Yes those are Gazelles -- I actually sold them to Scott. I rode that bike once and it seemed okay, but I don't recall how the Gazelles compared to the K82's. The K82's are utterly confidence-inspiring, and it's too bad they discontinued the 2.75x18 size.
I don't think Scott has ridden the SuperHawk much, but I'll ask him how he likes those tires. I actually have a spare set for my bike when the K82's need replacement.
Japan Meets Britain
Vince, that's lovely; gives a warm glow, doesn't it? Mine just gave me a hard-on when I opened the box! It has a slight 'aged' storage blemish -- sort of a dusty whorl -- on the face. I was going to open it up and brush it away with a dry paintbrush, but I just couldn't bring myself to open it up and possibly spoil the ass'y. I don't even notice it now.
Just don't let the sunlight UV get to it! Speaking of hard-ons: I was sat opposite a gorgeous, sexy Thai girl on a train last week. I thought to myself "please don't get an erection; please don't!"....... But she did!
Well it seems that the chain guard will stay for the time being. John did NOT like the idea of running the bike without a chain guard, and he's probably right. I think what I'll end up doing is have a metal furniture design friend of mine, Rick Rubin, create one from scratch next winter. I'll probably remove the swingarm and have the mounting tab area expanded so that it covers more surface area of the guard. As well, John is convinced that the chroming process causes the metal to become brittle, and contributes to the guard's fracturing. So we'll look into either making it out of stainless or aluminum, and just having it polished. There has to be a definitive solution one way or another to this chain guard situation!
This is Rick's work -- www.harrisrubin.com . I figure if he can do this kind of stuff, he should be able to design one heck of a chain guard!
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