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cavit8 10-06-08 10:04 AM

Ahh, what a lovely day for a game of golf.

caRpetbomBer 10-06-08 02:56 PM

ball golf or disc golf.

iherald 10-06-08 03:00 PM

http://www.dirtragmag.com/raffle/index.php

a 'RAFFLE' for 29 inch wheels. I think you sign up for Dirt Mag's mailing list or something.

pyze-guy 10-06-08 03:48 PM


Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer (Post 7611224)
Nuit Blanche was fun, and we only managed to hit up the A zone to some degree, the kids and I. Out til almost three am. Is it me or was the quality of the art uuuum somewhat lacking .. maybe to accommodate the bigger masses? Some of the stuff was so inconveniently installed you had to line up around the block and wait almost an hour to pass through/by in a crush of people... hardly the way I like to absorb my art. With dragging kids around as well, if you can't engage them you lose them , and you just might lose them forever in terms of wanting to go out to these kinds of things. Zombies were a total let down, we saw a couple but no indication as to where they were to be or what time they were happening, no organization as to where to queue up of zombification. We left that area disappointed.

Stares at MTB fork..damn you why can't you be a lighter stiffy fork? CX boys, how many more local-ish citizen accepting races, as well, store wise, who's got the skinniest knobblies I might mount on an MTB for such funnery? Moved my seat forward substantially this morning, my back says YAY!

Not sure about where to find them in town, but here are some tires on sale on line.

What fork did you get?

somnambulant 10-06-08 04:44 PM


Originally Posted by caRpetbomBer (Post 7613790)
ball golf

I think the technical term is 'pocket pool'.

somnambulant 10-06-08 04:46 PM

Also: the leg wound took a turn for the worse this weekend. :P

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/...3d3b325480.jpg

More info on the Flickr page.

cavit8 10-06-08 04:49 PM

I won't tell you what my handicap is for ball golf. But no, disc golf. A beautiful day on the island with tomorrow looking good too.

And what's with squareheads in their lowrider cars with Canadian Tire tribal tattoo stickers on it that they think it's funny to head fake their cars at you? Seriously.

caRpetbomBer 10-06-08 05:48 PM

Toronto island disc golf course is so much fun. Last time i played i hit 2 baskets from the shorts.

cavernmech 10-06-08 08:14 PM


Originally Posted by cavit8 (Post 7614537)
I won't tell you what my handicap is for ball golf. But no, disc golf. A beautiful day on the island with tomorrow looking good too.

And what's with squareheads in their lowrider cars with Canadian Tire tribal tattoo stickers on it that they think it's funny to head fake their cars at you? Seriously.

The declining foliage only serves to lower your score as well. I am off Wed and Fri...I will give you a call if the weather is nice.

TRaffic Jammer 10-07-08 07:36 AM

Infection , mm skin sauce, heal up Wes. Chris I haven't gotten a fork yet.

MattRennick 10-07-08 07:50 AM

Sheeeeit Wes! Heal well, brother.

cavernmech 10-07-08 10:22 AM

The CETMA rack shipment finally showed up today for anyone interested. We have 3 rail..no fence...5 & 7 with fences or without. Prices are the same as listed on CETMA's site.

Flimflam 10-07-08 11:48 AM

Holy ouch Wes - hope that ish gets cleaned up :|

Nice work on the top 10s K, way to kickass :D

My cog is fairly well stuck on my hub, took it to West Side Cycle yesterday and it wasn't budging. Stupid coldy/flu junk is always a pain in the ass, too. Darn season changes! :p

cavit8 10-07-08 01:13 PM


Originally Posted by Flimflam (Post 7619379)
My cog is fairly well stuck on my hub, took it to West Side Cycle yesterday and it wasn't budging. Stupid coldy/flu junk is always a pain in the ass, too. Darn season changes! :p

I had a stuck lockring that I ended up having to cut off with a dremel. Sometimes it just has to be done.


Originally Posted by cavernmech
The declining foliage only serves to lower your score as well. I am off Wed and Fri...I will give you a call if the weather is nice.

Yep, give me a shout. I'm up for a game pretty much anytime. Tender is on the fall schedule; leaving at 8:00 12:00 and 4:00

And big thumbs up for Gales at Eastern and Carlaw. Fried egg sandwich for $0.90. Club and fries for $2.95 It's like going back in time!

elTwitcho 10-07-08 01:15 PM


Originally Posted by Flimflam (Post 7619379)
My cog is fairly well stuck on my hub, took it to West Side Cycle yesterday and it wasn't budging. Stupid coldy/flu junk is always a pain in the ass, too. Darn season changes! :p

I just rotafixed backwards when my cog came loctited on. Did the trick with some cranking.

MattRennick 10-07-08 03:09 PM


Originally Posted by elTwitcho (Post 7619965)
I just rotafixed backwards when my cog came loctited on. Did the trick with some cranking.

I've also reverse rotafixed a cog to get it off - the thing half ruined my dura ace chain whip and still wouldn't come off... the reverse rotafix worked like a charm.

~Stuart~ 10-07-08 06:36 PM


Originally Posted by cavernmech (Post 7618810)
The CETMA rack shipment finally showed up today for anyone interested. We have 3 rail..no fence...5 & 7 with fences or without. Prices are the same as listed on CETMA's site.

any way you could hide a 5rail in the back for me to pick up next tuesday?

cavernmech 10-07-08 07:50 PM


Originally Posted by ~Stuart~ (Post 7622011)
any way you could hide a 5rail in the back for me to pick up next tuesday?

