hockey tape makes great rim tape. what kind of Canadians are you?

um..... the non-hockey playin' variety? :lol: I ride in the snow and ice instead.

Yeah, I have lockrings on everything I own but still use a U-lock and a cable to secure everything just in case there is a forward-thinking bum around.

I was eating some pho the other day and I rode the Roubaix down and locked it up (within eyesite) and sure enough, a guy stopped to check it out. I like to think he was just admiring it but he was there for about 3 minutes, which made me a bit nervous but then he continued on. He then came back about 15 minutes later and stood looking at it for another 3 minutes or so. I was with 4 friends and I am not a small guy anyways, so I continued to give the guy the benefit of the doubt that he was just checking out the neat bike and yeah, he didn't touch it but it is still a bit nerve-wracking having nice things in this city sometimes.

If you want a cheap saddle and post, those are your guys...sketchy scammers one and all.
You think the bike theft is bad? I had a customer the other day that had his tube stolen...not the wheel or tire...just the tube. How much crack does a tube get on the street these days anyway?

hahahahaha

I had my snowshovel stolen by a crackhead...wonder how much crack he got for that.

I had a guy in a few weeks back whose wheel got ripped off while he was standing next to the bike. He came out to unlock it, look a call on his cell and while he was turned the other way talking, someone just flipped his QR, grabbed the wheel and took off. He turned back around and was like - 'tF?! - didn't even see who did it.

Up here you would've gotten kicked off the bus/train or got a $120 ticket :P

That's probably not going to hold. I had to walk home the other week because my electrical rim tape moved and exposed the spoke holes. It doesn't flat immediately but any sort of bump and it will puncture. I usually carry 2x spare tubes and a full park tool patch kit, so you can deduce how many flats it took to empty me out before I called it quits.

Not to mention the bike shop charged me $6 for rim tape for one wheel.

allen key

ooohhhh noooooooooooooooooooo I hear the beat of little wings:eek:

Dude that so sucks

Anytime is fine, not working these days.

efnet #bikeforums slackers

lol, sounds like me. last week walking down spadina from college i stopped to admire a bike. i looked it over, at different angles, close-up, then from a distance :lol: then walking back up spadina about 15 minutes later i stopped again to admire the bike, then realizing if the owner was watching me i probably looked totally suspicious.

i take my sweet-ass time admiring bikes.

It's true, that DOES sound like you... BIKE-STALKER! You stole my wheel yesterday, didn't you? :)

ha! before we met i used to sit on that bench and stare at your bike for hours. i decided that was probably a bit creepy and thought i should introduce myself.

your wheel only kept me high half the night. i had to leave the house to jack someone's tube :mad:

Aki, we'll be keeping an eye on you. :lol:
*Prepares the radio tag air gun*

I just went and bought a cable for my front wheel. Damn this paranoia!

So far so good in the front wheel dept,lights,top tube pro,seat & post & i've only been using my mini krypto
However my bike comes in with me most places work & home. so far no prob downtown(knocking on wood).
Cheers
Also i use e-tape for my rims seems to work well so far!
somnambulant maybe you should play the lotto! good luck is bound to come?

Always lock your front wheel/seat if it's going to be parked for commuting. Otherwise, well.

yup my friend just had his seatpost taken...
guess those punk a$$e$ walk with allen keys.

I seem to remember there being some Madlib fans in the house.. did y'alls know there's a Stones Throw 10th Anniversary show in October?

A buddy just called me with an invite to see Dave Chappelle at Massey Hall this month. 6th row boyee!! JACKPOT!!!

I wanna go to that, I wonder how much tickets are.

He told me that they sold out 4 shows in a few hours...they might announce another. Folks were lined up for a day and a half before they went on sale. We paid $80 plus the ticketmaster bend over so we can ream you charge. About $90 all told. A small price to pay imho.

almost there
 

well, thanks to keith i'm finally on my way to riding fixed. after much deliberation and humming and hawing as to what route to take, i've decided to buy a mark v. other than the stem (and a rear wheel to be built by cavernmech), all parts are still to be decided on. hope you can handle all my newbie questions over the next few weeks ;)

unfortunately the bike won't be seeing the streets of toronto as it's heading to BC on wednesday. and it just dawned on me that i'll be bikeless for the next month as my geared bike is also heading there next week :(

anyhow, thrilled to finally be going fixed!

Man, people are turning over those Chappelle tickets at least 3x the normal amount!

Crazay!

:D

Ok, guess that was you I saw in the shop on Tuesday.

Msg to cavit8: I need the stuff, hook me up!

40 piece?

Notice: darkmother and I are going to hit up the donut tomorrow. All come.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Donut_Ride

k

I spent the afternoon making a SS out of the frame that I used for a year as a fixie, my Colnago Sport. I didn't spend any money except 10 bucks on the stem, everything was just lying around and not being used for anything. The rear wheel is a great old Shimano 535 that I found in a dumpster last year and had new bearings put in and it is nice and stiff, which is perfect for this frame as I found the rear to be a bit spongey. Rode around a bit today and it is great and fast but yeah, that rear brake housing is way too long and needs to be black. I'll do it on Tuesday ;)


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