i take it it's not drilled for a brake? i've seen the steel one on a club ride one time, steep indeed it was.

So what happened to all of those 'let's go for a ride on Friday'? I mention green beer and everybody freaks. You ain't from south Boston because there they know how to make green beer. I would think that the big trucks are rolling into southy right now to stock up the parlors for the binge tomorrow. And in Chicago the river is already flowing green.

Of course I drink Guiness and Single Malt and anything else that has a reasonble kick to keep me pedalling smoothly.

I'll be at the Cavern at 1:00pm on Friday if anyone else wishes to hit the streets for our own pre-alley kitten ride. I'll be riding fixed of course.

Word - I resigned from my job two weeks ago, and I'm on my last days here, so I might just bail early and head for the cavern around 1 meself...

I still have this irrational fear of aluminum... like I'm going to bonk it the wrong way and fold it like a tincan, and then whoops... no more bike for me! Would you say that their steel track frame is too steep for street?

On another (non fixed! sorry!) note, Cavernmech, you wouldn't happen to have a set of 32h shimano 7-spd hubs, would you? I'm building up a geared bike for a friend of mine this weekend...

Heh... weird.... http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/131779233.html


....and THIS: http://www.bikecult.com/works/collections/rossin68.html

Galdarned thing's got a freakin' dinnerplate for a chainring!!!

theres a rossin for ya from under-the-weather.
http://www.under-the-weather.ca/images/Group.jpg

haha, awesome.... I don't know anything about philosphy.... that's my philosphy.

btw on 04-02-06 it will be the official 1 year anniversary of this thread, should we have like a celebritory ride in it's honnor?
(I've only met like 3 of you guys in person.... you'd think after a year......)

You will prolly need to run 8-9 sp hubs. Unless you find something used or NOS everything is going to be 8-9. I sold my last set of Tiagra's this morning. I will look around for something used if ya want? Road or mtn?

Oh...and the Rossin steel is REALLY steep. I rode them both before I decided on the alu one. The 2 inches of toe overlap did not appeal to me. Mind you some folks don't mind that. I like to be able to skid and steer at the same time.

Yeah...that fork is not the one I mentioned. That one is curved...the sweet ones are straight blade. And it is weird that the Rossin in that link says Sugino cranks but they are obviously Suntour Superbes. I wonder if I get a prize for noticing.

and it's on a Sunday.. *Definitely* a ride.

Dang... that's kinda what I figured. Road, definitely. The limiting factor here is that the frame is 126mm (more like 125 now that it's been powdercoated), and I'm not much in the mood to cold set it - seems like too much of a hassle. Tried it once on an old Miele using a piece of threaded bar and some nuts (screwing the nuts outward to spread the stays, and the level of paranoia was just too high, not to mention that I couldn't seem to get it to take a set.

Is it possible to space an 8spd hub down to 126mm? And mount a 7spd cassette on it?

Y'know... I'll just call you about it...

You can use a 7 sp cassette on an 8 sp hub with a spacer...works just fine. If the frame is steel just spread it apart to fit the hub in. It is a bit of a pain when you get a flat but it won't hurt the bike.

[QUOTE=ventolin]Is it possible to space an 8spd hub down to 126mm? And mount a 7spd cassette on it?QUOTE]

i know this is a fixed and SS forum, but anyway, my $0.02: i've run an 8-speed, 130 spaced 105 road hub on my road frame which is spaced 126 with no problems. the stays will spread open enough for you to get the hub in there. if you're frame is aluminum then that's a different story, but i don't know of many aluminum frames spaced 126. it's only 4mm. plus, good luck getting 7 speed shifers, unless you already have them and then ignore my advice.

Thanks Cavernmech and monsieur Whitehorn for the sage advice to just jam it in there :) I think I'll do just that... I like hassle-free solutions... they're beer-compatible :) YAY!

Yahhhhhh that Rossin frame looks good. No track ends :/

If you guys are going to meet on Friday i'll ride down (non-fixed don't hurt me). What's happening!?!?

http://www.under-the-weather.ca/images/Group.jpg

We should get us a picture like that, except substitute the people with us.
Sssss-sonambulant?

i won't take credit for it becuse i'm not the bike mechanic. my advice is always to just jam it in there. when something's broken give it the Fonsie fix. Smack! Ehhhh!

