HAHAHHAAH. Hilarious. Everyone knows everyone here except that jerk who got his post deleted. Warning unecessary.

Tovi when you coming in to bikechain ! ! ! ! ! There was so many people there today ^^

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Does anyone have any good leads on cheap (read << $100) but "good quality" road shoes in town? I tried hitting up some shops today looking for clearance stock from last year, but I think I might be one spring bike show too late.

Mec. I'd say just get the sidis they'll last through many crappy pairs.

You can always find good stuff on ebay within Canada i often see my shoes on there go for around 50 bux i paid 225 so you never know.
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Good luck
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dude, that's one step away from sitting on milk crates and playing dice! ghetto, ghetto. i keep missing the safety meetings; i was helping a buddy move furniture tonight so could not attend. i did raise a beer in everyone's honour though.

on another note, does anyone have a cheapish 6-speed (or other "esoteric") rear wheel they would let go for cheap, or for trade? i want to build up my pink bridgestone into a moustache-barred townie. have to find a need for the plethora of downtube shifters i found at the bike show...

I think I'm addicted to clipless. Wuh oh.

woop woop fashion police

hipster

Yes me to. People around here must think i have an odd sense in fashion when i’m off the bike because not many would know that they are cycling shoes.
I love to try some metal clips & leather straps. So far i have not.
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I started offroading with clipless and never looked back...

I love me the clipless. I found I didn't feel as "connected" to the bike with trap'n straps. But I see tons of people riding them fixed so maybe I'm just lazy or something ;)

Anyone going out to the Poker Run today? Weather looks like it's gonna be shifty all day.

i really don't know how to play poker but i will be riding from place to place today collecting an assortment of playing cards. when you win you jump out of your chair and shout, "BINGO!" right?

charlie - last night when i met your roommates the first thing i thought was, "which one of these guys looks like they threw a mouse through a window?"

clipless? never tried it. i'm too afraid of pulling out mid-skid. life's all about good stories though.

Im out...gotta get stuff ready for daughters 1st bday...

nahhhhhhhhhhhh man! you yell "Tag: you're it!"

Cod of War: http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/...ofwar-costume/

i hear that. i've worn my lakes to interviews, clubs, etc. i get lots of questions about them. i'm always like, "s'all about the acceleration, man"...

i admit i was scared to try clipless at first. was off-road for the first try, didn't fall, hit the streets the next day and haven't changed 'em since. only time i couldn't clip out i'd been riding around in mud so the cleats got borked up, but i landed on nice soft grass so it didn't matter.

the exustar mtb ones from mec are ok, i've been pretty tough on them and they've held up well. nothing compared to the quality of my sidis of course, (which i got a good deal on) but fine for a starter pair. i like mtb style for everyday because they're marginally easier if you have to walk around/take stairs.

Poker run!

Ha ha
Took a ride over to EB yesterday & picked up the original god of war gotta give it a try tonight.

Good luck with the poker hands all.

my second ipod is dead. i hate you ipod.

I feel your pain.

If its not raining when I decide to leave my editing den of ill repute I will do the poker ride.

i've been ipod-free since mine was stolen two years ago. it's kind of liberating - you can HEAR things again... eavesdrop on subway conversations, traffic, streetcars, your own thoughts.

... or maybe i'm just a hippie.

I said that to a girl once. She was hot.

Hey I think I saw you riding south on Yonge just a bit north of Dundas around 4:20/30ish yesterday? I was booking it riding north on my dark grey track bike.

I got hand cuffs and stuff you could borrow?

just the thought of being on transit makes me shudder. let alone without an ipod to save my soul. going commando is the true liberation!

Welcome to me when I can't bike.

Time to clean my drive train before I get it filthy and crusty again

Nope, you hear all kinds of interesting stuff. F'rinstance a group of folks was discussing the merit and social implications of threesomes. Very interesting stuff...

Jeremy is that rear wheel cassette or thread-on?

Zippered, how long did the Exustars take to break in? I'm still waffling over what shoes to get.

I had a pair of exustars before my sidis. Not worth it imho.