awesome! then a new pack can be formed.

sounds like most of us here will be far rear of the main pack anyway..

however, i did go this weekend, but i took the vintage road bike complete with its 20yr old 700x20c rubber.

the rolling hills along keele north of 7 were soooooo much less punishing.....

I was up for going again on sunday, but
1. wind/cold
2. overcast
3. amull not joining
4. roadie friends are on their O-Cup team practices
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= not getting out of bed.


instead, i finally setup my corridor to hang up the bikes..

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1453/racks.jpg

How many kilometers did you do trueno92? I'll come next weekend under two conditions, not windy (25km/h+) and not wet.

Yeah i think when you buy something for the first time you automatically become a member, $5 i think it was.

8% pst (ontario) and 5% gst (canada)

some bike things are pst exempt

and yeah an MEC "share", is $5

13% taxes in Ontario, but universal healthcare so overall it's a good deal. :)

you can't downshift shift while you're in the drops, which makes sprint finnishes kind of difficult for some guys

i don't think indexing on downshifting is all that important, personally, especially with how fast the shifting is on both shimano and sram, it's kind of hard to get ahead of the shifting

of coarse i wouldn't say no to having record on a bike, but they definitely all have their pros and cons, the thumb position is a con i think

i believe lights are pst exempt since they are safety related

around 40km

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...1,0.30899&z=12

not bad for 5km/h sw wind, and 5 degrees.. quite a few cyclists were out as well - along with the smaller slightly more relaxed group i was with. fun times.

Im exactly the same tho.. if its +5 degrees and less than 20km/h wind gusts, then i'd be out. ala saturday.
sunday was terribly overcast and cold tho..

Is everyone riding it fixed, though? I plan on riding my 'cross-turned-road bike. Once my finals are done, I'm down for riding if there's a bunch of guys to form a slower group.

everyone you mean the 3 ppl in this thread that are up for riding it?

it doesn't have to be fixed only tho.. i would prob take my road bike out every other morning or complete the ride a few times on the road bike to learn those roads before taking the fixed gear.

we can just be labeled the "less-competitive's"

Well i have one bike, and it's a fixed gear. So when you guys are going road let me know so i can skip.

If I'm around to ride with you guys on the donut, I'll be riding fixed for the time being.

My next available weekend is April 4/5th. Probable that Sunday would be best, depending on what I'm doing for my Saturday training ride.

i'm down to ride it as well, just not this weekend

i'll be on my cervelo, i'll still be slow though

Yeah looks like I should be OK for the 4th and 5th. What ratio are you fixed dudes planning to use?

anything around 76 gear inches.

i was running 46x16 and the other roadies said that was an ideal gear. Once the hammer dropped at hwy7, ratio didn't matter unless i had a rocket strapped to my back.

on another note, how long does stuff usually take to come in from probikekit.com?

PBK: my experience is as little as 3 days from the shipping notice, as much as 2 weeks

pretty fast for free

I'm running 80 (46/15) now which I think might be a bit rough for the rolling hills that way north, in order to hold pace, anyway :) I'll drop to edit: 71, not 74 (46/17) tonight and see how she feels.

Loving this easterly wind (even though it's bringing rain), going home from work is a total joy (usually I'm faced with a head wind when I head west out of Whitby).

as for PBK, I got my stuff sent to my parents so I've no idea, as they brought it over on the plane with them.

so they want to merge gst and pst which means no more pst exempt bike stuff that goes through

pst doesn't exist on craigslist, right?!

All white vittoria zaffiro pro tires (bnib) - $100 (queen west)

Reply to: sale-x5x24-1091817861@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-03-25, 4:34PM EDT


ironic t-shirt...yes,
Tight ass ballcrushers...most def,
Vans...check,
Road bike converted to fixed gear...duh,
White belt...of coarse...
Tires that match your belt....no?

One set of brand spanking new still in the box impossible to find in Toronto...
Vittoria zaffiro pro all white tires 700x23
$100 for the pair (even if you could find em...this is the m.s.r.p. Plus tax....good deal!)

It's hipster street-cred in a box!!! Won't last long... http://images.craigslist.org/3pf3o93...ff8105102f.jpg

• Location: queen west

I think that strictly speaking, one should legally collect + pay taxes on private sales, but no one does. (You're also supposed to report it as income when paying taxes, but that's another matter).

Also - MSRP on Zaffiro Pros is $30 US, so about $80 CAD including tax.

Also missing from the last line of the ad - "Won't last long.... (as a white tire)" :P

My boyfriend just built one! We live at Harbord & Spadina.

Coolio, welcome. He built it for you or him?

Wasn't someone looking for a Marinoni recently? Here is one for $400 in St. Catherines....

http://stcatharines.kijiji.ca/c-buy-...AdIdZ116169339

Built a fixed gear? Cool... welcome, are you riding or is he? What kind of riding do you do? Are you generally new to riding or just getting into the "scene" more?

In other news I think my hub bearings are due for a replacement... how easy is that isht? My front is a formula and rear is an IRO, I don't know but I'm assuming they're both cartridges.

I don't know anything about replacing hub bearings, but I'm pretty sure that Formula and IRO hubs are the exact same, just rebranded.

Edit: and yeah they have cartridge bearings

ive tried searching this, but no avail

is it possible to put a QR axle on a formula hub?

you can replace the axle with a hollow axle, add a qr skewer and you're set

you'll just need to make sure you get the right threading and the right length, maybe get a shop to do it?

Front or rear? If rear, I'm gonna say no (and I suspect front is the same) -- the axle looks like this:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/images/hua07.jpg

The cartridge bearings are a loose press fit on the shiny parts marked 10 mm + butt up against the "shoulder", with locknuts holding everything in place.. I doubt you can find a hollow axle with the same specs. Maybe find a friend with a drill press + a very sharp bit? :P

Also from search:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=228048