Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Very sweet. You're faster already

ehh? if you have a chain tool, why bother with a magic link thingy? i always removed links with a chain tool, and put chains back together with a chain tool. no magic link thingy here.

but it'll work either way.

edit: jet, you are effing tall.

Eh Boro, looks who's back!

I hope the city gets some street cleaners out soon to suck up all the winter grime.

It's friggen messy out there with the rain.

Yeah, I liked it a lot as a SS but I got a cheap deal on the black 105 9-speed shifters, so it is back to gears. It is really nice so far. I guess I should get some black cranks but meh, it works great right now. I am getting it dialled in right now, so there is no handlebar tape yet, just in case I want to move the brifters around a bit.

I have a quick question actually, for the mechanics: I think the chain is too long as I am jumping a couple of gears, can I use the magic link thingy that came with the chain (Ultegra 9-speed) to open the chain and then knock a couple of links off? Or is best to just use the chain-tool anywhere on the chain and use a new magic link thingy? Thanks for any help.

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Shimano chains use a specific pin type link. If you got a master link it is prolly not Shimano. Do NOT break Shimano chains the regular way. when you break one you have to knock the link pin all the way out and replace it with the appropriate pin. There are master type links that will work. If it is skipping more likely it is a sticky link than the chain being too long.
upon closer inspection of the pic...yer chain looks to be too long. With the chain on the big ring and smallest cog a vertical line should pass thru the 2 jockey wheel bolts.

Eh Boro, looks who's back!

i'm always here, i'm just quiet :D

damnit! I left work and my right pedal/crankarm/cleat/something felt a little weird and wobbly. It got worse really quickly and so I pulled in to check it out. I've been hearing a squeaking noise occasionally for the past few weeks and so I thought maybe my bottom bracket bit the dust or a crankarm had loosened or something.. turns out my pedal had unthreaded about 75% of the way. I next to La Carerra so I popped in to use a wrench and I couldn't get the pedal to thread in straight! Do you think I fawked the threads in the crankarm in that short distance? The ones on the pedal looked fine. grrr! Of course, I was so annoying I just torqued it in there anyway which probably will result in me toasting the threads on my eggbeaters as well, but I was *not* walking/ttc'ing it home.
The pedal will be fine. The Alu crank arm on the other hand will prolly be stripped or cross threaded. I may have a used one for replacement.

Shimano chains use a specific pin type link. If you got a master link it is prolly not Shimano. Do NOT break Shimano chains the regular way. when you break one you have to knock the link pin all the way out and replace it with the appropriate pin. There are master type links that will work. If it is skipping more likely it is a sticky link than the chain being too long.
upon closer inspection of the pic...yer chain looks to be too long. With the chain on the big ring and smallest cog a vertical line should pass thru the 2 jockey wheel bolts.

Thanks for the input; yes, that is how I figured out that the chain is too long by seeing it in the photo. I have a couple of master links somewhere in my apartment, I will get it fixed up tomorrow, too gnackered to be bothered now and the bike is still pretty wet. Thanks again.

Masterlink ftw. The shimano chains with the replacement pin idea is just moronic.

Hey K I'll be yer agent, arrange everything for you for 60% + expenses

line up, line up, awesome online diagnostics available, $50.00 per .jpg 100kb limit please, right this way sir, thank you sir, you're too kind!

So that party was good? Keith showed up eventually? I went homebody, but I figure to go on that poker ride for fun Saturday, in foghat mode, slow ride take it easy

anyone ever play that battlefield 2? damn! I think I'm going too then to bed. Where was this game when I was 9!?

Hrm, I've tried to put together a chain with the tool but I always have a hard time with getting the pin into the links perfectly.


Hmm that whole pin thing is kind of news to me. Normally I just push it through the chain tool adjust & push it back in, wiggle & twist to get the stiffness out. Guess I’ve been a bit lucky with it not breaking on me.
A black crank would look wicked on there, but looks great none the less what works. Works.

Cavit8: nice wheels
Somnambulant: hope you don’t have to replace those light weight RPM beauties. Ha Ha

Most chain pins are peened so if you use a chain tool you shear the peening off (:D ) and the pin won't reseat properly. I tend to use the magic link thingy and just drop links as needed. Brief blurb on peening and shearing here
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=25

Oh, and I'm feeling happy if a little poorer.

http://cavit8.clawz.com/Xero_XSR.JPG

nice lightweights. i trust you will be removing the spoke protector post haste...

http://www.evildeadthemusical.com/toronto/index.htm

nice lightweights. i trust you will be removing the spoke protector post haste...

Werds


anyone ever play that battlefield 2? damn! I think I'm going too then to bed. Where was this game when I was 9!?

Shiznaz does, we should get a bikeforums BF2 team going :)

just thought I'd share my inspiration for good day's ride:

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/articles/scottlarkin1.htm

@cavit8: h0tt wheels!

