Hmmm... I'm going with the freewheel. You might want to be proactive and replace it now. I once had an old freewheel fail on me on a ride. It simply stopped being a freewheel and kept those cranks turning while I was nearly thrown over my handlebars, caught completely unaware (while coasting).

and just curious, is the Don ride a regular occurrence? I'm thinking of getting my first mountain bike (GF 29er--can't decide on the model) this summer, and want to get more acquainted with the Don trail system.

Thanks! I snagged it on the Kitchener Kijiji; I've had this nice Battaglin-embossed Cinelli stem sitting on my desk for about 6 years and I have never seen a Battaglin up for sale in my size. So, when this bike came up, I borrowed a friend's car and hauled ass. It is in pretty rough shape, aesthetically but dang, it rides well.

Kergin, yep, the hubs roll smooth but one of the cones is kinda loose, the previous owner really hasn't ridden it in years so I will have to re-pack the hubs soon.

so jet, are you the famous one in toronto that is hording up all these vintage bikes???

nice catch, mad jealous!

Dang that's a nice score. Similar to your line of thinking, I've got a Guerciotti/3TTT stem on my Miele which I've long viewed as sufficient justification to buy a steel Guerciotti frame, if I could only find it... please post up if you ever see one in the 58-59 cm range.

has anyone else noticed a recognizeable increase in bike traffic around toronto even for this time of year?? It can be a bit frustrating when you're trying to keep your cadence up hill... but on the plus, cars are starting go pay more notice too

They're all ****ing slow as ****.

Sorry about that...next time just ring your bell!

any of u guys have a nice 10cm quill kicking around?

14C!!!!.... get me the **** outta HERE!!!!!!

Nope, not me. But do tell....someone hordes vintage bikes? The guy at High Park Cycle has a metric ****ton of nice bikes but he asks for 3 times their worth.

Yep, crazy how slow and unaware some of them are but I guess they are just rusty...

Try this: https://www.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mash.cg...tti&cat=cpbike

did I just pass two of you guys going westbound on sammon (I was going east on my orange MASI with a backpack and black helmet)?

'twasn't me, I'm out in Whitby for a bit still... Ride back ought to be nice, though

After today, I take this back. Got schooled hard.

Does anyone on this thread rock a Trek T1? There's usually one locked up outside Trainer's Fitness, where I work out.

Regarding Ted's results: https://www.csajracing.com/team/viewProfile.php?r=39

That guy is an f'ing machine.

totally off topic but:

snakes on a muh fkin plane!

I guess this answers my question after I saw that movie of who would be stupid enough to transport deadly snakes on a passenger flight?

NEWSFLASH! NYC Bike Messenger hits Elizabeth Hasselbeck while she tries to hail a cab...messenger is fine

In other news Athiests all over North America start to believe there is a God.

YAY!

A friend of mine just got sideswipped by a cab. Be careful out there (unless you're Elizabeth Hasselbeck)

I had to google this woman because I have never heard of Elizabeth Hassleback before but yeah, a bike to the face sounds like some pretty good justice for a nutjob like this.

I got the weirdest project yesterday. My mom's neighbour has to walk with a cane due to an industrial accident many years ago. She is a nice woman and we often talk about bikes because she really misses cruising around on her old bike. Yesterday, she calls up my mom and asks for my help with this odd bike that a friend gave her. I went and picked it up and yeah, it is this completely crazy-awesome 3-wheeled trike-buggy thing! I will have to take a photo, it is wild and looks like it would be the best ever CM bike. I don't know where it came from but all three wheels are taco'd and it needs a fair bit of work but it should be fun and it will be great for her to get around on...

A cab started pushing me off the road and into the curb this morning. Spring is officially here

With intent or was he just not looking? Time to dish out the *handslap* - even rapping your knuckles on the body sounds pretty loud, try that.

Stay safe!

I also had to Google who that Elizabeth Hasselbeck chick was - still not too much wiser given I've never seen anything she's been in/on. Main thing is that the messenger is OK.

I lol'd @ the athiests line

I've always kinda wanted an adult trike, sounds damn cool And what a great project - good for you helping and her for wanting to get back out and about regardless.

He came up alongside me as we were both coming up to a right turn so he could have been trying to get me to stop so he could cut me off, or he might have been setting up for the turn and just never noticed me entirely. Either way the handslap on a passenger side window always works like a charm in those instances.

I also had to look up who the elizabeth hasselbeck was;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hasselbeck

I'm not sure anyone deserves to have a bike messenger crash into their face, but this is probably as close as it gets