Patina: the rough surface on a bicycle frame’s tubes, usually where the chain has been bouncing against the metal. Your bike is metal, right? Well, most of ours are, and when our chains slap, they slap metal, leaving their indelible mark not only on our bikes, but on our souls. They, too, are Metal.

Live the bike/life/style, every day.

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