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i'm going out for glasses shopping tomorrow.
and they are going to be thicker than somna's and operatorz's COMBINED!

it'd be awesome and i'd have 2 permanant red marks on my nose, cause my glasses will be too heavy.

**** that **** man sr20det. Low index lenses FTW or maybe contacts. You'll need both. Contacts for riding and glasses for ... everywhere else.

-/+ 4 is usually where they draw the line for regular vs super light lenses. This is one place, where i'd like some carbon fibre. My TI frame sux0rs.

You like me, will have less than no life for the next 4 years. CONGRATULATI0NS
Critical mass no rain or I no come.

By the way Gboy - I saw you going up Yonge st. just south of St. Clair around 5:50pm.

Yeps, I noticed you going southbound, but I wasn't sure if I waved or just looked in your direction. :o

On my way downtown earlier today, just north of the 401 on Yonge a driver clipped me and dragged me a few metres until I got free and when I knocked on her window at the light, she was oblivious to what she did. I bonked out going back home on Warden after 16th Ave.; serves me right for just taking a few bananas for fuel.

Oh, I might be in the city tomorrow, but will definitely show up for CM on Friday (it'll be my first).

Alright, after consorting with fellow CV founder veteran_youth:

Critical Vacuum v.6
Wednesday May 24, 2006
10 PM
Cycle Solutions (Beaches location) meet-up

Be there, or be trapezoidal.

Main and Kingston Road!
Don't actually come to my work we will be closed!
The Donut shop across the street is the designated meeting spot! The Dip and Sip! The coffee is terrible! "Looks sort of like a rib cage from the outside but that is where the charm ends"-the toronto star

That is all for now

Andrew

Huh.

me will be there that's about a 10 second ride from my house if I'm quick

I'll try to make it out tonight too. Ditto for critical mass.

eyefloater: 12 degrees on Friday? are you on crack? The weather network says 24 and enviro canada says 20. :) Both say showers or thunderstorms though. Might be fun. ;)

Also, this Sunday is the first Pedestrian Sunday of the year in Kensington. Anyone want to head down there? Stupid eyefloater lives in kensington but works on Sunday. d'oh! :)

http://www.torontoist.com/archives/2006/05/countdown_to_ps.php

i'm going out for glasses shopping tomorrow.
and they are going to be thicker than somna's and operatorz's COMBINED!

it'd be awesome and i'd have 2 permanant red marks on my nose, cause my glasses will be too heavy.

Odds are they would be thicker than mine. I have pretty low index glass, but a weirdo astigmatism. I can totally get away without them though, as long as I don't have to read anything far away (signs/etc).

YES!
WATERLOO MECH ENGINEERING :)

schweeeeeet 'grats, big time!!!!
If all goes according to plan, I should either be emperor of the earth or at critical mass on Friday. Beers?
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/319/drillsgt25yi.jpg
DarkMother..."SIR YES SIR!!!!!"
Some of my proudest moments have happened on the parade square.

How nasty do you think converting my MTB to a 26" road/cross type setup would be? Ideas?

Alright. June 10th is confirmed for the people in the list quoted below. If I missed anyone, let me know. Cost is $30 including bike rental. Looks like with this number Cavernmech and I will both be driving. Perhaps we can meet up at the shop in the morning and caravan from there?

**** Please remember to bring your own pedals, shoes and helmets. ****



1) eyefloater***
2) somnambulant***
3) shiznaz***
4) cavernmech***
5) qqy***
6) sweep242***
7) Offhoff***
8) operator***

*** confirmed.

Now, become a great frame builder and make us all proud. :)

CONGRATULATIONS!
Builder? No No No....Designer. Let the welding rubes do the grunt work.
Congrats. Just don't forget the little guys when you are rich and famous.

And what's the status with BIkeophile, he hasn't been on for a loooooong time.
Bikeophile..aka Rob...has been busy being an Executroid with the renowned Canadian Postal Service. My spies tell me he will be leaving the confines of his postal cubicle and joining all on some rides in the near future.

How nasty do you think converting my MTB to a 26" road/cross type setup would be? Ideas?

SS road/cross? Chain length would be the only challenge with vertical drops, but with the right gearing and maybe a half link I imagine you could get it close without going to an ENO eccentric hub. For geared, pretty easy breezy. I have an old Bianchi Grizzly that I use for touring. The only consideration (apart from it being a little on the heavy side) is the use of road levers with cantilever brakes. I needed to use an extra wide hanger for my old bike, otherwise the lever travels through it's range without grabbing hold. I also use 26". I'm not sure if 700's would fit. I should try that, though. Hrrmmmmm....

ps congrats to sr20det

schweeeeeet 'grats, big time!!!!
If all goes according to plan, I should either be emperor of the earth or at critical mass on Friday. Beers?
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/319/drillsgt25yi.jpg
DarkMother..."SIR YES SIR!!!!!"
Some of my proudest moments have happened on the parade square.

