yeah i forgot about the back part and how hot they get, so she probably should not be around it ... she likes to sleep in the bathroom sink so i can always close the door while she is in there and get going, hah

haha. Or we've got some red sugino cranks if you want to give it that festive feel.

Brad, what size are the cranks?

I think 165 or 170. They're buried in the basement right now, but we'll be done fixin' the place up soon enough and I could pull them out and take a looksee.

BCD would be...?

not a clue! Sorry! They have smallish (42-40?) matching rings on them already though.

Let me know whenever you have a chance.

nice to get the good bike out and not have to wear 4 layers

wow...ya...Tshirt and rain jacket! woohoo! :D

Yes 11 deg!

Those of you with kids might find this interesting (those of you who don't might find it interesting as well):

5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/202/?src=rss

Thinking back, I had and made good use of a Swiss Army knife as a kid but obviously that wouldn't fly today. Maybe in a rural setting ... but a kid in a Toronto park flipping out a knife to whittle a bow and arrow set would probably have S.W.A.T. showing up.

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hah.. any forecast beyond about 2-3 days is pure jokes. :)

Waits for the Canadian Shield to crack from Temperature differentials.

OK I'm looking around at Cross Bikes... does EVERYTHING have a flippin' integrated HS? Is this a conspiracy? Damn you Shamil for saying..."Empella", maybe I'll come back from Europe with a cross machine.

My Planet-X doesn't! :) I might be wrong, but I don't think the Kona frames do either. Ditto for Salsa, methinks.

wow the prices for planet-x seem unreal ... how so Wes?

Just get a custom True North, built to your spec ... or my latest personal favourite:

http://badgercycles.com/blog/wp-cont...ers-badger.jpg

Yep, that's one of the reasons I went that route. Plus it has rack/fender eyelets, it's fairly light, heaps of clearance, and it has 135 spacing so I can use the wheels for a 29er too... so it's pretty versatile.

They have a North American distributor, the name of which totally escapes me right now. I ordered it sans fork and picked one up on ebay.

http://www.zedsport.com/ <-- Planet X distributor

http://www.zedsport.com/pages/road/uncle_john.htm <-- Uncle John page

IRO apparently got a new headbadge: http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1...adcloseya5.jpg

this is genius!!

I love that one of the categories for the post is "Not pictured: dead idiots".

One of the Posters beneath the photo is right, a breaker would protect them, Also the circuit would be between right near the plugs them selfs, By the time Any juice got to them(water is not a good conductor contrary to popular belief In fact Pure H20 does not conduct at all) , At most they would get a slight zap.

That being Said who wants an electric Grill, gas or charcoal all the way

I ain't criticizin'... they're drinkin' beers and grillin' meats in The Biggest Kiddie Pool In The World. Ultimately I'm kinda jealous. :)

Don't think I'd want to play around with the water/pool idea, regardless of how theoretically safe it was or wasn't ;)

http://www.engrish.com/image/engrish...acker-bike.jpg