If you walk Cumberland i think you have to prove your rich before entering.

Got out on the skinny tire bike today did some laps around the hood. First time in a long time! Happy Happy

O really? Very strange, I was in Ottawa the past few days....

Sweep, I should have dropped by for a hello. I was desperately looking to find an excuse to visit the ole stompin grounds.

I am in for track 2!

Heck YA I'm around most weekends so if anyone needs a pit stop on the Montréal or Ottawa route Holla!

I still have my track 1 card I will be back there at some point.

http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/523730080.html

I'd buy the red one if it was 53/4 :/

Good luck with the ride there + race tomorrow guys, I just rode back from the east end slightly inebbriated and pretty well caked solid with good ol' snow. Good times :p :) Bike's even more of a mess than it was before, but I'm over 6000kms now, w00t (new BB in it's short term future, mmhmm).

I believe birthday wishes are in order to Keith too... Hope you have a great day, man and all the best. :beer:

Happy birthday, Keith!

So ... I was just about to head to bed but before that I wanted to check the quality of No Country for Old Men, which had just finished downloading. Needless to say, I kind of got sucked in. What a great movie.

fack....just got in to work...heard this weird bubbling sound...looked all over the office to see what it could be...oh...that would be my back tire...leaking air....found a huge ass piece of glass wedged in the tire. Blood Claaaaaaaaaaaat!

edit: crap no tire levers....arghhhhhhhhh!!!

Let all the air out, then squeeze out the rest of the air (every little bit will help with this). Press the sides of the tires off the sidewalls of the rims and in toward each other. Go all the way around and listen to the sickly/satisfying seal break loose. While you at it, make sure the tire bead drops down into the center groove the rim.

Now you need to really concentrate on starting at one point on the rim, pressing the tire beads hard into the drop of the rim and holding them there as you move away from the spot and further outward along the rim on either side (toward to exact opposite point on the rim). The idea here is to get yourself as much slack as possible so you can pull the tire off the rim on the other side.

PS. If you've got Continental tires save yourself the blood blisters and pick up some new levers on your lunch break.

Anyone want to ride out to East Humber Bay Park with me this morning for the 'cross race? :)

The race starts at 12:30, so I was thinking about leaving at about 11:30.

thanx mike...doh! I got it on but im gonna have to redo...I can see its not sitting properly as i pump up the tire....the lines are all curvy like the tire is not inflated right. I took the stupid tire all the way off...ok so now just deflate and make sure tire is in rim proper then pump up?

yeah, make sure the tube isn't pinched anywhere and that the tire is seated evenly around the rim.. I usually pump a road tire up to about 50psi or so, check to make sure the 'line' on the sidewall is even around the circumference and if it looks good keep inflating up to about 100-115 (depending on the bike/tire/etc).

ps. Cycle Therapy were selling these little black clip-together Park tire levers for cheap a little while back that are handy for throwing in the flat-repair kit. Still got any of those Mike?

:beer::bday::bday::beer:
YAY KEITH!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER!!!!

I can't believe I gotta go into work, eeeew.

wonderful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLl5y9RZI7c

I love the sound of the bottles jiggling around.

yeah i clued in later... hope the guy realised what was going on!

i love that he's going along just fine and dandy except for not having a hat, scarf or gloves! if that's what folks picture as winter riding, no wonder they don't understand.

:bday: to keith and :bday: to the world

Happy Birthday Keith!

:bday:

hah.. I was just scrolling through the Deathwish Record 2007 top 10 lists (I see you in there, exhibit-x! :P) and Nate from Converge/Doomriders/etc has his website listed as 2girls1cup DOT com (done so that nobody doesn't accidentally click that... I don't want to be responsible for someone clawing their own eyes out).

fk! st00pid valve snapped with like 50 psi in it...this tube i had is wack...wow im so glad i forgot my patchkit/toolkit at home!! guess im riding home on that! are any shops open so i can grab t00bz?

you at work all day g? I got one right here I can bring on the way in. I work at 1:30.

woohoo! saved!

thanx meng!

ps. MEC is open 10:00 - 5:00 today, in case you need anything else.

And a Happy Birthday :bday: (and congratulations :beer:) to Keith

didn't even notice that, i guess i just assume'd he would put something like converge, he is by far the best poster on deathtalk.

last time i saw converge their merch guy had picked up a stripper a few cities back and she was traveling with the band (well, him), she was definitely insane and nate would constantly do **** to her but she was too crazy to understand he was being an *******.

Several hundred.

ohhh you know better! Keep that glass in your hand.

:bday: Keith!

Good on ya Keith! Happy new year everyone! Be safe and have fun.

My preferred tyre levers are the ones I got in a Supercycle "repair kit" - metal for a start, and they just work way better than the plastic trace ones I have (though I carry both sets in my wedge bag) - just gotta be mindful of the pinchy pinchy, but I've not had a prob.

Track wheelset n00b question (yay they got delivered today, w00t):

When fastening the sprocket onto the hub, if the clearance between the teeth and spokes even "looks" too close, does that generally mean I need spacers? How does that all work? Would a pic help? I don't have any tools to properly crank it on there with the lockring anyway, so I'm able to putz about with it still. I'm also going to consult Sheldon as I'm clueless.

I prefer plastic levers, I'm always a little worried with the metal ones that they'll hurt my rim. Likely not an issue, but it's always my concern.

What cog on what hub? Shouldn't need to use spacers or anything weirdo like that. Pic?