Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Oh hell no. I'm calling in sick on Tuesday before I touch a bike with studded tires again in the next six months

Keith, nice ride man, she sure is purdy!!

2009 Major Jake. Took off a bunch of stock stuff for some upgrades. Ultegra shifters, OCCTO carbon bar, Thomson Elite X2 Stem, Specialized Toupe saddle and DT Mon Chasseral wheels. Putting on a Thomson post when I figure out my position a bit better..not sure if I need a setback or not. I just came in from her shakedown cruise and I am verry happy. 19.2 POUNDS OF CROSS RACING, CAR CRUSHING FURY!!! :love:

All my other bikes are Single Speed...I swear!
wuh wuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
more fiyah!

that ride is pure hotness man!

:saweeet:

19.2lbs?! Holy ****e, beautiful (love those rims).

My buddy actually lives at Sammon/Linsmore, right up the street from your new place Pyze, so we'll have to get something organised (he doesn't really ride, but I often stop by his on my way home) for sure.

Looking like some dedicated wind (35-40km/h) from the NW for the donut tomorrow, along with some rain apparently... aiieee! Sunday looks friendlier, but eh, that may end up changing anyway.

Who's still in?

2009 Major Jake. Took off a bunch of stock stuff for some upgrades. Ultegra shifters, OCCTO carbon bar, Thomson Elite X2 Stem, Specialized Toupe saddle and DT Mon Chasseral wheels. Putting on a Thomson post when I figure out my position a bit better..not sure if I need a setback or not. I just came in from her shakedown cruise and I am verry happy. 19.2 POUNDS OF CROSS RACING, CAR CRUSHING FURY!!! :love:

All my other bikes are Single Speed...I swear!

No Campy Record 11 speed? If this was posted on April 1 I would have thought you were joking. Now I just think it's sad :D No, that's a sweet looking ride!

Am I kooky for enjoying riding in the rain?

Nah i like it too, hot summer day + rain + bike riding = awesome.

Am I kooky for enjoying riding in the rain?

Not at all, I had a blast this morning, some places on Danforth the water was deep enough that I had a wake trailing behind my wheels. Only issue was my feet got a little cold but otherwise this morning was fun.

Am I kooky for enjoying riding in the rain?

I was really soaked (i.e. water was squirting from my shoes as I walked to my office) and my glasses were so foggy and wet I could barely see ahead :p Good thing I had a change of clothes!

Nice ride Mr. Cavernmech!

Am I kooky for enjoying riding in the rain?

Rain, definitely not- I don't mind the rain one bit. When the wind is gusting to ~50km/h however, that's definitely not enjoyable.

Rain, definitely not- I don't mind the rain one bit. When the wind is gusting to ~50km/h however, that's definitely not enjoyable.

yeah gusts are supposedly up to 50km/h and i heard on cityTV that it could even reach 70km/h.

..........so u have rain blowing into ur face

.............ur trying to see the person ahead of u travelling at 15km/h

...........ur drafting their water spray that's also being blown into your face.

..........and then u have climbs......

and this goes on for 3 hrs...



hmm.. count me in for sunday.

sidenote: cavernmech, i know u helped me out with wheels before and with a couple hundred kms on them they are still perfectly true....

does anyone here have any leads to 1 Ambrosio 19 Extra Super Elite rear wheel? 700c?

turns out my rear wheel has a flatspot, radial out of round of about 0.75mm... it lasts about 3 spokes, so when i try to true it, the spokes by the flatspot are no longer in tension..

I don't notice it when riding, or when coasting at 120psi.

Should i worry? is this "in spec" for older box rims with no aero section?

I doubt this is a rolling grenade, but anyone have anything old for sale?

when the rest of the wheel is true/tensioned, its a nice strong wheel and has stayed laterally true even along really rough roads.

yeah, I think I'm switching to sunday as well. Rain or wind on their own--ok, but 50km gusts with rain doesn't sound like fun.

And +1 on the sweet ride. Looks like lots of fun.

I rode Ambrosio Areo Elites in the 80's... how old are those rims you're looking for? I have the '09 catalog if your interested.

I rode Ambrosio Areo Elites in the 80's... how old are those rims you're looking for? I have the '09 catalog if your interested.

aero elites were nice, but 28h?

im looking for USED OLD STOCK (basically used, or the in boiler room/rafters/shelf of some bike shop)

36h, gonna keep it real, old school.

