My friend Blaine, who's been helping me on my stalled fixie project (it's getting close to being unstalled), has his own fixies up at Fixed Gear Gallery. I first met Blaine in the early 70s. I had been laid off from Boeing and was working as a bicycle mechanic. Blaine was one of the other mechanics in the same shop. We both rode Peugeot PX-10s, Peugot's racing model. I crashed mine during a sprint with Blaine. That's another story. We went on our separate ways and then crossed paths here on Whidbey Island years later. He lives less than a mile from Honeymoon Lake. As another example of how great minds run in the same sewers, I told him of my fixie project only to find that he was thinking of building one, too. His is done and it's based on a PX-10.

Blaine's fixie

In the mid 70s, Blaine commuted on a fixed geared bike — a 1953 Schwinn Paramount track bike. It was partially consumed in a fire. He keeps making noises of resurrecting it. I hope to see it back on the road some day.

Blaine's Schwinn fixie

Blaine also has a technological sense of humor.

Blaine's oddball fixies