Dan Deacon!

Well I want dan deacon albums either way if anyone wants to burn me some.

MOS DEF -- FEAR NOT OF MAN...

(cause thats what im listening to ;) )

Hell yes

Or Agent Orange - Bloodstains [Original Version]

I like that dude reminds me a bit of final fantasy who are coming to my town.

ok track changed now its

Talib Kweli -- the blast

go outside!

rode along the laskeshore. it's clear of snow/ice, although there's lots of puddles, and twigs and **** (literally/figuratively).

i saw only one other cyclist. a fair number of joggers. a surprising number of cops too, considering i was mostly on the path.

there was a noticable temperature difference when i crossed the humber bridge and then back again. a chilly fog is laying over the center of toronto, but a strong southeast wind is pushing it west. neat conditions by the lake, anyway.

stop makin me jealous...im stuck at work :(

^^
aww sorry!

hopefully y'all can when you're done, at least... sunset isn't til 7:30...

Final Fantasy as in the guy with the Violin? i saw him open for the arcade fire at danforth music hall. he's great live but in my opinion sounds nothing like dan deacon.

Now that's good timing. I start riding back to the office from the Linux Caffe just as that quick little bout of heavy rain starts. Now my pant(ie)s are soaked.

On the other hand, I did score a delicious portuguese custard tart and an espresso at Rosa's in Kensington. Mmmmm.. I had a craving that had to be fulfilled.

ps. cavernmech: you've totally created a monster by giving me one of those a couple weeks ago. I'm craving them constantly now. I can feel it going straight to my thighs.. ;)

Owen Pallett, he's actually a member of Arcade Fire and BSS occasionally as well as helping out on the new Great Lake Swimmers album. He's amazing live, so is the album IMO.

also a member of the Hidden Cameras

I slapped some fenders on the Ciocc and rode, but dang is it messy out there. It is a nice day though and I wore some long shorts, figuring I would be less-filthy once I got home. Didn't work, I am a mess.

Is it a road bike now?

The one man & equipment thing, I guess.

< 6 degrees of Toronto Indie:
A. One of my bandmates in my Other Band (Scarborough A/V) played drums for a while in the Hidden Cameras (THC.. uhhuhuh)
B. He is also in another band (Republic Of Safety) which contains a member of The Hidden Cameras, Maggie MacDonald.

ps. I just googled "hidden cameras" and it returned an article with that title from Toronto Life about that altercation between the motorist and messenger in Kensington last year.

stolen from fyxomatosis
http://www.fyxomatosis.com/images/upskirt.jpg

nice frame

................................ man, i love mr.white

Yeah, I liked it a lot as a SS but I got a cheap deal on the black 105 9-speed shifters, so it is back to gears. It is really nice so far. I guess I should get some black cranks but meh, it works great right now. I am getting it dialled in right now, so there is no handlebar tape yet, just in case I want to move the brifters around a bit.

I have a quick question actually, for the mechanics: I think the chain is too long as I am jumping a couple of gears, can I use the magic link thingy that came with the chain (Ultegra 9-speed) to open the chain and then knock a couple of links off? Or is best to just use the chain-tool anywhere on the chain and use a new magic link thingy? Thanks for any help.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...z/march005.jpg

ehh? if you have a chain tool, why bother with a magic link thingy? i always removed links with a chain tool, and put chains back together with a chain tool. no magic link thingy here.

but it'll work either way.

edit: jet, you are effing tall.

Hrm, I've tried to put together a chain with the tool but I always have a hard time with getting the pin into the links perfectly.

I am 6'1" and the frame is a 60 but yeah, it looks gigantic in pictures, dunno why.

damnit! I left work and my right pedal/crankarm/cleat/something felt a little weird and wobbly. It got worse really quickly and so I pulled in to check it out. I've been hearing a squeaking noise occasionally for the past few weeks and so I thought maybe my bottom bracket bit the dust or a crankarm had loosened or something.. turns out my pedal had unthreaded about 75% of the way. I next to La Carerra so I popped in to use a wrench and I couldn't get the pedal to thread in straight! Do you think I fawked the threads in the crankarm in that short distance? The ones on the pedal looked fine. grrr! Of course, I was so annoying I just torqued it in there anyway which probably will result in me toasting the threads on my eggbeaters as well, but I was *not* walking/ttc'ing it home.

You weren't pushing the pin all the way out were you? The pin should stop just before coming out. Is it a 1/8" chain?

Most chain pins are peened so if you use a chain tool you shear the peening off (:D ) and the pin won't reseat properly. I tend to use the magic link thingy and just drop links as needed. Brief blurb on peening and shearing here
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=25

Oh, and I'm feeling happy if a little poorer.

http://cavit8.clawz.com/Xero_XSR.JPG

nice dork disk