Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

How often do you adjust that though, after getting it where you like it? :D

i like the option. higher stem for long relaxed rides, lower for short fast spins.

How often do you adjust that though, after getting it where you like it? :D

The same could be said for threadless.

So, the woman plans on taking me to Paris Roubaix this year.

O.
M.
F.
G.

*teen girl glee*

You really don't know how jealous I am right now (and I'm not a jealous guy)!!!!!!!!!! Shiiiiet.

You are now responsible for requisitioning a copy of a "Sunday in Hell" DVD for us all to watch with cocoa.

Wow, Shapelike....that's flipping amazing, what a gift of a lifetime. Reciprocating is going to take some imagination. You've been hiding a romantic side?

Actually, we have that one in stock. BYOMarshmallows

Wow, Shapelike....that's flipping amazing, what a gift of a lifetime. Reciprocating is going to take some imagination. You've been hiding a romantic side?

My lucky streak continues in that next to C.T. is a very nice flower shop. Hopefully I can work out a discount program with them.

I'm more than a half-decade in already, so my chances of escape are basically nil at this point.

pfft.. light-weights.. ;)


You are now responsible for requisitioning a copy of a "Sunday in Hell" DVD for us all to watch with cocoa.

I agree

My lucky streak continues in that next to C.T. is a very nice flower shop. Hopefully I can work out a discount program with them.

Oh my friend.....I trust you are merely beginning to scratch the surface...:D :rolleyes:

I'm more than a half-decade in already, so my chances of escape are basically nil at this point.
to quote Johnny Cash...

I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down,down,down
and the flames went higher.
And it burns,burns,burns
the ring of fire
the ring of fire.

Damn he should check the clinic for the burning part ;)

Does anyone know where you can get a jersey framed?

Does anyone know where you can get a jersey framed?

A framer?? Sorry for the flippant answer but my framer at dupont and christie, southwest corner has done great work with archival documents/art/silkscreens etc. Not the cheapest but he'll make sure he uses museum grade archival materials if thats what you want.

Queen east, near Jones....Framer awesome.

I was actually just speaking with one of my good friends (not like you bunch of losers) who is a framer at a Loomis store, and he said "sure, it wouldn't be a problem.. but it'll be expensive!" So, there's that. :)

Framing a shirt they usually do some pretty decorative matting; usually at least 2 mattes and sometimes 3. This is so the shirt doesn't get pressed against the glass so much. They will often add a little label or a photograph in the corner too, but only if you ask. Why not try to buy a ready made frame with glass, and then cut your own matte? Otherwise its going to be pretty expensive.

The fact he's at Loomis makes it even more expensive...:lol:

The fact he's at Loomis makes it even more expensive...:lol:

hahaha.. indeed. He's been working there since the dawn of time. :P

Our main file server has been down for about an hour here. Yay for legitimate goofing off! If I can't access any of my stuff, I can hardly do any work, right?

hahaha.. indeed. He's been working there since the dawn of time. :P

Our main file server has been down for about an hour here. Yay for legitimate goofing off! If I can't access any of my stuff, I can hardly do any work, right?

Ahhh file servers, I actually just set up a RAID as a NAS, I'm just tweaking the network settings and trying to get the OS X box its connected too to recognize it at start up. Anyone with ideas on speeding up gigabit ethernet connections or automounting network shares would be fantastic.

automounting a network drive?
System prefs.....Under system..Account,...select user (you need to be an administering user at this point).
Login Items(Tab) , + (lower left) select drive ..click add. Check on to do on boot. If it's network volume you want mounted make sure you save the user/password in keychain or it'll ask user when it mounts.

Is everything gigabit? Full dup= ON

Thx Traffic, yeah everything is gigabit, its sweet.

Did someone say RAID?

:O let the geekdom begin!

Full duplexing is on? I'm not entirely sure about getting all the bits outta gigabit.

neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds!

Jumbo frames were key in increasing the network traffic speed. Its all good now, I have a nice 2TB disk drive, MUHAHAHA

I personally prefer skinny frames.

duuuude I have a 1TB external hangin' off my laptop. nice try...:lol:
Go big or go home....

operator in jumbo frames would look downright silly. Keep 'em skinny, man.

Thats not living frugally though TJ

:lol:... hey as long as work buys the gear I'm all for it.

Jumbo frames were key in increasing the network traffic speed. Its all good now, I have a nice 2TB disk drive, MUHAHAHA

Backing that up musn't take long

Backing that up musn't take long


Its a RAID unless I lost two drives I can just rebuild the array, hence why I built it. No more backups, though I know I should be keeping an off-site backup but yeah that probably isn't going to happen. A fire would be bad.

if you want to do it cheaply, Macau at queen and landsdowne is very nice. you can bring them your own matting and they'll cut it for you for about $5. i've done that with some of my photos (self portrait erotics).

if you want to do it cheaply, Macau at queen and landsdowne is very nice. you can bring them your own matting and they'll cut it for you for about $5. i've done that with some of my photos (self portrait erotics).

B&W makes anyone look sexy :eek:

http://toronto.craigslist.org/mis/257160396.html

Oh god, its a missed connection from Igor!

I just wandered past the living room and my gf was trashing talking three guys she'd just schooled at Uno on the 360.