Singlespeed CX bike now has a blinged out carbon fork (so fresh/so clean). On the ride home from Cycle Solutions I realized that the new fork also jacked up the front end of the bike about 10mm (and drove the nose of my saddle about 10mm into my junk). Should probably take a look at that. *cough*

yeah, I think I'm switching to sunday as well. Rain or wind on their own--ok, but 50km gusts with rain doesn't sound like fun.

And +1 on the sweet ride. Looks like lots of fun.

Yeah based on my brief ride this morning, I think it's a good plan to switch to Sunday. When I'm being blown about with that kind of force it's actually kinda scary.

Crap, I totally forgot to buy some energy drink mix while I was out. Anyone know where I can buy some of that Hammer Nutrition "Heed" powder downtown?

http://www.hammernutrition.com/za/HNT?PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD.ID=4038

aero elites were nice, but 28h?

im looking for USED OLD STOCK (basically used, or the in boiler room/rafters/shelf of some bike shop)

36h, gonna keep it real, old school.

Married to Campy hubs.. bombproof messenger wheels in Montreal's potholes and cobblestones.
If I have a set of Mavic Aksiums with the rear being able to accept a ShimaNO cluster... what needs to be done to convert that to Campy compatibility?

hammer..... is that good stuff?

anyways, with whom all is riding on sunday. another friend and I will be on FRS radios, pure faux messenger stylez, channel 6.

the droppage is serious, so this is a good way to stay in touch. and BTW, are u guys gonna be on road bikes or fixed?

Married to Campy hubs.. bombproof messenger wheels in Montreal's potholes and cobblestones.
If I have a set of Mavic Aksiums with the rear being able to accept a ShimaNO cluster... what needs to be done to convert that to Campy compatibility?

can shimano to campy clusters be interchanged?

i really want a set of old school shamals to round out my bianchi....

are u guys gonna be on road bikes or fixed?

Most likely fixed, might throw a 16T on the back in place of the 15... and it's unlikely I'll get my road bike tweaked up ready... it's a neglected beater these days.

If I have a set of Mavic Aksiums with the rear being able to accept a ShimaNO cluster... what needs to be done to convert that to Campy compatibility?

You can get a campy freehub body for it and change it out. Those wheels are pretty common, so it shouldn't be a big hastle finding one.

hammer..... is that good stuff?

anyways, with whom all is riding on sunday. another friend and I will be on FRS radios, pure faux messenger stylez, channel 6.

the droppage is serious, so this is a good way to stay in touch. and BTW, are u guys gonna be on road bikes or fixed?

I'll be on my 'cross/road bike -- no fixed for me.

edit: and I also don't have any radios handy. What's the range on those things anyways?

Hammer is available at any Running Room around.

i don't think i'm going to do the donut on sunday

just sold my bianchi road bike and i'm the process of flipping my cervelo frame that i got dirt cheap a few moths ago, so i won't have a road bike to ride right now, don't think i want to do it fixed

definitely want to ride it in the near future though

[QUOTE=exhibitx;8659931 i'm the process of flipping my cervelo frame that i got dirt cheap a few moths ago[/QUOTE]

You're a bad bad man. :lol:

Campy 10 speed isn't compatible with Shimano 10 speed, although works fine on Shimano 9 speed clusters. I guess you'd have to set your limit screws to prevent the chain from being thrown...

Riding in this morning wasn't as miserable as the cold/wet clothes I'm going to ride home in :P If everyone is doing the donut on Sunday instead, then I will do the same. Nice as my cross bike is, it would be preferable to do that ride on a road bike without fenders.

does anyone here have any leads to 1 Ambrosio 19 Extra Super Elite rear wheel? 700c?


A couple of weeks ago I responded to an ad for a "raising bicycle" and ended up with an old Bianchi that came with an extra set of wheels and the rear is this exact wheel. You can have it, I think the hub is a Rino or something but there are 3 broken spokes.

^^^ what are the frikken chances of that?^^^

I'll find out if it's a Shim9 ...it just might be. ...and I am to run Campy 10.

Heheh, it was a very weird transaction....the guy didn't speak English nor did his wife and I was in their garage trying to explain that I didn't want all this stuff that he was giving me but he kept insisting so, what's a guy to do?

take it and run /ride , of course

Campy 10 speed isn't compatible with Shimano 10 speed, although works fine on Shimano 9 speed clusters. I guess you'd have to set your limit screws to prevent the chain from being thrown... .

You can run a J-tek shiftmate which allows pretty much any inter-gruppo compatability

http://jtekengineering.com/shiftmate.htm

Mother fyxjee!! I renenber thy ad!! I don't remember it was a bianchi this I am fuxjing drunk hammering this out on an iPhones remember chambel 。6 on ur frs radios!!!!!!! So I will he on my bich bianchi unless u are graced with my spinergy on that Dj day morningsX. That only gaunrentees droppage thos.

