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12-14-07, 02:52 PM
w/presta heart valves!
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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.
P.s. Wil has a Campy equipped Miele road bike he is trying to get rid of. 52cm square...$400. If anyone is interested.
12-14-07, 03:06 PM
Jonnys ilegitimate Father
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12-14-07, 03:49 PM
Grad Student for Hire
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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
Uh, in case it wasn't obvious, I am having a slow day today
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.
12-14-07, 05:50 PM
Not Superstitious
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12-14-07, 06:13 PM
Jonnys ilegitimate Father
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12-14-07, 06:18 PM
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12-14-07, 06:19 PM
Not Superstitious
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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
12-14-07, 06:41 PM
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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.
12-14-07, 07:11 PM
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Yet to pull them out this winter though!
12-15-07, 06:01 AM
::3 o'clock roadblock::
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12-15-07, 07:24 AM
Dances With Cars
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ok ok I'm awake damnit!
12-15-07, 11:50 AM
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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
12-15-07, 12:38 PM
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Today's the day to put the boots to the test. Going to Mississauga.
12-15-07, 02:15 PM
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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.
12-15-07, 02:21 PM
So I says to Mable I says
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hehehe.. I'm just lurking in the background is alls:
https://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...2676087&size=l
https://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...2676087&size=l
12-15-07, 04:18 PM
Dances With Cars
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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.
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.
12-15-07, 06:02 PM
Don't smoke Mike
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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.
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.
12-15-07, 07:02 PM
Dances With Cars
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My Thin Blue Line
Popped out to BurgerKing about .5hr ago, if you got knobbies let some air out.
Popped out to BurgerKing about .5hr ago, if you got knobbies let some air out.
12-15-07, 07:17 PM
Call me The Breeze
No fenders?
12-15-07, 07:27 PM
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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.
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.
12-15-07, 09:06 PM
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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.
12-15-07, 10:45 PM
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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!
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!
12-15-07, 11:06 PM
So I says to Mable I says
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a tonne of snow.. pfft. you Ontario lightweights. 
12-16-07, 12:40 AM
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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...
12-16-07, 01:17 AM
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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. 
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!
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!