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Herbie_Glick 12-14-07 02:52 PM


Originally Posted by cavernmech (Post 5804675)
I will take a brand new "Futura" Master Pista with all Campy Record and have several hundred bucks left over instead. Thanks for the opportunity tho. ;)
P.s. Wil has a Campy equipped Miele road bike he is trying to get rid of. 52cm square...$400. If anyone is interested.

Thanks Keith! Here she is....

http://i19.tinypic.com/6nusiug.jpg
http://i17.tinypic.com/6stbz0l.jpg
http://i17.tinypic.com/833s8km.jpg

cavernmech 12-14-07 03:06 PM


Originally Posted by Herbie_Glick (Post 5809863)

I think it's Campy Victory...tho it might be Triomphe. Very pretty bike. They only made one frameset that was nicer...out of Columbus SL. Looks completely original except for the brake levers.

LordFoo 12-14-07 03:49 PM


Originally Posted by jet sanchEz (Post 5809515)
I had a conversation with a friend the other day about "itis" versus "logy"; I always use "logy" because no one knows what "itis" means and she found the exact opposite, that no one knows what "logy" means but everyone knows what "itis" means.

Uh, in case it wasn't obvious, I am having a slow day today :)

-itis == inflammation?

Also something I recently learned on this topic -- the whole "tryptophan in turkey makes you sleepy" thing is BS.. beef/chicken/pork has just as much (Wikipedia). Gorging yourself on fat/carbs -> sleepy after holiday meals.

MattRennick 12-14-07 05:50 PM


Originally Posted by jet sanchEz (Post 5809522)
Thanks, I saw them but $200 seems a bit much for used ones. As Keith said, you'd really have to beat on a set of rollers to make them non-workable, so $100 or so seems about right. A new set at MEC is $225 but these ones are RED!

Well ok, then... ;)

How about these? http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/509537052.html

cavernmech 12-14-07 06:13 PM


Originally Posted by MattRennick (Post 5810932)
Well ok, then... ;)

How about these? http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/509537052.html

Those are the same ones I have....albeit a few years older. I love how they are always "nearly new" or "used twice"...more like "I couldn't be bothered to learn how to ride em and now they are taking up needed space under my bed".

jet sanchEz 12-14-07 06:18 PM


Originally Posted by MattRennick (Post 5810932)
Well ok, then... ;)

How about these? http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/509537052.html

Yes, thanks, saw them and in fact emailled them as the guy who I had talked to earlier in fact doesn't live in Richmond Hill but in Port Hope! I guess he wrote down the wrong postal code or something. I hope these ones are still there, I can likely walk to get them.

MattRennick 12-14-07 06:19 PM


Originally Posted by cavernmech (Post 5811107)
Those are the same ones I have....albeit a few years older. I love how they are always "nearly new" or "used twice"...more like "I couldn't be bothered to learn how to ride em and now they are taking up needed space under my bed".

That's pretty much what the guy who sold mine to me said something along the lines of "one too many early morning crashes - I bought a stationary trainer" and I was like "perfect, stationary trainers are boring!" hahaha

operator 12-14-07 06:41 PM


Originally Posted by jet sanchEz (Post 5807711)
So, to sum it up, I will be on the subway carrying a heavy (are they heavy?) set of rollers home from Richmond Hill at 4:30pm on the second last Saturday before Christmas. :cry:

I think i've said this before, but R.H 4TL. If you're carrying something big like that, the viva is the way to go.

sweep242 12-14-07 07:11 PM


Originally Posted by MattRennick (Post 5810932)
Well ok, then... ;)

How about these? http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/509537052.html

I have this set they do a nice job paid 200.00
Yet to pull them out this winter though!

duppy.conqueror 12-15-07 06:01 AM


Originally Posted by LordFoo (Post 5810183)
-itis == inflammation?

itis == dont use this terminology.

TRaffic Jammer 12-15-07 07:24 AM

ok ok I'm awake damnit!

iherald 12-15-07 11:50 AM

I rode into the office today, damn is it cold and I just don't find it fun riding with the fear of wiping out

TRaffic Jammer 12-15-07 12:38 PM

Today's the day to put the boots to the test. Going to Mississauga.

Danhalen 12-15-07 02:15 PM

Well one of the uprights from my clip-on front fender fell off and right into my spokes. Luckily I was walking at the time. Still though ****! What a piece of crap. I think it may be time to resurrect the trusty Hot Wheels Track Fenders.

somnambulant 12-15-07 02:21 PM

hehehe.. I'm just lurking in the background is alls:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...2676087&size=l

TRaffic Jammer 12-15-07 04:18 PM

Went out to Mississauga,(hour plus a bit? didn't time it) I got a cold big toe on my left foot, and was completely dry!! These boots rock.
Rode west to Kipling, grabbed the streetcar, shot down the middle of Greenwood and then thrilled the kids on the toboggan hill with a short hill bomb.

nerdsgirth 12-15-07 06:02 PM


Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer (Post 5815313)
Went out to Mississauga,(hour plus a bit? didn't time it) I got a cold big toe on my left foot, and was completely dry!! These boots rock.
Rode west to Kipling, grabbed the streetcar, shot down the middle of Greenwood and then thrilled the kids on the toboggan hill with a short hill bomb.

What were you riding?

TRaffic Jammer 12-15-07 07:02 PM

My Thin Blue Line
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3006/sidev2ku3.jpg

Popped out to BurgerKing about .5hr ago, if you got knobbies let some air out.

I_bRAD 12-15-07 07:17 PM

No fenders?

TRaffic Jammer 12-15-07 07:27 PM

just a back wrap-around the seat post one
and gortex pants...sloppy but fun ride....kinda cool out there now for some storm riding.

I don;t what it is with me and inclement weather.

kergin 12-15-07 09:06 PM


Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer (Post 5816311)
just a back wrap-around the seat post one
and gortex pants...sloppy but fun ride....kinda cool out there now for some storm riding.

I don;t what it is with me and inclement weather.

I bow to you; FWIW, I was at La Bicicletta, getting my latest fix, when I happened to see Henry was selling knobbies what would fit a frame that maxed out at 700x28c. They're like very skinny cross tyres.

jet sanchEz 12-15-07 10:45 PM

I've been riding my new (to me) rollers and they are fun so far. It is so much easier riding fixed on them though, it just seems more natural. And wow, does my cadence ever suck! Plus, I am so used to being in traffic that I never really get a chance to go for 10 minutes non-stop when in the streets, this is a great workout.

I am really looking forward to the crazy tobagganing that every Torontonian will no doubt be partaking in, there is a tonne of snow out there!

somnambulant 12-15-07 11:06 PM

a tonne of snow.. pfft. you Ontario lightweights. :P

jeremywhitehorn 12-16-07 12:40 AM


Originally Posted by kergin (Post 5816744)
I bow to you; FWIW, I was at La Bicicletta, getting my latest fix, when I happened to see Henry was selling knobbies what would fit a frame that maxed out at 700x28c. They're like very skinny cross tyres.

vittoria makes a 700x27 cross tire (that measures more like a 25) that is incredibly strong and rolls nicely for what it is if you're in to that sort of thing...

Danhalen 12-16-07 01:17 AM

I just got in. Andrew I know what you mean. It's a blast riding out there! Woo! You guys are sissies with your cross tires and knobbies. :D I was on my track bike with 23c's. No problems. Epic skids while seated in the saddle. Riding down Bathurst into a headwind felt like climbing! Good times!


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