i don't think i'm going to do the donut on sunday

just sold my bianchi road bike and i'm the process of flipping my cervelo frame that i got dirt cheap a few moths ago, so i won't have a road bike to ride right now, don't think i want to do it fixed

definitely want to ride it in the near future though

[QUOTE=exhibitx;8659931 i'm the process of flipping my cervelo frame that i got dirt cheap a few moths ago[/QUOTE]

You're a bad bad man. :lol:

Campy 10 speed isn't compatible with Shimano 10 speed, although works fine on Shimano 9 speed clusters. I guess you'd have to set your limit screws to prevent the chain from being thrown...

Riding in this morning wasn't as miserable as the cold/wet clothes I'm going to ride home in :P If everyone is doing the donut on Sunday instead, then I will do the same. Nice as my cross bike is, it would be preferable to do that ride on a road bike without fenders.

A couple of weeks ago I responded to an ad for a "raising bicycle" and ended up with an old Bianchi that came with an extra set of wheels and the rear is this exact wheel. You can have it, I think the hub is a Rino or something but there are 3 broken spokes.

^^^ what are the frikken chances of that?^^^

I'll find out if it's a Shim9 ...it just might be. ...and I am to run Campy 10.

Heheh, it was a very weird transaction....the guy didn't speak English nor did his wife and I was in their garage trying to explain that I didn't want all this stuff that he was giving me but he kept insisting so, what's a guy to do?

take it and run /ride , of course

You can run a J-tek shiftmate which allows pretty much any inter-gruppo compatability

http://jtekengineering.com/shiftmate.htm

Mother fyxjee!! I renenber thy ad!! I don't remember it was a bianchi this I am fuxjing drunk hammering this out on an iPhones remember chambel 。6 on ur frs radios!!!!!!! So I will he on my bich bianchi unless u are graced with my spinergy on that Dj day morningsX. That only gaunrentees droppage thos.

Fuxj yeah!!!

quotin' this for evidence.

I've heard the Shiftmate isn't that great, but would be curious to know from someone who's tried it.

Mine works awesome. Shimano Ultegra cassette to Campy Record 9 speed derailleur

Are you in Ottawa for Easter? I'll be there for the weekend.

# Wind: NW 57km/h
# Wind gusts: 67km/h

Haha, yeah... totally glad we switched to tomorrow :) That's worse wind than what it was yesterday :p

noone is brave enough to tackle todays winds?

Heh, this is pretty close to how the guy with the "raising banshee" talked ;)

Let me know if you want the wheel, I am downtown but pretty mobile...

Holy heck, the wind was nuts last night! I was on my single-speed at about 1am on Richmond going west and I swear that I was standing still at times....crazy.

2nd the winds ran some Leslieville to Kensington errands, windy woot! Coming home was a blast!!!
Going west was face to stem in the drops riding.

that's one crazy tailwind. Not much to be said for riding west or up yonge though
jeeze

Went to get a haircut @ Lawrence Square, and as I was heading back along Marlee the winds through those apartments on the east side were causing enough turbulence to throw me off my bike and nearly onto the ground. It's friggin' miserable out there!

I have set up several bikes with different drivetrain combo's with J-teks and they have all worked very well.

On another un-related note. I happened to be working on a Giant road bike yesterday that had been in a collision with a car. After a very thorough cleaning, inspecting the frame and fork for damage and checking all the frame and dropout alignments, I tuned it up..trued the wheels and readied it for a test ride. We test ride everything that comes in for service. As it was torrentially raining I decided to forgo the usual around the block ride and just run it through the shop until I could take it out for a proper shakedown. As i got to the front of the shop and went to turn the front wheel, I heard what can only be described as a loud crunch as the left fork blade shattered right in the middle of the tube. If it was bigger than a 50cm bike I would have hit the floor of the shop...if it hadn't been raining I would have been picking up my chicklets off the street with busted fingers. I went over this fork very carefully and it showed no outward signs of damage. I don't know what the moral of the story is but it scared the crap out of me.

Tour of Pelham was a muddy mess today. I very much enjoyed toodling around on my ride and taking pics rather than racing. Mike...fix your alarm clock pronto!

Hmm how well would that jtek work older shimano 105 6-speed downtube shifters?

Maybe campy wheels are in the cards for late later this year...

Who is up for tmrw? Gonna be colder tho.

I assume that was a carbon fork keith?

Yeah...one of the older flat style Giant forks. Not a fault with the fork itself...they used that fork for many years...but the unseen impact forces. It was crazy. The right blade came right off the crown after the left shattered as well.

they're made mostly for recent stuff, 8-10 speed

the models are listed at the link cavit8 posted: http://jtekengineering.com/shiftmate.htm

Word to that. Is Barry giving you a lift up to Uxbridge? If so I might try to snag a ride and do the 25k course. Yes, I'll be the guy camped out in the parking lot to make sure I'm there on time.

I try really hard not to think about broken forks. There are certain riding situations that scare me (which I superstitiously don't discuss) but as far as mechanical failures go a broken fork has always spooked me the most.