My Drupal bike
Through the wonderful Neil Drumm, Chapter Three learned that I was in the market for a bicycle. Chapter Three -- the company of Drupal overlords Matt Cheney, Josh Koenig and Zack Rosen -- has a fun side project called Mission Bicycles that uses Drupal to sell customizable fixed gear and single speed bikes in San Francisco.
Of course, I was interested in riding around on one of their customized bicycles. Especially one that featured a white seat, white rims, and a particularly familiar shade of blue (#027AC6) for the frame. On top of that, I was promised that, if I wasn't already, I would be the coolest kid on my block. They'd toss in a free Drupal bike jersey to help guarantee the promised result.
I ordered one instantly, and a couple of weeks later, a bike showed up at my front door. After assembling the bike, the tubes still filled with San Francisco air, I'm now ready to ride the European lands in true California style.
The box included wrenches, power bars, a chocolate cookie, instructions, a cap and a Drupal jersey.
Mission Bikes come with an Oompa-Loompa that will assemble your bike.
The Oompa-Loompa assembled the front wheel and steering column, and is now working to remove the protective cover from the bike.
Real men ride bulletproof bikes (with no brakes).
Flipping the back wheel allows me to switch between fixed gear and single speed. Crazy hot!
Please ignore this athlete's double chin. It must be an artifact of the camera's lens.
Awesome! But your apartment is too small to keep the bike inside... where are you going to store your bike? Oh, and by the way, what are you going to name your bike? I think it should be called "Blue Drupal Bike".
February 16, 2009 - 18:54Oooh! I am going to get one of those Drupal jerseys! The bike looks very cool :)
February 16, 2009 - 19:45Oompa-loompa caption had my disturbing the office with a laugh.
February 16, 2009 - 19:54From now on, every DIY package should come with an Oompa-Loompa!
Also, your lens must be utterly broken, because the double chin is _really_ significant. In that pic, you look like one of those cycle terrorists, err, tourists, that create havoc on the roads in Flanders on a Sunday morning... The cap really does the trick there!
February 16, 2009 - 20:20I'm jealous, I would like a t-shirt and a bike like this also! :)
February 16, 2009 - 20:38Have a nice ride!
So awesome!
February 16, 2009 - 20:45That looks nice, I'm going to build a Joomla! moped this spring ...
SoM
February 16, 2009 - 20:48It's really cute, I mean the Oompa-Loompa.
February 16, 2009 - 20:49The bike is awesome by the way.
Oh no, let's not have yet another bike shed debate about a standardized Drupal bike naming convention ;)
Looks so nice and shiny - I love bikes!
February 16, 2009 - 21:00Gratulations, the bike looks awesome!
February 16, 2009 - 21:32I'd like to buy one of those jerseys!!!
Size medium. If there's a MTB style jersey, that would be better.
Please email me!
Cheers,
February 16, 2009 - 21:38Adam
I'm also interested in a jersey ( maybe MTB style ), any info on where to buy these ? :)
February 17, 2009 - 10:39I'm not much of a biker, but dude the jacket is cool. :-) (And so is the Oompa-Loompa.)
February 16, 2009 - 21:39Sweet looking bike - I'm thinking we need to organize a Drupal bike ride. Here's my Drupal bike - http://velospace.org/node/14095 - well its blue anyway.
February 16, 2009 - 22:57BUENO!
February 17, 2009 - 00:00Nice! Fix those bars though. It's killing me to look at them turned up like that ;)
February 17, 2009 - 00:08Clearly, the bike should be named "Blue Smurf"! :)
February 17, 2009 - 00:49go drupal bicyclist go!
February 17, 2009 - 01:04Sweet! Can we ship Drupal 7 with an Oompa-Loompa as well?!
The Drupalicon was spotted riding this bike in San Fran a few months ago...
http://files.graviteklabs.com/drupal/AJK-blue4.png
:-)
February 17, 2009 - 05:01Wow, if I ever see you cruising like that, please ignore my tears of laughter... I'm really just jealous :P
February 17, 2009 - 07:41I bet you are so glad you kept that living room wall free of all debris :-)
February 17, 2009 - 09:36Great post Dries and that's a cool Drupal bike jersey; I want one :)
February 17, 2009 - 15:04Awesome :)
February 17, 2009 - 18:00Very very cool bike, great shot of Axl and a cool Belgium hobby.
And we photoshop the doubledchin away for future generations..
February 17, 2009 - 20:07I need to fix my own bicycle... can I please borrow your Oompa-Loompa?
February 18, 2009 - 13:03This is a druBike!
February 18, 2009 - 23:46About the Oompa Loompa, careful if you make a next order. They will thrown in a a free snozzwanger as well. Keep this creature away from the chocolate, I did warn you. ;-)
February 20, 2009 - 08:49Seriously, buy a car. You will get everywhere faster and you won't stink of sweat.
Bicycles are for people with time to kill.
March 1, 2009 - 02:05Loved the comment about the oompa lumpa made me laugh, nice bike too.
April 24, 2009 - 18:31Ride on and enjoy the show:
August 3, 2009 - 09:26www.fixedgearflanders.be
Schoon fietske, daar niet van, maar ge moet wel efkes uw stuur wat bijstellen: de uiteinden horen horizontaal te zijn, nu ziet het er nog wat raar uit. Eddy gaat trots zijn.
August 4, 2009 - 11:59Lol, Dries is one of those hipsters now.
BTW, velospace is powered by drupal!
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