Southern California - So Cal needs a long thread "What's Up?" type thread!

Uhh, like what's up?

It isn't done until there are picturesOne pic here. Doesn't look that nice though. I think I need to spend some effort to remove those wheel labels. On this bike they're too distracting. :p
http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=5691165&postcount=4809

we missed ou up at Baldy on Saturday Jason. Might do an early session on Palomar Sunday at sunup if you're intersted. Simple store and back run, I have to be home by 9:30

One pic here. Doesn't look that nice though. I think I need to spend some effort to remove those wheel labels. On this bike they're too distracting. :p
http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=5691165&postcount=4809

I think it looks great.

Dave that's a SWEET looking bike!!!!

dito + you need to ride it!!! Night ride??????My parents are in town. I don't think I'll have time to ride it at night for the next little while. :p

My parents are in town. I don't think I'll have time to ride it at night for the next little while. :p

Besides, what would be the point of riding such a bike if it was too dark for anyone to see it?

I won't be able to ride at night this week anyways. End of month has me really busy at work.

I'll most likely ride early in the morning before work. After a few days of early riding with my bro-in-law, I think I got addicted. :lol:

I think it looks great.

+1,000. Nice ride, Dave. :)

Bleh. As much as my life is an open book on BikeForums, some things are better left not posted for the world to read. Bye SoCal. Hopefully normalcy will return soon enough, but until then, I may be kind of scarce.

:( Well, I hope you're okay, J. You can call me and talk if you need to. No airing of anything on here worries.

:( Well, I hope you're okay, J. You can call me and talk if you need to. No airing of anything on here worries.

I spoke to the young man last night. The "real" reason for his BF absence will soon be explained in full.

;)

Hmm...looks like PGSWWFY actually showed up on his doorstep...Good work, J.

...thinking about a catching up post, but probably not.

I spoke to the young man last night. The "real" reason for his BF absence will soon be explained in full.

;)

Did you give your honey your ear? Assuming from the winkey, he's okay. Good.

Catching up:

Go_Fast: Went to Texas...stank up the place...and came back.

Cuda2K: Came to SoCal...stank up the place...then left.

TheFixer: Made $3 the hard way....then discovered what RadioShack is actually good for.

Merider1: Ogled herself in the mirror, naked...wow, it's a small world.

Every turkey-glutton fatbody on here: Ate way too much, and is still chiseling through that leftover stuffing petrificus.

GrumpyPig: Is actually grumpy, for once. Damn in-laws and their uncouth ways. You should have just challenged them to Indian wrestling, spun it to a figure-4, then snapped a few knees. Or, you could have just flexed and knocked them out with your biceps from across the room.

thomson: I think I might try that lemon juice and cayenne pepper enema that you're promoting. What could possibly go wrong?

spingineer: Get the iPhone. There's only about 6 months or so that we will have to deal with umpteen gadgets. Da Earf will become a single gadget world. Your phone will be your organizer, your GPS, your cyclocomputer, your camera, mp3 player, remote harddrive, garage door opener, TV remote, car keys, and personal pleasure device....which means, when you drop it in the toilet, you'll lose everything.

spingineer: Okay, forget it...don't get the iPhone...see if I care.

Chucklehead: Is being practical, hates Apple and Steve Jobs...and didn't get anything good this Thanksgiving.

DaveSANYYZ: Got the sickest Colnago ever. Just badass.

Ovoleg: Teased us with pics of something...then left us unfulfilled.

Merider1: Likes her new shoes...she ogled them in the mirror, naked.

Indolent: I'd wait for new lungs until they come onto steepandcheap.com.

Jschen: Got all 'Emo' on us. Go sit in a coffee shop and cry, emo kid.

Catching up:


:roflmao:

I love those.

spingineer: Get the iPhone. There's only about 6 months or so that we will have to deal with umpteen gadgets. Da Earf will become a single gadget world. Your phone will be your organizer, your GPS, your cyclocomputer, your camera, mp3 player, remote harddrive, garage door opener, TV remote, car keys, and personal pleasure device....which means, when you drop it in the toilet, you'll lose everything.

spingineer: Okay, forget it...don't get the iPhone...see if I care.



