My name is Charles, and I am a graphic artist/electronic musician located in the DFW sprawl in Texas. The bongo prophets were a group I created some years ago, and I always liked the name...
My partner and I have been freelance/underemployed for decades, and that gives us little money, but a lot of time. Some of that time is spent riding, some is spent rescuing and rejuvenating old bikes.
Sometimes we step through images of our bike project inventory on the big screen, discussing our possible plans for customizing each one-sometimes we agree, usually we have pretty different ideas. so we either put it off, claim and trade leads on them, probably have to flip a coin at some point. But the cool thing is that we share in the joy of search and rescue, the philosophy of not wasting these old cultural artifacts, and the possibilities and aesthetics of re-contextualizing them into a new life.
Okay, that sounds a bit stuffy, perhaps -
- but to sum up, we like ratrodders, because they don't get uptight about mixing it up a bit, putting personal touches on things and forging their own paths. We have that in common, and I hope to share and learn in this community for a long time. 8)
My partner and I have been freelance/underemployed for decades, and that gives us little money, but a lot of time. Some of that time is spent riding, some is spent rescuing and rejuvenating old bikes.
Sometimes we step through images of our bike project inventory on the big screen, discussing our possible plans for customizing each one-sometimes we agree, usually we have pretty different ideas. so we either put it off, claim and trade leads on them, probably have to flip a coin at some point. But the cool thing is that we share in the joy of search and rescue, the philosophy of not wasting these old cultural artifacts, and the possibilities and aesthetics of re-contextualizing them into a new life.
Okay, that sounds a bit stuffy, perhaps -
- but to sum up, we like ratrodders, because they don't get uptight about mixing it up a bit, putting personal touches on things and forging their own paths. We have that in common, and I hope to share and learn in this community for a long time. 8)