Man what a beautiful night. I'm gettin' pretty stoked with this hoody/tshirt only business. Work has been so nuts it's been nice to get a sunny warm ride home. Had to run some foodie errands in the market as well so got to fart around a lil' and take my time getting home.

I've just transfered some pics from last night to my machine. I'll post a link later - if my sorry old ass doesn't fall asleep early again.

Somnambulant: hope you don’t have to replace those light weight RPM beauties. Ha Ha

hah.. indeed. My heart bleeds.. :P Then again, this bike has turned into The Beater, so it's not like I plan on replacing the crankset with anything nicer. Oh well, Lemond to work tomorrow.


So that party was good? Keith showed up eventually? I went homebody, but I figure to go on that poker ride for fun Saturday, in foghat mode, slow ride take it easy

anyone ever play that battlefield 2? damn! I think I'm going too then to bed. Where was this game when I was 9!?

best post evar. foghat reference, incoherent rambling and video game addiction. what more could we ask for?


http://www.evildeadthemusical.com/toronto/index.htm

Awesome! I saw that a couple years ago and it was Good Times. I'd definitely be into going again.

nice lightweights. i trust you will be removing the spoke protector post haste...

No, I'll need it to anchor the tinfoil for my home-made aero wheel! After I venture to the 'shwa to pick them up.

Pinarello needed a new set of shoes

best post evar. foghat reference, incoherent rambling and video game addiction. what more could we ask for?


Not much, some booze references would have been good. I'll work on a followup; now that God of War II has been released, my summer is pretty much shot.

Not much, some booze references would have been good. I'll work on a followup; now that God of War II has been released, my summer is pretty much shot.

how is that game? looks interesting...and my son has a ps2...uh oh...

I thought immediately this would be a quest type PC game not .Hell I have a PS2

I have version 1 if you want to try it out. Not a good kids game, though.

http://www.us.playstation.com/Content/OGS/SCUS-97399/Site/main.asp

I thought immediately this would be a quest type PC game not .Hell I have a PS2

ya a buddy of mine gave me SSX2 snowboarding and I havent stopped its addictive...:D

I have version 1 if you want to try it out. Not a good kids game, though.

http://www.us.playstation.com/Content/OGS/SCUS-97399/Site/main.asp

ya man im down!

anyone ever play that battlefield 2? damn! I think I'm going too then to bed. Where was this game when I was 9!?

Haven't played myself.

I've been hibernating these days getting my butt kicked playing Call of Duty 2.

I think we should start a BF Clan and combat these punk-ass kids...

ya man im down!

I'll try to drop it off at Cavern tomorrow. And, seriously, it's a pretty gory game, so you'll definitely want to screen it before giving your kid nightmares after you jam a Sword of Chaos down a Minotaur's throat and give him a tonsilectomy.

I'll try to drop it off at Cavern tomorrow. And, seriously, it's a pretty gory game, so you'll definitely want to screen it before giving your kid nightmares after you jam a Sword of Chaos down a Minotaur's throat and give him a tonsilectomy.

hahahahahaha well marlon is already playin warhammer and all of that...hes cool no nightmares or spats of evil berserker killing sprees....yet...:D

thanx man cant wait to try this game...

edit: those wheels look dope!

Quake3 FTW. I still play CTF on public servers and lay out an ass-whooping, fun fun fun.

I'm getting pretty good at flying the jets and helicopters in battlefield 2 but some of the people online are totally ridiculous.

Dod 1.3 imho still owns all the ww2 shooters out there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_Defeat

Daughters and I are rippin up Downhill Domination, and Tony Hawk Underground.
Not many shooters here at the house anymore.

DOD sucks ass

I still like ghost recon...that was my alltime fav online shooter...BF2 is still dope tho...I just dont have a good comp anymore to run it...no mobo for an athlon xp 3000 barton core = no comp :(

Keith showed up eventually?
See post #21604 for my tale of woe.

See post #21604 for my tale of woe.

yo Kool Keith...what u sayin?

Hey Wes, If you are running RPM's I have a brand new set I can let you have for minimal dough.

yo Kool Keith...what u sayin?
After a night of leisure and a big a$$ helping of magical stew I am feeling much better. Feeling distinctly unsafe tho. :D

Alert. Stolen Fetish Position track bike. Black F & F. Dura-Ace crankset. Thomson post. Miche hubbed wheelset with alternating silver and black spokes. Yellow Flite saddle. Stolen in the Queen/ Dovercourt area. If anyone spots it let me know at the shop ASAP.

After a night of leisure and a big a$$ helping of magical stew I am feeling much better. Feeling distinctly unsafe tho. :D

damn homey that makes two of us...there is something unsafe out there we'll have to get to the bottom of it...for safetys sake...bottoms up errrrrrrrr i mean cheers...errrrrrrr well you know what i mean!:rolleyes:

ugh.. farking thieves.

ps. Keith: I'll be by the shop tonight after work.
pps. looking forward to playing God of War II.. I only rented the first one and didn't manage to make it all the way through, but it was a blast.
ppps. Call of Duty 2/3 online are amazing... as is Gears of War. No more pc gaming for me!

