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eyefloater
09-21-06, 07:36 AM
Also Jacques got his bike back so if you see any Pista riders out there leave em alone.
*kicks dismembered foot in Puma sneaker back underneath couch ...*
jeremywhitehorn
09-21-06, 08:26 AM
I can bring a big honking bottle of Déistineach whiskey. You guys are sure to love it!
you WILL be scolded for bringing a blend!
Shiznaz
09-21-06, 08:51 AM
haha it doesn't have to be blended to be déistineach
cavernmech
09-21-06, 08:52 AM
you WILL be scolded for bringing a blend!
I will temporarily look the other way if Johhny Walker Blue is the blend. Shortly thereafter I will mock you for wasting so much $ on a blend.
somnambulant
09-21-06, 12:01 PM
ahh.. the cool weather lunchtime ride.. nothing finer.. :)
TRaffic Jammer
09-21-06, 12:11 PM
All I know about scotch is that I generally can't drink blends, and I REALLY shouldn't ride after drinking a bunch of it. :lol: Now we are entering the realm of three seasons worth of clothing for one day's riding. Gloves in the morning, chilly ride gear at lunch and 20 degrees for the ride home.
Keith: It is an eight speed rapid fire I'll be looking for. How nice are the XTR's?
EDIT**** damn those shifters are expensive...I'll check to see if I need this integrate nonsense..... hmm SS here I come?
malt? you mean like olde english malt? <-- you are hereby ostracized.
Op, I'm not on campus on Friday, but can make the run down. I'm heading up to my old workplace (Leslie and Steeles) on Friday morning as the are evidently incapable of operating in my absence. Let me know when you're around and where and I'll bring your new stem.
I didn't think you'd want the Zoom logo on it, so I sprayed some oven cleaner on it to get the logo off. I seem to have overdone it though, as it looked kinda mottled. So I rattle-canned it with some black BBQ paint I had kicking around. It looked great! Until I dropped it and the paint just skimmed off. So I painted it again with some rubberized truck bed liner paint I have. Now it looks amazing! You'll be the envy of all.
operator
09-21-06, 01:17 PM
Yeah, logos = bad. I'll grab it from you when you're on campus.
duppy.conqueror
09-21-06, 01:22 PM
<-- you are hereby ostracized.
Op, I'm not on campus on Friday, but can make the run down. I'm heading up to my old workplace (Leslie and Steeles) on Friday morning as the are evidently incapable of operating in my absence. Let me know when you're around and where and I'll bring your new stem.
I didn't think you'd want the Zoom logo on it, so I sprayed some oven cleaner on it to get the logo off. I seem to have overdone it though, as it looked kinda mottled. So I rattle-canned it with some black BBQ paint I had kicking around. It looked great! Until I dropped it and the paint just skimmed off. So I painted it again with some rubberized truck bed liner paint I have. Now it looks amazing! You'll be the envy of all.
:( I realised you meant single malt when I scrolled down...I know nuttin about the subject so /me will stay ostrich-sized ;)
gokiburi
09-21-06, 01:34 PM
<-- you are hereby ostracized.
I didn't think you'd want the Zoom logo on it, so I sprayed some oven cleaner on it to get the logo off. I seem to have overdone it though, as it looked kinda mottled. So I rattle-canned it with some black BBQ paint I had kicking around. It looked great! Until I dropped it and the paint just skimmed off. So I painted it again with some rubberized truck bed liner paint I have. Now it looks amazing! You'll be the envy of all.
cam's shopping list for sunday: oven cleaner..check. black bbq paint...check. rubberized truck bed liner...check.
cavernmech
09-21-06, 01:46 PM
All I know about scotch is that I generally can't drink blends, and I REALLY shouldn't ride after drinking a bunch of it. :lol: Now we are entering the realm of three seasons worth of clothing for one day's riding. Gloves in the morning, chilly ride gear at lunch and 20 degrees for the ride home.
Keith: It is an eight speed rapid fire I'll be looking for. How nice are the XTR's?
EDIT**** damn those shifters are expensive...I'll check to see if I need this integrate nonsense..... hmm SS here I come?
If you want to go old school I can give you a Deore thumbshifter that should work well with the 8sp. Rapidfire wise I think an STX is the most affordable decent shifter in 8. XTR is great but overpriced IMHO. If you are goona shell out go for XT...still excellent quality but quite a bit cheaper.
somnambulant
09-21-06, 01:56 PM
cam's shopping list for sunday: oven cleaner..check. black bbq paint...check. rubberized truck bed liner...check.
rofl
mental note: don't invite cam to Arts & Crafts night. :)
Yeah, logos = bad. I'll grab it from you when you're on campus.
