Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Did I ever mention that the first time I met Keith, he gave me a pair of plastic clips? What a nice young man. And that was even before I knew that bikes and the internet could go together.

First time I met him he stuck me w/ a broken bottle. ****er.

First time I met him he stuck me w/ a broken bottle. ****er.

That was in my mellow phase...you coulda had this.

Cloudy and a low of +2. It's on!
http://devilstriprollers.com/images/goStraightFast_flyer_001a.jpg

No Mark? Who win the most tonight then? Last night Cam did the radar over by Gladstone and clocked 49.

I will be at the shop till 7 or so...if you want to drop em off here I will hand some out for ya.

Rad. I'll be there around 6:30.

Rad. I'll be there around 6:30.

You better not interrupt Keith's wheel building!

*Cracks Whip!

Hahaha, no sir. I'll be in and out like a ninja.

The List: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=peLGOgEgnFaRUkil_2b49TA&gid=0

Tomorrow I have to post the rest of the accessories/tools info. For now, bikes, frames, wheels, parts and tires are done. I might add a few more things if I find anything interesting. This is also your chance to make requests if you don't see anything like what you need (bottom brackets, 700c rims, etc. etc.).

This link should update automagically, so check back tomorrow for more stuff.

Edit: If anything looks ****ed up in that spreadsheet (things get a bit blurry after typing away for hours in Google Docs) let me know.

some dumb dick stole my blinky lights. effing jerks. (*^%&!!!!1

Like the bike that got scooped from the bike rack where i usually park. Some unfortunate locked their front wheel with a U lock and the rest of the bike with a krypto cable. Snip went the cable, click went the quick release, bye bye went the bike less front wheel. I guess all the passers by thought he was coming back for the front wheel later.

On one hand people should learn to lock their bicycles properly, but one the other I often wonder if cables should come with a big sign saying "moral support only"

well, i wouldn't really compare the theft of my lights to an entire bike. It was the pettiness of stealing a $4 and $9 light that actually bothered me. like, if you really wanted them that bad just buy your own. don't touch my bike! and my front light had a little toy attached to it that i got in Tokyo :(

i want knog frogs. (http://www.knogusa.com/en-us/dept_6.html) You has them? Good? Bad? Or should i get another standard blinky from mec?

i want knog frogs. (http://www.knogusa.com/en-us/dept_6.html) You has them? Good? Bad? Or should i get another standard blinky from mec?

I have a set of these - imho they are 4x more expensive than the turtle lights with not much benefit. They don't have the optics the turtles have so the beam isn't as focused. But the knogs come in red/white LED with red/white coloured body.Good for running lights, but no good to be actually seen unless you put them on blinking. The rubber molded body of the knogs stay on handlebars easier.

P.S Gears of war!111111

The batteries are replaceable in the Knog Frogs ... not sure about the MEC lights.

don't touch my bike! and my front light had a little toy attached to it that i got in Tokyo :(

a couple years ago i had a little toy frog a friend won for me at the ex tied to my saddle rails... one day i left work and someone had cut it off and put it in my bottle cage. at least i still have it, but i was like: wtf is someone doing molesting my poor froggie? at one of the spring bike shows brad and i parked in the underground parking lot and when we left his saddle protector/cover was missing, however i rode around a bit and found it several meters away. i also had one stolen after going into a store for literally 2 minutes, and a few bells have disappeared as well... no fun!

Yeah, I had an MEC white blinky turtle light stolen outside my band's rehearsal space a couple months ago. Those things cost what, $2? How much crack does that get you?

As for lights, I just picked up f/r PlanetBike lights. They're a little more expensive at ~$15 each. The front one is decent enough (5 LEDs) but the back one is awesome. It's a Planet Bike Superflash. It's got a really eyecatching blink pattern. Bought them both at MEC.

I like that the planet bike ones cause are removable so if your staying long just slide them out of the bracket witch is nice.

Look at me on the interweb during work hours!

Matt that is a great choice to be able to make! Nice.

Story time:

So some guy walks into the shop the other day and immediately asks where the hampsters are.

"Sorry, what?"
"The hampsters. It smells like hampsters in here. You guys don't keep hampsters here?"
"Err, no ... not that I'm aware of."
"Oh weird, 'cause it definitely smells like hampsters."

Tadah!

It's got a really eyecatching blink pattern.

i keep a light on my rear hub so when my wheel turns it does as well, it's pretty eyecatching(they missed that one). That sucks about your frog, Tam. When it happened i flashed back to the scene in Pulp Fiction when John Travolta is talking about the guy keying his malibu. "You just don't **** with another man's vehicle!"

I have a set of these - imho they are 4x more expensive than the turtle lights with not much benefit. They don't have the optics the turtles have so the beam isn't as focused. But the knogs come in red/white LED with red/white coloured body.Good for running lights, but no good to be actually seen unless you put them on blinking. The rubber molded body of the knogs stay on handlebars easier.