How nasty do you think converting my MTB to a 26" road/cross type setup would be? Ideas?
I will be up for C.M. this time around also. Where is the meeting spot for the ride now anyway? I am pretty sure it is not on Temperence anymore but it has been awhile since I went on one...well about 5 years actually. MMMMMMMMM...beer!
Do you want to run road type bars or stick with flat style? It shouldn't be difficult to do either way.

I also use 26". I'm not sure if 700's would fit. I should try that, though. Hrrmmmmm....

ps congrats to sr20det
Mavic makes these cool brake adapters to use 700c wheels on a 26" frame. They are like the brake boosters of old...except they have a second set of brake posts higher up for the increased wheel diameter.

Builder? No No No....Designer. Let the welding rubes do the grunt work.
Congrats. Just don't forget the little guys when you are rich and famous.

I had Sachs in mind (ie. not just a welder, but a designer of classics) ... but I suppose youngblood here can lead the revolution for the perfect freeride frame + suspension design. *ahem* Which I require prototypes of.

CM meets at Spadina and Bloor around 6to 6;30 ish:)

You like me, will have less than no life for the next 4 years. CONGRATULATI0NS
Critical mass no rain or I no come.

the waterloo mech engineers that i knew drank more than i thought humanly possible...that's a life.

**** that **** man sr20det. Low index lenses FTW or maybe contacts. You'll need both. Contacts for riding and glasses for ... everywhere else.

-/+ 4 is usually where they draw the line for regular vs super light lenses. This is one place, where i'd like some carbon fibre. My TI frame sux0rs.

i just got a pair of these with the prescription lens inserts; they look a bit dork but they work, and you get that bobby julich flair. great for riding and they'll take a strong prescription.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000306AHO.01-A14LK0ZXSU0XON._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/51795

I like how that topic turned into a pro/anti gun debate immediately. However, it seems that at the most basic level, the more guns you have, and the more guns you leave around the house loaded, the more likely you are to shoot your neighbour in the face through several walls by mistake. Lets blame the guy who accidentally shot through the wall, not the guns. But then lets not blame ourselves for letting that guy have more guns than Jesus, becuase he probably would have still accidentally shot through his bathroom mirror with his toothbrush anyways.

I just got an idea to weld together a bike (art) out of old assault rifles... that would be pretty sweet.

Ok jet sanchEz, was that you we had beers (as in shiznaz and me) with last August CM???? And what's the status with BIkeophile, he hasn't been on for a loooooong time.

Nope, not I. Maybe tonight though....can I show up with gears?

the waterloo mech engineers that i knew drank more than i thought humanly possible...that's a life.

If you're gonna use the grey matter like the Waterloo kids do, you need lube :beer:

Engineering kids need to learn that drinking in excess does not make you cool. The sheer amount of destruction caused by the engineers during frosh week is monumental... take 500 nerdy (male) kids who have mostly never drank before, pickle them with kegged beer and bourbon and then dye them purple, put them in a jumpsuit with a hard hat and set them loose. That way you can either be completely drowning in work, or in booze. What a life!

I did enough drinking in my first year of university, and I wasn't even an engineer.

http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/6052/patrickstarr4ac.jpg
I LOVE BEING PURPLE!!!!

the waterloo mech engineers that i knew drank more than i thought humanly possible...that's a life.

the "waterloo mech" part is unneccessary I think. All engineering departments everywhere do a whole lot of drinking. I know they certainly had a name for themselves at my university (Memorial) and I had several friends go through the program and tell me stories. Total craziness.

I'm not even going to disturb you with the military version. It would be...... disturbing.

Us CS students despise engineering students.

And WTF. And you were worried about overpenetration in urban combat with .223 rounds!? A ****ing .44 is going to go through a kilometer of brick walls.

http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/6052/patrickstarr4ac.jpg
I LOVE BEING PURPLE!!!!
LMFAOOOOOOOOOO that picture is to funny :D

Us CS students despise engineering students.
:lol: but not one single university deathmatch?

If you're gonna use the grey matter like the Waterloo kids do, you need lube :beer:

no kidding. those boys played hard but worked harder. or maybe they drank so much because there were no women around...

:lol: but not one single university deathmatch?

That's like cal-i squad in a pub - no contest. sr20det you are now my mortal enemy.


no kidding. those boys played hard but worked harder. or maybe they drank so much because there were no women around...

Yeah lube on the former, not the latter :D

Here's a bunch of x-men cartoons http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=89C9186A581EB3CB X-men ftw. The evolution series blows don't watch those.

i dunno, the waterloo guys i knew were especially bad for the drinking and ribaldry. i visited them once during octoberfest let me tell you, october will never be the same.

You went to Waterl00??

/shun

P.S I Won't be able to make it for cv

....and what's wrong with Waterloo... tech school for the big brained no?

