Fixed Gear bike

I built my fixed gear bike a year ago, I never put together some photos showing the progress so here goes. It was an old Triumph steel bike, I bought it at a thrift store for 10 dollars. I made the wheels and pieced it together over 6 months. Triumph bicycles was bought by Raleigh bicycles a while back. This had many odd measurements and was certainly a challenge to build. At least i got some cool tools out of it :).

This was an old English 3 speed, a sturdy bike. To learn more visit the authoritative encyclopedia on bikes, Sheldon Brown.

Herding Angry Cats...

I found this excellent article in which the author opined why Libertarians never organize successfully, he compares it to organizing a herd of angry cats:
Baltimore Sun Article

New list of quotes

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have - Gerald Ford

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. – John Adams

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin

The true danger is when Liberty is nibbled away, for expedients. – Edmund Burke

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. – Winston Churchill (1903)

Liberals want the government to be your Mommy. Conservatives want government to be your Daddy. Libertarians want it to treat you like an adult. – Andre Marrou