bah.

i guess i'll just look around at local stores for a track frame. broken beater bike sucks!

nobody likes to miss a good deal.

do tell!

That shop in Kensington might still have some Fuji Track bikes left....I saw them for $450 not too long ago. I am still really tempted to get one myself, that is a good price.

Or, somehow, figure out a way to get one of those BikesDirect frames up here. Even with our dollar tanking against the US$buck, it is still a good deal.

The owner is so ****ing annoying it turns me off those bikes completely...


That shop in Kensington is alright. I bought a bike there once and the guy I dealt with was very helpful and patient with my then uninformed self.

hey i know this is a long shot, but does anyone know of any used/older track frames with slightly steeper-than-road geometry for sale? 52cm-53cm? lugged?

want to build up something for a friend thats not a conversion! thx!

snikker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m68-oWBh9Ow

I fineally saw the movie the flying Scotsmen , excellent movie , now I feel the need to do some ride loops .

I enjoyed it too. Make sure you take apart your washing machine, too ;) :D To answer your post from a bit ago about tomorrey, I'm probably going to swing by CM, check out the Polo (I've not heard or read of any race details for the halloween alleycat, so I assume I'm not cool enough) and then head off to a partay.

TJ - some track cranks on CL:

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/899909592.html

144BCD Sugino 75s.

I am sitting here thinking up a ride route to do tonight , I never had time before to go to watch an allycat only to look at the pic's after when posted, still not to keen on cm but was told a psycho roadie from my friends work is going around saying he is going to be the leader at cm tommorow night and make peeps go where he wants . it might be fun to see him get arrested

I used to sell em for $300. I second the buy new suggestion. For the record they are $119 wholesale...whoops did I just broadcast that.....

Any true track frame should have steeper than road geometry. If you have not tried High Park Cycles, it's worth a shot. You either get a nice old bike for a decent price or you get high balled and shunned from the store....roll the dice.

they sold out of those a couple weeks ago. i was gonna buy one for a bad weather/winter bike and just missed the last one.

jeebus :eek:

Stuart,

I checked in at BoW today for you. They're selling Mark V framesets for $290 and Mark V Pro framesets for $340. In my quick glance around I saw one that looked tall enough to be a "56" or "59" maybe (those are IRO's nominal sizes). There also looked to be some smaller stuff kicking around but I was under the impression you were taller than shorter.

was looking through my old cell phone pics and found this:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/...7324b69a_o.jpg

i miss you bike. so so... so much.

I took this picture because i had just came out of the movies and found a martini glass next to my front wheel with a tire lever in it. My friend and I went out for sushi after the movie and I locked my bike up outside of the restaurant. Halfway through dinner this guy walks in (eating a fresh avacado) and says "hey man, did you get that lever?" weird.

I rolled the dice a few times and I lost :p

*grumbles*

I have access to the Cycle Lambert catalogue & the above dose not surprise me!

19" Souls Cycles Hooligan, track ends and deraileur hanger with original sus corrected fork. $100. Going to be a "double speed" ( a la Wes`s Roger) mtb for trails.

:D i headed into BoW earlier today and picked up a mark V pro for 370 (with headset).
T'was the biggest IRO they had (im 6'4") now i just need to change my parts over. looks like the 62cm one (the measurements look like the ones on the website) in bright red



Kieth i hate you. :P
... unless your offering to order me one for 119 + tip?

Good job on the IRO, mang!

Quick question: why are Velocity Aerohead rims built of fail? I've got a road wheelset built on Aerohead/OC rims running 28/24 with radial in the front and 2X in the rear, and they're nothing but crap. Constantly out of true, FFS.

I guess there's a reason people always gravitate towards Mavic rims and Ksyrium wheelsets: its a safe bet. Everything else is just too sketch.

Anyone considering the new MacBooks: just do it up. They're better in every way that matters. Now for 4 hours of sleep.

I've heard nothing but good things about the aeroheads. I don't think a rim would necessarily cause a wheel to go out of true. Who built 'em?

Initially, Mike Garcia @ Odds & Endos in Pinellas Park, FL. That was less than a year ago. Shortly after getting them, I had one of my Rubinos un-hook from the rear rim, and that hoop went completely out of true, so I had John at CT do what he could with it. It still has a slight wobble, and the tension isn't uniform, but it hasn't gotten worse; kudos to John for that. Later on, I was mowed down by a car, which destroyed the front wheel, but I tried to re-use the hub. I had Odds & Endos send me a new Aerohead rim and 24 Wheelsmith DB14 spokes and took the thing to La Bicicletta for wheel build. Since then, the thing just hasn't stayed true. I would fault La Bicicletta, but given my previous experience with the rear rim, combined with their caution against the strength (they essentially said the rims are too weak), and I've got to throw in the towel on Velocity...

At this point, I'm riding them in a "manageable-untrue" state, but in the future, I'd seek some Mavic or Fulcrum wheels. If I were to co custom again, it wouldn't be anything less than 28 spokes, 2X or 3X.

saw a tarckd out cervello trackbike with risers on the way in today. Expensive ****...

I will respond with 2 letters...D and T.

wow.


however i've seen a colnago with risers... but only on the interwebs...

and the look of amazement re: iro frames.. woah.. totally makes me wonder about that dude with his for sale for only $1400...

DT hubs, spokes, rims, or whole wheels? I don't know if this set is salvageable, but if I'm getting it re-built, I might as well shell out for John's or Wil's work.

Happy Halloween *****es!!!

I just pulled apart my D.T. hubs the other day....with zero tools...after 1 1/2 years of constant use....as good as it was when new. Their rims are top notch as well....the 2 sets I have have taken all kinds of abuse but have never been trued and are still perfectly straight and round. I have never heard a bad thing about anything they make. A bit more coin but well worth it.