Sorry I missed the sprints tonight. Was planning on heading over but after a half hour of intensive eyeball photography and examinations at the eye specialist this afternoon it took all night for my vision to come back to normal. Blind bike riding is not as much fun as it sounds. Hope everyone had fun.

Sprints were fun, good crowd. I lost miserably (in my only run), but that can only be motivation to improve :)

Nice to see Dan out on a bike, woo (congrats on getting yours back from .de, too) :)

Wanted to be there - went to see The Darjeeling Ltd.... amazing - a must see (I think).

LoL ".de"

saw that last night, really good, but wes anderson could film jason schwartzman taking a dump and i'd probably rave about it

did you go to the wes anderson/jason schwartzman screening tonight? they were doing a q/a at the 6 something screening

Richey logic 1" threaded head sets. low stack height 33mm. Yay or nay?

i see nothing wrong with ritchey headsets; especially logic...

can't you add a spacer if the stack height is a little low?

I've got a Pro headset in my Devinci ... no problems so far. I've also had good experience w/ FSA Orbit X headsets.

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PS. Sprint pics, post 'em.

Thanks to everyone for the sprints last night! The roads dried up just in time and the turnout was fantastic! I'm going to try to track down a 13t cog for next week... I won't be able to stop but I should be able to make 'er go pretty well. ;)

What type /brand of crankset/bottom bracket is it? Is it an external cup type or are the cups enveloped by the b.b. shell? If it is an internal type a Shimano tool should fit. If it is external cup then the wrench should go on the outside diameter of the cup. It sounds like you have the wrong tool for yer B.B.

Anyone have an opinion on the Surly Fixxer?

Confession: whenever I'm looking for my spandex duds lately I get a tune stuck in my head (to the tune of Biff Naked's "Space Man"). Of course since I'm a total crackhead I find myself muttering along ... "Space gitch, oh space gitch ... come rescue me, 'cause I'm chaffing and clinging ..."

Someone put a bullet in me and save me from myself.

That was a super fun night. Excellent turnout. I like running East as opposed to West and the lack of buses last night was a bonus as well. Glad I put on my 49t ring or else Ernesto would have crushed me...good times. Nothing like laying a beating on Nadir as well....long time rivalry there and I was happy to keep up the status quo. I can see this being good practice for Nadir's sprints on the 17th....$500! Nice.

I havnt had much experience with em but I have heard of interface problems with em. Kind of like the Miche cog system where the carrier develops play with the cog except with the Fixxer it develops play between the carrier and hub. If you have to set-up yer Cosmics fixed it is a decent solution. Otherwise I would recommend a proper fixed hub.

Gotcha. I'll avoid'em then.

I hit the 9:10pm at Cumberland 4 - no q/a for me.

I agree. Do you know when the dump movie is coming out?

Keith, I might have the wrong tool. If I bring the bike in, along with the bb, can you swap it out relatively quickly (ie. while I wait / walk around the Eaton Centre)?

I can prolly do it while you wait....shouldn't be a big deal.

Thanks to everyone who came out lastnight! A lot of new faces which was nice to see and I think we counted about 50 people in total! And how can you beat the Orbea TT vs. BMX vs. Chopper Bike challenge. Or the Keith vs. Nadir grudge match. Amazing!

I have to concur about Darjeeling as well... incredible! I'd be interested to see what Mr. Pyze thinks - good to see you out last night too big daddy! Amber and I are going to India for as long as possible when she graduates and now we're frothing at the mouth to go.

Wired has a crazy article on bike hackers today.

And finally, pending any drama, I'm down for the MTL race. Time to get some intercity fun started!

We better stop at Active Surplus and requisition us a big net or Wyl-E-Coyote strength rubber band to assist with the stopping :D

haha... I strongly encourage the use of parachutes for stopping.

This is what we need: http://www.rockthebike.com/soundsystems

Winter project anyone?

Ps. Andre and I were talking this morn about the fall colours ride. Was there a consensus / final on exactly when - this Sat or next - and a meet / start point?

promise we'll add a karaoke machine to it and you've got yourself a deal!

"...she's just an up town girl....da-da-da...living in a lo-nely world!...."

I am very tempted to build something like this for my fixie cruiser. $375 for instructions sounds steep to me. I can handle the enclosures but the electronics details are prolly outside of my capabilities. I-bRAD...interested in perhaps assisting with the electronics end?

Hooking up speakers and amps is pretty straightforward... Power supply would be the biggest hurdle I think.