Yeah I took it to the Byers Bush Jet Kote place. They sandbalsted it + powdered it for me for $75. Came out great. I'm about to fly down to my garage and put all these goodies together and will take pictures soon.

That is first year spelling tho no?

:|

oohhh, no you di-ent! (cough).....

Clear the way....The spelling gestapo is in the house!

bahahahaha.. nice.

we should start calling you red green.

oh wait, that show isn't actually funny...

T minus 24 hours before returning to Toronto! Let's go riding this weekend. Maybe. Unless I'm busy. I'm very popular, you know.

Oh sweet, the girl's coming back!

[/sausage party]

Okay, I need an N+1 opinion ...

Current bikes:
- Lemond Sarthe ("53"cm, 100mm stem) - http://2006.lemondbikes.com/images/2...croixdefer.gif
- Pake ("55"cm, 90mm stem) - http://www.pakebikes.com/pakespecs.html

Next bike:
- EAI Bareknuckle ("52"/"54"cm) - http://www.thebikebiz.com/ProductDet...1&Show=ExtInfo

So I'm thinking I probably want to go w/ the "52"cm (54cm top tube) due to the fact that the reach will be a bit long w/ the other size. Since the stem will have a negative rise that'll lengthen the effective reach. This is just me making assumptions though, so anyone out there w/ some track bike fitting experience please chime in. I'm having some trouble compensating for the steep angles and the more forward position.

Edit: yes, this is devoid of any useful body measurement information. I guess I'm trying to get an answer based on theory.

yo somn....ya udupi palace like cav said...try the 'paper masala dosa'...that was the first one I ever head there....its noice! more dosa ;)

Ok , just need to put seatpost and uh, handlebars on.!

post pick when its done!

So new job today. Teaching Hospitality and Tourism (Food Prep) at Danforth Tech. Should be good, teaching young eager minds how to cook, food costing, safety etc. 25 kids in a class all learning how to hold chefs knives. Think I might wear the old tin cup tomorrow. Hells Kitchen it won't be. Love the school rules-no hats, hoodies or do rags and no phones or mp3s. Think I might be a little lax on that one. Better things to do than bust kids over a an ipod.

Best part is, well not the best part as this is the dream job I've been hoping for, but anyways there is an autobody shop there. Should be able to get the bike stripped, cable guides removed and painted for cheap, like 2 dozen brownies I hope. Must remember to be nice to autoshop guys.

*jeremywhitehorn,* wielding a mean whisk at school? Culinary school or teacher?

Cheers.

Chainline + headset + track nuts problems. I'm about to take an axe to this. Man I gotta get me some of those UTW sit n Spin shorts. Do they ever have any discounts/specials on clothing?

Edit: I just managed to strip two track nuts, woohoo!

*snikker* ^^^ More evidence in operator's abuse of all things threaded?

If I got busted for chewing gum..you better be busting em for I-pods.
*random unintelligible rant about how things were when I was young*
Bike tubes are much thinner than most auto body guys are used to. Very easy to blow a hole in a bike tube with the wrong torch head. Make sure a grade 12 student does it for you.

How tight are you cranking those things. DAMN!

Probably related to his dropouts not being spaced properly. It makes cranking down the nuts way harder and you can sometimes overdo it.

I just got back from a great long weekend at algonquin park and I still smell of wood smoke. Great weather except for one day but we had 'alternative' entertainment organized just in case. Yesterday was gorgeous. Totally worth it just for that.

I'm set for an alleycat this weekend, and then track racing the next weekend. Maybe donut ride the week after. Good to see stuff is still going down without me! My defrauding situation is also looking better but I still have no girl :p I'm planning on making this an autumn and winter of serious bike riding/ rock climbing. My friend and I are actually throwing around the idea of biking cross canada this summer so I need to do some serious training and figure out a gearie to build/buy. I'm going to check out the fall bike show and see if they have any nice cross bikes. We are thinking cross bikes with cantis and a bob trailer would be the best for such a long haul. Any suggestions?

Also,is anyone up for some evening/weekend rock climbing at any of the gyms downown this winter? I've been getting too weak, need to build up that core strength! Also no girlfriend to take up my time!

I'm a fan of the Burley Nomad trailer w/ extra cargo rack.

i dunno if any of you saw, or heard of, this, but apparently the possibility (or, at least, the consideration) of licensing bike messengers in toronto is still being discussed...
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2006/a...r%20license%22

it is supposed to be discussed at the next toronto cycling committee meeting on sept. 18...
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2006/m...p/cp060717.pdf

Yes! Yes! Yes! For the love of dog, yes! I've been throwing the idea around with people I know here for years, and gotten nothing but lukewarm responses. I'm all over that in a way entirely unlike the way Rob's threads are all over his tracknuts... err?

I'd like to check out one of these: http://www.xtracycle.com/

Walls frighten me - I'm out.

IMHO the messengers should get organized and welcome licensing. If done the right way it would make the industry a better place for messengers.

Sources for DVDs...
 

Hey Toronto folk, can anyone recommend a local place that sells racing or other bike culture DVDs ?

Thanks for any suggestions.

I know Cycle Therapy has a rental library, not sure about sales. I remember there being a bunch of DVDs under the counter at Sweet Pete's Cyclepath as well.

I'm not too familiar with the toronto gyms, but I've been to 3 of them before. The handiest for me would be the Rock Oasis at front and bathurst as it is on my commute but really any of the downtown ones are just as easy. I've got unpacking to do all evening this week, but do you want to arrange to go after 5pm some evening next week? I'm pretty sure our return commutes are pretty similar (I'm going to bloor & ossington these days), so we could have a little spin westward after.

Yeah, I'm definitely up for going next week... at the moment the only evening I have plans is Tuesday. I haven't been to any of the gyms in Toronto, so I have no preference. Some friends of mine owned a gym in St. John's and that's where I was introduced to climbing (and I've since done some outdoor climbing around the coast in NL as well).

Velotique at Queen and Coxwell has a nice selection as well.