"Dolan has eschewed carbon in favour of a pair of new old stock Dedacciai steel forks with a 1" steerer."

haha!

Interestingly enough, Cervelo bikes would fit me really nicely.

Soloist for Christmas please.

You mean soloist TEAM?

fail!

This guy named Paul stopped to chat with me when he saw me locking up my paddy wagon in front of Freshmart in Kensington tonight. He had an unbranded blue steel fixed with a chrome fork and no brakes -- it looked like a well cared-for and used machine. He told me a story about the first time he fell over because of clipless and some skater kids gave him encouraging advice. "Out of the mouth of babes," he said. He was a really nice guy, very friendly and Canadian, and the experience made me glad to live in such a fine city. Cheers.

okay i don't have anything much to add in the way of bikes because i've been too busy to ride (but kudos to keith), but here is a public service announcement of the utmost importance:

do not go see stephen king's the mist.

quite possibly the worst movie ever made. bad actors, worse CG, and a completely botched execution of what could have been an excellent psychological thriller. not even good enough for a low budget tuesday afternoon made-for-tv movie on a sci-fi channel. even the usually reliable rottentomatoes.com has let me down, it has a 69% approval rating! argh!!

Fail? Check this out:

http://www.cervelo.com/models/2008/t.../2008-SLTR.png

That there is a hot bike and you know it.

I've heard that thing rides ultra harsh, like a very stereotypical stiff aluminum frame.. RBYB (Ride Before You Buy). With that said, I've also considered taking one out for a spin. :)

Just put some cross tires on to smooth out the ride.

I was just ragging on the name. ;)

Yeah it totally is! Don't get the Wolf fork though. The steerer tubes are to thin that we have to glue in an aluminum insert, so they can handle the pressure from the starnut. They're light, but I'd much rather have an Easton EC 90 or something. I'm sure they are strong enough if they are properly prepared but I dunno... All that extra effort for it to be a bit extra light... Seems like it's not worth it. They show pretty much all of the bikes with Wolfs on the website, but we ship many with Eastons depending on model. At least the guy who does fork preparation knows what the hell he's doing!

I had my first frozen beard condensation moment this morning. It felt really weird.

This is what I want for christmas:

http://www.cervelo.com/imgs/2004Cerv...odigyframe.png

Could use a little bit less words on it though. Toptube and fork words = fail.

Yeah those look really nice. But I heard a LOT of these cracked. Just sayin'. Just out of curiosity if you don't want the words on it, then why does it have to be a Cervelo? Just get an older steel frame for a road bike. MUCH cheaper! :D

You are cool.

Then how do you know?

You just do. Unlike Dan who thinks he is cool.



kidding Dan, we love you

That's true. I just want something easily obtainable and not jacked up to sky high prices by the fixed gear hype. At the same time being NOS and good quality. Trying to turn my fixed gear into a jack of all trades bike is starting to get annoying pretty fast.

I'd like a nice road bike back in the stable.

Haha!

From the jackkass of the day thread....awesomest bike ever.
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/612...cc49ccbhk0.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...fortybelow.jpg

like this guy? (an icebiker from alaska)

Fair enough. Although it's not unheard to find an old steel Guerciotti road frame for $100. Ahem.

P.S. You're a stable
P.P.S. My coolness is in question? Most untriumphant! :(

Dan you're always cool in my books.

On a completely unrelated matter....does Cervelo have friends and family days? :D

Would it be wrong to take the gf on a Cervelo factory tour date?

hehehe.. welcome to the world of beardedness. I got that on the way home from the pub last night too.

The first rule of being cool is not to talk about being cool.