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Ill Mitch 10-15-06 11:39 AM

Nice video.

gonna be riding in the Don all day .

jeremywhitehorn 10-15-06 03:27 PM


Originally Posted by Shiznaz
You guys were up late last night!

yup. worked till 11:30 then proctrastinated before doing homework until 3 or so.

Shiznaz 10-15-06 04:42 PM

Whee! I swapped the conti gp 3000s off my spicer and put them onto the cx bike. It really flies! Me and my buddy were doing quarter mile (or some kind of arbitrary distance between 'the concrete line and the orange lamp post') standing start drags down at the ex. I didn't even have enough enough time to shift to the highest gear. I think we nearly gave a family a heart attack as we flew by on both sides of them at 50+km/h

gboy 10-15-06 07:43 PM

Anybody read this novel?

Bottom Bracket takes place in Kensington and follows a feminist bike-courier through her life in the market and her entaglement in a murder on her street. Kind've a clever title, eh?

VIVIAN MYER launches BOTTOM BRACKET
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W, Toronto
Tues, Oct 24, 7:30-10pm (doors 7pm), free

Anyways, I work at a chain bookstore now so if anybody needs some books, I get a discount.

cavit8 10-15-06 07:54 PM

Wow, that could be so indescribably.... living on the edge in Kensington market?

Will there be food at the book launch?

sweep242 10-15-06 07:58 PM

Hey any luck finding your bike?
The book sounds interesting as well.
Cheers

operator 10-15-06 08:17 PM

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...icture0241.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...icture0251.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...icture0261.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...icture0271.jpg

Contrary to what it says, it's not flip flop but fixed/fixed. Lockrings both sides, real track nuts. $25 shipped. Win.

They look identical to these hubs: http://www.speedgoat.com/product.asp...t=260&brand=70

Completely unrelated note: what happens when faulty software causes fatalities
http://sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/therac.pdf

eyefloater 10-15-06 09:17 PM


Originally Posted by cavit8
Wow, that could be so indescribably.... living on the edge in Kensington market?

Will there be food at the book launch?

Who the **** writes this ****? Yes, I'm living on the edge RIGHT NOW. Oh ****, ninjas!

somnambulant 10-16-06 07:23 AM

simmer down now

eyefloater 10-16-06 07:27 AM


Originally Posted by somnambulant
simmer down now

*tears somna in half and stabs one half with the other half*

fixedude 10-16-06 07:28 AM

gokiburi> brush up on your nihongo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI0pz...elated&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJus9...elated&search=

somnambulant 10-16-06 07:29 AM

anyone up for ramen/pho for lunch?

operator 10-16-06 08:20 AM


Originally Posted by somnambulant
anyone up for ramen/pho for lunch?


I only have enough for a beer and a crack rock

gokiburi 10-16-06 08:56 AM

they cut off streaming video at work :mad: ... i have to wait until i get home before i check my daily youtube links... :p
were you up in osaka for the weekend? been entertaining a bunch of crazy osakans for the past month.

STEEKER 10-16-06 08:56 AM

smoke a joint , better for you

somnambulant 10-16-06 08:58 AM


Originally Posted by operator
I only have enough for a beer and a crack rock

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think a bowl of pho is probably cheaper than a beer and a crack rock. :P

gokiburi 10-16-06 09:09 AM


Originally Posted by somnambulant
anyone up for ramen/pho for lunch?

whereabouts for ramen? haven't had much luck with find a good bowl in toronto.. $15 ramen at izakaya on the esplanade..HAAHAHAHAH i'm surprised that place is still in business.

somnambulant 10-16-06 09:34 AM

I don't know about a *good* bowl of ramen, but I was thinking Konichiwa (sp) in Baldwin Village.

Offhoff 10-16-06 09:36 AM

Not ramen but soba saturdays at Hiro remain the only reason to go to that place. The noodles are glorious. I wish we could get ramen like they have in Little Tokyo in NYC...heaven.

Also if anyone is interested in a 416 cell phone number I have one with the old city fido plan (unlimited incoming and outgoing calls anywhere in toronto for 60 a month everything in) its not going cheap but I'll give you guys first strike if anyones interested.

gboy 10-16-06 09:54 AM


Originally Posted by cavit8
Wow, that could be so indescribably.... living on the edge in Kensington market?

Will there be food at the book launch?

I think there would be, and just think of the opportunities for picking up feminist chicks! (Calling Rob) ;)

No luck with finding the bike yet, but Mike's offered some cool discounts on some bikes I might be interested in.

gokiburi 10-16-06 09:55 AM


Originally Posted by STEEKER
smoke a joint , better for you

more reason to have pho after.

about hiro.. really underwhelmed with that place. i can't say i'd recommend it to anyone. the handmade soba is good if you don't mind spending about $30 to be a high class nooodle boy. it might not be as fancy but tokyo grill on yonge/wellesley has a similiar soba special for about $7. it used to be the last saturday of every month but this was years ago.
for better kaiseki: sakura, hashimoto or kaji is a better bang for the buck and experience. if you just want fish, sushi marche all the way!

and for bike content: is anyone thinking about getting their winter beaters ready? ready=dusting the cobwebs off.

somnambulant 10-16-06 10:38 AM

bahahahaha.. looked up "pho" on wikipedia (I'm a wikipedia addict, what can I say?) and it says:

"There was a restaurant in Vancover, BC Canada named "Pho Bich Nga.""

I remember seeing that while I was there in 2000 with my band and we all totally lost it. It was a catch phrase for several months afterwards.

Offhoff 10-16-06 11:19 AM

Myeh I've heard good and bad regarding Hiro. I tend to only go with people who are serious regulars there and get seriously preferential treatment, plus I'm rarely complaining. My experiences have been good to great but I can definately see that some others who dined there have had problems. Such is life in the restaurant business one person's perfection is another's nightmare. Anyways hope some of you are enjoying the ridiculous weather today. Damn 12 hour days...

cavit8 10-16-06 11:34 AM


Originally Posted by gokiburi
and for bike content: is anyone thinking about getting their winter beaters ready? ready=dusting the cobwebs off.

I've been thinking about what to do for a winter beater. My suzue hubset is on it's last legs, so it will likely be relegated to beaterdom shortly. I don't have a beater frame, unfortunately. I do have a couple of mountain frames, but I dont' want to build up a fixed hub just for that. I sort of think fixed rather than SS would be kinda handy in the winter.

duppy.conqueror 10-16-06 11:43 AM


Originally Posted by gokiburi
and for bike content: is anyone thinking about getting their winter beaters ready? ready=dusting the cobwebs off.

mines ready...same thing im riding now cept with fenders...hehehehehe;)


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