Here is one in B.C., it might end low because Americans are afraid of getting tagged with import duties.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170250942767

the news described them as "the 2400 remaining bikes" so i wouldn't say it sounded like they found more. just another opportunity to reclaim bikes. or walk around for an hour and a half or so, hoping, and then feeling more and more frustrated as reality sets in that your bike(s) are still nowhere to be found. not that i've done that before. 3 times.

Will they strip it for you, or do you need to take them bare metal?

Does anyone have any experience with Helicoil inserts or know of any shops that will re-thread a crank arm using them? A friend of mine stripped one of her crank arms at the pedal and sent it back to the manu. but I doubt they'll do anything for her (it is IRO so you never know, he's pretty good about... well... just about everything) so if it comes back I wanted to try to have it fixed.

Frame and fork sand-blasted, given a chemical dip to clear out the tubes and then coated with a simple black or white is $75, other colours are $125.

Excellent. I'm there - right after my wife gets used to another new bike plus another planned build (maybe spring?).

Helicoil inserts aren't cheap if you do them yourself, but are really easy to do. I bought a kit to do the valve cover hold-down holes on my old Mercedes, which stripped with astounding ease, and it was over $100 for a package, including the necessary tap. If you just take them to a machine shop, they should be able to do it easily. However, it may prove cheaper to buy a new crank arm.

Hm... they didn't mention the $125 upcharge for the color I wanted. Oh well, I want it in that color anyways.

the color: ARANGE!!

Gah sucks about that frame... reminds me of my Centurion (same kinda stress bumps from a full frontal), but I'm riding her until she breaks (brakes? l0lz) - it feels like such a shed compared to my IRO.

Zhivago's a cool dude, and he's not all so slow when he wants to be ;) (I raced alongside him in the final legs of Springtastic... but I'm slow, he finished a spot in front of me :))

Also: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle4484188.ece Can we say... SCARY? ;)

Had to go up to Keele/Steeles again today, and a beautiful day for riding. I went to Whitby last time from there, today I just rode home - really enjoyable save for a few moments of "where's the pavement surface gone?". Glad to have seen a bit more sun on my pasty whites anyway.

PS, sorry and thanks to Urbane for the use of the floor space and pump yesterday... was a last minute flat change and flee as I was trying to make my train. That'll teach me to forget my pump. Poop.

Well, I have only inquired about black or white in the past but orange might also be cheap since it is an industrial powder-coater. In fact, the last time I was there, they were powder-coating a crane a nice dark orange colour. A crane.

Krusty-----I just read your post again and the IRO is already covered in a powder-coat? If that is the case, you may want to take it off yourself because I think that Jet-Kote will not be able to remove it and instead, put the new powder-coat on top of the orange. That isn't a big deal, it just means that finer details such as embossings will not show up. I don't think IRO has anything like that , but just so you know....

I am getting my Ciocc re-done in the next couple of months and I will remove it's current coating myself so that when I give it to Jet-Kote, it will go on nice and thin, showing off the lubs/embossings well.

Anyone here willing to built/sell me a light, reliable track bike but with a free wheel? LMK! I am in Mississauga. Thanks!

Harv Cameron?

Powder is a Bi-Atch to remove.

I honestly don't know who it was who made it. I bought it at a shop on Parliament near Carlton that doesn't exist anymore. As I understand it, he also used to make aluminum forks as well. All I know is that if I powder coat it or paint it to match my frame, except for the area on each side that tapers in diameter for about 3/4", and polish those 2 spots, it will look fantastic.

I'm quite sure this IRO frame is painted, not powder coated. The rear spacing had been stretched out to 130ish. Thank goodness for steel. An hour with a steel surface plate, some straightedges, string, tape measures, a known straight rear wheel, and a bit of leverage, and it's back and straight at 120mm.

Anyone ever happen across this bike on Velospace?
http://velospace.org/node/11769

I quite like it.

hey krusty, what colour is yr nagasawa and where'd ya pick it up from?

i've been doing some research on them the past few days and they're goooooorgeous.. and that's about the only time i'll ever admit to liking a frame that has sparkles.

It's black with no sparkles. I bought it from a shop in Vancouver, after stumbling on it on Velospace and reading a comment underneath to the effect that it was for sale at this shop. The comment was from April, so I took a chance and picked up the phone and chatted for a bit with the shop owner, whose frame it was at the time. It left Vancouver on Monday, so I'm hoping it arrives tonight or tomorrow on the bus. Hopefully nobody cuts off its headset on the way.

rawsome! yah, hope you get it soon.. way to luck out on it being available too. from what i hear, naga's sell like hotcakes.

Spinning Wheels. I bet it is a Harv Cameron. He made frames and forks as well. His shop was on Donlands for many years and he was certainly skilled with Alu manipulation.

Thanks for the info - I remember there being some helicoil talk on the FGG forum some time ago and the fellas there were saying that their LBS would do a helicoil thread job for somewhere in the neighborhood of $10-$20. This seemed highly unlikely given the costs of less complicated tasks at most local shops.

Definitely - nice fella. I wasn't actually insinuating that he was a slow rider - just making a crack about him getting caught by the po-po.

belated, but james, that sucks so bad about your makino. by far one of the nicest bikes in the city. nicer than the san rensho, imo.

also, holy **** is it hard to find a black brake in this city that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. some guy at cycle solutions tried to sell me a zero gravity for $300 -- i laughed in his face.

Um.. I bought some Cane Creek black caliper from Sweet Pete's for $40 or $50...

haven't been out that way yet. thanks for the heads up.

yup - i gots me some $30 tektros from urbane. work as well as any 105s do...

I've used one of those before as well and had very few complaints. I did manage to strip out the bolt that holds the cable tight but that's probably more my fault than anything.

Too bad Canice, a while ago Nashbar had black 105s going for around $10 - I think Tony scored some.

I have Tektro's on my bike that was assembled from Urbane, I assume they're the same brakes. They work alright, stopped me quick a couple times

It usually is but I found a secret method to remove it-----automotive gasket remover. Just spray it on, wait 10 minutes, and it peels off. About $4 a can, I was amazed because I had heard it was a pain in the ass and expensive.

I'd talked to Jet-Kote about removing it and they said that it is expensive to do and a real hassle. I also talked to a guy out in Hamilton who removes it but said that he would need at least $100 to do it. So I called a Harely shop out on the Queensway and the guy there said that he removed powder-coats with a gasket remover spray. It worked.

I walked by the pawn shop on Queen near Dufferin and I saw that the guy has about 20 bikes for sale now. The last time I was there, he had about 5....methinks the pawn shops will be picking up Igor's slack. Bummer.

Heading out at 5ish to go to Mississauga from the bottom of Yonge, most likely take Dundas/Harbord/Bloor-y kinda route. Having dinner at the inlaws. Anyone up of a muggy into the sun rush hour roll?

just got back from a day at the hospital - the little lady got the door prize on the way to work today. sucks balls. be careful out there, kiddies!