~Stuart~

+1 to the ride to work today

i had to work at 1 so it was pretty clear by then, and amazingly slushy/skidtastic on the side roads.

lots of fun

pyze-guy

Philip:

I'll stick my head in Cyclemania tomorrow and check the studded tires they have there. I saw some today but didn't bother to look at what they were in terms of size, price.

Flimflam

Sweet, thanks Pyze... PS, to nitpick it's Phillip technically (fun fact: it's the Welsh spelling thanks to the nurse who wrote my birth certificate being Welsh - I was born very close to the England/Wales border.)

I agree re: braking - though I do like to still have them, I prefer the predictability of my legs vs. the "will it or won't it work" of rim brakes. I bought a pair of the el-cheapo pads from MEC to put on for the winter, I didn't think it was worth the bother for Koolstops with all the salt/gritty junk that's already been coating the bike.

I've just mopped my drivetrain down, leaving the chain in some cleaner for a bit to try and get all the nasties out.

I don't think I'll bother washing the rest of the bike until the weekend, might actually take it in the bathtub for the first time - it's bloody filthy.

A deal maker with my ladyfriend.. I asked "Would you be pissed off if I brought my bike into the shower if we lived together?". She said "No" with the caveat "so long as you clean any mess you make" - she definitely wins for that She also asked me if I would (literally) sleep with my bike... I answered "well, if it wasn't so dirty... maybe" which might not have been the right answer

~Stuart~

bahahahaha i just got a casting for an advert on tv... part of the script is "without thinking, the guy givers her the most filmic kiss ever"


what the **** have i got myself into?

tdot-miele

another good roadie shop near yonge and lawrence is off dufferin between lawrence and eglinton... high end road stuff... totally forget the name. I usually just roll to urbane unless i'm really hard pressed...

Seems we've got a bunch of guys around yonge and 401/lawrence area. I always see one guy on a black fixed with reflective tape on the rear dropouts with deep V's... and another black jamis sputnik (debadged) with horns i think locked up in the area.

pyze-guy

Ah sorry Phillip,

I still have a front brake on both bikes, just use them as little as possible in the winter.

exhibitx

tdot-miele: la bicicletta

Ill Mitch

Uh-Oh.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d43_1228740849

I like how the wheel gradually gets smaller.

TRaffic Jammer

Totally a Frintstones/cartoon moment, he literally almost drove it to the ground. Good one.

cupcrazy4

wow... how is that even possible?

Ill Mitch

I guess the carbon wheel just started chipping away after the tire blew off.

I'm impressed at how long they stayed up after that.

~Stuart~

oh man i wanna see *runs to a half decent computer*



i went to this casting today, where all i had to do was say a really lame line "hey can i borrow some lipstick?" then make out with this really hot chick... we did like 10 retakes... talk about awkward. only got her name on the way out.

I_bRAD

way to ride it out!

kergin

Stuart: hey, I'm here to deliver this pizza...
Cheerleaders: oh, we need to get some cash; just come in...
...

shapelike

What did I tell you about not shooting porno? WHAT DID I TELL YOU?! Damnit, Stuart!

tdot-miele

saw a nice fixed iro last night near parliament and shuter... white iro, with matching deepV's and black splash guards and white taped drops... nice bike man!

I'm trying to decide what to do about pedals on my build... i have the original miche pedals that look rather worn and are predrilled for clips... or do i get some mks pedals?? advice guys?? Keep in mind this is a lugged steel miele with original miche crank

Also i'm trying to decide between a phil and campy front hub... ???

Flimflam

Haha Stuart... *cues music* bowow-chicka-chicka-bowow....

That Tandem vid was intense... and you just know they're trying so damn hard to take the speed out of it before they toppled... Wow. Well held, though - that's some impressive stuff. Would love to try a ride on a tandem, but I don't know about track/fixed tandem - I didn't actually know they had events for them The stoker looks like he took a rough fall/got winded ... oof.

Duppys Jamie Roy, mayhaps?

~Stuart~

wait you watched that?

2wheelsgood

shamil?

2wheelsgood

anybody know where i can get some cork grips like these:

TRaffic Jammer

Witness the North American Duppy in his natural habitat. This particular Duppy has been witnessed many times in this part of the conservation area. His radio tag has allowed us to track his movements both before and after his species' odd safety meetings.

tuz

Rivendell has them. But in TO no idea.

somnambulant

Just buy a Formula hub and give the money you saved to me.

I think I've seen those at Curbside.

shapelike

www.velo-orange.com

pyze-guy

Since the main forum is of no help,

I keep throwing the chain on my bike. For 6 months never once did it come off, and now 3 times in 2 weeks, and several otheer times I've heard it catch on the cog. The chainline has always been about 3mm off. I swapped out the original cog that went on with the new chain and ring when I built it. I figure it is either the cog not matching well with the chain, or the 8 speed sram chain I have on now developing too much side to side flex.

Any ideas? I don't want to get a new cog only to find out that it might not be the problem.