Does he have that tensioner on upside down? It doesn't look right to me....

Yeah, the other guy who used a tensioner on FGG had it on the other side of the chain braced against the chainstay.

It actually works better like that because it gives you more tooth grab...on a single speed. It doesn't always fit like that, but do it if you can. FG ya'll? I say nay!

so i got some bike cops to pull over an aggressive driver on my way home just now. i waited for them, and then rode over to see what happened. i should have gone back right away because she gave them some sob story and since i totally neglected to tell them a few more details which would have shown her to be full of $hit no tickets were given. i talked with two of the cops for a while, and asked them some questions. when i asked about how they defined "stopping" the veteran one said that as long as a cyclist slows down and at least looks both ways at stop signs, he'd consider it stopping, but that it was open to individual interpretation. they were very approachable (and jealous of my nice bike) but still cops.

hey, i saw that guy there. i am not the CL poster in question, however.

Its funny because we have all seen and talked about that guy before, and he is always there, and I bet so many other people know of him too. I want to see a christmas tree with high end racing bikes hanging off it for ornaments like he always does to the pole outside ideal.

All I wants for xmas is a cervelo r3.

operator, check your email pronto

Does anyone know if the snow and ice has melted off of the Martin goodman trail from Roncesvalles to Parklawn yet?

HELL YEAH.

Dan, thanks for the tip on the black cycling cap - picked it up at racer sportif this afternoon. while i was there i spotted the object of my affections: baby blue lugged aquila track frame in columbus steel in my preferred size. unfortunately i don't have $790 right now...

i've heard second hand that it's not. the city doesn't clear it either so even without the ice, all the sand and crud is still there.

My "commuter" is a converted mountain bike so sand and crud isn't a big deal. Darkness+Ice+drinking is another story however! Thanks for the info.

please share with the rest of the class.

went to the car wash!
got rid of the crud!
wipe down and lube on the deck!
drying in the sunshine and the neighbour sawing wood next door = bike covered in sawdust!
:lol:

Tonight I need to do a spring tune up on my flite 100 commuter and reassemble the cyclops to go to FCV on saturday, but I don't have a proper bar set up for riding in groups.. only bullhorns. Basically I have all these oddball stems and only 26.0 drop bars. maybe I can just borrow the stem and bars from one of the rentals.

If anyone has a 1" threaded quill stem in 26.0, preferably with a removable faceplate and preferably with some rise that I can borrow for the weekend I would be grateful. Or if you have cinelli drop bars I can borrow.. or nitto drop bars... Oh boy..

aren't cinelli drops an odd size as well?

yes, older cinelli bars are 26.4mm

i learned this the hard way last weekend when i bought a new salsa stem, thinking my bars were post-switch to 26. and now i have a scratched up bar to show for it, and still my old, way-too-long stem.

Yeah, they are 26.4

I have a cinelli stem with no cinelli drop bars

Nittos are 25.4

I have a nitto stem with no nitto drop bars (except for some track drops that are too low for that bike)

standard road is 26.0

I have 26.0 drop bars no 26.0 threaded stem

So basically I'm screwed! Maybe I'll just shim the damn cinelli stem and hope my bars don't fall off...

Wanna trade your bars for my bars? Mine are just generic road drops wrapped in black cork that came on my flite 100. I have other goodies as well as monetary compensation... scratches bother me not.

I better doublecheck to see if my cinelli stem is actually 26.4. It came off a 1990 pinarello, so it could be either.

Old Aluminum Cinellis are 26.4. Steel Cinellis (which are even older) are 25.4. Charlie you can borrow my Cinelli Criterium bars and Cinelli 9cm stem if you want. They are really close to pista drops in shape, just a bit shallower.

Nice! No worries. Yeah I saw that Aquila. So nice. I REALLY want the mint NOS silver Gios SLX road frame they got there behind the counter. I want it so bad. I would ride the **** out of that thing.

Yeah, that Aquila has been there for ages, at least a couple of years now so I bet you could talk him down. If you want to peep some gorgeous track metal, you should have ridden a couple blocks north of Racer Sportif to High Park Cycles. The owner is nuts but he has crazy sweet stuff, my fav being a peach coloured Colnago track/pursuit frame made of SLX. Nutty.

If you are in dire staits, I have a 1" threaded with removable face plate with some rise you can borrow for Sat. I can switch stems for a few days if needed.

Thanks but don't worry about it. Dan's got me covered and he is my ride anyways so I will have to buy him many beers before the drive home :eek:

Cool.

Oh yeah I know Jan and his zaniness. I know the exact frame you are talking about too. It's awesome! Actually, I think I like this Rossin he has even better, its white on the front then it goes green, orange, pink or something like that. I was going to buy it from him actually but I got a good deal on my Lejeune instead (a purchase which I do NOT regret :) ) He also has a red Hardwick (British) complete track bike. It is beautiful and also my size. Jan seems to like me for some reason. He's been really nice to me every time I've gone in there. I've even bought a couple of things from him, like the 25.4 clamp stem with 22.0 (French) insertion diameter that I had such a hard time finding...

Mention Racer next time you are by the shop and I will regale you with a story of intrigue about them. I would share but I dont like to talk s#!t on the forums.....O.K....I do like to but will refrain for now.
When are we going to High Park together?

Goki I emailed you.

HELL YEAH. thanks rob..got it.