Hit some shops look in corners & start here 179 Queen St. East & people here will have stuff. Kind of funny i answered a C/L ad for a bike part wanted & it turned out to be Paul (who I know) from pollys recycle he came by the house and cleaned me out of my stuff. Sometimes evil bay.

Something about a laminator?

I’m going for the triple good night kids.

What's that? Operator is indulging in self-pollution polishing his almond thighs again?

I'm going to have to go by and check out Polly's someday, it's right around the corner from me (but the Tango palace keeps pulling me the other direction).

For parts, Parts Unknown has some although often limited in road parts and Bikes on Wheels sometimes has stuff.
CL is a good option as people get rid of their stuff.

Nice 56 cm Gios on CL https://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/316933678.html

I also have a variety of stuff, so let us know sizes etc. and we'll see what springs forth from the tickle trunk.

Yeah, it is sweet. I love SLX tubing but what is that "compact" sticker about, is that some weird Italian thing from the '90s? Also, that adjustable rear-drop thing is odd. Great looking frame though.

I have a 1" quill stem not being used. Nice crank on CL today, probably gone but...

https://projectone.trekbikes.com/

Design your own bike, pretty neat.

Aw what a jip,doesn't actually show you the completed custom bike, just lets you select a bunch of components and gives you a price

For an ugly madone, that sure is a huge waste of 10k.

That guy was selling his wheelset a bit back wasn't he?

Interweeb..... back on. *sigh* Thanks Offhoff the BBQ'n was amazing. Of course I missed the crashin'
32 flavs?....Good god girl, i hope you're ok....yea, let us go do this "big brother" style, and hang outside his house, blinkies all fired up tiil he comes through for ya. Rob...I promise not to kiss you like that and give you my cold next time, but boooi you gotta cover those legs. Couldn't help it. Venison was yummy. James thanks for the CODII...fun stuff. My wife already hates it, and I haven't been online yet...hahahaha. Yo Duppers, nice white brake mang, as soon as Charlie showed it i knew it was for you. Wooohoooo to Wes, Bray, and Keith for the P-A...if I missed you....NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!

And ... back (to work) - pics if I'm still coherent when I come home tonight.

PS. For those of you who ride by Harbord/Ossington on a regular basis, WTF happened to my home while I was gone?!

https://www.afa.org/magazine/april2007/0407eightytwo.asp

https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...92449224502914 44mins
^ very interesting, 1981 israeli raid on iraqi nuclear plant by f-16a's. Docu misses several big points, wikipedia provides complete picture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera

No result for Wes! That sucks a$$...Dave didn't get a result either. Strange. Whats the point in chip timing if they are gonna miss ya? I ended up 48th out of 111 in my group...not bad for my terribly out of shape body. Frozen peas and Advil for my achin' knees FTW. Bradyn and I are gonna start doing one of the weekly mtn. bike series...prolly Tues or Wed nights...if anyone is interested contact me.

Kim and I laugh at you guys every time we pass it.

Dave's in the online results. Crazy fast bastard too.

I missed him in the first perusal of the results. A 2:29 for 20th! DAMN!!

And that's at (I believe) 42x18.. what a monst0r. He told me after the race that he was wearing a heart rate monitor and spent all but 20 minutes above his aerobic threshold.

ps. check out the 11-15 year old categories.. they kicked serious ass!
pps. next year I'm riding a cross bike AND getting there a helluva lot earlier (and not drinking/skipping dinner/relying on bbq table scraps the night before)

I've got a crankset I don't need. It's a Truvativ Truoro 130BCD with a matching 108 english BB. This came stock on my Bianchi Pista and I've sice swapped it out. It's only been used a couple months and is in good shape. Want it?

I did a 100km ride to my parents and back yesterday. About 65 km in, my knee started to hurt a little. I have new pedals, and I know part of the issue is the cleat position. Last time this happened the front left of my knee cap hurt.

After moving the cleat, that's no longer an issue. But now the back left 'ligament thing' behind my knee hurts. Does anyone have any ideas?

go for a proper bike fitting? my experience is that trying to fit yourself on a bike is way harder than having another set of eyes that's able to look at your position from a bit of a distance. I know Cycle Therapy does fittings (but that may be more for figuring out frame sizing, correct me if I'm wrong Mike), and I've heard great things about the fittings at EnduroSport.

I don't think it's fit, since I did 10 000km last summer on the same bike same fit. the only thing that changed is going from mountain bike pedals to road bike pedals. Way less float, so I think that's the issue.

I did talk to a lawyer at my firm who used to be a nurse. He suggested that it's likely just a lot more stress on the outside of my knee because of how my foot was positioned all day. I did move my cleat a little closer to centre, so hopefully that will be the solution.

Cleat positioning IS part of bike fit. But yeah, you might want to just tinker. I always feel like I'm just floundering in the dark when I make those sorts of adjustments though. Particularly with cleat positioning. I actually moved my cleats forward a bit on Saturday. Felt good during the race although I started getting some calf cramping near the end. Probably unrelated to the cleat change however.

interesting read rob. i thought "operation opera" was you expounding the virtues of the opera web browser.

I was planning on totally stripping down, cleaning, lubing and rebuilding my commuter track bike last night. I managed to get the dustcaps off by going at them with a dremel cutting wheel and then using a flathead to unscrew them. I got the cranks off, but I couldn't manage to get the BB loose as I can't get enough leverage on the tool (I don't have a big ass ratchet that fits it). I think the wheels need retensioning as well, despite me extolling their virtues during our saturday safety meeting.

I planned on stripping down my girlfriend last night, but that went nowhere for pretty much the same reason: not having a big ass 'ratchet'.

I had the same problem just recently when I switched from spd to Look-type pedals.. one thing to consider is that the switch may change your stack height (distance from bottom of foot to pedal spindle, which depends on pedal design/cleat height/thickness of sole). Adjusting my saddle height accordingly made my knees much happier.

Another good tip regarding cleat adjustment that I've heard is to sit on a hard/flat chair and let your feet hang to find their "natural" position -- try to mimic this with your cleat angle.