It was raining Saturday morning, huge shame as the Deus Ex Machina bicycle swap meet was on. They started at 7AM, super early for a weekend but I love the spirit of it, getting in there before everybody else to pick up the best stuff is what great markets are all about. Shame then that Suga and I got there at 10.30 (lol), but even so we spotted some beautiful metallic blue alloy mudguards on the ground at one of the stalls, and upon closer inspection we just had to have them. The stall owner said they’re from the 70’s and let us have the set for a mere $20. They’re so pretty we’re going to build a ladies bike around them!
Obligatory name dropping: I ran into Tom who runs Hell on Wheels (be sure to check out the store, it’s killer) and Carby who runs Deus (I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before but I used to work along side Carby when I was a design junior, he’s just one of those guys that has “it” and has only gone from strength to strength).
Rained out, and we were late, but it was still such a cool place to be. I can confirm that there will be more future bike swap meets in 09!
Stalls were free. I have to admit I was tempted to set up and sell/swap the shitload of gear I’ve got lying around.
See those shiny blue things?
They’re mine!!!
Lovely aren’t they?
Can’t go wrong with baby blue + white.
Fang it!
God Speed.
So many nice bikes in such a small space.
Surfboard carrier (so cool).