I felt like writing a strongly worded letter. Here we go:

Dear Staff,

The term "floppy" is now considered objectionable. We here at management feel that the term "flacid" would be preferable. Please take this into consideration in future office conversation and when filling out TPS reports. Thankyou for your time and consideration.

Sincerely your boss

We boarded the Ward's Island open ferry. You were jonesing over that girl who fit your criteria as the 'it' girl for you... :)

Yum, the Ethiopian cuisine was delish... Definitely gonna have to hit up that joint again.

We gotta gorge on all-you-eat, meat-induced-coma Korean Grill House next outing.

Oh yeah I forgot we ran into your Mom :D

Yeah Nazareth was amazing (!) and managing to not be forced into talking with ex's younger sister was a nice bonus as well.

Got a question.

I'm fairly new to riding in Toronto and am coming back from a hernia, 8 months off my bike, and hernia surgery. 48x16 wasn't so bad when I lived in Madison, WI and was in great shape...however, I've caught on to the fact that north is uphill here, and that I'm now shockingly feeble.

I want to drop from 48T to 42T. I've worked on my road bike lots. Haven't worked on my fixed gear so much. Any tips on how to shorten the chain and generally make this thing work without ******** anything up too badly? Any replies, messages, or pointers toward other threads w/be greatly appreciated.

If you have a frame with horizontal or semi horizontal dropouts, all it takes is swapping the chain ring, and removing an appropriate amount of links with a chain breaker. If you haven't done this before, either buy a chain breaker and be prepared to screw up a few times, or bring it into a shop and they will do it in roughly 20 seconds for you.

Okay, I feel dumb. That sounds incredibly simple. I have the tools from when I installed a powerlink on my road bike.

Thanks for the info :)

if you can handle throwing in a powerlink yer golden...

yeah a power link basically makes it idiot proof. Its the reinstalling of chain pins that can be messed up by shearing the pins, bending the plates, or over/under inserting the pins.

Aw crap. My chain tool is apparently intended only for 3/32. To the shop I go!

EDIT: To the shop I go! Tomorrow!

That must be a cool bike shop to stay open past 10 on a monday

Igor's? ;)

I'd hit that

Igor's... I love it... that dude is still in bizznazz I heard.

Sorry I just read all the toe-posts. Thanks for all the info. Not to worry sounds like the name of the game.

BMC rocks the casbah.

Somna... Auqua Teen fan?

Hey you guys!

I'm back. 4 days in Algonquin and it was pretty much a perfect trip :D

I'm in San Fransisco this week and I am blown away by the number of sweeeeet track bikes I have seen. Lots of IROs and Bianchi Pista Concepts, a few Bianchi Pistas, tons of conversions and the nicest of them all, a red Masi with that Suntour gold group, what a crazy crazy sick bike. I wanted to pick it up to see how light it was but I am sure that the owner was perched somewhere nearby, ready to drop down on the first person to mess with his bike. I couldn't believe it was locked up, to be honest, I would be way too nervous if that thing were out of eye-sight.

The scene here seems great, mostly because the motorists are very courteous and the roads are in great shape, so cycling seems very safe. There are some very very steep hills, of course, but that doesn't stop anyone from cycling, they just find alternate routes around the hills. The drivers are very good around the cyclists as well as around pedestrians, even stopping and waving me across the street when I was jaywalking. And yeah, jaywalking is frowned upon here, I found out quickly, because people actually obey the rules of the road; shocking, I know!

I think I will have to move here, the city is that awesome.

It's alright, but I don't watch it regularly. Why, did I make a reference to it without knowing?

jet: I've never been to SF, but I've always wanted to go. You're not helping. :)

Did anyone hear from the guy on craigslist with the massive lot? I didn't hear back from him.

I don't want this to be an Igor fest, but I once saw him selling a little puppy with a electric cord for a leash. I think he was using it to pick up the hunnies walking by.

I like my documentaries. Here's another one:

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?doc...in+documentary

I had a customer come in the shop and ask me if he should have received more than one key for his new Kryptonite lock. Oddly he purchased it from Igor. Buying a bike lock from Igor is like asking the local crackhead to run over to the hardware store and make some copies of my keys.

No, I didn't hear back either.

ps. don't forget, mtn biking in the Don tonight after work(ish).
pps. Keith: if you want to come too we can wait until after you close up @ 6.

"he purchased it from Igor" ... wow, on a scale of 1 to bad idea that's off the charts.

No, I was just wondering. You mentioned Wonder Showzen a while back so I checked it out... crazy crazy.

If you guys want to wait for me you best put on yer lighting systems. I will be working till at least 8 tonite. Thanks anyways :D

I'm currently looking for 2 folding bikes or a tandem frame :)
mothers day is coming up.

So who's Igor?

:lol:

The crooked bike shop owner with the (currently closed, I think) shop on Queen St, across from Trinity-Bellwoods Park. Toronto's one-stop shop for stolen bike goods.

Before I "knew" about Igor I went in there to look through some frames. He was like "What do you want the bike to be?" So I described the build, he cut me off and said "No, no! Not what the bike will be like, what will it represent?" Thanks for being my crackhead spirit guide, Igor. Thaaanks.

I gotta see a picture of you stoking for your mom