does 11 work better for everyone?

9, 10, 11, anytime is good for me.

Ban!

Yeah I'd say that's more realistic! It really depends how saturday goes. I have a feeling it's going to be a late/drunken one.

You checked the handlebars and stem but did you take off the stem and check the fork? It might have a crack in it.

Yeah, 10:30 or 11:00 makes more sense for me too.. although I'll likely be riding slowly with my gf anyway, so it probably doesn't matter. :)

Unwin Sprints will be starting soon. I will call John and see if he has managed to get down there and mark the road. As far as what evening, what is good for people? I was thinking Wed evening...hump day and all.

Op. Check the fit on the crown race...if this isn't really tight on the fork it would explain the shimmy.

Hump Day Havoc!! WOOOOO!

ps. Keith: you gotta get your arse in gear for some midweek Don rides too. I rode a whole other section that was new to me last night with Brad and Pyze (and Dave who drove your van). Good times.

Those were some cool trails. I'll be back on them for sure.

If it wasn't for these darn inconsiderate customers wanting their bicycles repaired I would be there.:D 10 p.m. finish last night
On another note if anyone is in need of Campy compatible rear wheels I got a bunch on a blowout, cheap. P.M. me if anyone is in need.

DAmned fun vid.... closing off a tunnel? Wicked fun!!!!

Using the term "drag race" should require everyone to be in drag.. :P

Don't mess with drag racing, man. :lol:

Heres a deadly idea: Brimley/Bluffer's Park road drag race. Very slow. Maybe some puking involved.

PS. since I started riding with my sidis and look pedals rather than crappy mtb shoes and eggbeaters (because my eggbeater broke and my mtb shoes are worn out) I have been going much faster. My pedal/shoe setup really sucked the goat balls in retrospect.

Isn't that an evil climb?
BTW nice red light sprint yesterday Cam. Word UP!

Yes, i removed fork and checked did not see any cracks or anything, I will look more closely again.

Very tight. I replaced the upper pressed race (one that goes in the frame), could it be possible that me taking out the bearings from the cages means I have to get new, bigger bearings?

Yes, this setup ownt

P.S Check this out http://toronto.craigslist.org/stp/323178500.html

Interesting. I'm hoping to switch to a proper road pedal/shoe combo on my road bike as well... Not sure what pedal system I'll go with yet though. Sometimes I feel the need to buck the Look trend. :P

If you're buying new system consider the shimano spd-sl's over the looks. They have rubber contacts on the cleats making it slightly easier to get around off the bike. Looks are slippery as heck.

I have the old-school looks (A5.1) and like them a lot. I've also had Time Impacts and they get a "don't bother" rating.

Edit- what Operator says about walking in looks is true. They are biking shoes though, and apparently you can get a rubber cover for the cleats if you want to hang out at starbucks (or ideal!)

No...without retainers you still use the same size bearings. Fill the cup and then take out one.

In my experience (I can only compare to eggbeaters, clips/straps and powerstraps) they are so much more solid its like night and day. Your feet are totally locked in, theres no play, and you have a huge stiff platform to mash on. However, I've nutted myself so many times trying to get into those pedals... slick plastic shoe + slick plastic cleat + slick plastic pedal with one sided entry+ fixed gear = sore balls. Doing anything off the bike is a huge pain as well. I'll probably cave and buy some cheaper sidi mountain shoes and atac aliums some time soon.

Just bite the bullet and get Speedplays. Very light...varying degrees of float...and they are super easy to service.

The old looks have adjustable float too. I think the new ones you can adjust it by buying different cleats which isn't quite as good a system (unless you're a weight weenie with too much money to blow which I suppose is the demographic they go for these days)

I had an option when I bought my looks... I got the mid level float ones. I don't find they have too much float. WHen they wear out I may get the high float red ones. I think the less stuff there is to break on a pedal the better, and I'm really bad at stripping tiny adjustment screws so this system is fine by me.

They're ok. I mean once you figure out what float you like it's not a big problem. The SPD-SL's are the same system. I ride with 0 float non keo looks and they're solid as hell as shiznaz put it. I rode the 13 deg float red ones for a year and it really pissed me off, was almost like not being clipped in.

Ass to do ANYTHING off the bike though, I only put them on if I know i'm going on a long road ride. I have the look cleat covers as well, but they still are clicky clackety on floors and not very comfortable to walk on (as they should be)

Not sure if they use the same system for controlling float on the new Looks... but if they do you could just buy the "zero" float ones and remove material from the notch at the back of the cleat until you get the exact amount of float you want.

I used Looks in Mtl messing for years when they first came out and I can attest to the nightmare that is the roadie "duck" walk on those cleats. Once the little rubber piece in the cleat is worn....you can slide across a lobby floor with very little speed.. :lol: A wipe out waiting to happen....however the cleat is so big that a foot down skidding sliding turn is quite doable. :)

There was a recent cleat rip to face plant as well on Looks. When those cleats go......
Time ATACS forever for me I tink..... who's run them on a fixie...thoughts?

I have time atacs on my fixie. I don't do those fancy skids and tricks that the kids do though. Incidentally it was the guy I got the pedals from that took us on a tour of new trails in the Don last night.

I'm just about to pick up some atacs if anyone has an extra set they can sell me... I don't think looks are ideal for fixed gear on the street, but they are all I have at the moment and I don't feel like going back to clips and straps. In the mean time I am enjoying the extra power and smoothness they afford me. I actuall don't mind the click. I have this kind of perverse hope that people will hear it and look at my shoes. I have no idea why.

But Shiz, your boyish looks get peoples attention already, need you steal more of the publics adoration?