Don't ask me man, I'm out of control.

My sage advice. If you can't fix it with a hammer and vice grips...it don't need fixin'.

Yeah, the Benotto he has hanging on the wall is nice and has never been built up and he quoted me 700$ for it.....I really wish it weren't my size ;) That peach-coloured Colnago pursuit frame really caught my eye, I didn't ask about the price though as I am sure it was out of my league. I've been spoiled by my commuter/beater bike being a Ciocc with SLX tubing....everything else just seems like crap once you've been riding a nice Italian steel steed for a few years. Maybe I can take in my old Gardin frame and Miyata frame and he will put them into the price of that Benotto. Does anyone have any idea of what John has got lurking in the back of his shop?

...and how....


I feel your pain. Ain't it great? Got any pics of your Ciocc? I'd love to see it!

name a (possibly Italian) framemaker with a steel track frame.. 4 letters.. starts with R. Trying to remember it.. :P

now that i have the pants to match (my lone purchase at the bike show), i'd do that photo.

the fact that the rossin frame has dropouts and not track ends is just what i like about it.

hahaha.. well, how about at the 1 year anniversary ride? everyone remember to put on their makeup before the ride. :D

Who was it that called the view down Front St the "stereotypical toronto view" last Saturday? Pretty close to the u-t-w photo!

That was me. I want a picture like that!

Bianchi it is.

ss

I can't remember who said they were looking for a small 48-50 cm frame. One of the guys on my team has a Red Rossin Road.....horizontal drops....48cm..he wants to sell. I will have it in the shop on Monday.Any interested parties P.M. me.

A one-year ride sounds like a lot of fun. Sunday actually works with my schedule so I'll be able to make it out. Just stay ahead of me at all times - otherwise you might get hit with some sneeze spray and catch this plague I've been attacked by.

Side note #1: Cycle Therapy's got a job opening for an experienced salesperson. We're looking for someone who's worked in a cycling environment before and has retail experience. Full-time is preferred but part-time is also cool. If any of you guys/32flavours are interested, come by and introduce yourself. If you know anyone who might fit the bill, pass the word along please.

Side Note #2: Anyone have any experience with fundraising? As you can see in my sig (Somnabulent's too) we're taking part in the bike rally to Montreal for Aids research. Aside from straight up talking to people and asking for money, we were thinking about events or "whatever" (no, not BJs) that we could do to raise some cash. You fellers are a bunch of smart potatoes so I'm hoping you've done something like this before and have GADS of ideas to put forth to help us out w/ our mission. The other night Somnabulent was scribbling away on his notes for a meeting we were at and I saw him write down "alleycat" as a joke, but then he wrote down "Goldsprints" too ... which actually seems like an idea that could work well. Any thoughts on what it takes to get a Goldsprints tourney up and running? Pre-thanks for any ideas.

Aaand ... work time for me.

- Mike

from the site....
"Tired of waking up to gun shots, breaking up with young hearts, blazen up the dumb charts, staying up from sun ta dark, hataz is mad cause they papa ends where mine dun starts"

chest hurts....can't stop...laughing
I love the bit in the news where he can't pass his GEC...**** this is hilarious.

I'm gonna throw away all my music and follow these guyz on tour....lol
*BLAM...shoots himself in the foot*

It's like a gift that keeps on giving..... :roflmao:
" Flamez firebird would **** on a viper, camaro, and ya volvoz suckaz. Trust us, we have raced and haven't lost yet. The movie 'fast and furious' is basically a documentary on flamez life. Its like they read his mind and made a movie bout it. They betta be lucky flame rich enough dat he aint gotta sue em for copyright infringementz. Don't get mad cause a firebird on dubz would dust ya rust bucketz."


I'm a little worried about a big nasty reciprical saw having a go at my frame/seat post situation BUT it would make short work of the aluminum post jammed it there but I'm soooo worried about messin the inside of the frame.

april 2nd right?...not this sunday...two weeks away

april 2nd last year was when the thread was started