Yeah, that's my idea of fun :) Beating myself up on the bike is the only way I've kept sane - it's my stress relief - I love and crave the burn (always after, never during ;)). I'm slowly getting in shape, this kind of thing would be a lot of fun for me. I want the challenge.

Well, see, there's the problem right there. I rarely take my bikes to shops - I'd rather own the tool and do it myself. 2 seconds was an obvious exaggeration - 10 ~ 15 min is more like it.

If it's something quick (~5mins), you're not an asshat + it's not busy. Likelihood of freebie approaches 100%. I've had my share of freebies before I had access to a shop which i'm very grateful for. I like to do the same unto others as appropriate.

^^ Ah, when I worked as a PC repair tech, it always used to grate on me when I needed to charge for silly things, like installing RAM or a HDD. A lot of the time, I would just do it for free, because its a pure cash grab to charge for 80% of those incidents. This is why I'd be a piss-poor small business owner :)

well, another week, another set of egg beaters kicks the bucket :( This time I re-greased them, re-assembled, and tightened down the fastening nut at the end of the spindle... trouble is, the RH nut just keeps turning and turning, and isn't coming off! lol... egg beaters. At least the company seems to be good with returns & warranty so far. These suckers are going back for sure. I'll ask *kindly* if I can pay the diff to step up to SLs. Maybe if I'm ballin' I'll go Ti.

Let's all take a minute to rock out to something awesome: http://vimeo.com/2317118

awesome! then a new pack can be formed.

sounds like most of us here will be far rear of the main pack anyway..

however, i did go this weekend, but i took the vintage road bike complete with its 20yr old 700x20c rubber.

the rolling hills along keele north of 7 were soooooo much less punishing.....

I was up for going again on sunday, but
1. wind/cold
2. overcast
3. amull not joining
4. roadie friends are on their O-Cup team practices
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= not getting out of bed.


instead, i finally setup my corridor to hang up the bikes..

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1453/racks.jpg

How many kilometers did you do trueno92? I'll come next weekend under two conditions, not windy (25km/h+) and not wet.

Yeah i think when you buy something for the first time you automatically become a member, $5 i think it was.

8% pst (ontario) and 5% gst (canada)

some bike things are pst exempt

and yeah an MEC "share", is $5

13% taxes in Ontario, but universal healthcare so overall it's a good deal. :)

you can't downshift shift while you're in the drops, which makes sprint finnishes kind of difficult for some guys

i don't think indexing on downshifting is all that important, personally, especially with how fast the shifting is on both shimano and sram, it's kind of hard to get ahead of the shifting

of coarse i wouldn't say no to having record on a bike, but they definitely all have their pros and cons, the thumb position is a con i think

i believe lights are pst exempt since they are safety related

around 40km

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...1,0.30899&z=12

not bad for 5km/h sw wind, and 5 degrees.. quite a few cyclists were out as well - along with the smaller slightly more relaxed group i was with. fun times.

Im exactly the same tho.. if its +5 degrees and less than 20km/h wind gusts, then i'd be out. ala saturday.
sunday was terribly overcast and cold tho..

Is everyone riding it fixed, though? I plan on riding my 'cross-turned-road bike. Once my finals are done, I'm down for riding if there's a bunch of guys to form a slower group.

everyone you mean the 3 ppl in this thread that are up for riding it?

it doesn't have to be fixed only tho.. i would prob take my road bike out every other morning or complete the ride a few times on the road bike to learn those roads before taking the fixed gear.

we can just be labeled the "less-competitive's"

Well i have one bike, and it's a fixed gear. So when you guys are going road let me know so i can skip.

If I'm around to ride with you guys on the donut, I'll be riding fixed for the time being.

My next available weekend is April 4/5th. Probable that Sunday would be best, depending on what I'm doing for my Saturday training ride.

i'm down to ride it as well, just not this weekend

i'll be on my cervelo, i'll still be slow though

Yeah looks like I should be OK for the 4th and 5th. What ratio are you fixed dudes planning to use?

anything around 76 gear inches.

i was running 46x16 and the other roadies said that was an ideal gear. Once the hammer dropped at hwy7, ratio didn't matter unless i had a rocket strapped to my back.

on another note, how long does stuff usually take to come in from probikekit.com?

PBK: my experience is as little as 3 days from the shipping notice, as much as 2 weeks

pretty fast for free

I'm running 80 (46/15) now which I think might be a bit rough for the rolling hills that way north, in order to hold pace, anyway :) I'll drop to edit: 71, not 74 (46/17) tonight and see how she feels.

Loving this easterly wind (even though it's bringing rain), going home from work is a total joy (usually I'm faced with a head wind when I head west out of Whitby).

as for PBK, I got my stuff sent to my parents so I've no idea, as they brought it over on the plane with them.

so they want to merge gst and pst which means no more pst exempt bike stuff that goes through