my sunset ride (2d working it, was really hoping to catch sunset but finished 10min late

), but just did 15min testing him out and he's riding like a champ!! I did a different approach reassembling him than usual (note: only took 12min to reassemble from a raw frame, i mean raw like bearing cups punched out and everything), I put the bb and headset in wayyy on the tight side, figuring they'd just 'break in' shortly, and sure enough they did after like ~15m riding.
Anyways, sorry about my terrible webcam, my laptop was more convenient than a cell (no digicam here..), but still has the 'essence'. Fresh gloss white frame and gloss.orange chain are new, contrasted to matte.black seat tube / fork / bearing races / cranks / headset; 3rd/contrast color on seat clamp, bolts, seat's rails, etc, is a satin gold. And, b4 anyone gets on my ass, yes i'm aware the chain's not as tight as it should be, all i can say is it will be (obviously) tomorrow, I just really wanted my sunset ride and was rushing, and still didn't make it
[w/o making this post a soap-box, I do want to give a big THANK YOU to imgur.com. I realized bl didn't let me attach images, and fuct if i could remember where my keys for flickr/photobucket accounts were, so I went to setup new ones... BIG pita. After getting frustrated w/ flickr, I was going to go to photobucket and remembered imgur (i'm a frequent visitor to reddit), so setup there and it was twice as fast as photobkt/flckr. Hadn't setup w/ them b4 so just want to give them a shout-out for how simple and straightforward their setup is, plus i'm kinda psyched i have an acct on the site i see 90%+ of my images from

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note: my chain is locking my rim, not my frame. That's only because my frame's paint is still pretty soft; I mention this because i've had too many bikes stolen (including locked ones), and known too many bike-thieves & their methods, so just wanna make clear that the lock is hardly a theft deterrent in and of itself in that pic, the 'theft deterrent' is my property and the lights and my window being right beside my bike, and open wide. I was actually gonna link an awesome thread from our local (now defunct) board, 'FL fixed', something to the effect of 'i steal bikes', an awesome thread by a hardcore bike thief, beautifully detailling the ways ppl think they're secure when they aren't. Having been in the city, and friends w/ a 'bike thief' ring that'd sell me road bikes, bmx's, etc, at pennies on the dollar, i'm more than anal about how i secure my own rides!