Yeah my 'beaters are allen key, yay - the others aren't, but I'm only putting those on, not taking off.

Good tips re: remembering threads heh. Great idea to use the chain as a guard, too - if I remember I actually had the chain off for last swap... doh

Looks like a cruddy day out there, I'll remember budget booties this time though

Cruddy doesn't do it any justice.. it's horrendous out. The wind is viciously gusty. The fact that I bashed my knee last night in the Don didn't help matters either.

I moved recently and this just made me realise how conveniently close the Don Trails are to my home, thank you Som.

In concurrence, today sucks wallops. Not to mention the fact that lacking rain gear kept me off wheels.

*grumpily laments lost 2.75*

Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty
Interesting ride this morning, now lean left, lean left, lean left......

bullies guide p12 par. 2

"now pull left to loosen tightey whitey"

thats it. these weekend is now deemed BB repacking weekend, rain sucks. takes the fun out of cycling and inserts wet and cold in its place.

Saturday = Computrainer ride.
Sunday = sloppy race at the Icebreaker.

Stayin' off the bike is for chumps.

Also, bro/pro deals through the team is for anti-chumps.

Does anyone have a bike box kicking around that I could borrow/haz for my flight to Boston on Monday?Maybe some plastic axle ends? Cardboard is great.

I painted my fork real good and fired it in the oven for a bit to harden the pain. It came out so nice, but the only problem was that I didn't account for the expansionary properties of metal (I assume). It slipped out of the mint position I had it in at the start contributing to some marring the dropouts. Don't forget your science folks. I went to the paint store to get some clear coat but found that it has "carcinogenic" properties. No dice. Happy Friday!

nerdsgirth: I have a cardboard bike box at my house waiting for recycling day. You're welcome to that, if that's what you're looking for. Otherwise Velotique rents the Tri-Co IronCase for $40/wk or something. It's even a Swobo box so you get street-cred. (no, I didn't buy a Swobo bike.. it's what Mike's Bianchi was packed in).

My Ironhorse = BORKEN
My raleigh = fenderless, and I work in an office and raingear is uptown.

which i visit saturday =). may join for sloppy ride if can fix derailleur/jerry rig to wunspeed teh ironpony.

FIN.

I still have the box my IRO frameset came in - is that suitable? If so, you can have it - I won't be home until late tonight but it's in an outdoor area... PM me if you want to go grab it today, I'll be around tomorrow though.

Edit: yes indeed the wind sucks large balls, I didn't mind the rain since I had on my full suit (all British pattern DPM camo ) - that and the train was a good 30 mins late in the end, I guess it's bound to happen.

Thanks guys. Sommie. Give me a shout when it's cool to pick it up. Thanks also flimflam.

I posted poll in mountainbiking about what i should do with my horse, just sayin, you guys know the trails i ride id love your input..

If you wear camo can't the drivers then not see you at all? You're Bad*****!!
Wes I like that trail shot looks like trail wasn't too too bad. You guys have fun on Sunday!!!!

I'm in a cooking (Shnitzel I've been craving perhaps) and cleaning weekend I think, maybe with some lazing thrown in for good measure.

get out that agression and hammer that meat! if it's going to rain i'm thinking coffee drinking and apartment hunting for me...

speaking of, if anyone hears of a really nice 2 bedroom in the west end / high park / junction / roncesvalles area let me know.

Want me to ask next door? I know the guy moved out of the main floor there, I can ask the landlord dude if it's empty still. That'd be Marion/Ronces area specifically.

lol TJ - I get some funny looks, on the street, in Union and on the train itself heh. My budget bag booties probably set it all off, too

My weekend will be a Rob Roy build + possible work on Sunday, I'd also like to get some clean and tidying done in my kitchen, there's still fallout in there from my baking last weekend (Oatmeal cookies are kickass when fresh though). I plan on sleeping more than 6 hours each night too.

my daughters have been asking me to teach them to cook. Shnitzel in my family is know as "The Meal", made with chicken..I have issues with veal. It'll dust the kitchen in flour nicely.

yeah, if you don't mind asking the guy that'd be cool - that's right in my hood. PM me if you find out anything, thanks.

Welcome to scouring viewit.ca and craigslist ALL DAY LONG for a month or two. We literally sent out emails daily for a couple of months and saw close to 10 places. Beware the "two bedroom" that's actually a one bedroom with no living room.

Or as Kim and I came to know it, "creative two-bedroom."

wow. if more weddings were like this I'd feel a whole lot different about the whole thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J3VCalKv_0

my girlfriend lacks such insight, and our "one bedroom" is a kitchen-livingroom-hall with a bathroom off the closet-bedroom.

i wake up under her clothes, depending which way i roll off the bed im in the kitchen or the bathroom.

Wow, exactly like my wedding.

I bailed on the ride to work today. Had no desire to ride in the bus/bike/cab lane for 45 minutes getting drenched by buses every 3 minutes. Also too tired from the 50km I did yesterday to work, to catering and then home.

I got called names for pulling a stunt like that... *looks pointedly at a CERTAIN SOMEONE*

gore-tex and full-fendered rain-bike (and hyphens) ftw!