I plan on doing that series this year ... get my roadie scum on, etc.

Hrm, where is the Midweek Club?

YIKES!!! How long has that been going on? Send me the frame deets and I will snoop around for ya.

http://midweekclub.ca

Tahoe Blvd and Buckhorn Gate, Mississauga

I wanted to do the midweek club too, but it's too far for mondays and tuesdays at 6:30

that sucks man.

recently i keep hearing about frames cracking/snaping/breaking.

this may be my greatest fear after getting a girl preg.

I've heard good things about this program from a guy at work.
Mike... which ride is that?

It happened tonight. I was sprinting up a hill in the drops and heard the tube go, then my bike turned into a wet noodle. I'll contact the rep, send him some pics and start the RA process. The frame's a Devinci - do you guys sell those at the Parliament St. location or should I talk to Maki?

PS. This was my first time breaking a frame. It sounded like a loud tick when it broke - nothing dramatic at all. The bike's handling made it plainly obvious that something was wrong though. I'm glad the top tube held!

PPS. These pics make it hard to tell but that break is on the down tube about 4" away from the head tube. The crack originated right at the cable stop. Yaaay, stress risers.

How old is that frame?

You can look on the bright side that everyone is bound to have a catastrophic equipment failure at some point, and you got yours out of the way without wrecking, so you're not due for disaster for some time hopefully ;)

My philosophy is that frames are like shoes. The same pair of shoes wears out many times faster when worn every day than if rotated between several pairs. I think that many bikes are necessary. This spreads the wear and tear. :)

It's an '06, used as a commuter almost every single day since I got it (including winters) ... plus two cyclocross racing seasons, plus two rides to Montreal from Toronto, plus mountain bike trails, road rides, etc. etc. It saw a lot of use and went down swinging. ;)

That said, I've contacted the rep and this should be covered under warranty.

Was it a new frame?

got my 1st fixed gear about a week ago, when is the next ride?

Yep.

Nice!

What the ****. Mike, if we ride this weekend, do you have something else (exile aside) or do you need to borrow? I sport a 54TT so if you needs, just LMK.

wow, that sucks. Why would it just snap like that? Was it a lemon, or have you been riding it downhill 24/7 or something...?

I've got a Rob Roy frameset kicking around somewhere in town that I'm going to track down this week and hopefully build up (expect a visit, Keith). That'll give me a singlespeed road/CX bike to hurt myself on for awhile.

I've been looking around a few shops in my area and haven't found what I'm looking for, Anyone know where I could buy a decent track frame/fork for about 300? I was thinking Urbane Cyclist but haven't checked them yet. Any ideas?

+3 today woooooooooooooo, see you all out there

legs meet tights with no thermal anything involved, ahhhhh

So nice riding in just a base layer and sweatshirt. You forget how fun cycling can be in decent weather.

And +7 tomorrow!

Welcome to the club. A few guys are doing sunday rides, not necessarily fixed gear. There's also a bunch of guys doing weekly rides on Wednesdays during the summer months (and maybe winter?). Things'll likely pick up alot in the summer

thank you for the warm welcome. today was a nice ride except the humber trail is full of large chunks of salt. tomorrow should be amazing and hopefully im not sore

Holy crap Mike, that sucks hard. Hopefully that warranty claim comes through.

Jeesh man, that's what I wore yesterday into the -11C + wind :p (Well, with a scarf and balaclava but I'm a massive inferno of heat anyway)

I don't have a long sleeved jersey yet, so I put my base layer on with a jersey over the top just for some arm warmth - beautiful though. First time in a while since I hadn't had to wear my thermals, and my feet were cooking in two pairs of socks :) Yay, it might finally be changing up!

I'll be with my daughter this weekend, so no morning rides for me (though I've got a couple hours break to go to Toby and Maijas thing on Saturday).

I felt an idiot/noob yet again for my lack of good/proper maintenance. I can't remove my brake canti-levers from the fork. They're on there, and they seem to want to stay on (I gave it more than enough encouragement with a hammer, no less). I've learned a lot through this kind of thing; getting a cog stuck on the hub, a pedal stuck in cranks and now the brake arms stuck on the fork posts. Grease + regular maintenance/cleaning needs to happen more than not, especially when I ride in the winter gak. Damnit.

Kergin, could you do me a favour and measure the bottom bracket drop on your Major Jake? I think it will be somewhere around 55mm but I'd like to know for sure. Thanks.

Hehe same thing happened to me, although it wasn't so hard to take them off. It was the only thing I had to do on my bike over all winter, except putting oil on the chain. I love a fixed gear for that.

Talking of winter bikes. I found the 40x17 gear too hard on windy or snowy or tired days. I know... So I put a 2:1 gear on the fixed. It's slow but fun!

Pure eyeballing, I say 3". Kona only lists the BBH, not BBD.

wait... what are you planning!

I officially request the use of a tape measure, possibly even a level and/or plumb bob. ;)

BBH is listed on the Kona site but that figure doesn't help me out too much. Hey Kona, what size tire are you using when taking that measurement? BBD is a lot more useful because then I can figure out saddle height to handlebar drop and get a bit of an idea about the bike's center of gravity.

I'm tossing around the idea of a Kona Major Jake instead of a Cannondale. I'm going to be riding with the Cycle Solutions guys this season and if possible I'd like ride one of the shop's brands.

I also thought about going for a Cannondale cross bike, but the MJ was more versatile / better deal. The only place in town that had *just* a frameset available was Duke's. They wanted $900 for that set... uh yeah...

FWIW, you are welcome to take my MJ out for a spin to see how it handles.

Your's is a 54, yes? I may take you up on that.