Alert. Stolen Fetish Position track bike. Black F & F. Dura-Ace crankset. Thomson post. Miche hubbed wheelset with alternating silver and black spokes. Yellow Flite saddle. Stolen in the Queen/ Dovercourt area. If anyone spots it let me know at the shop ASAP.

damn man will keep my eyes open...

to the punk a$$ bike thief: May the fleas of a thousand camels lodge in your armpit.:mad:

I got punched by a taxi driver on the way to work!

I gave him the old 'you just brutally cut me off for no reason' hood slap right outside of my work after he pulled a dangerous U turn that I wildly signalled him not to do, and the guy hopped out of the cab like greased lightning and came toe to toe with me "WHY YOU HIT MY CAR?!? WHY YOU HIT MY CAR!?" "You cut me off buddy I nearly went over your hood!" then he pushed me, I threatened to call the police, then he said that I should call the police and punched me in the shoulder! My shoulder hurts a little now! It was a sissy punch but whatever. A nearby cabbie managed to pacify the guy enough that he didn't do anything he would later regret (we were directly in front of the 2 CCTV cameras on the side of my work building), so I didn't bother collecting his cab number or license plate.

Crazy though! Silly angry people!

May the fleas of a thousand camels lodge in your armpit.:mad:
whats up Maxwell Q?

whats up Maxwell Q?

thats Klinger to you!! :D

I got punched by a taxi driver on the way to work!

I gave him the old 'you just brutally cut me off for no reason' hood slap right outside of my work after he pulled a dangerous U turn that I wildly signalled him not to do, and the guy hopped out of the cab like greased lightning and came toe to toe with me "WHY YOU HIT MY CAR?!? WHY YOU HIT MY CAR!?" "You cut me off buddy I nearly went over your hood!" then he pushed me, I threatened to call the police, then he said that I should call the police and punched me in the shoulder! My shoulder hurts a little now! It was a sissy punch but whatever. A nearby cabbie managed to pacify the guy enough that he didn't do anything he would later regret (we were directly in front of the 2 CCTV cameras on the side of my work building), so I didn't bother collecting his cab number or license plate.

Crazy though! Silly angry people!

Damn man....that is wack...hope your 'ight...lotta bad drivers out there today...take it ez...*** you shoulda taken his plates and all and called the po po on his a$$ what a punk!!

I got punched by a taxi driver on the way to work!

I gave him the old 'you just brutally cut me off for no reason' hood slap right outside of my work after he pulled a dangerous U turn that I wildly signalled him not to do, and the guy hopped out of the cab like greased lightning and came toe to toe with me "WHY YOU HIT MY CAR?!? WHY YOU HIT MY CAR!?" "You cut me off buddy I nearly went over your hood!" then he pushed me, I threatened to call the police, then he said that I should call the police and punched me in the shoulder! My shoulder hurts a little now! It was a sissy punch but whatever. A nearby cabbie managed to pacify the guy enough that he didn't do anything he would later regret (we were directly in front of the 2 CCTV cameras on the side of my work building), so I didn't bother collecting his cab number or license plate.

Crazy though! Silly angry people!
Bottom line. You hit his car with your hand with no damage...that is not a crime. He hits your person with his fist....that is assault. Don't let these clowns get away with that crap dude.
Royal Taxi? Those guys are the worst.

Bottom line. You hit his car with your hand with no damage...that is not a crime. He hits your person with his fist....that is assault. Don't let these clowns get away with that crap dude.
Royal Taxi? Those guys are the worst.

Do you need damage for property crimes? I can't be bothered to look it up but it seems like you could make an argument that even without damage it was still a 'crime' to hit the car. A threat of violence is still assault.

But, I'm pretty sure that the police would care more about physical assault then property 'damage' when there is no damage.

Do you need damage for property crimes? I can't be bothered to look it up but it seems like you could make an argument that even without damage it was still a 'crime' to hit the car. A threat of violence is still assault.

But, I'm pretty sure that the police would care more about physical assault then property 'damage' when there is no damage.
I'm not a lawyer....although I play one on T.V.:D
Seriously though....I can't see how you can be charged with property damage if there is none. Mischief? Maybe. Is a defensive fender tap a threat of violence or a warning like a horn honk?

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His posturing? Nice.

Alert. Stolen Fetish Position track bike. Black F & F. Dura-Ace crankset. Thomson post. Miche hubbed wheelset with alternating silver and black spokes. Yellow Flite saddle. Stolen in the Queen/ Dovercourt area. If anyone spots it let me know at the shop ASAP.

Isn't that Dave Byer's brothers bike?