Eno hub and crank, wow that's an expensive setup. $350-400 for that alone. Sexy, very nice. One day, mine too shall be that nice. Or at least nicer.

nope, never heard of it. could have been one of those garage sale gems. can't blame a guy for riding his bike in winter. where is that, down on queen street or something?

yep. queen. i want that bike. i'm praying for abandonment. i should have kept it to myself! I'm going outside to look at it again.

Saw you going up Spadina around 5 ish jeremy, I crossed street in front of you at chinatown :)

archeology of bikes, very neat find.
Sir Robin , that Klein was suuuweeet

Had a bonus run in to work today, arctic headwinds and I catch a 5ton truck heading to DT on queen. Bonus usually no trucks there, drafted off it all the way in to town, not fast but the air was perfectly still (read WARMER) and being a foot and half behind the truck made me untouchable to all. woohooo :p

Official Announcement.
Toronto Ice Race 2007
Dufferin Grove Park Rink
February 24th 8 P.M.

Word!!!!

hells yeah. what are the race requirements?

You wear a helmet....and you race on the ice. I think thats about it. Oh, and don't lick cold metal. :)
hmmm rubber race...I wonder if I can borrow buddy's spikies?

Time will be a bit limited this year but there should still be a "rubber class" race. Helmets are mandatory.
Hot food and beverages will be available at the rink (they have a nice little homemade food snack-bar)
Alternative beverages are BYOB.
Not sure about the afterparty...there might just be a little awards ceremony at the rink.

The only thing I could find was a reference on the wheelmen's site (thewheelmen.org):

Planet-(M) McLean & Bulley, Toronto ON Canada, 1896

Maybe it's just me but riding anything pre-1960 seems to be a waste of time.
If you break it, theres like no way you're going to fix it.
Stuff like old BBs and Cottered cranks make me cringe.

The vintage aesthetic is the only thing I can think of that would make you want to ride one.

It's like running a 486 when you could run at least PII-300.
The hardware just isn't practical.

That is all.

it always comes back to m0therb0ardz and CPUz...lol:D

I bleed geek.

You'd pretty much have to have a vintage aesthetic - and I do to a point. And I don't have a Kierin aesthetic, so different strokes. I"d love to put an old piece of rolling iron back on the road. I'm surprised you didn't liken it to using a Turbo Express rather than a wii. Bonk is available for both :D

I have an old Raleigh that I'm slowly putting together for my winter bike -- yeah, yeah, it's almost spring. But i love the bodacious headbadge and all. I had to convert it from cottered cranks but it seems to be coming together quite nicely. Not as practical as buying a more modern frame, but it keeps it out of the landfill and makes me happy.

was it just me or was traffic on queen street extra crazy today? damn!

ps. i've been meaning to make some studded tires for about 3 years now, and i keep forgetting to get my act together... time is running out!

All this Inspector Gadget and Turbo Express talk gives me a strange urge to wake up at 5:30am saturday morning, eat three bowls of honey nut cheerios and watch cartoons :) *sigh* those were the days...

nice. that must have been yesterday; i dropped into tap phong for cooking supplies.

the chainring was the main thing for me, and the fact that it was originally born in Toronto. I also didn't take pictures of the Hero saddle from India and the built in chain tensioners on the horizontal track ends. As far as performance I'd probaby use it to to cruise through Kensington on a warm summers day, that's about it.

it's like listening to a record when you could listen to at least an MP3.

i'm telling you, look around at some garage sales in the spring. there was a guy with a small art-boutique-antiques shop on sorauren that was selling of some of those types of bikes a while back (as well as some dutch cruisers). i'm kicking myself for not getting one.

I work on film sets. mainly commercials and music videos.

Oh cool! An 'industry' job. I'd love to work in film but I don't have any experience so might not be in the cards. What kind of stuff do you do on set? By the way I think that old bike is really cool. I defintely like old/antique things in general. I like old bikes, old guitars etc. Old stuff has character. The bike is just down the street from where I live. I'll take a look next time I go by.

75 screws per tire is a good number for ice racing:)

Yes but records actually have full analog sound.
MP3's are degraded ... it's all about OGG.
Get with it :)

you know what i mean

I think saw an adult themed movie called Inspecther Gadget once.

Oh, oh, I think I'm starting to cry...
say it aint' so...

/shudder

Shaving Ryan's Privates

Upgrading some things on the Fuji with some Campagnolo tastiness, that is all.

Some bike pRon to come in a day or two. :D