mine has the same sticker - you stop noticing it after you've ridden the bike for about 3 min - its that good.

LULZ - I re-built my OCR2-fixie with that ENO wheel I had kicking around. This thing is a monster - 6 inches of seatpost with a Brooks saddle, compact road geometry, super-short seat stays, and a positive rise stem. I'm thinking its time for a rack - mebbe some fenders? w/e - the bike is a total ****-kicker, and Giant just blows...

They've creatively positioned the bike so you don't see the downtube sticker. You'll also notice the velospace pictures of the bikes are all the same.

man :(

hah, just had a feeling it'd be someone on here.

And thanks dude, bike is rad once I figured out how to get in and out of clips (tightening them made it alot easier surprisingly).

I actually just taped over the IronHorse logo on my rig, I find tastefully cutting it and tapering it helped blend it into the other relatively cool designs on the frame. Slash I may have been high and found tape again.

Im running some faaat tirez now, 2.60, all knobbly and whatnot. I feel like a kid who found a monster truck in his driveway. Down side = I have to redish the wheel about a millimeter to get half a millimeter clearance for the back wheel.

This may end hilariously badly.

Yep, I just got in from a blast out to Yonge & Bloor and back... rode out there around 5:30/45 and came back around 8:15, much wetter out after that 2 hour stop off :) Streetcar tracks on College collect an assload of water meaning spray comes from both oncoming and same-direction traffic... yay. Glad I made the call to remount the fenders before I went out as I'd been out to the Angry Immigrant Mall earlier without even a sign of dark cloud in the sky. Boo-urns to a craptacular weather season so far this summer.

pics or it doesnt exist!!!

/I have some dirrrrrrty fenders and a grunge rack you can have.

I mean, drop the value of the bike two hundred bucks grungy =D. BYOHardware.

Was that your bike being tuned at urbane today I saw Operator with?

Most likely. I picked it up at Urbane today stock except for a 17T cog on the fixed side so unless they were selling two today that'd have been mine. Kinda wishing I'd paid more attention to who else was there now, I was so stoked to be grabbing my first good bicycle that I don't think I paid attention to much else ;)

That would be it. Be worried though, I saw Operator hit a street post whiler test riding it.

Just kidding.

It looked more like a streetCAR, but I was drunk and using the cog as a shuriken...

(I wasnt even in the vicinity)

and i had to work outside in that **** for the last 5 hours.

and i'm working all weekend so no Charlie ride for me :(

rennick: high fives!

Hahaha, oh man, you have no idea how much I love a good high five on the street... The "ride-by" high five is second ONLY to the "unsuspecting cab hailer" high five.

Lol... I built your bike.


haha

so I just finished truing the rear wheel (as true as it gets with its bent spocks) and now I have realised that my frame is precisely, and I mean within 0.5 mm, large enough to accomodate a 2.6 knobbly tire.

the little rubber strings that come with new tires? yeah those cause it to stick ever so slightly as they bend when the tire rotates.

im going to ride it for a little bit, but its being replaced with a 2.5, soontimes.

:bday: Happy Birthday Shamil :bday:

Oh that's what that was? Not a worry though, the bike turns really good to the left now...

Small world, that's wild.


<deleting thread complaining about how my bike was assembled> ;)

now its a true track bike :D


or atleast perfect for the velodrome

would someone who is planning on doing the dsr ride tomorrow night mind pming my there phone number? i get off work at 9, and i dont wanna miss the ride :D



ps: nohanded skid = bad idea, everytime i tried it i almost crashed... who da thunk it?

welcome to the wonderful world of baskets...

actually i have the same one of the front of my red "paperboy" bike.

'appy Birthday Sham dude, have a good one :beer: :thumb:

:bday: :cheers:

Yay smilies! :D

Stuart, ride starts at same place/time. Call me at the shop and we'll figure something out.

Totally. I have to post pics of mine. It's an abominable contraption but it's great...

ha ha...well its actually tomorrowz! but thanx homies!!

hmmmmmmmm if payday = tomorrow
then present_to_self == scotch?
else itsjustanotherdayinthahood.