i know none of us exist in north york, but is anyone riding today after 6pm?

i plan to be doing laps around mt pleasant cemetery. or that cemetery around senlac..

sorry there is nothing else scenic where i live.................... at... the.. cemetery..

I have a quick question for the mechanics--------how precise does the threading on a fork have to be?

I ask because the threads on my new-to-me Ciocc fork are not far enough down the steer tube for my old frame and I need to extend them by about another inch or so. Can I take the fork in to a shop and have them do it or should I bring the fork and frame?

I'm going to be running errands and riding around the core after work. First time on my fixed gear since November and it feels fantastic being on 23s after getting used to 38mm Studded Knobbies :)

an inch sounded like the range that most shops would be comfortable chasing the threads on ur fork. show off that beauty. they can overthread it down, say if ur headset stack is taller than the threads, but as long as its not like over 2 cm overthreaded, you should be fine. its been proven that an entirely threaded steerer significantly weakens it.

if you have the old original fork, take that to the shop and have them match it on your replacement.

btw, if they have cut down the steerer, make sure you can install your stem as far in as you need.. cuz sometimes the butting wasn't designed for the shorter steerer and the butting will butt into your stem.. preventing it from being installed at the correct length.

Great, thanks for the input. I was worried that I would need to not only get the fork thread extended but also get the steerer cut, adding to the cost. But it sounds like I will just have to add some spacers, sweet.

I was wondering why forks are not fully threaded, making them easier to switch around and I never considered that it would weaken the steerer but that makes a lot of sense.

I would get it cut too. You should be able to get them to cut it to length without bringing the frame in if you provide them with the stack height of the headset and the height of the headtube.

So it's just the top cap, washer and nut ... I had mine setup initially with a spacer between the top cap and the nut and I found that it got loose over time.

It also looks a lot better.

Oh my crash wasnt anything too crazy... I dodged a pot hole (big mofo) and hit the ground before i knew what happened. Got one foot out, but it kinda just bounced off the ground.

I looked at the scene of the bail and there was black ice everywhere.


Kinda cool hitting the ground harder then ever before (this includes bailing at ~60km/h on a longboard) and getting up with only a few minor injuries.



I still like saying I body slammed the road because it was rude to me... confuses people to no end.

2009 54cm Major Jake BB drop is 59 mm. They take all the measurements with the stock tires installed...in this case 35mm Conti Speed King Kevlar.

I believe the phrase is, "fountain of knowledge."

Any thing I should know/do switching from a mtb casette to a road casette? Both are 8 speed and shimano compatable.

assuming the teeth are significantly different, you may need to change the length of the chain

and your biggest cog is likely going down so i imagine derailleur capacity isn't an issue

If you adjusted your B tension screw to adjust for the mtn cassette you may want to back it out a bit to get the top pulley closer to the cog.

Just be careful you don't activate the flux capacitor and time travel.

Well to be fair I did have a 54 at the store and it was kinda slow today.

</Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.>

But I already did. Went and saw Duran Duran live in '84. Most excellent.

Well, there you have it. Shapelike, if you still want to try out my MJ this weekend or something, PM me. Lemme know if you want knobbies or road slicks on it.

alright, i'll start something up: i managed to crack my cross frame at the seat tube. i want to have a cross/touring frame for a commuter. would it be worth it to get it fixed or should i just buy a new frame? anyone have a 58-60 cross frame they want to part with?

If the frame is aluminum, it will be hard to repair. you can weld aluminum, but not many people can do it well (or so I'm told)

$120 later I think I have enough bits and pieces (in addition to scavenged parts from the Devinci) to build up the IRO Rob Roy frame I've had sitting around for ages. Tonight: bike building. Hopefully I didn't forget anything!

No wonder no french guys win the Tour. If I had mountain bike trails like this around I'd never ride on the road

Mountain Biking in the Alps

Holy crap, that was nuts. And here I thought riding in Toronto traffic took some skill...

wow

they were really flying -- looks amazing

I also wish I could whistle like that guy...

those guys were fast... anyone up for a trip to france this summer for some DH????


you wanna whistle at that guy? what?

haha, no no I want to be able to whistle like that guy. No handed, high pitched, and irritating. Who needs a horn/bell when you can whistle like that?

nope, it's steel. 4130 i think. crack just below the seat collar...

yo, toronto courier here.

Pyze can do most anything, he can play and he can sing...

steel is easy and relatively cheap to repair. You could look up welding in the phone book and they could likely to it for you in ten minutes.

Edit: actually, seeing as how the frame is my size it would likely be really hard to fix and really expensive. I'll take it off your hands cheap! :)