Real topic:

It looks like we'll have 10 days in Europeland. I took at a the UCI Protour 2007 calendar and here's what's in our window:

BEL: Gent - Wevelgem ... April 11
FRA: Paris - Roubaix ... April 15
NED: Amstel Gold ... April 22



01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 15
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
15 22


It looks like doing the first two would work better w/ the schedule, but does anyone have any "OMFG you absolutely have to go to the Nederlands or your life is incomplete," comments that we should know about?

I loved the Netherlands when I was there, for more than the obvious reasons. Beautiful country, awesome food and drink from what I recall. Belgium was kind of drab, but it was March and I was hungover alot. Brussels has some cool things to see, but if I was to choose one over the other it would be the Netherlands for sure. So many beautiful sights, places to visit, awesome little coffee shops that sell great beer and the most wicked weed I've ever smoked. Coffee with some hash oil and brownies is always a treat as well.

Also the prostitutes.

Ok so about going to London... Tovi you said that when you called Forest City they had booking available on the 3rd right? I'm up for that day, provided my knee holds up. Anyone else? If you guys talked about it over the weekend, sorry I was out of town, I looked back through the last few pages and didn't see anything sorry if I just missed it.

I just wandered past the living room and my gf was trashing talking three guys she'd just schooled at Uno on the 360.

Real topic:

It looks like we'll have 10 days in Europeland. I took at a the UCI Protour 2007 calendar and here's what's in our window:

BEL: Gent - Wevelgem ... April 11
FRA: Paris - Roubaix ... April 15
NED: Amstel Gold ... April 22



01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
11 15
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
15 22


It looks like doing the first two would work better w/ the schedule, but does anyone have any "OMFG you absolutely have to go to the Nederlands or your life is incomplete," comments that we should know about?

OMFG you absolutely have to go to the Nederlands or your life is incomplete

P.S Buy space cakes

Also the prostitutes.


Hehe. I went there on a school rugby tour. We took a few of the 15 year olds to a live sex show. I swear some of them creamed their jeans watching the show.

Perhaps it was the pre show cake that made it seem so funny.

B&W makes anyone look sexy :eek:

who said anything about B&W? i want my downy white posterior to show in vivid technicolour.

I'm up for that day, provided my knee holds up.

Danger Will Smith Danger!!!

who said anything about B&W? i want my downy white posterior to show in vivid technicolour.

thanks for the visual.... please stop

thanks for the visual.... please stop

i can't stop the forces of art. it is what it is...

Sorry I didn't say bye Cam, I didn't realize you were heading up Jones, it was nice having company on the way home.

It looks like we'll have 10 days in Europeland. I took at a the UCI Protour 2007 calendar and here's what's in our window:

BEL: Gent - Wevelgem ... April 11
FRA: Paris - Roubaix ... April 15
NED: Amstel Gold ... April 22

My .02: 1)The Netherlands is a really cool place, and I had a super time there.
2)As far as spring classics, the two best ones to see are Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaandren) on April 8 this year, and Paris-Roubaix the next sunday. If you're going to see some races, those are the ones, bar none. Everything else is secondary in importance/prestige/drama/etc.

i can't stop the forces of art. it is what it is...

Is something art just because you hang it on the wall?

Andrew, sorry I should have yelled louder. It is kind of nice doing a commute with another cyclist for a change...

My .02: 1)The Netherlands is a really cool place, and I had a super time there.
2)As far as spring classics, the two best ones to see are Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaandren) on April 8 this year, and Paris-Roubaix the next sunday. If you're going to see some races, those are the ones, bar none. Everything else is secondary in importance/prestige/drama/etc.

Ya, Flanders would be "off the hook" as it were, but the Big Boss has work commitments that she can't get away from until the 9th at the earliest.

If you don't have any preference over the races, I'd say go for Belgium. I think the Belgians like their bike racing more than the Dutch, but correct me if I'm wrong. Having good fans around you might be more fun. And hell, there's nothing stopping you from visiting Amsterdam anyway, right? It's not like Belgium and the Netherlands are far from each other. Just spend 2-3 days in each country and you're good to go.

Personally, the #1 return visit for me would probably be Copenhagen, with Stockholm a very close second. I've never been to Netherlands/Belgium/France though, so those are also on the "next time" list. Not that this is related to your question at all. :)

If you don't have any preference over the races, I'd say go for Belgium. I think the Belgians like their bike racing more than the Dutch, but correct me if I'm wrong. Having good fans around you might be more fun. And hell, there's nothing stopping you from visiting Amsterdam anyway, right? It's not like Belgium and the Netherlands are far from each other. Just spend 2-3 days in each country and you're good to go.
For the bikes and racing Belgium is the better bet. For everything else the Netherlands rules. If you decide to stop in Amsterdam or Rotterdam let me know and I can hook you up with some of my friends there. Nothing like some locals to show you around and take you to the cool spots. The velodrome in Ghent is awesome and they always have old rental bikes for sale for cheap. There is also a track store around the corner from the Velo with all manner of track stuff. I found a bigger language gap in Belgium vs Netherlands also. Pretty much everyone speaks English in Holland.

Keith, I gotta say thanks again for your awesome attention to my ride, I swear it rides like a new machine.
I'm still spinnin' the 18, gettin' more and more used to it now.