Yeah didn't you know? we are an affiliate. Pretty much everyone got a misfits 'cept for me. One of our riders Adam got a singlespeed and is never looking back... he is out of control.

Check your chain tension. I find a lot of people on their first builds go waaaaay too tight. I definitely did at first, a little slack is a good thing and will likely make your bike run a little quieter and won't likely wear down your components as quickly. At the same time, too much slack and you're dropping chains and you don't want that either! Finding the perfect balance may take a little time but you'll know when you've found it.

Hahaha, so sweet!

I was in there with my buddy Sean and I think Mark and Rob were there as well at the time when a posse of bike cops 6-8 deep all casually rolled down Augusta the wrong way... Way to see a good example!

Ride Safe! Here's a video of me riding unsafely!

FIVE IN A ROW! MOTHERB!TCHES!

Epic.

Danpositive!

Legendary... Rennick hits a 5-er!

I've seen a few of the crazy "let's ride anywhere" kids around, not too much - the 'regular' commuters along College are challenging enough at times though Just heard a kid got struck pretty hard yesterday because he was cornering on the wrong side of the road I wish parents would at least say "stay on the sidewalk, keep your helmet ON" if they can't be bothered to teach proper road safety to their kids... Life is so precious!

Skipped the DSR stuff last night, wasn't feeling fantastic once I got home, and the wind kinda bummed me... decided just to sleep

I'll definitely come in on Saturday, Mike - the creaking *might* be my pedal, I'm worried in case it's because I had a curb strike on my crank the other day and something went wrong that I've not seen, the chainring is tight on the spider, as it was found loose last Friday when I was checking it on the train (that was scary to find )

I really need to practice re-adjusting pedal position before curb hopping... sometimes I forget in the heat of the moment and fumble my way through. Either way, my black IRO cranks now have lovely metallic scratches on the ends of them after being in the Don on Saturday and the last curb strike

My drivetrain isn't super quiet, as I run a 1/8" chain on my 3/32" cogs, but it works fine - and is still pretty quiet compared to regular bikes. Some slack is definitely not a bad thing, but I've had it slack enough to throw my chain a few times already when hopping tracks, etc. - so you definitely do learn that sweet spot - I'm still learning

which pump should i buy? i have to replace the one stolen from me. yes, they even stole my effing pump. seriously though, the pump too?! I'm surprised they didn't ring my doorbell to slap me directly in the face before they left.

*edit* who wants to build a bait bike with me? i'ma get vigilante on they ass!

Unfortunately.

Edit: On second thought, I just looked at the map link from the story.. this looks like a case of a kid enjoying himself + tooling around on a quiet/fairly closed road, and probably getting caught by a driver taking the bend too fast.

Fine tip Sharpie.

Well I got the cog/chain/BB/cranks built up at Sweet Pete's--I'm assuming they matched the pitch of the chain and cog... is there any way for me to check? How do you measure it?

where do you find those professional photos that were taken on the coarse at the 24 Hour race of the weekend?

edit:

www.cyclingphotos.ca?

I've thought about it a couple of times - building a brakeless freewheeled bike and then chasing them down once they get on it. It's all fine and dandy to say that bike thieves deserve to die but i don't think that any of us really mean it and would feel like **** (not to mention probably face criminal charges if it was proved that we intentionally set up the trap) if someone got seriously hurt and/or killed.

A light beating, however, wouldn't be bad. It might send the message to other bike thieves that they are going to get ****ed up if they mess with people's bikes - on the other hand, it might just prompt them to start carrying bigger knives.

i was thinking more along the lines of a bike with some sort of transmitter on it so we can follow it. over the course of several days we'll torment the thief mentally. none of this loose axle nuts nonsense, i'm talking about getting inside someone's head.

Yeah, that's the poor little guy who was mentioned on the radio last night... I mean, yes he was in the wrong, but hell man - he's 7, it's not like he knew much better Stupid parents irritate the hell out of me.

Good idea on the Sharpie, that'll work nicely I bet... though aren't battle wounds/scars hardcore? Or is that just for human skin and not componentry?

I've almost wanted someone to take my Rob Roy so I can watch them get pitched off it trying to coast, but at the end of the day, I'd prefer not to have it potentially gone - thievery sucks, vigilantism sounds cool but I dunno if it'd be so effective, there are a lot of people in town that just don't give a crap about anything and I'd rather not get involved in a confrontation if I can help it.

To paraphrase my engineering design prof, "If you have to damage something, do it to yourself and not my tools.. you'll heal, tools won't."

I'm far too impatient for that. A henious spray adhesive and a feather pillow works fine by me. Besides I suspect most bike thefts are by people without much of a head to get into.

also https://www.specimage.com/front/ but they aren't up yet I don't think.



Hahaha SPRAY ADHESIVE and a feather pillow! That's next level s#$t!

These guys usually have good stuff and good prices. It takes a little while for them to get everything sorted/uploaded/etc, however.

https://search.specimage.com/search.php?q=chico&t=name

edit: mark got to it first.

hahahaha

anyone know where I can get 1" road quill stems? I've dropped in on a few places and no one seems to have any...

If they're antiquated for whatever reason, try George @ Parts Unknown (?) - he's in an alleyway off Augusta right near Baldwin, IIRC.

Across the street from the Freshmart, past the white fence and down the laneway.

I just noticed Keith in cam's image.

THAT goes in the EFFIN' GOOD IDEA file.
HolyMoly I've done 130k in the last two days..which is equal roughly to two weeks of work/home commuting. Frankly I'm bagged but I feel good. Not much spark left in my legs right now.