Hi. For those of you planning on building up a Pugsley, please remember that this is a weird bike with, um, special needs. Check this out: *135mm hub spacing front AND REAR *use rear disc caliper adapters FRONT AND REAR *wheels need to be built 17.5mm offset (reverse dished, basically)*adapter tool for building offset wheels comes with each Pugsley frame. *we have specially drilled Large Marge rims specifically for Pugsleys (the frame offset requires offset drilling of the spoke holes too). Pug specific LM part numbers are: RM0008, RM0009, & RM0010. These rims are not yet available but we should have them by early August. *uses an E-type front der. *uses 100mm BB shell Now go back and read all that again. We've been mentioning this on the blog from time to time, and I think we kept a few folks from buying the wrong thing, but I've also heard from a few bummed out individuals who could not sit on their hands and bought the wrong rims. I'd like to keep the number of people with the wrong rim, wrong caliper adapter, wrong BB or whatever to a minimum, so for more info on all Pugsley's odd quirks, please read the Pugsely frame page, or look to the right side of this page for Spew #14. Help us help you.... P/S/ Today's post has an added BONUS FEATURE! Read on...
Other Things Named Pugsley
A syrupy bit of nothing at all. Seriously, you're wasting your time reading this. Go for a ride, you'll be happier.
For absolutely no good reason whatsoever, I amused myself for approximately 10 minutes today looking up the word 'pugsley' on an interwebby search engine.
Obviously first, there's this guy, probably the most famous Pugsley of our time, Ken Weathermax. I wonder if Ken rides? We could use a spokesmodel. And that name is great too. Sounds like some new kind of weather predicting radar, as in “of course it's going to rain today. Paul Douglas said so and he uses Weathermax." And anyhow, it might actually be more accurate to call Ken up and ask him to guess the weather than the current professional meteorological methodologies (i.e., reading tarot cards).
A lot of the results that came up referred to pets. Apparently a lot of people name their pets Pugsley. I found web pages for lots of pets named Pugsely, from iguanas to cats to dogs to sea lions. But my favorite was this oil on canvas. Classy.
I should've known there would be a beer connection. Warning: although you may in fact mash, boil, and cool while riding your Pugsley, this brew school is sadly unrelated to our little deal here.
Perhaps you're familiar with The Honorable Cornelius Armor Pugsley Medal? Of course you are. According to the website it is one of “the most prestigious awards that recognize outstanding contributions to the promotion and development of public parks in the United States.” This holds special meaning for us here in the Twin Cities, as in 1930 the recipient of the Pugsley award was none other than Mr. City of Lakes himself, Theodore Wirth.
And finally, this is just pretty funny.
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