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01-13-09, 05:25 PM
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01-13-09, 06:01 PM
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01-13-09, 06:04 PM
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ps- who knows about Gianna frames? I just came across one and wondered about it. The one I have is ishiwata tubing.
01-13-09, 06:21 PM
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Hrm, sounds Italian but the tubing is Japanese. I've been told that the Miele bike company was making many of the lower-end and mid-range Bianchis that were sold in Canada during the '80s, maybe Gianna is similar to this, an Italian-sounding bike made in Canada out of Japanese steel.
I think the Miele/Bianchis were made from Tange tubing though.
Fiori also comes to mind; Italian sounding but Canadian made from Tange tubing as well.
I think the Miele/Bianchis were made from Tange tubing though.
Fiori also comes to mind; Italian sounding but Canadian made from Tange tubing as well.
01-13-09, 06:29 PM
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Both my miele's are tange tubing, although I have seen a few with the japanese tubes.
It seems like a decent frame. Lugged. Forged dropouts and Sugino cranks (I only have the frame fork headset cranks and BB) Perhaps I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow to see if I can make out any other . It's in decent condition... trying to decide if I might build it up or not. I think I can round up a full 600 arabesque grouppo to put on it...
It seems like a decent frame. Lugged. Forged dropouts and Sugino cranks (I only have the frame fork headset cranks and BB) Perhaps I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow to see if I can make out any other . It's in decent condition... trying to decide if I might build it up or not. I think I can round up a full 600 arabesque grouppo to put on it...
01-13-09, 08:25 PM
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Not sure if cross forum posting is encouraged, but this is too funny, and for some too true (me in India once or twice).
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01-13-09, 08:38 PM
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Not sure if cross forum posting is encouraged, but this is too funny, and for some too true (me in India once or twice).
01-13-09, 11:05 PM
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Nice looking Viner on Kijiji; looks like a 56 and it appears to be in great shape for $300:
https://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-ViewAdLar...753hh6_18.jpeg
https://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-ViewAdLar...753hh6_18.jpeg
01-14-09, 08:03 AM
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Getting pretty good at rolling off crashes these days, haha
Hope everyone's ride was safe this morning
Hope everyone's ride was safe this morning
01-14-09, 08:05 AM
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Both my miele's are tange tubing, although I have seen a few with the japanese tubes.
It seems like a decent frame. Lugged. Forged dropouts and Sugino cranks (I only have the frame fork headset cranks and BB) Perhaps I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow to see if I can make out any other . It's in decent condition... trying to decide if I might build it up or not. I think I can round up a full 600 arabesque grouppo to put on it...
It seems like a decent frame. Lugged. Forged dropouts and Sugino cranks (I only have the frame fork headset cranks and BB) Perhaps I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow to see if I can make out any other . It's in decent condition... trying to decide if I might build it up or not. I think I can round up a full 600 arabesque grouppo to put on it...
01-14-09, 08:28 AM
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I meant I'd seen Mieles with the ishiwata tubing!
01-14-09, 09:44 AM
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So apparently its actually a Gianella. Which is possibly a house brand from a shop in Montreal, or a rebadged marinoni. Ishiwata Magny tubes and Sakae SX cranks.
01-14-09, 10:36 AM
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That Viner is very nice - if it fit me I'd snatch it up but quick!
01-14-09, 01:55 PM
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so apparently the guy that hit me last april is fighting his charge, because I got a summons to OCH to appear as a witness... I fail to see how he thinks he can scam out of this...
01-14-09, 01:56 PM
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Ha! Son of a *****... Refresh my memory? How'd this all go down?
01-14-09, 02:00 PM
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those ALL busted?!?
Yes please to the refresh
Yes please to the refresh
01-14-09, 02:12 PM
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Oh so off a moving truck.... well that makes a bit more sense, :boobooface:
01-14-09, 02:20 PM
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going up christie after a group ride with wes, brad, mike + so, and i get the right hook from a guy that made a no-signal / 1-flip-signal turn. I was ~ 5m behind going ~36km/h, so no real time to react, but he clearly didn't check any mirrors before making the turn... anyways, i go under his right wheel, he stops, but reaction is delayed. He gets out, checks me out, backs up his car a little. Meanwhile, I'm thinking to call the cops, and I tell him this. He suggests we just exchange insurance info and part ways... so I call the cops, they show, take our statements, and I was told he was gonna be charged. I guess he was, and sought to fight it...
01-14-09, 06:10 PM
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Hope he gets nothing but punishment kergin!
Ouch @ those CK headsets
That Viner looks very beautiful... wow.
Met a dude at GO Danforth with a rather neat looking Steelwool, he had an Alfine hub on the back and had it set up for light touring/commuting (CX type tyres, discs all round, fenders, nice lighting rig) - very pleasant chap, I completely forgot to get his name but it was a nice change to see a cyclist on the GO and able to have a chat with him, thanks random fellow crazy bike dude!
I guess the weather needs no mention. No wind for the ride in was beautiful, however. I need to shave my beard anyway, but I did notice the pain of my moustache freezing up with snot/sweat (my nose drips like crazy during heavy cardio, in the cold even moreso) - with the "wipe" area on my glove already freezing over after a while, it gets to be a real problem. I just left it in the end and had a nice frosty moustache - not really sure if there's anything I can do about this.
Also, toes were blocks of ice. Need toe covers, as the rest of my feet were just fine. Damn vents.
Ouch @ those CK headsets
That Viner looks very beautiful... wow.
Met a dude at GO Danforth with a rather neat looking Steelwool, he had an Alfine hub on the back and had it set up for light touring/commuting (CX type tyres, discs all round, fenders, nice lighting rig) - very pleasant chap, I completely forgot to get his name but it was a nice change to see a cyclist on the GO and able to have a chat with him, thanks random fellow crazy bike dude!
I guess the weather needs no mention. No wind for the ride in was beautiful, however. I need to shave my beard anyway, but I did notice the pain of my moustache freezing up with snot/sweat (my nose drips like crazy during heavy cardio, in the cold even moreso) - with the "wipe" area on my glove already freezing over after a while, it gets to be a real problem. I just left it in the end and had a nice frosty moustache - not really sure if there's anything I can do about this.
Also, toes were blocks of ice. Need toe covers, as the rest of my feet were just fine. Damn vents.
01-14-09, 07:10 PM
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Do you wear the mec booties for the wind? I find mine work great for cutting out the wind and cold.
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01-14-09, 07:31 PM
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this would have been a bad day to be on a bicycle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H
01-14-09, 09:15 PM
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I've got to head to Yonge/St. Clair tomorrow morning so it's going to be ball bustingly cold (in the regions of -20 I believe).
Yay!