East side > West Side ftw!

Silly rounding on their part, that's all.

1 1/4" = 31.75mm

I ball out of control on the west side, though I kick my mad pimp game on the east side.

Represent to the utmost fullest.

Yeah, but we're not talking alphabetical order here...

Where's the lever?

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha *cough* *cough* *hack*

Lawl, guess why CL is down. Apparently some drunk guy ****ed the datacenter over. Hahahaha.

Lever? With these cyclist's arms? ;)

Guys, is there a diurnal wind speed variation along north/south shore of Lake Ontario? Best time to ride to niagara wihtout getting pwned by strong winds?

Sack up, Rob.

Seized chainring bolts... Any ideas?

The chainring I need is on my winterbike so I figured they were rusted on but after getting two off, they appear to be "salted" together - is that even physically possible? If so, maybe I could just boil the crank / chainring and get those ****ers out?

Short of drilling them out, does anyone have any tricks for getting them off? Brute force didn't work... I stripped the flathead slots and now I'm nursing a sore arm... :)

To add even more drama to the tour: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/0...b.html?ref=rss (no spoilage)

^^^^Holy S^&T!!!! Good thing they're all doped up and had already passes when it went off. Had they been clean and slower, there could have been mucho carnage. ^^^^

It's gonna git 'cha either comin' or going. Such is the way of large bodies of water meeting up with land masses.
Aren't you areo? Head down and a flat back.

I have had good luck with pouring a pot of boiling water over the affected part. That being said if the slots on the female side of the bolt are stripped you may have to drill them out. Use a bit the same diameter as the shaft of the male bolt and drill the head off. You will obviously need some new bolts to replace the drilled ones.

g'morning....yawn/stretch

So when are yall going to have to see who ownzorz TO East or West? I used to live East & liked it better til Keith hooked us up with where we are now. I'd still like it better if I had a nice place down near the park, maybe on Logan or something. Does preferring the east side make me a bad westerner? they have bonjour brioche, nothing like that on the west side, I used to ride to work every morning down queen and stop in for to pick up the best croissants in TO. Noting that good on a ride downtown from here..I only get by there qonce or twice a month now, though I am noticeably thinner for it.

And hey, if you're not busy on Friday night already there will be a parking lot Keirin race and Silent Auction on Friday at the ass end of Cherry Street. It should be fun and it's to raise a few dollars to send down to the US. A Minneapolis member of the extended messenger community died yesterday from injuries sustained in a one vehicle accident, his family needs a hand getting him back to his hometown of Minneapolis and properly laid to rest. Glen befriended the fellow when he was staying down in Minneapolis and is throwing this together if you want to put something up to auction or something.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=3529405301&ref=mf

Oh and sorry if you won something and haven't got it yet, it's not going anywhere don't worry, just got my schedule jacked up

hahahahahaha...cyclist arms...nice!

I didn't think of the hot water till this morning, I wish I had last night! I figure if I want to avoid trying to drill them out I could always just dremel new slots into the female side of the bolt and go about it that way... I figured I'd maybe drill it out using sequentially larger bits to avoid accidentally going too large but I guess I could just measure my bits against a fresh bolt to get the right size... Thanks for the tips!

Yeah, I've got a few packs of short chainring bolts - with all the conversions I'd been working on for friends I figure having a few sets kickin around would make sense. :)

$690 to go! Thanks to all who have helped out so far, if anyone else can chip in a bit I might actually be able to pull this off. Expect daily reminders until Saturday ... I'll wear you *******s down!

Bonjour Brioche do make some yummy croissant but for some excellent west side goods try Clafouti on Queen a few doors east of Strachan. They are just as good if not better than Bonjour's.
A date for the east-west side challenge has yet to be determined. It looks like the east side might be challenged to come up with the volume of riders the west side has......some kind of "draft" might be needed to even up the #'s. I think some brainstorming will happen this weekend to come up with an appropriate date.

I don't know about Bonjour Brioche, but when it comes to Clafouti, the early bird gets the croissant. They sell out real quick.

Also: pony up for Mike, everyone! :)

Ahah croissants of good caliber on the West side! Thanks Keith, it takes forever to find the good stuff in TO with a diner or restaurant every 20 feet, not that I'm complaining, nossir

btw while you warned me against it, some folk would like me to drop their winnings off to your place? I've got em bagged & tagged for easy maintenance and it's just a few...is okay?

Sure.....a modest storage fee will apply tho. :D

Does he accept third party, post-dated, out of province cheques?

Only with ID. :)

(ps. changed my wording in case you thought I was directing that solely towards you :P)

yo wes found a pic of you with your cyclist arms...

which name you prefer? bumpy knuckles? or freddie foxxx? ;)

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/freddiefoxx.jpg

Closer to Skeletor here:

http://images.apple.com/euro/pro/pro...s/4stage16.jpg

If only I had the legs/lungs to match.. ;)

Oh, and maybe one of these too, please: http://www.colnago.com/en/catalogo2008/extrc.php