It all started with Patrick.
Not a person. A bike.
A junk Chinese gravel bike I bought for 600K from the cursed depths of Shitpee (yeah, Shopee)
Before it was Patrick, it was just… tragic.
White frame.
Shitty red decals that looked like knock-off fire graphics.
I thought stickers would save it.
So I went full Jaksel-core: anime, fake brands, nonsense logos.
It looked worse.
But I don’t know why…
I loved that damn bike.
Maybe because it didn’t care what it looked like.
It just kept rolling, no questions asked.
Then came the pain rides:
- Audax 200KM: finished, but missed the cut-off. Still proud.
- JBR (Jakarta Bronx
BorderRide): my legs never forgave me, where bike lanes go to die. - GXID a.k.a Jakarta Ride: routes designed by psychopaths with GPS.
- Depok U-Series: 130KM + 1300m elev. For fun? Nope. For trauma.
After all that, I said:
“You know what, this frame deserves better.”
So I called Psychloop in Darmawangsa:
“Bro, repaint this thing. Name it Patrick.”
Boom. Patrick was born.
A fresh coat of class over years of chaos.
While I was there, I made the dumbest smart move:
Bought MKS Solution pedals, pure Japan smoothness.
2x the price of the MXL frame.
Worth it?
Financially, no.
Spiritually? Yes.
Patrick’s Final Form:
- GRX 10-speed 🛠️
- Entity Expert 400mm dropbar (clearance steal from Rodalink 🙏)
- Dia-Compe bar-end shifters (retro + regret = realness)
- TRP Spyre mechanical disc brakes
- WTB 700x37 tires (thicc, slow, dramatic)
- Repainted & reborn as Patrick by Psychloop
- MKS Solution pedals (because why not go bankrupt?)
- 600K MXL frame that survived hell and paint
What I Learned:
- Don’t upgrade trash… unless you want a story
- Love makes you do dumb things, like $80 pedals on a $40 frame
- Stickers don’t fix ugly
- Gravel ≠ comfort
- Dumb bikes + dumber owners = beautiful chaos
Catatan: Buat yang suka cerita cycling yang lebih dramatis, coba baca Audax 150KM Jakarta — chain putus, ban kempes, dan panas yang buat hallucinate.
Dumb bike. Dumber owner. Still riding.
💚 Still broke. Still proud. Still here.