:lol:

I was actually at the Apple Store, and was trying to check out the ipod touch. Well, has anyone told the folks at the Apple Store in Pasadena that you have to have one working demo, in order for customers to consider buying it? I did check out the iPhone, but the web surfing was doggy slooooow. Trying to get to bikeforums took about 1 minute. Must have been less than dial up modem speeds! Not motivating me to buy one!

Mo'Phat's rules to live by, #5,098,176.a.2 (rev. J)

"Don't buy the first issuance of anything. Generally, it's one step above the beta unit, there are still bugs and quirks, and the manufacturer or subcontracted R&D don't have the 'power-user' mentality to break-down all the foreseeable trouble spots. They depend on the first year's users to try, critique, and troubleshoot a list of issues so that when the subsequent issuances do come out, they can charge a premium for fixing what should never have been problems in the first place." - So sayeth, the Mo.

One pic here. Doesn't look that nice though. I think I need to spend some effort to remove those wheel labels. On this bike they're too distracting. :p
http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=5691165&postcount=4809

that's a SWEET bike...you better get on that monster and ride bro!!

Still haven't met or ridden with Jason. Hope all is well.

Going to hit the road back up to NorCal after lunch. Hopefully, by then, everyone is back to work, so I won't have to deal with that much traffic.

Great seeing everyone on Saturday. See ya guys in two weeks.

Kind of a bittersweet weekend. Nice run Thanksgiving Day, scored at the Pearl Izumi sale, followed by a nice ride Friday morning, and a couple of really calming, peaceful yoga classes. Then the tearful departure of a very good friend, even though it's only to Mission Viejo.

Then the tearful departure of a very good friend, even though it's only to Mission Viejo.

SD to MV is less milage than my one way daily commute... why would that be a problem?

SD to MV is less milage than my one way daily commute... why would that be a problem?

I really need to catch up...you're working again, cool.

SD to MV is less milage than my one way daily commute... why would that be a problem?

There were some other things going on also led to the emotional departure. As it is, we usually ran together or went to yoga during the week, so now will harder to connect. As it is, I don't get north that much, though I will probably be finding a lot more excuses to go ride up in OC now.

my mouse is being quite mousy. wtf. is my computer dying?

Wireless interference or dirty roller ball?

it's optical. and when i change surfaces, it's fine for a minute or two, then goes back to being mousy. something similar happened the last time i had a rollerball mouse, and it actually signaled the impending death of my computer.

*EDIT* optical and wireless. sorry.

meeting all day long FUN!!!!

You may still get some post-thxgiving sale of computer parts. :)

Meeting is fun if food is provided. :D

no food provided today...... 3 meets spread throughout the day yeppie, one down, 2 more

I'm about to click "purchase" on a bike frameset and some lights... Wish me luck...

[i gotta get all my personal spending done before i start spending on christmas gifts...]

Lunchtime ride today? Yes? No? yes? No? Yes? No? Yes? No? Yes? No? .............bike staring at me......kinda coolish outside....won't get to eat lunch for another hour if I ride....hungry now......yes? no? yes? no? yes? no? yes? no? ........


Sheldon

no food provided today...... 3 meets spread throughout the day yeppie, one down, 2 more

Joy!


/not you, Joy. I mean elation.


On a sad note, I took my car back to the shop (for the 4th time, remember...) because there's something wrong with the clutch. It feels like I'm starting off in 2nd gear with the lack of torque, chatter, and bumping that's happening. Either it's the wrong clutch, or the chimpanzees that installed it did it R-O-N-G rong.

I'm pretty irate at the moment. Wrench better fix this, or he'll lose the business of my family, my parents, my in-laws, and the dozen or so neigbors I turned on to this guy.

I should have rode today but WAYYY to busy. Tomorrow for sure. I need 30 more miles this week to get 400 miles for Nov:D

Lunchtime ride today? Yes? No? yes? No? Yes? No? Yes? No? Yes? No? .............bike staring at me......kinda coolish outside....won't get to eat lunch for another hour if I ride....hungry now......yes? no? yes? no? yes? no? yes? no? ........


Sheldon

Eh...go grab a Chipotle Stuft Burrito from Taco Bell.

I has a weakness for all things Chipotle.


