Foo - I be downtown. Have class 1-4 though.

http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/331149410.html

Someone ought to inform him about the resale value of diamonds. :)

Are you suggesting that it's better or worse than bikes? (I have no idea.. I just buy em, I don't sell em :P)

I'll probably swing by around 4 or so just to drop in.. I got a bit of work done yesterday, so there's not much left to do until I get a wheel. Don't suppose you have a spare 130bcd/42 chainring lying around?

110bcd 42 yes. Uh there is a 42, 130bcd biopace chainring floating around if you want to try that

Finally a cause/crew I can get behind. Altho if I have to shell out for the beer and dumplings I will have to pass. I know how you lot eat and drink...put me in the poorhouse.

I have a few old blown up forks that still have studs on em. Between those and the studs I have on hand I can set you up.

Thanks for checking.. but that's what I was trying to replace :P I know sheldon brown says you can do fixed gear with biopace, but I'm a little bit skeptical.

FWIW, we've tried this at bikechian before. The variation in chain tension doesn't inspire confidence in the non-chain drop dept.

Bit of an odd one, but anyone know how big a ring you can put on the Truvativ Stylo SS crankset and still make good use of the chainring guard?

That's awesome... The studs are actually for a fork I gave Ryan (Dr.Benway) so he may ask you about them when he brings his IRO in later this week for some BB TLC...

It's not you...as a former Madisonian, I can assure you that the writing in local newspapers there is total excrement. Usually terrible and lazy, just for good measure.

You're a studs.

Man it's sticky out there. Enviro Can says "SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH". I don't doubt it with this warm humid weather and the cold front moving in for tomorrow. Gonna be quite a show methinks. :) My gf asked me this morning whether the rain kept me awake last night, to which I said "there was rain?" She's forgetting that I once slept through the smoke detector going off in our room (due to a fault somewhere else in the house).

Does anyone here have much hands-on experience with any heart rate monitors and/or higher end cycle-computers/etc?

Any 19t 1/8 cogs kicking around anywhere? Does cavern carry em? PM me

Only with the machine that goes "ping.." Man that was rain...even woke me up.

I'm not sure what qualifies as "high end" but I've got a flight deck on my road bike and a specialized speedzone elite on my mountain bike.

The flight deck is OK, the hood buttons are neat but more of a gimmick as I don't tend to switch menus while actually riding. Also the gear indicator is a nice feature. Overall though I wouldn't say it's worth the money (around 200 by the time you get set up) the cadence feature on this is actually a "virtual" cadence based on your speed and gearing. So technically if you were to coast down a big hill in first it would show you were running 300rpm cadence. Doesn't really matter anyhow as it doesn't track average cadence.

As much as I dislike Specialized flash and marketing, I have to say some of their stuff is pretty nice (like the sweet S-works M4 FS XC rig I'm tuning up at the moment) I also count that computer among their good stuff. It's been really reliable, the menus and functions are great and it cost half what the shimano did. It also has a real cadence feature (which I don't use 'cause I don't like the extra sensor/wire) and a backlight, both of which are not included on the shimano. Also- countdown timer for time or distance intervals and better lap timing if you're into that.

necessary features: heart rate monitor + computer interface (because I'm a stats nerd)

*blink*

I've got a friend with a powertap... and that is one cool toy. Costs a couple bucks though!

(the s-works is a 2000 model but it's still awesome- one of the few FS XC bikes I've actually liked)

You know you're a Montrealer when: everyone on the street - drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists - think
they're immortal, and that you'll move first. :lol:.. so true

Pedestrians in MTL scare the shizzle out of me. :P

Yeah.. I'm actually liking the high end Polar stuff because you can add the power bits later as an add on if you want. I don't see myself ever getting serious enough to really warrant something like that, but at least it's there if I want it. Plus I can easily just buy another speed sensor for the Polar and then use it on multiple bikes. I can't really do that with say a Powertap (at least, not for 26" vs. 700c wheels). Plus yeah, the initial cost of a Powertap system is going to preclude me.. :) Although they do turn up used occasionally.

hahaha had it's moments messing there...some white knucklers.

On Polar - I've been using a lower end polar HRM (F6.. no bike-related goodies involved) to keep an eye on my maxHR/avgHR/zones while out on training/group rides.. it does the job, but the amount of data collected for transfer is disappointing (i.e. only max, average, and time spent in one zone). Also - I would recommend avoiding anything that uses soniclink for data transfer.. it's a bit unreliable in windows (where it's intended to work), and I suffered quite a bit of annoyance trying to get it working in linux.

So broadway cycles has failed me.

over 3 weeks ago I ordered through them a rear avid short 4 brake and a kalloy uno OS riser stem. They said it would be a few days. I called them after a few days, and they say it came in. I come in the next day and they admit that they haven't even ordered it. They say they will order it that day and it should be in soon. I call a week later, they say both parts are on their way. I call today and they say that the stem is on backorder and that norco doesn't even have the brake. I gave them my phone number on 3 occasions and asked them to call me about any delays. I even paid in advance so I have to go and get a refund now.

The moral of the story is, does anyone know who stocks IRD stems in the city? I need 25-30 degrees of rise, 1 1/8" steer clamp, 31.8 OS bar clamp. I also need a replacement avid shorty brake (number doesn't matter, as I am reusing the hardware from my shorty 6)

sweet bike:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...thtj/bike1.jpg

cool bike alum pursuit...must be a pretty uncomfy ride tho ;)