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06-04-08, 10:57 AM
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ALERT!! Stolen beloved saddle.
My Chopped Black Brooks B17 on a silver SR post got ripped off this morning at Robarts.
Ironically my cable got stolen a week earlier which I used to run through the saddle, rear wheel and into my ulock.
Please keep an eye out for it.
Thanks,
My Chopped Black Brooks B17 on a silver SR post got ripped off this morning at Robarts.
Ironically my cable got stolen a week earlier which I used to run through the saddle, rear wheel and into my ulock.
Please keep an eye out for it.
Thanks,
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06-04-08, 11:17 AM
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Aieee, rough break - was that the same one I saw last year you cut down yourself? I tend to notice Brooks saddles as routine, I'll definitely keep an eye out for it.
DSR tonight? I might swing by the CMWC art show opening.. dunno yet.
DSR tonight? I might swing by the CMWC art show opening.. dunno yet.
06-04-08, 12:40 PM
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That is the one. Thanks to Nadir at La Carrera for lending me a post and saddle so I can get through the day in moderate comfort!
06-04-08, 01:42 PM
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Newsflash: Vancouver is cold and grey. Despite that I'm still bopping around on my bike today. Totally wired on caffeine right now. Planning the rest of my day at a cafe. Oddly enough I walk into here and totally freak out Philip (formerly of Manic) who's been living here for the past 3 months.
Meeting the Kaiser Bros at the Burnaby velodrome at 5:00. Whoop.
Meeting the Kaiser Bros at the Burnaby velodrome at 5:00. Whoop.
06-04-08, 01:44 PM
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Pics! pics!
Have fun out there
As a slightly related aside - do you need a passport to fly within Canada? I'm in the process of getting Canadian citizenship, but still have my EU passport for 'proper' ID.
Have fun out there
As a slightly related aside - do you need a passport to fly within Canada? I'm in the process of getting Canadian citizenship, but still have my EU passport for 'proper' ID.
06-04-08, 04:52 PM
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does anyone have a 1-1/8" threadless stem sitting around that they arent using?
just need something to use temporarily
just need something to use temporarily
06-04-08, 04:56 PM
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06-04-08, 05:00 PM
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06-04-08, 05:13 PM
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I've never need a passport to fly within Canada. Photo ID, but not a passport.
06-04-08, 06:04 PM
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On the other hand bike pirates is accountable to nobody, financially anyways. Wheelset pics are coming.
06-04-08, 06:14 PM
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06-04-08, 06:14 PM
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06-04-08, 06:24 PM
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06-04-08, 06:26 PM
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06-04-08, 06:29 PM
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06-04-08, 06:32 PM
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06-04-08, 06:45 PM
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06-04-08, 07:21 PM
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Anybody else annoyed at the fact that there are no online bike shops based out of Canada? (That I can find.) All the wheelsets on ebay are priced ok, but it's $65 S&H plus Canadian customs tax! It's ridiculous.
I decided deep vs weren't worth the $$$ so Mavic CXP22s were my next best bet. Anybody in toronto sell a wheelset with those, or equivalent?
I decided deep vs weren't worth the $$$ so Mavic CXP22s were my next best bet. Anybody in toronto sell a wheelset with those, or equivalent?
06-04-08, 07:26 PM
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06-04-08, 07:55 PM
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In memory of sweet brooks choppy.... Honestly keep an eye out for it.
06-04-08, 08:13 PM
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Anybody else annoyed at the fact that there are no online bike shops based out of Canada? (That I can find.) All the wheelsets on ebay are priced ok, but it's $65 S&H plus Canadian customs tax! It's ridiculous.
I decided deep vs weren't worth the $$$ so Mavic CXP22s were my next best bet. Anybody in toronto sell a wheelset with those, or equivalent?
I decided deep vs weren't worth the $$$ so Mavic CXP22s were my next best bet. Anybody in toronto sell a wheelset with those, or equivalent?
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06-04-08, 09:09 PM
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so I was heading down to OP to see if I could make the tail end of DSR, and passed a bunch of guys outside the Nestle plant on Sterling & Dundas that looked like they just left from the ride - didn't stop though. Alas, it wasn't meant to be - there was no one at Ontario Place, so I headed up Bathurst, where some d-bag on a Kona JTS got it into his mind that I wanted to race him. He then proceeded to blow though every light between King and College. Good going buddy!
06-04-08, 09:13 PM
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In the meantime for all of those of you that still have your precious saddles - I've been gluing ballbearings into the hex heads of my seatpost collars for a while and haven't had a seat stolen since... You can gouge them out when you need to adjust but it just provides a little "awwwwwww **** it" type deterrent for a potential thief.
06-04-08, 09:42 PM
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Ok, just read Matt's blog - is there a new place for the sprints yet, or still with the group rides?