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 Border Ride) — 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

Dumb bike. Dumber owner. Still riding.
💚 Still broke. Still proud. Still here.