what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

Extreme. To the extremes. Gravitating to the poles. All or None. On or Off. Black or White. Yes or No. Hot or cold. USE EXTREME CAUTION.

Looking for a happy medium. A warm grey area. Like a shower in a claw foot tub with really old plumbing that needs to be finessed into a comfortable mix, not too hot, not too cold. Like that.

Toggle switches and their visible predictability, their audible flip, their satisfying simplicity, they’re great. But life isn’t always so ON or OFF.

Last week I found a sign much like the one in this photo. But it was the uber-reflective flexible vinyl kind supported on a cross-frame. It was crumpled sans frame and muddy and soaking wet in the gutter on 5th Avenue and at least one earwig was living in it, but the orange caught my eye and I picked it up, rolled it up and stuffed it in my bag. A short time later I gave it to DANK Bags. 24 hours later I had a custom clip-on coozie made of uber reflective orange street sign. 48 hours later I had a custom EXTREME top-tube pad made of the same sign. Photos will follow soon, when it’s not dark ass crack soaking ice storm I can’t feel my hands cold wet.

Note: DANK bags is that locally owned and operated messenger bag company that I like to refer to as if they were a big operation just to keep the chuffers thinking what they’re thinking. But it’s really just Cory. And Cory makes the finest bags and accessories and if you want some of that you need to talk to Cory. Word.

Note #2: CETMA racks are made by hand in Eugene, Oregon. It is also not a huge operation. CETMA is Lane. And Lane makes very fine racks for your bikes. Lane knows utility cycling. Lane knows messengering. If you want some of that talk to your local bike shop and talk to Lane too. More to follow soon when I get my hands on that special delivery from CETMA that’s sitting at base right now.

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Weaver gave me the velcro 'LEFT' sign that goes in front of that 'RIGHT' above Seth's head. I would put that super reflective sign on the flap of my DANK two-strap 'El Diablo Rojo' bag before it was transfered to the uni-strap jobby. I did want to make it into something other than a 'LEFT' sign, but I think you have beaten me to it. Oh well.

see if you can get home without turning RIGHT, only taking LEFT turns.

Hey thanks for the shout out, us guys down here at the dank appreciate it!

hey Case have you been drinking....... that's not Seth.

So...frickin...jealous of that coozie and extreme pad. Waterproof arm warmers? Shoe covers? One that says R one that says L? The possibilities are limitless.

Yo Bonnie, Cory has some sign left I think, if you want to buy some DANK product. My biopace stained glass chainring looks great in my East facing window. Cheers to you.

Yes, yes. How do I contact him? All DANKbag websites are void. Cory, if you're out there,let's talk reflectivity.

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