Originally Posted by
shapelike
Things holding up the Rob Roy build:
- seal for the headset (lost in the shuffle when C.T. closed and my frame got moved)
- two barrel adjusters (for front/rear brakes)
- chain whip (to de-cassette the rear wheel - current chain is already gone so no reverse rota-fixing)
- cold ... I have no idea to suffer through public transit in this **** today, though by tomorrow I'll break down (and it'll be even colder)
I've got a chainwhip you can borrow, but I'm not mobile until late tomorrow night - you can come pick it up though, I'm around Queen/Ronces and should be home most of the day. PM me. edit: I'll be up for a couple hours tonight still too, if you want it tonight.
I took a bus briefly on Friday afternoon (pinch flatted at Keele/Finch, replaced the tube and took the bus as a time-saver...hah) - I had to get off at Lawrence because I was going crazy already. Filled my tube at the gas station there and went merrily on my way home again riding. It crept into my mind that this is the same 41 Keele bus route that recently had that shooting on, AND I pass through Keele/Eglinton W which also seems to be a hive of gang/shooting type activity of late... Yay!
I used to enjoy the TTC, never having driven regularly in Toronto (VERY rarely, in fact) - but now I'm used to my own space and my own direction/will I can't stand it. That and traffic drives me absolutely insane when I know I could be going past it all, but I'm stuck on a metal tomb. That being said, it's mainly other people on the TTC that ruin it for me - people are so damn rude and inconsiderate, bah!
aMull, don't feel bad - though I didn't get a ticket, I got a stern warning from GO Transit the other day when I just plain forgot to buy a ticket (usually I have a multiride pass, so I just stamp it and get on). $110 ticket luckily avoided, helped by my sweet talking I hope