I'm not normally one for nicknames, but I'll admit the first time I heard "The Tobra Snake" I lol'd (irl).

i finally see what it means to buy fancy bike parts. foam padded boxes and free stickers.

I bro like Toby with a name like Toby lends himself well to nicknames... The Tobra Snake, The King Tobra, Toby Wan Kenobi... all perfectly fitting for the man himself.

Awesome pic B&T, love that pose Brad... so many captions, so little time ;)

I won't be out tomorrow, got Trick or Treating with the youngster and my family flew in from the UK so I'm all busied up. Have fun, be safe! :)

Um, those are socks... not shoes. Sorry dude someone had to tell you. :)

Hey scotch drinkers, what's a good smokey tasting choice? I know one of you had a really tasty one when we last got together for drinks at Cam's place. Any recommendations? I'd like to pick up another bottle.

Laphroag is probably a safe bet.

Top Gear reviews the world's smallest production car: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HYtro7PnBA8

heh.. I was just messing around on my bike for a couple minutes at lunch waiting to meeting The Missus and did my first backwards circle (1.5x around). I hadn't tried to do one in like 6 months and I did it on the first try. Couldn't repeat it though, but she showed up shortly after I did it.

The smokey (peaty) flavour is characteristic of the Islay malts like Laphroig (one of my favourite all-rounders) or Lagavulin. The Summerhill store has tastings (they've got a little bar in the back) so you can try a couple to find one that you really like. There's not a lot of Islay malts (that are affordable for me) so it may be worth it. Theres a Bruichladdich that's being discontinued (two bottles left at Summerhill) that I've been thinking of getting. Or you could get it and feed it to us!

Lagavulin is nice also.

anyone know anythings about these?
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Italian spec D2 Alums

looks like the pista concept...

I believe the concept is no more.

yeah the d2 replaces the concept

although they aparently will still be selling the concept as a frame+fork, but who knows

hopefully that means the resale of the concepts will drop.. I've always liked those. Especially the matte black ones from a few years ago, although the white is pretty hot as well.

AS pictured.. that one is 1850 shipped from Italy to Guelph. (Canadian Bianchi rep is there)
I HAD to ask him because the North American one is uuuuuugggly!!!!

no wonder the balls of my feet hurt so much.

Do yerself a favour...if you are gonna spend dough on a nice frame don't buy one with an integrated headset. Although I will allow $1850 is a good deal for that as speced.

I am somewhat put off by the integration... and the tubulars .. IF BIG IF this came off ....this would be the velodrome ride. I've been quoted 1400 for the ARgon18 Electron..hmm also integrated. Any non-integrated suggestions? I know that being able to tear out the HS is more preferable. What's the logic for integrating anyway?

I didn't know that Mavic made a tubular version of the Ellipse...thought they were clincher only. I don't know what the going rate for the frameset is but with that spec you could almost buy it...keep all the components..sell off the frameset add a few bucks and buy a better frame. I know everyone has a hard/wide-on for Bianchi's, but they are not what they used to be. I would rather have a steel Marinoni frame than that.
The only arguable reason for integrated H.S. is looks. In every other category integrated sucks. See Chris King's site for a better explanation...he knows a thing or 2 about headset design.

from the rep :

The bike will come to you with some minor assembly, but I cannot specify how ride-ready the bike would be (the bike has tubeless tires that probably need assembly).

Tubeless tires... sounds like tubulars to me or tubeless clinchers?


The whole idea of integrated HS sounds crazy .. locking the steering mechanism to the frame.
Like making a car with the wheels welded to the frame.

The only 'road' tubeless wheels right now to my knowledge are the Shimano dura-ace wheels, so if he says 'tubeless' I assume he means tubular.

So, The Band got offered a show on Friday night. 9:40 @ The Silver Dollar. $5 cover. If any of y'alls are interested in coming out and seeing us suck it up during our first public performance in ~1 year. :P

I'm not sure if I already mentioned this, but we're also playing another show next Thursday (Nov 8) at Lee's Palace. Not sure about the exact details with that one except that we're playing at 10:15.

That is all.

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It might also refer to the Tufo clincher/tubulars. Though I doubt it.