Okay, I'm usually there Tuesdays and Thursdays. Next week it looks like Monday over the lunch hour and from 3-5 on Wednesday.
TRaffic Jammer
09-21-06, 02:16 PM
If you want to go old school I can give you a Deore thumbshifter that should work well with the 8sp. Rapidfire wise I think an STX is the most affordable decent shifter in 8. XTR is great but overpriced IMHO. If you are goona shell out go for XT...still excellent quality but quite a bit cheaper.
I'm gonna look at my setup and see what can easily switched out. The XTR just looks stupid expensive... how about a ball chain with ring on it? Suicide shifter? :lol: As it is, it's the front D shifter that refuses to catch in the chillyness.
Additional shopping..... duct tape, large garbage bags, zip ties and latex gloves and season 4 of CSI on DVD.
somnambulant
09-21-06, 02:33 PM
10. New Bike Locker Location
The City of Toronto is pleased to announce a brand new location for the Bicycle
Locker Pilot Project. In partnership with the University of Toronto, the City has
installed lockers at 371 Bloor Street West (on the corner of Bloor and Spadina in
the parking lot behind the building). These lockers are now available for $10 (+GST)
a month for a minimum of 4 months. For more information, visit
http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/locker.htm
TRaffic Jammer
09-21-06, 02:56 PM
"There are 4 lockers located in the parking lot behind the building"
Bicycle lockers are available for $10 (+ GST) per month for a minimum of 4 months.
Payment must be made in person at the East York Civic Centre by debit card, cash, money order or certified cheque.
Shall we have a pool to see which location gets broken into first?.... I know I know, I'm a cynic.
I'm going to check out these locations in the near future, I wanna see these things.
darkmother
09-21-06, 03:31 PM
I'm gonna look at my setup and see what can easily switched out. The XTR just looks stupid expensive... how about a ball chain with ring on it? Suicide shifter? :lol: As it is, it's the front D shifter that refuses to catch in the chillyness.
I find all the RF+ shifters do that in the cold-mine do anyway. I think it is the factory lube they have in there gets really thick, and some prawl won't engage. Anyway, I've had some luck with blasting the internals with WD-40....it will degrease the mechanical guts, which may or may not be good long term, but if you are going to ditch the shifter anyway-nothin' to lose.
gokiburi
09-21-06, 03:45 PM
i can't see why they can't allocate a small area beside parking lot booths exclusively for bikes. you can fit a bunch of bikes into the footprint of a car. if you charge the same rate as the new bike lockers of $10/month, 10 bikes would be 100 bucks/month. the gov't could subsidize it so that it's compartively profitable. i'm sure subsidies would be cheaper than what they're doing now. damn, those guys are sitting in the booths doing nothing anyways. parking lots aren't always full and they'd have to be for another source of income. in japan, this is so rampantly commonplace. they've got old uniformed men patrolling around to check that bike parking has been paid for. bike parking is usually outside of train stations and they're jammed with bikes in the morning. for a country that's so rammed for space, they're still somehow able to set aside some for something as unreasonable as parking for bikes. damn..getting pissed thinking about it.
operator
09-21-06, 04:49 PM
Yeah, don't let common sense get in the way of politics. That'd be a ****ing disaster. I had some guy lambast me on facebook for daring to suggest that secure bike parking on campus would be a good idea. He retorted that this would "damage and increase the barriers to cycling"
What a bunch of ****tards.
Shiznaz
09-21-06, 05:00 PM
Hooray for internet connection at home!!!
jeremywhitehorn
09-21-06, 09:05 PM
found some clips (http://www.filminc.com/projects.asp) from a movie about bike messengers in NYC in the early 90s. worth watching just for the loud spandex tights. "what's that!??? i can't hear you over you're tights! they're very loud!"
operator
09-21-06, 09:15 PM
Oh god, that was awesome. Someone order that docu pronto.
jeremywhitehorn
09-21-06, 10:17 PM
okay i'm making another CD compilation for a party and i need the quinessential strip club song. i have "paradise city" downloaded thus far. suggestions?
oh yeah, i need a new chainring for my fixed gear my old one is worn and grinding [fixed gear content].
