Are the cranks' tapers still perfectly square? Off and on many times and they can "round" .
Greased the pedal threads as well?

Your wifes bike is obviously pooched. Give me $50 and I'll tow it away.

picked up a nice nishiki road bike that i need tuned up.. anyone specific i should ask for at urbane?

woohooo 50kph winds, watch yourselves. Tailwinds anyone?

Hell yeah! I was catching a tail wind all the way back on Danforth, I was passing cars even without traffic slowing them down. With the windows up they probably didn't even notice the wind and probably thought I was on PCP or something...

OK Duppy - I've been Holding back on the Gardin but here's its history for your records. You are only the second owner/rider of this bike ever (Keith bought it from me just before the shop closed, but he's too big to ride it, right KM?)

I bought it in 1995 from the Gardin shop in Mississauga; it was brand spanky new, hanging on the wall, never ridden. It is a 1980 year vintage. I rode it on the street, the HPR and the Wind-del velodrome for a few seasons.

You are right, it's tight, smooth, fast, and yes be very careful..... you won't lose control but it will give you a rush and a WTF just happened feeling. It should do well at Forest City - ask some of the guys that rode it there.

Good luck and good riding man, and keep that rubber side down and level!

I don't think so, tomorrow I am going to clean it and give it a good once over, pull the b/b, again, and try with a new(er) one. It only happerns when the left crank hits th 5-7 o'clock positions on rotation. They are older cranks I bought on CL a few years ago so the square might be off abit and check for a crack in the arm as well. Last time I was riding with sweep in K-town I had a creak going on, was a crack from one corner of the square to the edge of the arm.

yo clipin...cooool thanx for the info...ya man its exactly as you say...can end up with that wtf just happened feeling...I love this frame...and its cool cause after riding my IRO I now see why people like this type of bike...the geo is so tight and yet so nice...this bike fits me perfect...I basically just wanna ride the rollers...joyride...and hopefully ride this at forest city (SOON!)...hope to ride with you sometime...thanx for the knowledge bredda...
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Pretty cool little history of the bike - it's always nice to see/hear about where all these older bikes got their starts.

Sham, I don't know if I commented on this bike before or not but god damnit, it's a really beautiful build. We should all be so lucky to have friends like Keith.

While I'm at it,Krusty, the Nagasawa is beautiful - I think I've seen 3 of your bikes and each one of them is really nice. I don't normally like oversized tubing all that much but I think the Wilier is pretty incredible - I'm at least a little jealous.

Heh I guess that's why it took a bit more work to get back from out East, I wasn't expecting that! (No wonder I was pooched when I finally got in last night ;))

Been going to a few Jays games this past week, another one today and then my last tomorrow. Bit of fun even for someone like me not really into the game.

Heard the rain coming down all last night, fenders-up or not will be a gamble today - I'm going to not bother and hope :)

I don't understand why you take your fenders off when it's not raining. If you liked creating extra work for yourself, then why not just take the extra .0001% wind drag and run them all the time?

I see your point, though it's ~10 mins to deal with. I prefer riding with them off, there's only really a few tiny reasons though - I prefer how it looks (shallow and not really a good reason I admit), I prefer being able to flip the bike up on it's back wheel for elevators/GO train mobility, which I can't do with the back fender on, and I get occasional toe overlap/leg scratching going on with the front fender adjusters that's a pain sometimes. The leg scratching usually happens when I'm walking along the bike somewhere and that frankly hurts a ****load - I could cut them shorter, but I'm also remarkably lazy - if that makes any sense ;) Overlap only occurs when I'm forward on the pedals not being clipped in - like when trying to ride backwards or something. Changing a flat is easily done with fenders on or off, that's no problem.

Once the weather starts not being nice as the norm, they'll likely stay on until the Spring.

for me riding without fenders makes me feel kind of naked and vulnerable but i see your point re: the elevator issue. i don't know though, i couldn't imagine having to remove them all the time. it sounds like you need another bike! one with, one without...

ha ha...thanx bredda...ya man I :love: this bike! the history adds to the dopeness factor!

More bikes is always the answer.:thumb:

Speaking of which, now that cyclocross season has started I really need a second wheelset.. one with road tires, one with cross tires. Swapping out tires sucks balls. I see a set of tubulars in my future.

There was an awesome set of zipps with Dugasts on Ebay before I left for Chicago. Cross tubulars make so much sense.

Yeah, but having carbon wheels puts me into the same 'annoying to use the same bike for multiple things' position as I'd have to swap out brake pads when I switched wheels.

Not that I wouldn't love to have a set.. *cough* http://www.rolwheels.com/2008-Wheels/ROL-Carbon-38.html *cough* (their CX-specific model is going out the door right now, but not on the site yet)

http://www.cyclingnews.org/photos/20...ry_front_wheel

A note about creaking...

In my experience it almost always emits from the BB, loose crank arms or inside the pedals.

+1 to the Gardin. That ride looks SEXY. The front wheel and down tube clearance is super tight.

i just noticed the tight clearance on the downtube...no fenders for you!

just as i was contemplating going for a ride it starts raining - i'm staying inside and being lazy.

I just got back from a spin out to centennial park and back. I'm going again later this afternoon.

Missed the rain the first time...we'll see if I can miss it again this afternoon!

Fenders? Fenders!?! That's like putting a tow hitch on the Audi R8. :twitchy:

Come on lads you KNOW that the only foul weather this bike will EVER see is by complete accident and due to massive misinterpretation of satellite radar imagery and the usual weatherman buffoonery. This is not meant as a dis of folks' fair weather bikes but this is indeed Shamil's "Little Red Sports Car". If I had a bike as sexy I'd never take it out in inclement weather, I'd sit at home and wax it with a cloth diaper cooing, 'It's ok, the bad mean rain won't get you don't you worry. I won't let any mud get on you baby.' His IRO will plow the fields and the Gardin will cruise to town. :thumb:

^^^ I know the feeling after replacing the Shimano on my road bike with Campy... Shimano? couldn't give 2 turds if it got wrecked... With Campy? Hold on now, can't be riding it in anything but sunshine dry weather.

ha ha...exactly...fenders stay on the iro 24-7 365....the little red ferrari gets the spinz on a nice sunny day and a wipedown after!

soooo...no wald delivery basket for the front either?

Blasphemer

Cold, wet, but somehow not entirely miserable: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6707113

mmm been making cookies all afternoon with my youngest, damn the house smells good. oh yea, I like bikes.

It turned into a really nice afternoon for a ride after what looked like a complete write-off earlier. I put fresh cloth tape on the Major Taylors that now grace my Nagasawa, spent a half hour tweaking the angle on the Kashimax 5-Gold, put on my hair shirt and went for a good long ride. My first impression of the 5-Gold around the block a few days ago was not a good one, hence the pics I posted with the Flite saddle. I decided to give the 5-Gold another try, just because it looks right on this bike. Once I got the angle right, darned if it isn't a really nice saddle. I can honestly say that I didn't notice it's presence the whole ride.

Lord help me, I actually like the Major Taylors around town too - a lot.

I have 2 full carbon road bikes, a titanium MTB, and an aluminum track bike, but I swear, none of them rides as nicely as this steel Nagasawa. I'm a convert to properly designed and executed steel.