Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

I took a look on the off chance some of those bikes may be floating around. No luck, but did come across this 62 cm cyclops in Van http://tinyurl.com/yu6dg9

^^^ I was telling Keith about this one. I am surprised no one has snapped it up.

62cm is a popular size

Or the guy won't ship.

Wow, the complete bike for $250? That is a steal compared to the $600 Mieles and $400 suicide fixed-gear conversions that have been inundating the Toronto CL lately....

Wow, the complete bike for $250? That is a steal compared to the $600 Mieles and $400 suicide fixed-gear conversions that have been inundating the Toronto CL lately....

Yeah that's a really ****ing good deal. I don't remember howhe got it but Shiznaz used to have a cyclops track frame.

that cyclops is an amazing deal, my size too. damn i wish i had the money and didn't have another road bike project on the go.

He got back to me and the Cyclops in Vancity is sold....

Yeah that's a really ****ing good deal. I don't remember howhe got it but Shiznaz used to have a cyclops track frame.

I remember him telling the story at one of the bike show's about driving all the way out to Welland,On. To pick it up. I think it was shortly after Canadian cyclist was introduced on the thread.

Hey, I thought you were thinking of selling your road bike?

I am.. nothing stopping me from using my cx bike with slicks on it.

All hail, our new nazi super-moderators. Good job, you'll shut down this bikeforums with your bull**** in no time.

All hail, our new nazi super-moderators. Good job, you'll shut down this bikeforums with your bull**** in no time.

They get mad at you?

All hail, our new nazi super-moderators. Good job, you'll shut down this bikeforums with your bull**** in no time.

I think bikeforums is doing a good enough job of that on its own:

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Cyclops - pre getting cleaned up. Still not sure if I am going to get it painted... prob not. I guess it depends on the components I find. Thoughts? http://www.flickr.com/photos/83074031@N00/2251513514/in/set-72157603875351187/
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2217/2251513514_659bb2359f.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83074031@N00/2251513514/in/set-72157603875351187/

Looks great man! Don't get it painted, it looks great. If you do get it painted, please please get decals, otherwise who cares that it's a Cyclops! Wear the badges proudly (notwithstanding what Rob probably has to say about this)!

I'm with Jet about dark stuff on white bikes. If it was my bike this is what I would do. I would track down an old C Record Group and lace the hubs to some Open Pro CD's (the dark grey anodized ones). Get a Nitto Bar and stem (they make some super nice old school looking bars that have a fairly flat top which works great with brake hoods and their Pearl Quill stems have an amazing finish). Black saddle and either white bar tape (not white cork, old bike ribbon or Fizik tape, those ones actually stay white) or black bar tape with white finishing tape. Veloflex tires. (This is what I did on my Guerciotti and I'm sooooo happy with the way it rides/looks. Although I'm still looking for C Record Cranks [need longer cranks anyway] shifters and rear derailler).

I'm totally into the mid to late 80's road bike look, although I also like Jet's interpretation with the newer wheel set and shifters too! Oh and screw 8 speed indexed shifting if you go Campy. Just go with Friction, the indexing on Campy 8-speed sucks and never works totally right. I love my friction shifters now that I got the hang of 'em. Lower maintenance too.

Welp, I feel like I've lost a friend...I just sold the Marinoni. I didn't have it for very long but it rode nicely and I got a lot of compliments on it, I am pouring out a 40oz for her right now....may her new owner always find that pothole-free road and the well-lit lockup...cheers.

WOrd to not painting the Cyclops, looks great as is. Don't worry Jet, there's other bikes and rides for you. :) I'm jelous of you cats with the stable of bikes. mm friction Campy period correct and you'll be a happy camper. Maybe a NOS Mavic Starfish crank for bling.

Meloche Monnex is the company I use too. I just told them I graduated from University (I hadn't at the time) and I don't think they even checked. You can also ask your parents to put you on their policy as a co-insured, explicitly. I'm not sure if it works for family members, but it will give you an explicit insurance record. My ex was on my policy as a co-insured, even though she didn't need to be. Then when she got her own car insurance she had a track record of insurance.


Yeah, the problem with co-insured is that if you **** up, both parties rates go through the roof.

So just do it long enough to get a history and make sure your parental units are driving street legal cars.

All this talk of Meloche Monnex brings back memories of doing one of their 3 daily orders with Critical Path. It was a really easy run. 2200ish Yonge, up to 20 Eglington W and back. The only catch was that I had to take whatever internal mail they had going in between their two offices, as well as everything going to the post office. Sometimes that was a LOT of stuff. Heavy and awkward, but only for like one block. 15 minutes tops (if I had to wait in line at the post office) and a nice paying call. One day I did all 3 dailies. I was apparently only the second in my dispatcher's history to do that. Good times.

http://i9.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/d5/4a/3004_1.JPG

i just got my hands on this jersey sized medium new with tags... pm me if you want it!

http://i9.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/d5/4a/3004_1.JPG

i just got my hands on this jersey sized medium new with tags... pm me if you want it!

This jersey is really distracting on my computer screen.

I'm also planning on checking out the Learn-To-Race Monday night crits out at Centennial park, which is organized by the Midweek Club. Apparently the Monday/Tuesday evening crits are a lot of fun. Nice to spin out there after work and hang out and do a little racing!

Can't wait to see you on Tuesdays and they are not at Centennial Park. The Tahoe/Buckhorn circuit is at Dixie and Eglinton. Planning on the Tuesday night early scratch race or coming to play in the main event? Big difference.

