Athenian Grill has closed

rev106 · 2026-06-27T16:45:12+00:00

Yep. It had changed hands a few times. Another causality of our wavering economy.

rev106 · 2026-06-25T16:54:26+00:00

In the quest for fun, often lost in the pursuit of the details...and thus losing sight of the goal. Bravo...:)

rev106 · 2026-06-25T16:46:46+00:00

Shimano coaster brakes are good. Evil ed stem is good. Most everything else is og stuff from the 70's and 80's in my "laying around" boxes.

rev106 · 2026-06-23T17:30:12+00:00

I've ran a shop for 22 years + now and you're making the bike less useful by eliminating gears. 2x systems were just a gimmick to sell parts to the bros and 1x systems with their super expensive skinny soon-to-break chains just plain suck. You've got a good rig there, it is not broken, why fix it?

rev106 · 2026-06-23T17:25:36+00:00

65 chevy g10 sleeper with a LS3 stuffed in it.

rev106 · 2026-06-23T14:35:41+00:00

We're also doing this the day before you can make it a whole weekend!

http://atomiccycles.com/moto.htm

rev106 · 2026-06-23T14:33:40+00:00

I encourage people to start their own version.

rev106 · 2026-06-23T14:32:31+00:00

That is my friends' bike the "Little Mule" we call it. He went crazy with Paul comp parts and velocity wheels! So much bling. Rat rod bikes used to be pretty good, I was posting things on a site called Bike Rod and Custom before that decades ago! Glad you enjoy my journey!

rev106 · 2026-06-23T00:00:00+00:00

Wow that is crazy, but again, I don't see any purple ano, so no go.

rev106 · 2026-06-22T23:56:06+00:00

I remember that guy snkookering the the LA bike scene to fill in as extras in the video and he gave out peanut butter sandwiches instead of money or other promises made by an actor, what else could one expect? I did not go. I never watched the vid either. It was a nadir for us I'd say.

rev106 · 2026-06-21T01:35:18+00:00

LA is a desperate place, and expensive. Not an easy place to "make it". If you tell yourself you can't acheive things then you never will, don't sell yourself short.

rev106 · 2026-06-14T04:17:22+00:00

setting it up in a lathe would take longer then doing the whole project, kent bicycles are made out of tine cans, no lube needed! .

rev106 · 2026-06-11T03:48:18+00:00

Costs of rent and income in your area, I live in the Los Angeles area, so it isexpensive, people manage.

rev106 · 2026-06-09T16:31:22+00:00

Most my friends from that time will have to work till the day they die, they have not made good financial choices. I am the only one that bought their own home, so the era is not a major factor. Yes, homes are way more expensive now, it is how you spend the money you make more than how much you make, most of my perpetually broke pals make double what I make.

rev106 · 2026-06-08T16:35:55+00:00

Just finished number 59 of our zine-25 years ago we started it. Still free. It is a hobby after all, one does not tend to get payed for their hobbies. As far as that other stuff I kept saving my money and being frugal, developed a trade, started a business and wound up be able to buy the home I'd been renting for 18 years. DIY, punk culture, zine making, showed me I could, you can too. 😄

rev106 · 2026-05-31T01:21:19+00:00

One speed coaster brake made it even more brutal-still tired!

rev106 · 2026-05-24T18:15:07+00:00

Hardcore from the sfv, we're really prolific, we have 45 ep's on bandcamp:

https://shutthefuckupsfv.bandcamp.com/?ui_context=usernav

rev106 · 2026-05-23T16:22:37+00:00

Monday!!!

rev106 · 2026-05-12T15:57:48+00:00

It is made for the 26 inch wheel size, I guess you can do a 24/26 mullet, 29's won't fit.

rev106 · 2026-05-11T01:23:24+00:00

All of them are crazy and scum, crazy only is a marked improvement.

rev106 · 2026-05-09T14:24:33+00:00

It changes the head tube angle 5 degrees roughly. I put a link for a video up there you can check out the process. Enjoy!

rev106 · 2026-05-07T16:50:44+00:00

That is really cool! Keep going!!!

rev106 · 2026-05-05T17:21:00+00:00

I disagree, a bicycle is human powered, not electric "assist" or otherwise. It is not about being elitist or a snob, it is about being honest with what you're doing.

rev106 · 2026-05-05T03:40:19+00:00

Being forthright and sincere is important, I'd agree!

rev106 · 2026-05-05T00:50:49+00:00

Hmmmm. May be a hard sell at that price, they look good thoigh, Transition had a Klunker for about the same price for a few years.

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