P.S Gears of war!111111

You can put the knogs pretty much anywhere. Cycle solutions has a bunch of the frogs for a good price in town.

"But honey, they're a REALLY good deal!"

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=BUY_PRODUCT_STANDARD&PRODUCT.ID=1873&CATEGORY.ID=267&MODE=&TFC=


;)

The batteries are replaceable in the Knog Frogs ... not sure about the MEC lights.

They are, but unless you go to active surplus, new batteries cost more than the light did. Replacement batteries seem to be a lot stronger than the originals though.

Speaking of good deals, i was in bikes on wheel yesterday and noticed that they have a couple racks of clothing on really deep discounts. i was tempted to pick up a waterproof/breathable addidas jacket but i just don't need more stuff. they also seem to have lots of sugoi and lots of womens' clothes in general. so if you're small and a woman or just small and effeminate then you could probably get something nice there...

They are, but unless you go to active surplus, new batteries cost more than the light did. Replacement batteries seem to be a lot stronger than the originals though.

True, that's why I switched to *searches for flaming torch image* ... wait, hold up:

http://www.fantastic-four.nl/ffroman1.gif

Why is the Human Torch getting all loves to love in that image?

Speaking of good deals, i was in bikes on wheel yesterday and noticed that they have a couple racks of clothing on really deep discounts.

ooo did you happen to notice if they had rain pants? of course they probably won't have my size... but i'm getting more and more disheartened with mec these days, so i should try there first.

They are, but unless you go to active surplus, new batteries cost more than the light did. Replacement batteries seem to be a lot stronger than the originals though.

Actually, at MEC now you can get the batteries for about a buck a pop - not bad. I use some of the Energizers from MEC to replace the batteries in my BLT Blinkies when they go out.

Matt that is a great choice to be able to make! Nice.

Thanks dude! Here's how she turned out in the end!

http://www.makergo.com/shutup/images/11_15_2007/markvpro04.jpg

MORE (http://makergo.com/shutup/?p=179)

Big thanks to Keith for getting that wheel together in such a short timespan after I embarrassingly bought a 36 rim to go with a 32 hub... which I guess I should get back from you at some point, maybe I'll grab a rim and try my hand at wheelbuilding with that hub/those spokes?

So some guy walks into the shop the other day and immediately asks where the hampsters are.

Tadah!

If you come in the back, you get a whiff of the wood from the renos from downstairs. That's probably what it was. Or maybe you just smell like a hamster. www.twohamstersandducttape.com

ooo did you happen to notice if they had rain pants? of course they probably won't have my size... but i'm getting more and more disheartened with mec these days, so i should try there first.

i didn't notice, but it's worth a look.

Thanks dude! Here's how she turned out in the end!

http://www.makergo.com/shutup/images/11_15_2007/markvpro04.jpg

MORE (http://makergo.com/shutup/?p=179)

Big thanks to Keith for getting that wheel together in such a short timespan after I embarrassingly bought a 36 rim to go with a 32 hub... which I guess I should get back from you at some point, maybe I'll grab a rim and try my hand at wheelbuilding with that hub/those spokes?

Yeah...the old knackered one is here anytime you want to pick it up. Sorry for not dragging the other one with me but you did only pay me for a one piece delivery. ;)
With the old one the spokes are already properly laced, so re-building with a new rim will be somewhat easier. Learning to build yer first wheel with a Deep-V is prolly a good choice. It would be pretty hard to do any real damage if you mess up a little. Having the spokes all pre-stressed will help as well.

I like that the planet bike ones cause are removable so if your staying long just slide them out of the bracket witch is nice.



Until someone steals your brackets :rolleyes:

Someone stole a couple blinkies from my bike, right outside the shop. Probably the same kids that like to blow my air horn every day as they walk past...

All I know is next time a ball gets kicked into my yard, I'm keepin it.

"oh no you're ball when into old man brad's yard man! if you try jumpin' the fence he'll eat you!"

"oh no you're ball when into old man brad's yard man! if you try jumpin' the fence he'll eat you!"

You're just lucky that Old man Brad isn't as stringent on grammar and contractions as he is on balls kicked into his yard! :p

Story time:

So some guy walks into the shop the other day and immediately asks where the hampsters are.

"Sorry, what?"
"The hampsters. It smells like hampsters in here. You guys don't keep hampsters here?"
"Err, no ... not that I'm aware of."
"Oh weird, 'cause it definitely smells like hampsters."

Tadah!

hahaha awesome entertainment.

Nice job with Lucy, Matt - she's gorgeous (can't freaking wait for my Rob Roy group buy).