Done.

tuz 10-07-08 07:54 PM


Originally Posted by Flimflam (Post 7619379)
My cog is fairly well stuck on my hub, took it to West Side Cycle yesterday and it wasn't budging. Stupid coldy/flu junk is always a pain in the ass, too. Darn season changes! :p

hehe feel free to use my bad@ss DIY 1/8" chain whip (incomplete) or lockring wrench (grinded pliers on the left) :p

Ok I haven't tried them and they are probably crap, but I'm proud to say the DIY headset press, cup remover and crown race pusher did work... Hooray!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/...e280c1de08.jpg

Thanks to Dave Moulton for the idea.

cavit8 10-07-08 08:02 PM

Let me know how the slip-joint plier lockring wrench works. I was thinking of making one similar but was thinking the ground tip may shear off.

tuz 10-07-08 08:19 PM

I'll try on my urbane built wheel, but I doubt it'll work... that bugger is tight...

vainglorious 10-07-08 08:31 PM


Originally Posted by cavit8 (Post 7619949)
And big thumbs up for Gales at Eastern and Carlaw. Fried egg sandwich for $0.90. Club and fries for $2.95 It's like going back in time!

:eek::twitchy: must... find.. gales..


Originally Posted by tuz (Post 7622580)
hehe feel free to use my bad@ss DIY 1/8" chain whip (incomplete) or lockring wrench (grinded pliers on the left) :p

Ok I haven't tried them and they are probably crap, but I'm proud to say the DIY headset press, cup remover and crown race pusher did work... Hooray!

right on! those tools would look great next to my suicide hub and DIY fixie! :)

Flimflam 10-07-08 08:41 PM

Hmmm, I may try the reverse rotafix - I suspect this sucker might need the aid of a blowtorch as it's been winter ridden and had no grease on it when I put it on the hub (hindsight is 20/20, eagerness FTL). Thanks for all the tips, I tried the wall-leverage method at home, and William at WSC cranked on it a bit and he seems to think bathing it in WD40 and trying again after a few days may help. I've got to get another wheel built up so I don't have to keep using this one (I just can't bear to ride my road bike right now).

Reverse rotafix and/or taking it to another shop is about my only option other than the blowtorch - which I frankly don't want to do unless it's a last resort. The hub is fixed/free too, and I really don't want to ruin it or the fixed side if it can be helped.

Flimflam 10-07-08 08:46 PM


Originally Posted by tuz (Post 7622580)
hehe feel free to use my bad@ss DIY 1/8" chain whip (incomplete) or lockring wrench (grinded pliers on the left) :p

Ok I haven't tried them and they are probably crap, but I'm proud to say the DIY headset press, cup remover and crown race pusher did work... Hooray!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/...e280c1de08.jpg

Thanks to Dave Moulton for the idea.

Love the tools - I'm still in the "scared to mess with some parts of my bike" phase - I intend to buy a couple more tools so I can learn to service more of my bike myself though (Cranks/BB/HS and in the further future, wheels/hub stuff). I love that ingenuity, and thanks for the offer - I do have a chainwhip and lockring wrench though.

jeremywhitehorn 10-07-08 11:12 PM

william seems to know what he's doing fixed gear wise - i think the female mechanic there rides track too. i would try the reverse rotafix thing - it really is way more leverage than a chain whip. just be careful to grip the rim and not the tire else you can rip that sucker off!

fixedude 10-08-08 06:19 AM


Originally Posted by cavit8 (Post 7619949)
And big thumbs up for Gales at Eastern and Carlaw. Fried egg sandwich for $0.90. Club and fries for $2.95 It's like going back in time!

BIG +1. gales was always a great thing about doing runs to the eastside. cheap, old-school eats! :thumb:

elTwitcho 10-08-08 07:44 AM


Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn (Post 7623806)
william seems to know what he's doing fixed gear wise - i think the female mechanic there rides track too. i would try the reverse rotafix thing - it really is way more leverage than a chain whip. just be careful to grip the rim and not the tire else you can rip that sucker off!

And to use a rag or a sock between the frame and the chain where you've got it wrapped around. Sounds like common sense but there were a few people in one of the rotafix threads that apparently never had the idea occur to them to do that...

Flimflam 10-08-08 11:49 AM

Good call, anti-scratch measures are always worth repeating :)

nerdsgirth (or if anyone can holler at him) - long shot, but could this be your saddle on this bike? http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/871354732.html I don't know how many people run a chopped Brooks.

jet sanchEz 10-08-08 12:08 PM

I think Nerd's saddle was black, but good lookin' out.

I like how there is a back brake just sitting on the frame without any cable and without any brake lever ;)

In all seriousness, I think I sold that guy this bike over the summer....do you think this guy will sell the bike for that price? I should really consider finding cheap track wheels, popping them onto a frame and selling them for this kind of money....wow.

cavit8 10-08-08 12:25 PM


Originally Posted by jet sanchEz (Post 7626702)
I think Nerd's saddle was black, but good lookin' out.

I like how there is a back brake just sitting on the frame without any cable and without any brake lever ;)

In all seriousness, I think I sold that guy this bike over the summer....do you think this guy will sell the bike for that price? I should really consider finding cheap track wheels, popping them onto a frame and selling them for this kind of money....wow.

Maybe it's a manual brake. Just reach back and squeeze. There's a plethora of these kinds of bikes on CL it seems. Norco/Fiori/Nishiki's or lower quality frames, with a couple of components and jazzy price tags. I don't begrudge folks making money, but hopefully people aren't buying these things thinking it's a great deal when they could pretty much get something new for the same $


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