Hey, I'm knuckles. I'm 39, but I was 17 yesterday. Married, 3 kids, 2 dogs, currently residing southeast of the Northwest Territories. I am a pastor's assistant. I used to be a tattooer...did a formal oldschool apprenticeship and the whole deal. Now I tattoo here and there. Skateboarder since I could stand on a skinny, molded-plastic banana board... probably circa 1976. My old 18"(?) cruiser-style steel frame had apes in the 70's and early 80's and got a bmx makeover after that. My faithful Sears Free Spirit 10 speed carried me from the suburban NYC area down to the DC area and back in about 13 days when I was a teenager. I haven't really owned a bike since then. I've been lurking here... reading and gleaning and learning. I think it's time to build a bike.