I agree with you most of the shops give you attitude here in downtown. Dukes and Sportinglife included..But as far Cavern Cycles is concerned i dont think youll find a better shop..And Kieth is the most helpful guy in town...i m sure as he said it was one of the guys he hired that gave you the snub but ask anyone here on this forum . And everyone will say go to Kieth at Cavern Cycles for not only IRO but everything. I have bin bugging him for the last 2 months with questions for an IRO and fixed gear. And he has bin veyr straight forward and helpful . And he knows what hes talking about. So dont penalize the guy coz of someone he hired. It can happen to anyone.

See, this makes a lot more sense to me. I couldn't figure out how Cavern stayed in business if the guy that owned it was a prick to his customers. I don't even know who I talked to, but it was probably Mr. Long Gone. It's good to hear something back from the shop this quickly though - that's bonus points for class.

- eyefloater

Yeah, that's me. Funny, I probably would have busted some bike rage too-hate it when people honk at me:)

yeah, a couple of years ago, there was this guy working at Carvern Cycle, and boy he got some attitutde, I didn't go there any more for sometime, then I got a flat tire near sherbourne and Adelaide, and with such a luck, I didn't bring a spare tube with me and it was almost 5 or 6 P.M. and the guy was closing shop, he said he was closing shop and asked me what I need told him I need an inner tube and the guy gave an inner tube and told me to just pay the next day coz he was in a hurry, I was able to fix the flat and the next day I went back and pay the tube he gave me. He is not the same guy, who gave me the attitude a couple of years ago...

Anyone know where to get 3/16 grade 25 bearings similiar to the ones (well exactly) on Sheldon Browns site? He wants $50 min + $17 for shipping to canada even though the bearings themsleves are like 5 bucks.

When I need bearings in a hurry and dont have them in stock I call Motion Industries,200 Queens Quay, unit 2, 416-465-8250. If they dont have them in stock they should be able to get them for you within a day or 2. Dont know how prices stack up against Sheldons tho. K.

Hey all. Just a quick note to all the Toronto members of Bikeforums. The Cavern Cycles-Sneaky Dees cycling club is hosting a party on Saturday October 1st. There will be refreshments, D.J.'s, fabulous door prizes and Fixed Gear Goldsprint indoor trainer races. The location is 201 Niagara Street. Doors open at 9. Hope to see you all there. K

Is it a B.O.Y.B. kind of party, and what is the Major intersection of Niagara street....

This is a licensed hall but refreshments will be very affordable. The location is just south of King Street.

totally interested, I'll stop by for sure.

tom how you doing, dude, oscar

its my weekend off, I might drop by, depends, if I am going on a long bike ride

I'll drop by on Oct 1st - i'm at my friends house right now. Just did a full century for the first time 161.8km.. woohoo!

Going to ride back tomorrow ... hope it doesn't rain.

Nicely done! About how long did it take you?

- eyefloater

Hey Oscar, I'm doing fine. What's new with you?

I haven't been riding as much as I'd like the past couple of months. Got into a bit of smash-up with a car in early June (fixie, not the roadie)....
so I've been trying to finish up this project as quickly as I can...
http://www.topix.com/tom-ass/iro-tom.jpg

Loose screws (http://www.loosescrews.com) sells chromium bearings for around $3-4 US per 100. They also have a mixed package of a number of different sizes. I thought sheldon's prices a little steep. I'm not sure how that plays out against Motion's after shipping.

7 hours lol :|
The last 50km was so boring, you can't believe it. North access road next to the QEW all the way to St. Catharines + head wind.

And this morning coming back I got soaked to the bone twice and then I flatted west of sauga. So then I cheated and didn't complete the back to back century.

The cavern/sneaky-dees cycling club party isn't happening at Sneaky Dee's? Interesting. :)

I might try and pop by for a bit, but I have a non-cyclist friend visiting that weekend.

Right by the abattoir too! URBAN!

Having the party where it is enabled us to charge $.50 less per beer. Always looking out for the budget minded beer consumer! K.

That's certainly a good reason! :)

So you guys want to do a ride before dropping by party? Or after?

both?

If you ride before...save some for the goldsprints! K.

What time are y'all heading to the pah-tee on Saturday? I just got invited to a friend's bday party on Saturday night also, so I'm trying to figure out a plan of action.