FOR SALE: Gin and Trombone Framset, Brakes, Saddle, Seat-post, Handlebar, Stem and Crank. $1300

This bike was ordered new as a complete bike last September and ridden one season. The Frameset retails for $1150 new, the complete bike was $2800 new. (Van Dessel Link) I’m selling everything that came with the bike except for the Rival Groupset (shifters, front and rear derailleur) and the Wheels that came with it. 

There are a couple blemishes on the frame, nothing structural though. On the right chain  stay there are some natural marks from the chain, on the downtube a scratch and on the front of the bike a small scratch as well. They aren’t naturally noticeable at all though. 

This bike rode like a DREAM last year and the team I was one loved it as well (see our review). So why am I selling it? Well I’ve started a bike shop in the last year and I want to ride a Cross bike from the brand we sell - Specialized.

The Gin and Trombone is a gorgeous bike and one of the most dialed in for the sport you will find anywhere. Email me at tonysteward@me.com if you are interested. (I can ship it to you - you’ll just need to pay for shipping in the Continental US). 

It takes the peace of solitude, the security of non comparison, and the courage of authenticity to stand out and say something worth while. My hesitations are good because I keep away from creating a pointless noise. They are bad because they keep me from shipping - but maybe we need a little less ship and a little more better.

We hear a lot about hustle, being an artist, and shipping. But most of us are shipping our barely practice, our unrefined river of thought into an environment of great noise. Maybe we don’t need to publish more, but ship more internally. Accept out own perceptions as having value, enough value to invest in truly exploring, living and knowing them to be true or false. Maybe we need a little more patience with ourselves, higher expectations of what we can do - and the peace to chase them.

Hustle is important but it’s a sloppy use of energy. I’m not advocating laziness, but focus. A football player of any capacity can hustle all through practice and it shows discipline but not ability. An olympic sprinter isn’t always running, but when she does it breaks records in one incredibly intense straight line.

Basically, I feel like we get this pressure to always be running. When strength and the remarkable things only come when we have enough rest to push our limits further then ever before.