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02-01-07, 08:09 AM
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damn yesterday when i was riding across shuter on sherbourne i almost got cleaved by a red light runner...the guy mustve been doing like 180 to get there cause he came outta nowhere...thank god i was starting from a stop and didnt jump at the yellow or I wouldve been killed...whizzed by so fast i couldnt even see the plate! 
02-01-07, 08:15 AM
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Why don't you just stay out of the core and leave it to its rightful owners.
The SUV and delivery truck.
The SUV and delivery truck.
02-01-07, 08:20 AM
So I says to Mable I says
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I don't know what happened here.. maybe something weird in my browser cache.. Or Brad works at/hax0red into velonews.com. Check out the pictures in the left column. When I reloaded the page it went away.
https://somnambulant.net/brad/
https://somnambulant.net/brad/
02-01-07, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
I don't mean to be pessimistic about our legal system.....scratch that...I DO mean to be pessimistic. No cop is going to make the effort to charge someone. Half the people I know who have been run down by cars don't even get the satisfaction of seeing the driver charged. Half the reason for "bike rage". You know nothing will ever happen...so I might as well remove the passenger side mirror so that..a, he is reminded of his transgression...b, cause he doesnt use it anyway. I don't *cough cough* condone this type of *cough cough* behavior, but understand why people resort to it.
02-01-07, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by jit5
Why don't you just stay out of the core and leave it to its rightful owners.
The SUV and delivery truck.
The SUV and delivery truck.
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02-01-07, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by operator
In the GTA region we have the "road watch" program. The guy doesn't really annoyed until like the 3rd or 5th complaint whereas they get paid a visit from the police. But other than that nothing happens.
Interesting.
02-01-07, 08:36 AM
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gee, i-have-no-idea-what-you-are-talk-ing-a-bout...
(it would likely have to be by actual witnesses though)
(it would likely have to be by actual witnesses though)
02-01-07, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by jit5
Why don't you just stay out of the core and leave it to its rightful owners.
The SUV and delivery truck.
The SUV and delivery truck.
02-01-07, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by pyze-guy
02-01-07, 08:59 AM
Don't smoke, Mike.
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Is it spring yet? I want to shave my legs and get that oh-so-smooth feeling back.
02-01-07, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by zippered
you forgot to mention the cabbies! poor guys, just tryin to make a living...
If you can't afford a car and driver on those occasions when you can't drive, stay home or, shudder, take public transportation.
02-01-07, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by shapelike
Is it spring yet? I want to shave my legs and get that oh-so-smooth feeling back.
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02-01-07, 09:56 AM
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Are you even trying anymore jit?
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
Are you even trying anymore jit?
I'll try harder, I promise.
02-01-07, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by jit5
Why don't you just stay out of the core and leave it to its rightful owners.
The SUV and delivery truck.
The SUV and delivery truck.
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Originally Posted by shapelike
Is it spring yet? I want to shave my legs and get that oh-so-smooth feeling back.
02-01-07, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
sorry, what's your adress?
02-01-07, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Ill Mitch
ok, so when someone gets a bad drivers information post it here, and everyone will file a report on them so they get a nice visit from the police.
As for the seatpost. What is it made of..steel or alu? Tap the seattube with a screwdriver and try to determine how deep the post is in the frame....the tone will dull as you move up the tube. If it is Alu remove the B.B. and squirt some ammonia down the seattube. This may free it up. If it is at a height close to where you need it, remove the binder bolt and spray it religiously with a Liquid Wrench type product and keep riding it....at some point it will move on its own. If it is steel some heat may help free it up. Last resort is cutting it out. I have become an expert at this particular task.
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Originally Posted by iherald
Well I know now not to drive by Cavern after 6!
02-01-07, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jit5
Whitehorn, hmmm. Where were you on Oct. 19, 2003?
