Pot calling the Pan Black

Or something like that. Sweet Panhead courtesy of shovelhead.us.

Guptill's Cruise Night August 2011

My wife and I double dated with my parents to go to the monthly cruise night at Guptill's Roller Rink. This is one of my favorite parts of summer. Tons of old cars. Some cool bikes. Oldies tunes. And it's all free. They just ask that you bring a canned good for the local food pantry.

Sarah and I rolled in on the shovel.

This rat rod looked like a rolling nightmare. In a good way.

This rat has a blue ribbon.

This is for my friend Steve who has been a fan of these 2002's long before they were cool.

God was there representing and sending some beams through the clouds. That's my wife in the picture. The pretty girl to the right (not the dude in the black tank).

Sarah snapped a better shot of the sky with her phone.

Old Flatty

Back to bikes. Someone on the shovelhead.us message board posted these.

Headers

i swear i'll post some motorsickle stuff again soon. i found some old hot rod and van magazines of my dad's and i'm just digging on that for a bit.

Ol' Van Dad

King Krimson

The Van, not the band.

Roach Shirts

Heavy Metal Drummer

That's me.

Hadar Metal Design

For my birthday this year, my wife surprised me by putting us on a train to NYC for the day and bringing me to the Josh Hadar exhibit, The Evolution of Steel. Needless to say, I was stoked. I was stoked about the exhibit but more stoked that the woman I chose to spend my life with happens to be the coolest person I've ever met.

Below are some pictures I snapped with my phone. I can't get this thing to take clear pictures anymore. Every shot is a little blurry but you get the idea. The artist found an old bicycle in the garbage and decided to try welding it up. He got hooked on it and evolved from building crude monstrosities to elegant, well designed motorized (some gas some electric) two wheeled works of art.

Check out his organic versus mechanic designs - the hand blown glass gas tank made to look like a heart encased in a metal rib cage.

For more information (and much better photos) on this guy's stuff, check out Hadar Metal Design.