Ill Mitch
09-21-06, 10:55 PM
I'm going to rebuild the Elvish for my winter/rain bike.
I want to spend very little or no money, so I'm wondering if anybody has:
-700c front wheel
-700c rear wheel
-1" threaded fork with a steerer tube that's about 8" or longer
eh?
Keith, you have anything?
anyone?
operator
09-21-06, 11:26 PM
okay i'm making another CD compilation for a party and i need the quinessential strip club song. i have "paradise city" downloaded thus far. suggestions?
oh yeah, i need a new chainring for my fixed gear my old one is worn and grinding [fixed gear content].
What bcd? I'm about to have a surplus of 110bcd chainring, one 42 and one 42.
duppy.conqueror
09-22-06, 06:18 AM
yo floater
thanx for the shoe deal boss...they fit like a glove...thanx for all your help as well...
My...A--didas...
walk through concert doors
and roam all over coliseum floors
I stepped on stage, at Live Aid
All the people gave an applause that paid
And out of speakers I did speak
I wore my sneakers but I'm not a sneak
My Adidas cuts the sand of a foreign land
with mic in hand I cold took command
my Adidas and me both askin P
we make a good team my Adidas and me
we get around together, rhyme forever
and we won't be mad when worn in bad weather
--Run DMC -- if ya dont knowwwwwwww now u know!
ronin2046
09-22-06, 06:19 AM
okay i'm making another CD compilation for a party and i need the quinessential strip club song. i have "paradise city" downloaded thus far. suggestions?
oh yeah, i need a new chainring for my fixed gear my old one is worn and grinding [fixed gear content].
I have a nice Sugino 49t 144bcd chainring I can part with if you're interested. Sugino NJS... mmm... nice...
:)
duppy.conqueror
09-22-06, 06:31 AM
[QUOTE=jeremywhitehorn]okay i'm making another CD compilation for a party and i need the quinessential strip club song. i have "paradise city" downloaded thus far. suggestions?[\QUOTE]
I think sir mix-a-lot is definitely in order...
eyefloater
09-22-06, 06:36 AM
eh?
Keith, you have anything?
anyone?
I have a radial front if you can true it.
cavernmech
09-22-06, 06:45 AM
eh?
Keith, you have anything?
anyone?
I still have the fork that was on my cross bike last year....straight blade but will take a fender. I will check on the length. Front wheels I have virtually nothing left used. Rear wheels I have a cassette wheel that is in decent shape. I also have "The Wheel Shamil Stripped" its a flip-flop but the lockring thread is knackered...other than that it is o.k.....the freewheel threads are untouched.
somnambulant
09-22-06, 07:03 AM
I <3 coming within inches getting doored with no escape due to stopped traffic in the lane (in front of Harbord Bakery).
ps. hi James! :P
TRaffic Jammer
09-22-06, 07:08 AM
Doored ..mmmmmm the morning treat that just makes your day so ....
duppy.conqueror
09-22-06, 07:10 AM
I also have "The Wheel Shamil Stripped" its a flip-flop but the lockring thread is knackered...other than that it is o.k.....the freewheel threads are untouched.
/me hangs head in shame :o
duppy.conqueror
09-22-06, 07:10 AM
Doored ..mmmmmm the morning treat that just makes your day so ....
ouch...you ight?
somnambulant
09-22-06, 07:14 AM
yeah.. no contact just "excitement". I love looking back and seeing the person getting of their suv looking like they're TOTALLY unaware that they nearly seriously injured someone. I was too shocked to yell.. by the time I recovered from full subconcious-acts "save my ass" mode I was already 100' away.
ps. traffic jammer: no matter how many times I read your sig, it still puts a smile on my face. :P
TRaffic Jammer
09-22-06, 07:32 AM
Well if it makes you smile....my job is done here. Glad you merely got your cardio up on the way in.
I'm sooo happy to be back on my Time pedals, a little more muckin' to find the right cleat spot. Makes riding so much better, I swear the arches of my feet were starting to hurt in my runners.
okay i'm making another CD compilation for a party and i need the quinessential strip club song. i have "paradise city" downloaded thus far. suggestions?
oh yeah, i need a new chainring for my fixed gear my old one is worn and grinding [fixed gear content].
Hmmm.... that's a tough one...