Can't wait to see you on Tuesdays and they are not at Centennial Park. The Tahoe/Buckhorn circuit is at Dixie and Eglinton. Planning on the Tuesday night early scratch race or coming to play in the main event? Big difference.

Not sure yet. I imagine the scratch races in the beginning. I've done my fair share of mtb racing over the years, and a season of 'cross, but I've actually never ever done a road race of any sort. I was told it's a pretty good atmosphere and I think the high intensity aspect of crits would help me out more in cx/mtb racing versus longer road races. Plus there's a bunch of them (including the weekly Midweek races) within easy reach of downtown.

Not sure yet. I imagine the scratch races in the beginning. I've done my fair share of mtb racing over the years, and a season of 'cross, but I've actually never ever done a road race of any sort. I was told it's a pretty good atmosphere and I think the high intensity aspect of crits would help me out more in cx/mtb racing versus longer road races. Plus there's a bunch of them (including the weekly Midweek races) within easy reach of downtown.

What the
NOOOOOOOOOOO

i say don't paint the frame nerdsgirth; a bit of patina on a bike is always nice. personally, i would source out all silver components save for the mavic rims that dan mentioned. and on that bike, some great old campy friction shifter would be the bee's knees. i plan on doing something like that with my repainted schwinn but with friction bar end shifters, nitto bars/stem and all older shimano 105.

Roadie Scum yes i am.

Thought so!

This jersey is really distracting on my computer screen.

lol it's really distracting in real life!!

congrats to nerdsgirth by an overwhelming margin :D you're gonna be a sight to behold for sure.

What the
NOOOOOOOOOOO

??

I was actually thinking that jersey had Nerdsgirth written all over it. :)

For those snow days where the Surly Pugsley simply isn't bling enough:

http://urbanvelo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/moots.jpg
http://urbanvelo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mootsside.jpg
http://urbanvelo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mootsfork.jpg
http://urbanvelo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/mootscrown.jpg

anybody ever been to a shop called super champion in vancouver?
www.superchampionshop.com

you guys should check this site out, my brother just showed it too me.....hilarious
http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm

you guys should check this site out, my brother just showed it too me.....hilarious
http://www.realultimatepower.net/index4.htm

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~mkuredji/Old-macro.jpg

Superchampion looks like the same kind of boutique concept as La Carrera, which is on Harbord, between Spadina & Major.

http://i9.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/d5/4a/3004_1.JPG

i just got my hands on this jersey sized medium new with tags... pm me if you want it!

Dammit! I'm all over that jersey. Nerdsgirth if you change your mind let me know!

Why didn't Jennifer Aniston buy whatshername that Moots, it is so so so much nicer than the Chanel old lady bike and probably costs about the same. RigorMootis sounds cooler too....

i'd rather have the chanel

Why didn't Jennifer Aniston buy whatshername that Moots, it is so so so much nicer than the Chanel old lady bike and probably costs about the same. RigorMootis sounds cooler too....

Totally.. I've had a total lust for Moots bikes since the early 90s. There's a guy I've seen at some 'cross races here with a softtail Moots cx bike. Bonertime.

ps. did you notice the front/rear spacing on the bike is the same? So there's a full rear wheel up front including a spare cassette.

I'd rather have jennifer anniston

ps. did you notice the front/rear spacing on the bike is the same? So there's a full rear wheel up front including a spare cassette.

If I had a nickel for every time I needed a spare cassette while out for a ride...

If I had a nickel for every time I needed a spare cassette while out for a ride...

Well, the bike is designed specifically for marathon snow bike races like the Iditabike. With such gigantic spacing needed just to fit the tire/rim into the fork, you might as well do it that way!

I'm totally not digging that seatclamp.

was anyone out riding yesterday? man, it was one of those day i was glad to have the full waterproof suit.

Rigormootis! I love their road bike.. never seen one in real life.
Thanks zipper! will wear with pride.

Also thanks for all the input. I am going to take it to the carpaint store on college for a touch-up match for the repaired dropout. It shouldn't be hard because it is an off white. Unlike this bad boy, they couldn't make an exact match: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/510260906_8dac66405d.jpg?v=0

I did, wetter than wet. My feet were freezing.

was anyone out riding yesterday? man, it was one of those day i was glad to have the full waterproof suit.

I was out and about too, full rainsuit minus booties and fenders/flaps. Can't decide if it's better wet and slushy (and warm) or icy and cold! I'll take cold over rain anyday... but the ice is a tossup.

i'm in favour of icy and cold. easier to stay warm if you ask me.

"I tell it to you in a bad Italian, maybe, but with an Italian heart because, thanks to you, there is a piece of Italy with your name on all the bicycles of the world."
http://www.campyonly.com/history/eulogy.html

one thing i like about campy is that it seems to have been born out of passion, if nothing else. can't say that for shimano's team of engineers...

"I tell it to you in a bad Italian, maybe, but with an Italian heart because, thanks to you, there is a piece of Italy with your name on all the bicycles of the world."
http://www.campyonly.com/history/eulogy.html

The really funny thing is that I randomly found mitch's restored benotto perusing that site for shamal information.

jboss and enterprise java beans are making my programming endeavors much more interesting. Hooray for writing session beans to generate MD5 hashes. Today session beans, tomorrow JMS queues!

FWIW: I'm learning some J2EE stuff on my own so I can bring my A-game to 4th year projects. Hopefully, I'll apply and get into the masters program at Guelph or UofT.

Also: the parents have agreed to take ownership of my T60 in exchange for purchasing a new MacBook for me. To save some (a lot) of cash, I was looking at the refurb'd models. Does anyone here have experience ordering refurbs from Apple? Good/bad?