/Chipopatoplay
//Chipootle

Yargh! Trisports.com's server is having issues so i'm not sure if my order for some bike lights went through...

However it seems my order over on Jensonusa.com worked out for the bike frame. :)

Joy!


/not you, Joy. I mean elation.


On a sad note, I took my car back to the shop (for the 4th time, remember...) because there's something wrong with the clutch. It feels like I'm starting off in 2nd gear with the lack of torque, chatter, and bumping that's happening. Either it's the wrong clutch, or the chimpanzees that installed it did it R-O-N-G rong.

I'm pretty irate at the moment. Wrench better fix this, or he'll lose the business of my family, my parents, my in-laws, and the dozen or so neigbors I turned on to this guy.

is there a smell coming from the when you get outa 1st or anything? If they didn't resurface the flywheel, it's kill the clutch in a heartbeat. I usually put in aftermarket clutch and fly while I'm in there. Most modern aftermarket flywheels have removable surface areas for later clutch jobs. Anyways, hope they fix it and make you happy again. I hate taking it a shop cuz you trust that they do the job RIGHT, rather then make you a often seen customer.

Lunchtime ride today? Yes? No? yes? No? Yes? No? Yes? No? Yes? No? .............bike staring at me......kinda coolish outside....won't get to eat lunch for another hour if I ride....hungry now......yes? no? yes? no? yes? no? yes? no? ........


Sheldon

Dude, it ain't coolish outside...its nice and warm ... Go for a ride, I'm about to hit it.

I did a quick 1 hour ride with Torrey Pines this morning on my new bike; first ride. The ride wasn't the best. I got tired very early on, and one leg almost cramped on the way up the hill. Need to re-adjust the positions and all. With the way the hood is set up now, it's like driving an SUV.

On the bright side, I definitely felt less road buzz than on my C'dale while remaining relatively "snappy". Will do a left/right comparison ride this weekend to find out more. :)

^^ Dave, you dont' sound very happy with the bike. I will give you $50 for it.

Thanks for the offer. I'll keep that in mind. :lol:

So far it has to do with my (lack of) physical condition today than with the bike, so I wasn't really able to test it well. :)

I did a quick 1 hour ride with Torrey Pines this morning on my new bike; first ride. The ride wasn't the best. I got tired very early on, and one leg almost cramped on the way up the hill. Need to re-adjust the positions and all. With the way the hood is set up now, it's like driving an SUV.

On the bright side, I definitely felt less road buzz than on my C'dale while remaining relatively "snappy". Will do a left/right comparison ride this weekend to find out more. :)

i'll trade you straight up with mine....are you a 54?

is there a smell coming from the when you get outa 1st or anything? If they didn't resurface the flywheel, it's kill the clutch in a heartbeat. I usually put in aftermarket clutch and fly while I'm in there. Most modern aftermarket flywheels have removable surface areas for later clutch jobs. Anyways, hope they fix it and make you happy again. I hate taking it a shop cuz you trust that they do the job RIGHT, rather then make you a often seen customer.

Replaced clutch, throw-out bearing, flywheel, master and slave. Pretty much everything.

I did a quick 1 hour ride with Torrey Pines this morning on my new bike; first ride. The ride wasn't the best. I got tired very early on, and one leg almost cramped on the way up the hill. Need to re-adjust the positions and all. With the way the hood is set up now, it's like driving an SUV.


I'd say that, for the first 5-10 rides on my bike when I built it, I rode with a full set of hex wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, and a small level.

I was the Snap-On Tools girl.

Replaced clutch, throw-out bearing, flywheel, master and slave. Pretty much everything.

that MORE then you needed to, prolly just need to rebleed the system if they changed out both systems. Hope the clutch didn't fry it self. + you need to stop doing burnouts on the freeway:p

I'm beginning to not trust my mechanic...Dude's been solid and honest for 15 years. I just think he'd rather wrench on an '82 Datsun than a 'modern car'. (is '99 modern?)

anything with an ECU and Fuel injected is modern, so roughly 87 and up.

It's warm outside ... and they say no global warming!

no kidding...i say bring on the flourocarbons...

is that spelled right... Mo'?

I think it's fluorocarbon...but I understood it didn't have anything to do with cooking.