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jeremywhitehorn
05-01-06, 10:56 AM
yeah, not just office time but "first day at new job" time. :)
and already cruising BF, nice!

somnambulant
05-01-06, 10:58 AM
darn tootin'! :P
jeremywhitehorn
05-01-06, 11:04 AM
darn tootin'! :P

so we're no longer near-neighbours?

cavernmech
05-01-06, 11:07 AM
I love my times and will never switch.
Kick to clean them, stupid simple mech, and they last forever.
Seconded. I love mine as well. The comment about Crank Bro's and loose spindle's is right on as well. I recommend spending the extra dough on the adjustable tension version if you are going ATAC. I love being able to crank em down and when they get older (mine are 3 years old) the bars do start to get some play. When they do you can just crank down the tension a bit and the play disappears. New cleats would almost certainly help yer unintended disengagement as well.
jeremywhitehorn
05-01-06, 11:12 AM
New cleats would almost certainly help yer unintended disengagement as well.

that's what i was thinking but i understand the general wisdom goes that older cleats make it more difficult to disengage, or is that just shimano?
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 11:46 AM
As it wears, it can't hold the bar as well. Ah the simplicity of Times.
somnambulant
05-01-06, 11:56 AM
so we're no longer near-neighbours?

nope. But I didn't move too far.. I'm at UofT now. Closer to Kensington for empenada lunches (and stalking eyefloater). :)
jeremywhitehorn
05-01-06, 11:56 AM
As it wears, it can't hold the bar as well. Ah the simplicity of Times.

i suppose that makes sense; for some reason i rememeber having a pair of times that i trouble disengaging from. the cleats i have on there now i got in the fall and i rode them through the winter. i guess they've given up the ghost.
operator
05-01-06, 12:14 PM
...

Which building are you working in Somnambulant?
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 12:19 PM
don;t tell him!!!!!!!!!:p
operator
05-01-06, 12:23 PM
Aw come on, I wasn't going to do anything.
Ill Mitch
05-01-06, 12:32 PM
i think i has a visit from the puncture-flat fairy last night. woke up to find my rear tire deflated this morning as i was already running behind. fixed it but it made me 40 minutes late for work. i had to ttip-toe in to my desk, boy.

I went on a 150km ride with some people up to the Oakville area to a town called Milton and back yesterday and we had two flats in the first 15km, the rest was smooth sailing. :)
jeremywhitehorn
05-01-06, 12:36 PM
Aw come on, I wasn't going to do anything.

no college hijinks? "everyone's going streaking!!!"
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 12:58 PM
bored Comp-sci student on the verge of summer vacation....you lie.... :lol:
eyefloater
05-01-06, 01:02 PM
Thanks for the comments on the ATACs - points taken.

So I put a movie on (random slasher horror) and promptly fell asleep for two hours. Sorry about bailing on lunch, but it appears I was a bit worn out. Time to get my used part scrounge/photo-takin' adventure on.

Edit: The only thing that bugs me about the Times is that they look like Klingon warships or something ... the design just kills me. Oh well, they'll be hidden under my feet, and what does it matter how they look when they work perfectly?
jeremywhitehorn
05-01-06, 01:14 PM
Edit: The only thing that bugs me about the Times is that they look like Klingon warships or something ... the design just kills me. Oh well, they'll be hidden under my feet, and what does it matter how they look when they work perfectly?

the design is a bit angular. perhaps that is time's attempt a saving a little weight? who knows? they work and as you say you can't see them when you're riding so who cares? same with a saddle i guess. comfort first, fancy graphics second.
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 01:35 PM
The angular lines are to create a strong platform out of the light materials used. trade off between strength vs. beauty.

It's the pimpiest ride he wants..... :lol:
somnambulant
05-01-06, 01:44 PM
Aw come on, I wasn't going to do anything.

I'm not concerned what YOU could possibly do, but I'm not going to advertise my bike's location in an open forum on the Internet. :)
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 01:52 PM
I don't know man, that Operator fella's kinda shifty... jk'n
jeremywhitehorn
05-01-06, 01:52 PM
I'm not concerned what YOU could possibly do, but I'm not going to advertise my bike's location in an open forum on the Internet. :)

i joke. that could be my bike.

forgive me, i'm sleep deprived. that was in bad taste.
STEEKER
05-01-06, 01:53 PM
:eek:
you mean the black one with the red bar tape, on the u of t campus?
operator
05-01-06, 02:35 PM
:eek:

L OL!

So I was like biking back from Finch station right. And I was like hey lets go up weldrick instead of crappy Yonge st. So there was these like two high school kids on the sidewalk making out. And I was like YO GET a r00m. So one of there lackeys on a fuji front suspension fairly nice bike goes, YOU get a r00m. I was like, NO Dude KTHX.

Then I was like lets settle this by RACING, he's like OK. At the next intersection he pulls onto the road and like, are we doing this or what. I don't answer him look down at this bigass dial on my handlebars and turn it to 4000W (p0wnz0r level) and go eat it, west side story *****!

As I was powering up my rear wheels starts burning off rubber and he disappears in an envelop of dust. 5 seconds later I was 2km in front of him and doing 50kph up a 10% grade.

kthx.

note some events were dramatized
somnambulant
05-01-06, 02:38 PM
was that an exerpt from Virtual Light by William Gibson? ;)
STEEKER
05-01-06, 02:38 PM
=operator]

.

note some events were dramatized[/QUOTE]:rolleyes:
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 02:59 PM
was that an exerpt from Virtual Light by William Gibson? ;)
YOU THERE!!!!! You should be smacked for making such a comparison. :p
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 03:01 PM
L OL!