+1 for the Superflash, awesome light for the dollar value IMO. I've had it stop working on me once in some serious rainstorm coming down the Niagara Escarpment, otherwise it's been faultless. I bought another soon after :)

I had my MTB taken from my backyard one Sunday afternoon last year, it was locked frame/rear wheel, but not TO anything. Anyway, they dragged it across the street I later found out, and took my saddle (not the seatpost though). I had a saddle bag on the bag with some basic tools/repair kit - get this, they took the tools and kit, all but the patch glue and LEFT the saddle bag on the floor with the bike. WTF?! There are some 'special' people in my old area... special like crackheads, that is.

I'm just super glad I bought an OnGuard lock the week before, as my supercycle piece of crap fell apart on a ride.

For the light I'm loving the double LED turtles, and they were selling extra batteries at the display at MEC. I got two red for the back and will getting some new white ones for the front.

Nice looking ride there Matt!

Catlike Whisper $160 "west end" - http://toronto.craigslist.ca/bik/479565432.html

well, i wouldn't really compare the theft of my lights to an entire bike. It was the pettiness of stealing a $4 and $9 light that actually bothered me. like, if you really wanted them that bad just buy your own. don't touch my bike! and my front light had a little toy attached to it that i got in Tokyo :(

i want knog frogs. (http://www.knogusa.com/en-us/dept_6.html) You has them? Good? Bad? Or should i get another standard blinky from mec?

I know what you mean, I was at the TCU meeting the other night at that place the top of John, came out, was dark, light no workie, complain to wife about how I bought it a month ago and it's burned out (one of those lil red LED models that strap to the side of seatpost with rubber band ya know) I get home, take it off...some nimrod stole the battery while we were in the meeting....

Stole the battery?! Jeez, the effort some people will go through just to be an ass.

they stole the battery but not the light? a conscientious thief? Right now he's at home with his ill-gotten battery, writhing his hands repeating "take what you need, but need what you! mwahahahaha!"

...no?


anyways, i ended up getting one of these (http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442621591&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302692895&bmUID=1195150660929) for the front and one of these (http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442619910&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302692895&bmUID=1195150832958) for the back. I didn't know they made a "turbo" turtle.

then i ate an entire gandhi roti in one sit. so bad but so good.

Someone popped the hood to my Honda in the summer and stole my alternator cap. Even if things are locked up, you have to be vigilant in this city. Sucks kinda.

Someone took apart the solar path lights in my neighbors' yard and stole the bulbs the other evening.

then i ate an entire gandhi roti in one sit. so bad but so good.

so good, but you loose the ability to function as a normal human being

ghandi's = done for the day

a lot of clients at my work are "crack heads", so i hear the other side of the story, but it's still hard for me to reconcile the two perspectives. for example, there's one homeless guy who got run over as a kid so he has a brain injury etc etc, but he kept trying to bring his "friend's" bikes around here... the last one we saw had a kid's seat on it, which really upset me and the other staff. he's been locked up in the don for a few months now.

so good, but you loose the ability to function as a normal human being

ghandi's = done for the day

I've been back to work after a ghandi roti... possible, but expect productivity to go the way of the turd ;)

Island Foods is good times too...


ps: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm lol? :eek:

Tonight: Cloudy. 60 percent chance of rain showers or wet flurries changing to wet flurries near midnight. Wind northwest 30 km/h becoming light this evening. Low zero.

Friday: Cloudy with sunny periods. 60 percent chance of wet flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h. High plus 4.

:/

ps: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm lol? :eek:

Poor lonely fella. :) Seriously though, as high-larious as the situation is, I figure what someone does to an inanimate object in privacy is their own business. I mean, me and my inflatable sheep have had a lot of good times together. ;)

Speaking of eff'ed up situations... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7096814.stm

The batteries on the Frog Knogs are the same as the MEC Turtles (CR2032, replaceable). Ebay them for $1 each, NIB energizers. The Lifu batts that come with the knog/turtles are garbage. But they will last for a bit before dying.

Speaking of eff'ed up situations... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7096814.stm

The New York Times had a similar piece recently regarding a 15 year old boy raped by 3 men in Dubai and the government there is considering locking up the kid because he is now gay: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/world/middleeast/01dubai.html?_r=1&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/S/Sex%20Crimes&oref=slogin

These are depressing stories and I think to myself "Thank god I live in Canada" but then there are stupid things that happen here too, like that confused and non-English speaking man who is tased and dies in Vancouver airport:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7095875.stm

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourview/2007/10/man_dies_after_taser_shock_by.html

I feel that if there hadn't been someone nearby taping the encounter, this story would have gone-by unnoticed. Sucks.

Yeah being a sex offender and humping a piece of steel are two different things. For shame britain, for shame... I mean give me booze (just like this dude) and an oversize seat tube...

And those tasers... they're being used in a preemptive fashion, before signs of real danger. Just like Irak. Very sad.

And I quote, "She needs a lot of stiffness and a lot of strength in the hoop."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2007/probikes/?id=katie_compton_spike_shooter07

then i ate an entire gandhi roti in one sit. so bad but so good.

You disappoint me.