well ive been busy lately and havent gotten enough time too really build any bikes or even really ride. well today that changed, went for a long ride to downtown, to a strip mall, then to a bike shop. . . that was going out of business :roll: and there it was, beconing me from the used bike rack in all its aluminum and chromoly glory, a 24 inch free agent BMX. :shock: , my friends saw me make eye contact and quickly grabbed me "no snyder! that money is for a new tv!" "you already have 12 bikes!" but it was to late, i was in a trance, a three piece parallel brakes trance. and then it happened, the words of a good salesman rang true "ill let you take it for a test ride" all of my friends "he was going to have a new tv in his room". so as i rode back, brakes worked way to good to be hand brakes, and the bike seemed just to light to be real, it was to great. so silently, i left, planning my retreat, friends thinking of how they had won and they were safe with a new tv "you wont regret it, you will love the tv" . . . :mrgreen: mom just came home from the bike shop, a silver 24 inch bmx in tow. maybe next year my friends :mrgreen: