Ahahahaha, had forgotten about that one

I'll join for the bluffs ride time depending, only been there once and it was on my MTB. I'm heading east that night anyways. Keep us posted.

Just put some fine Canadian dollars down on the Rob Roy group buy... excited and anxious about the process/time. W00t.

I can ride east as far as Woodbine or Main with you guys if you leave at end-of-work time. Am flexible with route - I just have a time table to stick to. I work at King/Spadina.

no joke - that's what i appreciate about the one i have!! (the TT pad, that is.)

i've only been to the fall show once; it's different from the spring show. like someone said, i think it's more of a "garage sale" than "the-latest-and-greatest".

Last fall was my first as well and it is a very different animal from the spring show. Spring show is big and bright and new with lots of sales people. Fall show is very small and fast and furious. Deals can be had - I picked up a sweet XLR saddle there for about $80 - but you gotta be early and diligent as the good stuff goes quick. It's good to have a list of needs/wants.

This is also the show I saw stupid crazy deals on high end brain buckets - like my $265 Catlike for $75. I waited until the spring show and ended up paying a little less than double that, but still a great deal.

I've gotten some good deals the last 2 years at the fall show. Picked up my brand new Reba for next to nothing. Lots of bits and pieces to be had if you know what you are looking for. It's definitely the more fun of the 2 shows since it's pretty wild.

update: tomorrow night is likely out for me, but I'd be up for a ride on Thursday evening instead. I think I might head out for a little spin in about 20 minutes as well.

I will be watching Queensryche, Alice cooper and Sabbath perform tomorrow evening

I'd be up for a ride on Thursday.

Ran into a guy at mercury coffee who had an unlocked iphone! He let me play around with it, pretty much one of the neatest gadgets out there.

I ran into a guy who had one of those Spartan frames that were discussed in the main forum....it looked great in person and I think that the lugs and details were very nice. Heavy, but it is 170$USD + shipping, which means with the dollar the way it is, that is about 200$CDN, not a bad deal for a starter track frame.

This morning burning down Yonge st. in Richmond Hill trackstanding at a light:

Police cruiser pulls up: How are you doing sir?
me: Not bad, what's up?
Police guy: I used to ride track too
me: !!!
pg: Where you courier to?
me: commuting, downtown
pg: you're crazy!!
me: have a nice day! [zoom]

Pics?

hah.. In an fine example of intelligence on Sunday morning I was taking a shortcut through sidestreets around Dundas & Dovercourt and rode past a police car parked on the side of the road (right accross from the police station). I zipped by and then made a right turn at a 4-way stop without touching my brakes (on my road bike). I hear him behind me a few moments later so I pull all the way over to the right so he can get past, but he just hovers back there. As we're approaching Dundas it widens a little (by the Beer Store) and he pulls up alongside me with his window down and says "hey, you didn't stop OR signal back there.." I think "oh carp", but when I look over he's got this big grin on his face. I just go "oh yeah, sorry, I haven't had any coffee yet!" He just laughs and says "I hear that! Have a good one!" and drives off.

Good times.

Was it fully unlocked with phone capabilities or just the ipod/wifi bit? It's so much better than the iPod Touch and I think it might be worth unlocking and risking dealing with patches that re-lock it. Just gotta make sure you turn off the data plan on your account of you'll be in for some huge bills here in canada.

Yeah he has all the iphone features unlocked, he just has EDGE turned off or he would rack up some huge phone bills.

I'm also considering getting one and unlocking it.

This is the eBay auction, which is pretty poorly laid out and has lousy english, the pics are okayish, the frame looks pretty sweet in person:

https://cgi.ebay.com/sparton-track-fr...QQcmdZViewItem

Those words removeable?

P.S Yo lordfoo - you still around campus?

Funny you mention that but I distinctly noticed that the small decals on the chain stays were on top of the clear-coat but I didn't notice on the rest of the bike. The tubing is likely 4130 since the seat-post required (according to the eBay auction) is 26.0mm so it isn't light but not an anchor either.

I liked the lines of it and that is what caught my eye at the bike lockup; the geometry is very nice, definitely track.

They look pretty well built...and $200 seems a pretty good deal. 3161 grams? Thats almost 7 lbs for frame and fork.....yikes. The headtube looks fairly steep...75ish... but that seat tube looks pretty slack.

7lbs?! Youch! My turdbanite loves hearing that.

Makes my Pake happy too.

Red Bull Music Academy is having an opening Saturday night from 7-10pm with twenty local (visual) artists contributing to a theme of "playing in traffic". RSVP's are required so if anyone wants to go, pm me and I'll send you an invite.

Who carries Lakes here in Toronto?

I think MEC does, not sure who else.

coolio...to the interwebs

Hey! You stole my line. Speaking of which, anyone want to buy an URbanite?