Yeah that conversion is a great deal on CL.

the 54cm french for $130 sounds nice... too bad there aren't any pics. tubulars though..?

Yup, I'm the one doing it. Not on a fixie though, sorry guys. I'm trying to get a thread put up about the ride. I think it should be pretty good. Check it!

As promised, here are my pics for the brand new "used to be a POS Schwinn" frame. I'm pretty impressed.

It all started as this old guy. Ugg!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...RE001Small.jpg

Luckily when I bought it, it was already stripped down. So I could see the potential.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ofcoxly/12.jpg

Now, I jsut got it powder coated at spectrum,a dn painted on my own decals, adn she's off to the races. Now if I only had some wheels.

Meet my new ZEROSPEED
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...y/100_0463.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...y/100_0466.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...y/100_0464.jpg

Hope you like it

... and back. How's everyone been?

you were gone?

robin: A very nice sled - kudos for putting together such a choice bit.

holy... talk about a make over story! quite impressive.
so you put on the decals yourself?

Ya, I made the stencils, and then painted it on. I hope they last, becasue they look awesome. Teh stripes are actually just white elecro-tape, but it looks good for now.

We planned your assassination while you were gone.
Uh oop

couldn't tell the difference :)

http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/.../scans/Shh.gif

Nice work, you took everything off with a blow-torch? How is the Spectrum job?

That conversion project is turning out great. Really nice work so far. I look forward to seeing the finished bike.

Cavit8, I was gone for a week - why you no love me no more?

good lord. that could pass off as new... must resist..urge..to paint... frame......

gah.. my urbanite fork keeps getting rustier and rustier.. any suggestions? Should I just say fuggit and try and figure things out when the weather improves? Or is there anything I should be doing now? I'd never planned on this bike staying particularly pretty, but having that pretty shiney fork get rust spots all over it isn't what I wanted either!

Put some car wax on it.

how about getting off the rust that's already there? CLR and/or elbow grease?

How old is the fork? The chromed steel shouldn't rust that easily.

new in august actually. I think I need a hose-down station.. I need a house damnit. Stupid Toronto real estate prices.. :P

some rust removal tips from,
jet sanchez: I got rust off of my chrome fork with a bit of furniture stripper.
cavit8: Damp tinfoil (shiny side) will get the rust off. Then use some autowax on the fork to keep it shiny. It'll dry hard and help protect.

Move to Richmond Hill...!
Nah.
This place blows.

d'oh. I totally forgot about those suggestions. I teh suck.

0perator: because Richmond Hill is so affordable? Dude.. I'm from Newfoundland.. nowhere within 100km of the GTA is going to be that cheap. :P


Hey, is anyone doing Critical Mass this Friday? I haven't gone since the Halloween ride, so I was considering it... Not totally sure if I can make it yet, but just wondering if anyone else is gonna be there.

Oh hey, I forgot to mention it but you should really wax your frame before you build it up. I noticed that on my lighter coloured frame that scuffs really show up unless you wax it. I know you have a black frame but it still couldn't hurt, I have two black powder-coated frames (from Spectrum too) and they also got waxsed. I think I used Turtle car wax or something similar. Cheers.

weather is not supposed to be too bad: high -2C, low -10C
http://weathernetwork.com/weather/ci...s/CAON0696.htm
that 6pm start time kills me though.
i wanna eat fried clams.

you're a fried clam