The Captain’s Log

December, for all it’s darkness, snow and cold, is a very busy time for me. I’ve cranked out more website stories, magazines, playbills, posters and spin in the past two weeks than I have in the previous month or so. Bike riding has slipped and snowshoeing and skiing are still not in full swing. But work is good. I must say that work is going well. The new boss is good at helping me get out from under everybody else’s good ideas so I can pursue my own.

But tonight I had a few moments to incorporate some of Jeff’s suggestions into the museum logo and I’m really liking it. I boosted the size of the headbadge and carefully slid the name plate up a bit. Well, you’ve got eyes. Tell me how this one looks to you.

More end-of-semester meetings tomorrow and another party. Thursday is looking good for some x-c ski adventuring with Mrs. and Dr. Dizzle. Work is good, but play is better. You knew that.

I meant to use small caps for the wording around the chainring. That’s a silhouette of a one-inch pitch chainring, the old-fashioned kind used on the original Klunkers, which were spelled with a K in Fat Tire Flyer, so I’m down wit dat. In both of these I faded the bike back an additional 10 percent to cut down on the clutter. The bike is still the Breezer #2 owned (before it got swiped) by Charlie Kelly, the great-granddaddy of mountain bike journalism (Fat Tire Flyer). The “shield” is a sanitized head badge from a Schwinn Excelsior. Again, a nod to the original newspaper boy bikes that were integral to the Klunker conversion experience. I added the First Flight logo because this whole operation wouldn’t be operating if not for Jeff and his shop in Statesville, NC. I tried fading back the chainring a bit and outlining the type to help emphasize the head badge. I haven’t heard from Jeff yet today, but he’d probably like to hear your preferences. We close here, er wut?

Not easy to make those curves work, but I’m starting to like this one a lot. How’s bout youse?

Too pooped to letter it up tonight, but how’s this looking for the MOMBAT (Museum of Mountain Bike Art and Technology) logo?