thats it. these weekend is now deemed BB repacking weekend, rain sucks. takes the fun out of cycling and inserts wet and cold in its place.

Saturday = Computrainer ride.
Sunday = sloppy race at the Icebreaker.

Stayin' off the bike is for chumps. :)

Also, bro/pro deals through the team is for anti-chumps.

Does anyone have a bike box kicking around that I could borrow/haz for my flight to Boston on Monday?Maybe some plastic axle ends? Cardboard is great.

I painted my fork real good and fired it in the oven for a bit to harden the pain. It came out so nice, but the only problem was that I didn't account for the expansionary properties of metal (I assume). It slipped out of the mint position I had it in at the start contributing to some marring the dropouts. Don't forget your science folks. I went to the paint store to get some clear coat but found that it has "carcinogenic" properties. No dice. Happy Friday!

nerdsgirth: I have a cardboard bike box at my house waiting for recycling day. You're welcome to that, if that's what you're looking for. Otherwise Velotique rents the Tri-Co IronCase for $40/wk or something. It's even a Swobo box so you get street-cred. ;) (no, I didn't buy a Swobo bike.. it's what Mike's Bianchi was packed in).

My Ironhorse = BORKEN
My raleigh = fenderless, and I work in an office and raingear is uptown.

which i visit saturday =). may join for sloppy ride if can fix derailleur/jerry rig to wunspeed teh ironpony.

FIN.

I still have the box my IRO frameset came in - is that suitable? If so, you can have it - I won't be home until late tonight but it's in an outdoor area... PM me if you want to go grab it today, I'll be around tomorrow though.

Edit: yes indeed the wind sucks large balls, I didn't mind the rain since I had on my full suit (all British pattern DPM camo ;)) - that and the train was a good 30 mins late in the end, I guess it's bound to happen.

Thanks guys. Sommie. Give me a shout when it's cool to pick it up. Thanks also flimflam.

I posted poll in mountainbiking about what i should do with my horse, just sayin, you guys know the trails i ride id love your input..

If you wear camo can't the drivers then not see you at all? You're Bad*****!!
Wes I like that trail shot looks like trail wasn't too too bad. You guys have fun on Sunday!!!!

I'm in a cooking (Shnitzel I've been craving perhaps) and cleaning weekend I think, maybe with some lazing thrown in for good measure.

get out that agression and hammer that meat! if it's going to rain i'm thinking coffee drinking and apartment hunting for me...

speaking of, if anyone hears of a really nice 2 bedroom in the west end / high park / junction / roncesvalles area let me know.

Want me to ask next door? I know the guy moved out of the main floor there, I can ask the landlord dude if it's empty still. That'd be Marion/Ronces area specifically.

lol TJ - I get some funny looks, on the street, in Union and on the train itself heh. My budget bag booties probably set it all off, too ;)

My weekend will be a Rob Roy build + possible work on Sunday, I'd also like to get some clean and tidying done in my kitchen, there's still fallout in there from my baking last weekend :eek: (Oatmeal cookies are kickass when fresh though). I plan on sleeping more than 6 hours each night too.

:lol: my daughters have been asking me to teach them to cook. Shnitzel in my family is know as "The Meal", made with chicken..I have issues with veal. It'll dust the kitchen in flour nicely.

yeah, if you don't mind asking the guy that'd be cool - that's right in my hood. PM me if you find out anything, thanks.

Welcome to scouring viewit.ca and craigslist ALL DAY LONG for a month or two. We literally sent out emails daily for a couple of months and saw close to 10 places. Beware the "two bedroom" that's actually a one bedroom with no living room.

Or as Kim and I came to know it, "creative two-bedroom."

wow. if more weddings were like this I'd feel a whole lot different about the whole thing. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J3VCalKv_0

my girlfriend lacks such insight, and our "one bedroom" is a kitchen-livingroom-hall with a bathroom off the closet-bedroom.

i wake up under her clothes, depending which way i roll off the bed im in the kitchen or the bathroom.

Wow, exactly like my wedding.

I bailed on the ride to work today. Had no desire to ride in the bus/bike/cab lane for 45 minutes getting drenched by buses every 3 minutes. Also too tired from the 50km I did yesterday to work, to catering and then home.

I got called names for pulling a stunt like that... *looks pointedly at a CERTAIN SOMEONE*

:D

gore-tex and full-fendered rain-bike (and hyphens) ftw!

I had one! But then I converted it to a fixed, and havent restocked my stable yet :D

Som, we need to hit trail sometime, once i figure out what to do with my mountainbike.

I was planning on not mounting the fenders at all on the Rob Roy until fall, it looks as though I'll need to though - April showers showing no rest. Turds. Happy camper I decided to throw on the (albeit ripped) rain pants though, I often am too lazy and just throw the jacket on and regret it eventually.

Will do jer, I'll see him tonight/tomorrow.

My foul-weather bike is my only fixed gear bike, actually. :) Sweet, sweet Planet Bike Cascadia fenders... integrated mudflap ftw.

I'm in the Don several times a week when the conditions are appropriate. Always up for a ride. Plus the DSR "Singletrack Rollers" rides will be starting on Tuesday nights in a couple weeks I would imagine (assuming the weather cooperates).

i have a set of planetbike fenders too, finding a way to make them quickrelease for the fixed...

i like having the bike absolutely spartan on nice days, but fenders would be nice in rain... why am i so picky

Yeah good call Wes - I got the new Cascadia fenders for the IRO, my MTB has the older freddy hardcore MTB style on - still with the mudflap, but the smaller not-so effective one. cavernmech is the reason I've been hoarding an old detergent bottle to tack on some extra flap onto them all - great idea for almost perfect coverage (in my experience they've kicked ass)

I should try and get a freewheel for my flip/flop - how easy/quick/advised is it to swap chainrings out? I'm thinking running 46T in the front for SS offroad might be a bit tall, or be a pain in the ass to deal with say a 22 in the back for chain length, I guess my question is: best to change a chain or chainring when switching to SS from my FG side?

those fenders look nice

my freddy's didn't really survive the winter, they did their job, but when it came time to clean it up after winter some of the hardware broke and/or striped

will pick up a pair most likely

having a bad weather bike with full fenders is a big motivation for willing to ride through just about anything

If anyone in here is interested, I have a couple of parts to get rid of that I'm willing to give away to someone local. I have a set of 26.0 Easton EC90 Equipe drop bars that are new. I also have a single TRP carbon cross type brake lever with a hinged 31.8mm clamp. This is the RH lever, although in a pinch it could be used on either side. I had to buy 2 to get the left one I am using. I live in the east end, but haunt La Bicicletta most Saturday afternoons (3 builds I/P).

edit: I also have a pair of Cane Creek TT type carbon brake levers that of course also work on bullhorns.

The fact that I have a knee-shaped chunk of ice already in a zip-loc baggie in my fridge is probably a sign that I need to step up my game.

Weight?

They're the 200TT model, so according to Cane Creek, they weigh 136g per pair.