Waterloo bows before us. In time, so shall the rest of the world!1q MAUHHAhahUHAHAhhaHAhhahahaaahahahahahahahahhhahAHhaahhahahahahahahfHAHhaHHAhHHHHAHAHAh

yes beer

You went to Waterl00??

/shun

P.S I Won't be able to make it for cv

no, but i new some guys in high school who went to u of w. i went to York, so i shun YOU, u of t boys!

Engineering kids need to learn that drinking in excess does not make you cool. The sheer amount of destruction caused by the engineers during frosh week is monumental... take 500 nerdy (male) kids who have mostly never drank before, pickle them with kegged beer and bourbon and then dye them purple, put them in a jumpsuit with a hard hat and set them loose. That way you can either be completely drowning in work, or in booze. What a life!

I did enough drinking in my first year of university, and I wasn't even an engineer.

This is why it is better to wait a couple of years *before* going to university-especially if you are considering any form of engineering. No way would I have let some pack of hair lipped fools dye me purple, then have me eat marshmallows that some dude had previously wedged in his sweaty butt crack. Amazing what a couple of years of life experience can do to your perspective.

....and what's wrong with Waterloo... tech school for the big brained no?

and octoberfest once a year; what's not to like?

I'm actually inclined towards electrical AND mechanical engineering...more electrical.

I see nothing wrong with youthful hijinxs at that stage in life. it's the only opportunity you have to act that way. you try that later on in life and you end up the guy whose family doesn't talk to him.

This is why it is better to wait a couple of years *before* going to university

The prevailing attitude around here (or at least in my immediate surrounding family) is that the faster you get into university, the faster you graduate, and the faster you start making some real money. As such, any suggestions or hints of year off or time off is met with extreme prejudice.

The prevailing attitude around here (or at least in my immediate surrounding family) is that the faster you get into university, the faster you graduate, and the faster you start making some real money. As such, any suggestions or hints of year off or time off is met with extreme prejudice.


Absolutely ..... typical of boomer generational thinking. The company will gladly burn you to a fraction of who you once were in the name of profits. Then ditch you and replace you with a new graduate who will work for relative peanuts. It's cheaper than training and retraining you. I discovered this when almost done my schooling and I basically gave up on coding. Unless of course you are that "special" geek that can code your own apps and create your own software niche/company.

I think with the price of post secondary, and how fast we are all expected to live and produce, some time off to make sure your studies are what you "really" want to do it actually the smart thing to do. Better chance of getting ROI that way. IMHO.

I know of waaaaay too many friends with degrees they don't use. I know of a Masters in Eco-toxicology...now a photographer. Go figure.

...can I show up with gears?

Everybody's welcome. As long as they don't make fun of how slow I am, or the mosquito bite on my nose.

Also, STEEKER- step it up. You complain endlessly about us not going on rides and I hear not a word from you concerning CV tonight. I'm callin' you out, suckah!

heehee now that is funny

funny * 2!

Slow ain't a problem.. I can't make any promises about the mosquito bite though. Silly city folk. :)

Somnambulant, are you riding over from downtown? If so mayhaps we could frolick in one another's company.

I'm way more mature after university than I was before, although its hard to tell whether it was university or being left to fend for myself after my parents moved to Europe that did it. I drink in moderation (moderately) and I'm a huge safety nerd. I'm always telling my girlfriend and friends and strangers that what they are doing is unsafe and that they shuld remedy it. This is coming from the guy who decided to play soccer on avenue road just north of queens park after century club. We uprooted trees from the club monaco and used them as goal posts.

I think my problem with the engineering phenomenon is that its such a group thing... you're just being initiated into some weird nerdy club that defends itself by saying they drink alot. When I was in first year we did it the old fashioned way... we met people and made friends with them and then went out and got loaded... none of this dye-yourself-purple-and-get-drunk-with-other-engineers-because-everyone-else-is-doing-it crap. And nbow that grade 13 is done I bet all the drinking events are going to be phased out. So hooray for engineers, you get to parade around like a pack of fools with a hard hat chained to your belt while all the artsies make fun of you and then hang out with all the hot chicks. Maybe I'm just a jaded artsy though...

PS. I'm thinking of getting an 06 khs flite 100 from europe bound ($540). Anyone have anything good or bad to say about it? pedals, saddle and wheels would be swapped right away (my girlfriend could make use of the wheels). The stock components are pretty much generic alloy, and the truvativ crqanks look like they could be a bit dicey, but nevertheless better than my poor old fuji which has started to try to kill me on a regular basis.

Keith, do you have any road or track frames in the 58-60cm range? I pretty much need to replace the frame/fork/headset/bb/cranks on my commuter, which makes me think an off-the-shelf bike may not be that much more in the end.

I find the artsy ones are also a bit more socially capable than the geeks (don't flame...it's true and you know it) It might be an attempt at giving some desperately needed air of "cool"? Mass groupings of mindless behavior has always turned me off completely.