Urban Gear Works

After months of work, I'm proud to announce the launch of Urban Gear Works. Like a primered Ford coupe with no hood, no mufflers, and a lawn chair where the driver's seat should be, this site isn't quite finished. But, like the early hot-rodders of the Fifties who made black primer an icon, I couldn't wait until my creation was finished to take it out for a drive.

What is Urban Gear Works? Urban Gear Works is a blog based around what it means to be a car guy (or lady) in the city of Chicago. In a place where a single parking space can cost more than the average new car, and most people care more about the specs of the latest smart phone than the latest sport sedan, it's hard to find an outlet for the constant flood of automotive thoughts flowing through my mind. I've spent my whole life in junkyards, garages, and car shows, but I'm a software engineer by trade, so I turned to the web. This site is my project car.

I know there are other people in this city that share my passion, and anyone who cares enough to hold on to their automotive hobby in this land of five-dollar gasoline, traffic jams, buses, taxis, and roads that look like the surface of the moon, is someone truly dedicated. This site will be a salute to all of those people, and like the city itself, a representation of the whole spectrum of our automotive culture.