02-01-07, 11:05 AM
Call me The Breeze
Here's a seatpost trick I came up with a few years ago when trying to remove stubborn seatpost so I could ship my friend in Sweden his favourite ride:
If the seatpost has the micro adjust style (2 bolts and a curved section for adjustment, like on a Thomson) You can remove the saddle, and flip the top piece over so you now have a handy clamp arrangement. Stick an old flat handlebar in there (or any sufficiently long cylindrical item), clamp it down and presto you've got 2' of leverage to twist it out.
Disclaimer: I've done this and it works, but I have no idea at what point you simply break something!
I suppose if you didn't care about the seatpost you could also just use a pipe wrench to get some leverage.
If the seatpost has the micro adjust style (2 bolts and a curved section for adjustment, like on a Thomson) You can remove the saddle, and flip the top piece over so you now have a handy clamp arrangement. Stick an old flat handlebar in there (or any sufficiently long cylindrical item), clamp it down and presto you've got 2' of leverage to twist it out.
Disclaimer: I've done this and it works, but I have no idea at what point you simply break something!
I suppose if you didn't care about the seatpost you could also just use a pipe wrench to get some leverage.
02-01-07, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
GOLD Jerry...GOLD!
As for the seatpost. What is it made of..steel or alu? Tap the seattube with a screwdriver and try to determine how deep the post is in the frame....the tone will dull as you move up the tube. If it is Alu remove the B.B. and squirt some ammonia down the seattube. This may free it up. If it is at a height close to where you need it, remove the binder bolt and spray it religiously with a Liquid Wrench type product and keep riding it....at some point it will move on its own. If it is steel some heat may help free it up. Last resort is cutting it out. I have become an expert at this particular task.
As for the seatpost. What is it made of..steel or alu? Tap the seattube with a screwdriver and try to determine how deep the post is in the frame....the tone will dull as you move up the tube. If it is Alu remove the B.B. and squirt some ammonia down the seattube. This may free it up. If it is at a height close to where you need it, remove the binder bolt and spray it religiously with a Liquid Wrench type product and keep riding it....at some point it will move on its own. If it is steel some heat may help free it up. Last resort is cutting it out. I have become an expert at this particular task.
I used the time honoured traditional way to get it out. Gently pry the seat clamp with a screwdriver, a little wd40, vice grips around the tube and them smacked the crap out of it with a hammer. Gone in 60 seconds. Now to see if I have a seat tube that fits.
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02-01-07, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by I_bRAD
Here's a seatpost trick I came up with a few years ago when trying to remove stubborn seatpost so I could ship my friend in Sweden his favourite ride:
If the seatpost has the micro adjust style (2 bolts and a curved section for adjustment, like on a Thomson) You can remove the saddle, and flip the top piece over so you now have a handy clamp arrangement. Stick an old flat handlebar in there (or any sufficiently long cylindrical item), clamp it down and presto you've got 2' of leverage to twist it out.
Disclaimer: I've done this and it works, but I have no idea at what point you simply break something!
I suppose if you didn't care about the seatpost you could also just use a pipe wrench to get some leverage.
If the seatpost has the micro adjust style (2 bolts and a curved section for adjustment, like on a Thomson) You can remove the saddle, and flip the top piece over so you now have a handy clamp arrangement. Stick an old flat handlebar in there (or any sufficiently long cylindrical item), clamp it down and presto you've got 2' of leverage to twist it out.
Disclaimer: I've done this and it works, but I have no idea at what point you simply break something!
I suppose if you didn't care about the seatpost you could also just use a pipe wrench to get some leverage.
02-01-07, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by pyze-guy
I used the time honoured traditional way to get it out. Gently pry the seat clamp with a screwdriver, a little wd40, vice grips around the tube and them smacked the crap out of it with a hammer. Gone in 60 seconds. Now to see if I have a seat tube that fits.
02-01-07, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by iherald
Huh, so what you're saying is a concerted effort buy a group of people who all have common interests and perhaps talk on a board together could get together and all make complaints against the same driver (this is all theoretical) and get the police to be involved.
Interesting.
Interesting.