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TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 08:41 AM

ahem... who called Floyd? :p
Get to give away those tix last night Keith?

cavernmech

07-20-06, 09:05 AM

ahem... who called Floyd? :p
Get to give away those tix last night Keith?
Yeah....customer with wife and 2 kids...very happy to take em. Cheers.

cavernmech

07-20-06, 09:07 AM

Joe with Cunego...Wes with Rasmussen....Me with Landis....Tiebreaker anyone?

STEEKER

07-20-06, 09:13 AM

Floyd wonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

cavernmech

07-20-06, 09:27 AM

Joe with Cunego...Wes with Rasmussen....Me with Landis....Tiebreaker anyone?
Hmmmmm...I think I am toast. *Puts a nasty curse on teams CSC and T-Mobile and crosses fingers*

somnambulant

07-20-06, 10:12 AM

muahahahahah

aki: let us know when you get something built! (or if you need help with anything)

TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 10:33 AM

You know something Shizy? After today I just might have to go get a Phonak jersey. :lol: :beer:

aki

07-20-06, 10:34 AM

muahahahahah

aki: let us know when you get something built! (or if you need help with anything)

i will for sure. first step is getting it repainted. orange frame does not a happy andrew make.
finally went to cavern yesterday. nice meeting you keith (i was the dude with the dog).

cavernmech

07-20-06, 11:36 AM

I had a little interview with a reporter from Macleans Mag this morning. He is doing an article on fixed gear riding and would like to talk with a couple of fixie riders for the article. P.M. if you want to be involved. K.

somnambulant

07-20-06, 11:44 AM

hahaha.. nice

TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 11:49 AM

Wear leather to the interview. Smoke and swear alot.

darkmother

07-20-06, 12:03 PM

Awesome tour stage. Best I have ever seen.

Shiznaz

07-20-06, 12:07 PM

i will for sure. first step is getting it repainted. orange frame does not a happy andrew make.
finally went to cavern yesterday. nice meeting you keith (i was the dude with the dog).

Why repaint a frame when you can spend that money on fancy parts? Plus if you don't repaint you end up with an 'ugly' bike that people will want to steal slightly less. And the more slightly less people want to steal your bike, the better!

PS. Keith, Don't they only want to speak to lawyers, doctors and ceo's? (like the lady from New York Times) I am officially a 'banker' but in reality a nearly-22-year-old-working-an-entry-level-facilities-management-job-at-the-bank. haha pretty sweet now that I look at it that way.

jet sanchEz

07-20-06, 12:10 PM

somnambulant

07-20-06, 12:29 PM

I painted my old Miele black and then laid it out in the backyard and put a black blanket on it and let it sit out there in the sun for about 3 days which really baked the paint in. Good luck with it.

ghetto fabulous. :)

ps. were you riding on Bloor W last night at around 7:00? I saw someone with gold rims (and teeth, presumably) fly by going the opposite direction. I was driving though and there was traffic, so I didn't get a good look. Plus you know, I have zero clue what you look like. In fact, suddenly I'm having doubts as to whether you even live here since I haven't met you.

pps. if I have met you, I appologize. :P

TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 12:33 PM

You met Jet @ Jet Fuel on the Friday we watched The Tour.

jet sanchEz

07-20-06, 12:39 PM

Hrm, nope on both accounts...I wasn't on Bloor last night (my route is usually Queen West) and I've never been to Jet Fuel either. Is some bastard passing himself off as me again?!? ;)

The only person I've met from here is 32flav when I hooked her up with that Gardin frame; how is that coming anyhow, 32flav? I am anxious to see it :)

somnambulant

07-20-06, 12:46 PM

You met Jet @ Jet Fuel on the Friday we watched The Tour.

If I'm not mistaken that evening we had (other than you and I) the following people present:

-jeremywhitehorn
-operator
-joebent (+ s.o.)
-shiznaz

cavernmech

07-20-06, 12:48 PM

muahahahahah

aki: let us know when you get something built! (or if you need help with anything)
So it seems that Wes, with T-Mobile and Rasmussen, has un-officially won the tour pool...barring a complete collapse by the Pink boys in the next few days, which seems highly unlikely. Joebent had a chance with Cunego and CSC but Cunego is gonna get b1tch slapped by Fothen in the T.T, ruining any hope for him. If you are gonna still come by manana to drop off yer bike I will have a little going away gift, aka "mystery prize", for you at the shop. Congrats. K.

TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 12:58 PM

Am I confusing Joe with Jet? I'm soooo confused now...... *hangs head in shame*

WES FOR THE WIN!!!!!

Shiznaz

07-20-06, 01:02 PM

Well my call that Floyd will win still stands but I still don't want him to win (although his comeback pretty much has me on his side now. The French wanted panache and they got steamrolled)

I neglected to make guesses for any of the other classifications but I would have chosen Rasmussen for the polka dots (because he won last year), Boonen for green (world champion) and I don't follow pro cycling enough to make a guess on white (some french dude). T-mobile for the team (becuase I saw how they spent twice as much as any other team before the tour started).

I still want Cadel to take it though, aussies are the best.

TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 01:06 PM

Think today qualifies as panache? I sure think so, L'equipe I double dog dare you to print something nasty about Landis now. I bet the drug references are on the presses as we speak.

jet sanchEz

07-20-06, 01:12 PM

Welp, I am off to the cottage (my friends, I am way too poor for a cottage) until Sunday night...bikeless for 4 days! Maybe she has an old beater I can wheel around on, show those Muskoka'ers how we do it in Toronto ;) Ciao, have a great weekend guys.

TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 01:21 PM

Have a good weekend. Can you catch the Tour there too?

somnambulant

07-20-06, 01:22 PM

I bet the drug references are on the presses as we speak.

Exactly what I'm thinking.

32flavours

07-20-06, 01:27 PM

Re: the Gardin, today is build up day! Hopefully I will have pictures by the time you get back, Jet.

operator

07-20-06, 01:28 PM

Dude wtf? I thought it was joe bent at the Jet Fuel tour thing? But it really was jet sanchez + s.o ???

TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 01:54 PM

No ..... just me being ********

Shiznaz

07-20-06, 02:07 PM

speaking of ******* (don't all good stories start this way?), today I was about to send an email to the directors at one of our maintenence service providers. I usually end my emails with "Regards," but this time I had typoed it to "*******,". I had already clicked down the button to send and then I noticed the mistake so I had to slide the cursor off the button. It would have been classic. You should also know that we hate the service provider in question and they hate us too.

operator

07-20-06, 02:32 PM

Classic.

darkmother

07-20-06, 02:39 PM

TRaffic Jammer

07-20-06, 02:41 PM

Ever notice how perfectly designed the QWERTY key layout is to wonderful typos? Me thinks there is a practical joker somewhere in history, and we are STILL writing the jokes.

Kaibot

07-20-06, 03:40 PM

I'm surprised no one mentioned Pedros tire levers, they tolly pwn liek hard 'n stuff.

Pedros tire levers (and a bunch of their other tools) are the shît

Joe Bent

07-20-06, 04:46 PM

It's all going to blow up during the time trial. No matter what happens this Tour will go down as one for the ages.

BTW you left out Cavit8 from the Jet gathering.

Kaibot

07-20-06, 05:12 PM

I wish that there was still a team time trial in this year's tour, the individual ones will still be awesome though

sweep242

07-20-06, 05:38 PM

cavernmech

07-20-06, 05:49 PM

It's all going to blow up during the time trial. No matter what happens this Tour will go down as one for the ages.

BTW you left out Cavit8 from the Jet gathering.
I wonder if Floyd will be in the starthouse on time for the time trial....and have a properly functioning bike. :D If he has another torn tire or busted aero bars I am gonna apply to be the Phonak mechanic.

cavernmech

07-20-06, 05:54 PM

I wish that there was still a team time trial in this year's tour, the individual ones will still be awesome though
When they changed the rule and made it so you could only lose 3 minutes it made the Team T.T. inconsequential anyhow. If they were gonna do that again I would rather not have it. It is great to watch tho.

operator

07-20-06, 06:47 PM

It's a trap!!

sweep242

07-20-06, 08:43 PM

Dearest Floyd. I am sorry I ever doubted you. Love Keith.

I now know what you are talking about from this morning i just watched the stage, wow & pee in this cup please! Or he just had a good day?
Good stuff
Cheers

eyefloater

07-20-06, 08:56 PM

I was going to post here a thank-you to those who donated money for the bike rally, but instead I just saw more Tour spoilers ... so **** you all.

- Mike

PS. Thanks though.

Ill Mitch

07-20-06, 09:17 PM

That was a bad looking fall towards the end of the stage, but then the guy just got right back on his bike and kept on going.

TRaffic Jammer

07-21-06, 06:40 AM

I was going to post here a thank-you to those who donated money for the bike rally, but instead I just saw more Tour spoilers ... so **** you all.

- Mike

PS. Thanks though.

Mike.....dude....I love ya but it boggles my mind how you can be wrench and be several days behind the coverage. It would drive me bonkers not knowing what was going on. I don't even need to watch it. I'm buyin' the DVD just to have yesterdays stage, and maybe a Phonak jersey (word to Shizy)

http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2006/livefullpage_mtc129678.shtml
Live audio with Sean Kelly

STEEKER

07-21-06, 07:43 AM

Mike.....dude....I love ya but it boggles my mind how you can be wrench and be several days behind the coverage.
I thought he was a floor sales man I have never seen him wrench :p

TRaffic Jammer

07-21-06, 07:51 AM

Come to think of it I changed my own flat, not that I minded. Finding a wrench you can trust is a tall order. Ah to each his own, I couldn't watch it when all the riders were already on vacation.

Wow just heard on eurosprorts.com... Jan Ulrich has been fired by Team Mobile.

eyefloater

07-21-06, 08:18 AM

I thought he was a floor sales man I have never seen him wrench :p

What the ****'s a wrench?

Edit: 15/16 blew my mind ... I just hope I get to see stage 17 before the rally (Somna, you're on fill-in detail if I don't get to see the end of the Tour by the time our trip starts).

STEEKER

07-21-06, 08:20 AM

What the ****'s a wrench?
well Keith is a master wrench ( wrencher) IE, some whom fixes bikes,mechanic

TRaffic Jammer

07-21-06, 08:24 AM

I wrenched my back once somethin' fierce. :lol: Ah wrenching..... the exotic scents of wd-40, varsol and speed grease, as well as the tell tale hands are two shades darker than the rest of ya. I wish I hadn't sold off my tools when I stopped messin'.

STEEKER

07-21-06, 08:33 AM

eyefloater

07-21-06, 08:36 AM

well Keith is a master wrench ( wrencher) IE, some whom fixes bikes,mechanic

me-cha-nic?

The **** man, I just tighten every nut I can find on a bike w/ an adjustable wrench until the edges round off. I figure it's solid at that point and **** ain't goin' nowhere. Seems to work fairly well.

Don't forget to add a generous amount of red loctite to your loose ball headsets!