Fuxj yeah!!!

Mother fyxjee!! I renenber thy ad!! I don't remember it was a bianchi this I am fuxjing drunk hammering this out on an iPhones remember chambel 。6 on ur frs radios!!!!!!! So I will he on my bich bianchi unless u are graced with my spinergy on that Dj day morningsX. That only gaunrentees droppage thos.

Fuxj yeah!!!

quotin' this for evidence.

I've heard the Shiftmate isn't that great, but would be curious to know from someone who's tried it.

Mine works awesome. Shimano Ultegra cassette to Campy Record 9 speed derailleur

Mine works awesome. Shimano Ultegra cassette to Campy Record 9 speed derailleur

Are you in Ottawa for Easter? I'll be there for the weekend.

# Wind: NW 57km/h
# Wind gusts: 67km/h

Haha, yeah... totally glad we switched to tomorrow :) That's worse wind than what it was yesterday :p

noone is brave enough to tackle todays winds?

Mother fyxjee!! I renenber thy ad!! I don't remember it was a bianchi this I am fuxjing drunk hammering this out on an iPhones remember chambel 。6 on ur frs radios!!!!!!! So I will he on my bich bianchi unless u are graced with my spinergy on that Dj day morningsX. That only gaunrentees droppage thos.

Fuxj yeah!!!

Heh, this is pretty close to how the guy with the "raising banshee" talked ;)

Let me know if you want the wheel, I am downtown but pretty mobile...

Holy heck, the wind was nuts last night! I was on my single-speed at about 1am on Richmond going west and I swear that I was standing still at times....crazy.

2nd the winds ran some Leslieville to Kensington errands, windy woot! Coming home was a blast!!!
Going west was face to stem in the drops riding.

that's one crazy tailwind. Not much to be said for riding west or up yonge though
jeeze

Went to get a haircut @ Lawrence Square, and as I was heading back along Marlee the winds through those apartments on the east side were causing enough turbulence to throw me off my bike and nearly onto the ground. It's friggin' miserable out there!

quotin' this for evidence.

I've heard the Shiftmate isn't that great, but would be curious to know from someone who's tried it.

I have set up several bikes with different drivetrain combo's with J-teks and they have all worked very well.

On another un-related note. I happened to be working on a Giant road bike yesterday that had been in a collision with a car. After a very thorough cleaning, inspecting the frame and fork for damage and checking all the frame and dropout alignments, I tuned it up..trued the wheels and readied it for a test ride. We test ride everything that comes in for service. As it was torrentially raining I decided to forgo the usual around the block ride and just run it through the shop until I could take it out for a proper shakedown. As i got to the front of the shop and went to turn the front wheel, I heard what can only be described as a loud crunch as the left fork blade shattered right in the middle of the tube. If it was bigger than a 50cm bike I would have hit the floor of the shop...if it hadn't been raining I would have been picking up my chicklets off the street with busted fingers. I went over this fork very carefully and it showed no outward signs of damage. I don't know what the moral of the story is but it scared the crap out of me.

Tour of Pelham was a muddy mess today. I very much enjoyed toodling around on my ride and taking pics rather than racing. Mike...fix your alarm clock pronto!

Hmm how well would that jtek work older shimano 105 6-speed downtube shifters?

Maybe campy wheels are in the cards for late later this year...

Who is up for tmrw? Gonna be colder tho.

I assume that was a carbon fork keith?

I assume that was a carbon fork keith?

Yeah...one of the older flat style Giant forks. Not a fault with the fork itself...they used that fork for many years...but the unseen impact forces. It was crazy. The right blade came right off the crown after the left shattered as well.

Hmm how well would that jtek work older shimano 105 6-speed downtube shifters?

they're made mostly for recent stuff, 8-10 speed

the models are listed at the link cavit8 posted: http://jtekengineering.com/shiftmate.htm

Tour of Pelham was a muddy mess today. I very much enjoyed toodling around on my ride and taking pics rather than racing. Mike...fix your alarm clock pronto!

Word to that. Is Barry giving you a lift up to Uxbridge? If so I might try to snag a ride and do the 25k course. Yes, I'll be the guy camped out in the parking lot to make sure I'm there on time.

I try really hard not to think about broken forks. There are certain riding situations that scare me (which I superstitiously don't discuss) but as far as mechanical failures go a broken fork has always spooked me the most.