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09-19-06, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
I don't do whole bikes from IRO. He doesnt offer the complete due to complicated Duty/Tax/Export issues. I have always prefered to go the build myself route if for no other reason than there is always something I want/need to swap out. Since you already build wheels I would consider a frame, fork, H.S. stem,hubs and perhaps cranks from Tony. Everything else you can pick up on the cheap local. The stock wheels are nothing special. You will pay a bit more in the end but get a bike that is more tailor made for yourself. Worth the extra few $ IMHO.
09-19-06, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by darkmother
Good point. Always nice to spend a quiet evening building a set of wheels. Besides, I have lots of parts kicking around, stem, bar, cranks....etc. I guess I'll give it a couple of days to see if my bike magically turns up somewhere, but I'm not holding my breath. How long are we talking to get a frame? Weeks? Months?
I want to just go riding around on the hunt...U-lock and cel at the ready.
09-19-06, 11:04 AM
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I almost had a freak out yesterday when I had to leave my wheels freelocked in kensington. I actually had to leave a optimal situation to move and relock it somewhere before I could relax. With the student crowd back the market for cheap bikes is rich again and the crackheads and those who take the bikes from them know it. I would be very careful until the cold weather starts to hit about locking up.
09-19-06, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
Add another.....Jacques chrome Bianchi Pista...just stolen downtown. GG spoke card...IRO silver front wheel. ****!
09-19-06, 11:09 AM
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Do you have a pic of the stolen Jamie Roy? I see a lot of IROs around lately and would hate to bug-out on the wrong guy, plus I have a hard time telling all of the different IROs apart even though a white one is rare.
Did they just cut through the cable? If it was at the YMCA there, don't they have cameras?
Did they just cut through the cable? If it was at the YMCA there, don't they have cameras?
09-19-06, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by somnambulant
I guess that's the guy that was outside Magpie Sunday evening, yeah?
09-19-06, 11:35 AM
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hmmm sounds like a bunch of rides getting ready for the trip to montreal? You can't reintegrate this stuff back into the market too too easily.
this it from the GG?
this it from the GG?
09-19-06, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
Do you have a pic of the stolen Jamie Roy? I see a lot of IROs around lately and would hate to bug-out on the wrong guy, plus I have a hard time telling all of the different IROs apart even though a white one is rare.
09-19-06, 11:42 AM
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Oh darn, overnight locking with a cable lock just north of parkdale? Say no more...
09-19-06, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
I want to just go riding around on the hunt...U-lock and cel at the ready.
09-19-06, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
Oh darn, overnight locking with a cable lock just north of parkdale? Say no more...
Originally Posted by darkmother
This is all I could find. I had it locked in front of a friends apartment, so no cameras. Could have happened any time between 10 pm and 8 am
https://static.flickr.com/56/111073440_5d75d46682_o.jpg
(and with The Beater the day you picked it up at Cavern
)edit: in fact, that's quite the history there.. none of you are riding the bikes in that pic anymore. Just my lonely Urbanite.. I hope I'm not jinxed now!
09-19-06, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by somnambulant
Actually.. I doubt bike theft is as bad in Parkdale as it is closer to U of T.
09-19-06, 12:16 PM
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1 month from Thursday: https://www.telsec.net/bicycleshow/ht.../fallshow.html
09-19-06, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Ill Mitch
I'm going to rebuild the Elvish for my winter/rain bike.
I want to spend very little or no money, so I'm wondering if anybody has:
-700c front wheel
-700c rear wheel
-1" threaded fork with a steerer tube that's about 8" or longer
I want to spend very little or no money, so I'm wondering if anybody has:
-700c front wheel
-700c rear wheel
-1" threaded fork with a steerer tube that's about 8" or longer
anyone?
09-19-06, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by somnambulant
1 month from Thursday: https://www.telsec.net/bicycleshow/ht.../fallshow.html
09-19-06, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
Sweet, I was planning on picking up a bike for my tour at the bike show. Now I can just look at bikes I'm not going to buy like every other year! I can pick up racks and panniers and other junk though...
09-19-06, 12:55 PM
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I was riding through Kensignton and some messenger guy came up and told me to keep an eye out for that silver Bianchi. You guys are giving me second doubts about locking my bike up on campus.
/sad
I'll keep an eye out for your Iro darkmother but the chances of me seeing anything are next to nil. I was just thinking how awesome it would be to lay the beatdown on some theives after a sting operation. Read: bikes with gps/rfid tags on it.
/sad
I'll keep an eye out for your Iro darkmother but the chances of me seeing anything are next to nil. I was just thinking how awesome it would be to lay the beatdown on some theives after a sting operation. Read: bikes with gps/rfid tags on it.
09-19-06, 01:01 PM
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Well if it makes you be extra careful, when I was a messenger full of badassedness we referred to McGill University as the shopping mall. I'll bet there is someone thinking of UoT in the same vien. Lock it up like a drum if it's gonna be out for awhile. I used to go so far as to fill in my allen key holes with solder. Courier type bikes don't start vanishing in singles, there will be a rash, mark my words.
09-19-06, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer
Well if it makes you be extra careful, when I was a messenger full of badassedness we referred to McGill University as the shopping mall. I'll bet there is someone thinking of UoT in the same vien. Lock it up like a drum if it's gonna be out for awhile. I used to go so far as to fill in my allen key holes with solder. Courier type bikes don't start vanishing in singles, there will be a rash, mark my words.
09-19-06, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by operator
I was riding through Kensignton and some messenger guy came up and told me to keep an eye out for that silver Bianchi. You guys are giving me second doubts about locking my bike up on campus.
09-19-06, 01:25 PM
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I was thinking about putting a ball bearing or like you said - soldering the allen key holes. But it would be immensely annoying to adjust anything.
These tinfoil hats are quite difficult to construct. Anyone got pdf instructions?
These tinfoil hats are quite difficult to construct. Anyone got pdf instructions?
09-19-06, 01:30 PM
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get a beater!!!!!
09-19-06, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by somnambulant
keep in mind that this is the crazy hectic blowout sale, not the big fancy trade show affair.. so, probably not your best bet for "window shopping".
I know that full well, but thats what I end up doing anyways (OOH!! ANOTHER GIANT HYBRID AND SOME KIND OF SUPER EXPENSIVE CANNONDALE NOBODY WANTS TO BUY!!) until I start to feel claustrophobic and have to leave. Last time I went my friend shoplifted a crappy MTB chain because the line up for that vendor was so crazy that it simply wasn't worth the time waiting. The chain ended up being ridiculously short and not even long enough to use single speed mode. I keep wanting to go there when I need a bike as there are often some sweet deals on completes, but yet again I am bike-ful.
09-19-06, 02:09 PM
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What is it with these tin foil hats? I'm confused....
09-19-06, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by operator
These tinfoil hats are quite difficult to construct. Anyone got pdf instructions?