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.

CM, thanks for the info on the Kona. It would be for me, ya, and I'll be in touch if I decide to part ways with my Devinci. Ideally I'd like to pick up a complete with '09 Rival on it, but building up a frameset is another option.

i hate flats. i hate flats. i hate flats.

It's always nice to know that tubes aren't duct-taped or force fit, but this would make a nice little conversion if anyone's headed to Woodbridge

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/831654873.html

I don't believe I actually found an original factory manual downloadable online for my oxy/acetylene torches. If I recall correctly, I bought them from a friend in about 1982 or 3 or so. The manual is dated 1976.

Except he says the whole front wheel is flat....:p

oh

something poked a whole through my gatorskin, and flatted a tube... and sliced up the sidewalls :(


:) it was my old tire that i was trying to kill

Any indication as to what it was, Stuart?

none, there are slices on both sides for about 10cm but only one hole in the tube.


i found the pile of glass i must have drunkenly rode through... its big... im a dumbass...

:roflmao2:

i saw a photo online once of this girl-messenger's bike that was a brakeless pursuit track bike with a risers and a steel basket on the front. oddly, it kind of worked. but i know, putting a basket on that thing is like putting a ski rack on a porsche (which i'd do sooner than but a rack on the gardin!)...

anyone rolling around today?