Clarence Carter: Strokin'
Paula Cole: Feelin Love
And I have a 48 tooth 144 BCD Sugino 75 in 1/8"
darkmother
09-22-06, 08:23 AM
I <3 coming within inches getting doored with no escape due to stopped traffic in the lane (in front of Harbord Bakery).
They're restless today guys....careful. I almost leveled a bread delivery guy on Bloor this morning. He stepped out from between two trucks with a double arm load of bread stacked up past his head. It was really tight, had to do one of those courier style lane changes between two closely spaced cars. I think my shoulder brushed a loaf. Good times.
Ill Mitch
09-22-06, 08:40 AM
when people walk out in front of me on the road I yell "out of my way, jerkass!!!"
Ill Mitch
09-22-06, 08:42 AM
I still have the fork that was on my cross bike last year....straight blade but will take a fender. I will check on the length. Front wheels I have virtually nothing left used. Rear wheels I have a cassette wheel that is in decent shape. I also have "The Wheel Shamil Stripped" its a flip-flop but the lockring thread is knackered...other than that it is o.k.....the freewheel threads are untouched.
coool
how much would I be looking to spend on the fork and wheel?
Shiznaz
09-22-06, 08:45 AM
I generally take both hands off the handlebars, and begin to ululate loudly while holding my Khanjar aloft my head.
orguasch
09-22-06, 09:00 AM
good your still alive,
when people walk out in front of me on the road I yell "out of my way, jerkass!!!"
Shiznaz
09-22-06, 09:02 AM
My God! I was wondering why people were wearing jeans today... I was thinking "Hey its not Friday, whats the deal??" Then I stopped thinking about it. Then I started thinking how brutal coming in to work tomorrow will be. Then I saw more people in jeans, and started thinking again. So I checked the calendar on the computer and lo-and-behold --- FRIDAY!!!! I wish this happened every week. Its like I feel like I'm getting a free day off tomorrow. To be spent TRACK RACING!
I still haven't eaten breakfast yet though.
edit: Hey Oscar!!!! Whats up buddy? Last time I saw you I was in my work clothes on Front street outside of the hummingbird centre. You were walking your bike. We had a brief chat and it was the most brutally hot day of the summer. Good to see you online again
operator
09-22-06, 09:03 AM
http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/210620627.html
Traffic Jammer?
http://toronto.craigslist.org/stp/210168442.html
kthxbye
I generally take both hands off the handlebars, and begin to ululate loudly while holding my Khanjar aloft my head
If you wanted to get your ass beaten you could yell allah akhbar instead.
somnambulant
09-22-06, 09:03 AM
I almost leveled a bread delivery guy on Bloor this morning.
I wish the milk man would deliver my milk, in the morning.
I wish the milk man would deliver my milk, when I'm yawning.
^- Aphex Twin reference for Eyefloater
I generally take both hands off the handlebars, and begin to ululate loudly while holding my Khanjar aloft my head.
lol! You're a classy lassy, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
operator
09-22-06, 09:09 AM
dp
when people walk out in front of me on the road I yell "out of my way, jerkass!!!"
I was biking last night to a friend's house on Carleton, just east of Parliament and these joggers would not get out of my way (they were taking up the whole road) after I honked my airzound 3 times, and politely said excuse me! I think I should've run them over or something - I actually might've gotten a response. But in the end, I just sighed and biked past them.
TRaffic Jammer
09-22-06, 09:27 AM
[QUOTE=operator]Traffic Jammer?
http://toronto.craigslist.org/stp/210168442.html
kthxbye
ooooh operator qualifies for a beat down... :lol:
Shiznaz
09-22-06, 09:31 AM
If you wanted to get your ass beaten you could yell allah akhbar instead.
Yelling God is Great isn't really a reason to be beaten up by muslims or non muslims... I regularly say it to the guy I buy falafels from on bloor (he loves it) and I always greet/say goodbye to him as salumu alaykum/wa alaykum as salam. Muslim law forbids him to give me a full greeting in return (I'm an infidel after all) so he'll usually respond with various parts of the greeting. He will always rock the takbir back to me though.
gokiburi
09-22-06, 09:32 AM
this isn't really a close call.. was riding home east on king last night at dusk.. i passed a pretty dirty looking guy on a bike coming at me and zig-zagging like crazy. i yelled at him as he went by and at the same time, the dude lets out this deep gutteral moan that sounded exactly like dan akroyd in trading places (drunk santa scene, staggering down the hall away from eddie murphy)... had me laughing all the way home.
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