No smokes. Ravenshoe. Ridge trail. Cant wait to do some cross races with you...yer gonna tear it up.

Hah, if by "tear it up" you mean puke on spectators and black out then ya, I'll be stellar.

Could be.. were you on the North or South side of the bridge? Or did you just cross over the road and head straight back in on the other side (since you said you followed the river, this is what I'm assuming). If that's the case you were likely on Catalyst.

oh yeah. I was thinking the bridge at the OTHER end!

*shrugs*

I don't buy MEC tubes anymore. I buy Kendas from Keith. I do this for two reasons:

1) Keith is a pal and I'd rather buy from him
2) I had a string of defective tubes from MEC and I got annoyed with valve stems ripping from the tube, or snapping in half part way down the stem (yes the metal) or the twisty locky valve locking thingy bending/breaking too easily. It was seriously like 5 in a row.

Oh I think I heard about this paint job. It's the one that was white, then Ernesto himself vomited on it, then they clearcoated it. Seriously though that paint job doesn't do that frame justice. Don't get me wrong I love Colnago's crazy paintjobs in general. I just think this one falls short a bit, looks splotchy and kind of takes away from the nice lines of the frame.

i like the previous year's paint with respect to the paddy wagon - i believe it was blue. kona seems to put out some nice bikes. i even like the 10 year old mountain bikes i see rolling around.

"I just want to get on my bike and accentuate the awesomeness. then i want to go do something else."

-dan

+1.. especially the valve thingy bending.. ugh.

Never had a problem with MEC tubes, I’m now getting used to 6.00 Bontrager tubes!

Does anyone know of any decent/affordable accommodations in the downtown core? Or does anyone have a couch they can offer up for a weekend to a good friend of mine who's severely allergic to cats?

What weekend?

Possibly this coming weekend or maybe one of the 2 after that.

Looks like we have people here the weekend of the 21st and 28th, and I think I'm away this weekend. So it would seem I'm useless in this regard.

Are you looking for short term accomodations? What constitutes "downtown core". I may have a couple of leads.

https://gizmodo.com/gadgets/yikes/bre...ist-276740.php

That. Is. Awesome.

The thought of putting that over my head in this heat makes me feel dizzy.

Yeah, just looking for a couple nights. I don't know what the downtown core constitutes. As long as it's within say a 20 minute drive of my place I'm sure it'd be ok. PM if you have anything for me.

ps. anyone interested in watching some tour coverage at my place this weekend when they hit the Alps? Sunday's stage might be more interesting, but things start to get mountainous on Saturday.

hey guys, i'm new to the forums and I've been pining for a fixed gear for quite a while but never actually went for it. So a couple weeks ago some crooked **** stole the rear wheel of my Kona cinder cone which i had been using to commute and i figure considering the cost of replacing the rear wheel is pretty high and it really isn't the ideal bike for commuting this is a good time to get a fixed gear. So i've looked around and have scrounged together a budget of about 600 tops but the only bike that fits in the price range is a fuji track at bikes on wheels. i rode it and liked it but i have trouble buying a bike for full price after getting such a good deal on my kona. Anyway, i was wondering what your opinions are. Is the fuji a good ride for 570$(taxes in) or is there something better that im overlooking? or even better maybe someone in t. has a used fixie they wanna sell? or barter for a kona (sans rear wheel)? thanks for your time guys.

How tall are you?

not to mention trying to see through those mush-mouth eye holes...

i think i'm going to go for a ride-around later on once it cools down and the sun sets. so, the usual: i'll be at the honest-eds parking at around 8 if anyone is interested in their daily excersise.