So I was like biking back from Finch station right. And I was like hey lets go up weldrick instead of crappy Yonge st. So there was these like two high school kids on the sidewalk making out. And I was like YO GET a r00m. So one of there lackeys on a fuji front suspension fairly nice bike goes, YOU get a r00m. I was like, NO Dude KTHX.

Then I was like lets settle this by RACING, he's like OK. At the next intersection he pulls onto the road and like, are we doing this or what. I don't answer him look down at this bigass dial on my handlebars and turn it to 4000W (p0wnz0r level) and go eat it, west side story *****!

As I was powering up my rear wheels starts burning off rubber and he disappears in an envelop of dust. 5 seconds later I was 2km in front of him and doing 50kph up a 10% grade.

kthx.

note some events were dramatized


hee hee hahahahahahahaha :lol:
STEEKER
05-01-06, 03:01 PM
what is the bestway to keep the rear wheel on a singlespeed or fixie with vertical drop outs?
operator
05-01-06, 03:01 PM
Yeah, my writing is clearly better than his.
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 03:04 PM
what is the bestway to keep the rear wheel on a singlespeed or fixie with vertical drop outs?
A quick release, a bolt? I think i'm not understanding this properly...:o
Operator, you are a much better coder than Gibson EVER will be.
STEEKER
05-01-06, 03:06 PM
I have a bolt which locks on with an alen key but the thing losen up to easy
darkmother
05-01-06, 03:07 PM
I don't answer him look down at this bigass dial on my handlebars and turn it to 4000W (p0wnz0r level) and go eat it, west side story *****!

I want one of those, but only if it comes with a mock carbon fiber face.
somnambulant
05-01-06, 03:07 PM
YOU THERE!!!!! You should be smacked for making such a comparison.

bahahaha.. I loved the book too, but I couldn't help myself. :D I actually just re-read it last month.
jeremywhitehorn
05-01-06, 03:18 PM
what is the bestway to keep the rear wheel on a singlespeed or fixie with vertical drop outs?

if the dropouts are vertical, the axle can't slip forward so a QR should do. not really sure what you're asking tho...
STEEKER
05-01-06, 03:21 PM
I will put up a link to the picture that shows I hope what I am trying to ask the lock bolt just does'nt stay tight http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/2006_0330March31Pinarello060023.jpg
operator
05-01-06, 03:26 PM
Horizontal
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 03:28 PM
I have a bolt which locks on with an alen key but the thing losen up to easy
what about a quick release, otta do.
somnambulant
05-01-06, 03:31 PM
Horizontal

+1

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/singlespeed.html
(scroll down about half way to the grid of dropout pictures.. then read the rest :P)
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 03:31 PM
bahahaha.. I loved the book too, but I couldn't help myself. :D I actually just re-read it last month.
For shame.....:p
STEEKER
05-01-06, 03:32 PM
well with a quik release I would'nt have to worry about stripping anything unlike the bolt which strips, maybe I could drive my bike over to Carvern bike shop and ask them.
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 03:35 PM
How much play do you have on your chain?
Looked at the pic. I don't see why a QR wouldn't work.
STEEKER
05-01-06, 03:36 PM
not much right now it does not jump off the ring
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 03:39 PM
not much right now it does not jump off the ring
As it looks like you are only partially to the back of the drop out, I'd say a QR should do ya.
Crank it down though.
STEEKER
05-01-06, 03:53 PM
hard to type the write words and think on theses pain killers but the lock nut striped I got it off and put on a campi QR
eyefloater
05-01-06, 04:19 PM
****ing Ryerson admissions office w/ their busy phone line all day that closes half an hour earlier than what their site says! *throws a cop car*

Operator, best story evar.

Edit: So I went out for a ride, stupidly forgot to install a bottle cage on the Lemond and didn't drink a thing until I got back to downtown, proceeded to drink a litre of pop before making a b-line to the gf's bar, wolfed down 2 pints and made my way (thankfully downhill) home. The Sarthe gets a bottle cage tonight and I learned a phlegmy/headachey lesson.
operator
05-01-06, 04:23 PM
Check these out lol. Good for beaters? http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/156175584.html
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 04:27 PM
you were trying to call ? Silly boy..... that number is there simply for subterfuge.
eyefloater
05-01-06, 04:58 PM
you were trying to call ? Silly boy..... that number is there simply for subterfuge.

That's why tomorrow I'm showing up in person w/ a pistol grip pump and a squad a rabid lawyers (or just a determined look and a magazine with which to kill time while I wait).
TRaffic Jammer
05-01-06, 05:14 PM
bring a book.... might impress
cavit8
05-01-06, 05:18 PM
Steeker, with those vertical dropouts quick release should be fine for SS. If you fix it, you'll likely want to go to a solid axle and nuts. Why do are you using a safety skewer anyway? You never get more than ten feet from that bike!
eyefloater
05-01-06, 05:19 PM
... on the basis that I respect your opinion, I will follow your advice. But man oh man did I ever want to launch into a "financial institution, not a learning institution" rant about the post secondary school system. I'll save that for another time when people are actually in the mood for a vitriolic diatribe. ;)