12:22 p.m. got the wifi password. priorities! edwin and i didn't arrive until just after eleven, but it didn't look like many people had braved the sunday morning rain to show up at ten anyway. my first conversation in the door was, strangely, about flamenco. the tango de malaga sounds scary. flamenco dancing 101: don't piss off your guitarists. kelly and i dance at the same studio, and kelly's married to andy newlands, portland's original framebuilder. she and andy run the obca, and they put on this show. the location at ne 9th and flanders is much better than last year's. edwin got here (sunday, day two) earlier than last year, too. whoa. last year. bad news. who knows how many people i infected with the pig flu?
12:31 p.m. pretending like something happened. i'm going to go put some clay in my hair at the mirrors near the booth. the sprout cycles booth. sprout cycles is edwin brown, and i think that's the first line of the blurb i wrote for the program. he recycled it from last year. i'd happily have written something else.
oh yeah. the mirrors. i mean, there are dozens of people with cameras here. probably for the bikes, but i should still try to look good.
"we're overwhelmed by colors!" that's the sprout cycles display, straight from the horse's mouth.
12:43 p.m. photo ready. went outside to use the toilet and took the opportunity to see some other booths. i've never seen muse or blaze exhibiting before. the fare there looks pretty standard. muse only has a couple of mountain bikes out, and i wouldn't know a better one of those from judas. the stainless lugs on the blaze bike in the front were shiny. but polish alone doesn't make up for those same lugs not having been carved away from how they came from the manufacturer.
back to the booth. hmmm. maybe camping myself stationary at a single location isn't the best position from which to write an exciting live blog. learn with me people, learn with me. i could probably say whatever i wanted about handmade bicycles, and you'd all believe me. these things cost more than most used cars, so you're probably not buying anyway.
12:53 p.m. overheard from the hufnagel booth (jordan's space is next to edwin's): "what's the obca?" "i don't even know anymore." "they pulled in some money last night. i don't know if they're just covering their costs or if they're buying property." kelly, they're gossiping.
jordan's booth is well set up. can't say i think much of the bikes, but his tee shirts are well designed. not for twenty dollars, though. price it what you think it's worth and someone will buy it. he's selling some sweet tool bags, too. who wants to buy me one? ha. tool bags. portland.
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