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sr20det 03-07-06 09:23 PM

zomg, I was cleaning out my photobucket and look what I found!
F-cars and dummy car mechanics.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...Picture001.jpg

check it out if you want, the pic is too big so I just linked it.

operator 03-07-06 09:35 PM

what the f

Shiznaz 03-07-06 10:09 PM

My Phil BB just arrived!

PS. Strangely enough I saw that image over a month ago when I was sifting through all your wierd product shots you have.

sr20det 03-07-06 11:18 PM

i also love it when things arrive to my door @ 11pm hurrah!
man... i think we should have some type of stalker contest.
and try to suprise each other by listing out weird facts/things about the other person. ...
weird....

ventolin 03-08-06 01:12 AM

Yeargh - I agree. The show was definitely not worthy of the $13 cover. I got in for designing a ginormous route-map for the A.R.C. booth and staffing it for three hours on saturday afternoon... dang man, I don't even know if I believe in bikelanes.

Anywho, due to my characteristic sporadic internet-ness and a psychotic work week, I lament not having realized that a pod see below of y'all were going to be attending - I would have relished the chance to meet some of ye.

Instead, I ended up acting as a crutch for my friend Brian who got food poisoning off of those foul-assed mini-donuts they were peddling in the south-east corner of the place. Vile.

That said, it wasn't all bad - the best deal in the place was (racer sportif?) selling off pairs of rubino pro slicks for $70... cheaper than a pair of the poopier (but still damned fine) rubino intrepids from Urbane that I've been subsisting on. I needed new rubber, so I gobbeld that right up. Maybe it's placebo, but i think they're a mite more supple...

ventolin 03-08-06 03:25 AM

hey shiznaz, if you haven't installed that phil bb yet, is there any chance that you could hook me up with a measurement? I'm curious about the internal diameter of the adjusting cup, as I've got a vintage EDCO bb that had an adjustable-chainline design (ie. two adjustng cups like the phil or miche units), but I had to have the cups machined out of the frame that the bb came with, as the whole affair was seized into the frame. I've been wondering for a while if the phil cups could accommodate the Edco cartridge...

Thanks!

wasted weasel 03-08-06 06:16 AM


Originally Posted by orguasch
Tom,
are you goin to do the TBN Ride to Niagaraon June 18, I know its to early, to ask this question...
oscar

Hey Oscar, how are you doing?
I think that I will do the niagara ride again this year either the over night one or the same day "Hairshirt" if I get a decent amount of training in the week or so before.

tom

TRaffic Jammer 03-08-06 06:57 AM


Originally Posted by operator
I was like the only chinese guy there and I felt seriously out of place.

Because we all know the Chinese don't ride bikes. :p Besides this is the T-Dot that don't matter a whit. It was nice metting you guys too , and yes the coffee was the best part of the whole ting, the show definately lacked IMHO.

Cramerotti alert.... I looked at this puppy that's been whinning in my basement a little closer and it's a 48 I'm pretty sure, so that means, IT'S TOO DAMED SMALL!!!! :mad:

Do I strip it and make look a little cuter in hopes of a sale/trade? I still should work that busted seat post out of it.

TRaffic Jammer 03-08-06 07:27 AM


Originally Posted by somnambulant
no talking about geared carbon bikes in the FG forum. ;)

Weirdly enough I sometimes get the impression people consider it more of a sin to talk about carbon than it is to talk about geared bikes. :P

:rolleyes:
http://static.flickr.com/50/108708841_9338f4dd41_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/56/108711358_d56c4483e6_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/41/108708838_fb37eaf02c_o.jpg


I said nothing :p....note on the all carbon Pin...the hack job on the clear bar tape.....It totally looks like electrical tape at the end of the wrap.

darkmother 03-08-06 08:18 AM


Originally Posted by somnambulant
I was wondering where you've been. Ugh.. broken ribs.. those suck. I actually just realized that I didn't notice when mine stopped hurting when I broke them during the holidays. I guess it wasn't really that sudden of a process. :P

So how long will can I expect to be out of commission for? I am seriously bored, and it has only been 4 days. Codene is my friend though.

sweep242 03-08-06 08:31 AM

Well got a cog yesterday slapped it on & it is now rideable not finished but pretty much done.

Tried to up the pic to big i'll try again. So i signed up for a flickr acct. voila

Cheers



http://www.flickr.com/photos/40614646@N00/

somnambulant 03-08-06 09:09 AM


Originally Posted by darkmother
So how long will can I expect to be out of commission for? I am seriously bored, and it has only been 4 days. Codene is my friend though.

Well, I waited about a month before I started riding again, and then I realized that riding didn't really irritate it anyway. But obviously there are lots of variables. But, I'd rather take it easy than risk making things worse.

somnambulant 03-08-06 09:09 AM


Originally Posted by sweep242
Well got a cog yesterday slapped it on & it is now rideable not finished but pretty much done.

Tried to up the pic to big i'll try again. So i signed up for a flickr acct. voila

Cheers



http://www.flickr.com/photos/40614646@N00/

dude! that's hot!

ps. if you put the tag "fixed gear" in quotes it will treat it as one tag, not two. :)

sweep242 03-08-06 09:29 AM

did it "fixed gear" thanks. I noticed you have a pic of yours up good stuff.
Cheers

wasted weasel 03-08-06 10:24 AM


Originally Posted by sweep242
Well got a cog yesterday slapped it on & it is now rideable not finished but pretty much done.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40614646@N00/

dude nice, black crank arms and chain ring.... HOT!

somnambulant 03-08-06 10:30 AM


Originally Posted by sweep242
did it "fixed gear" thanks. I noticed you have a pic of yours up good stuff.
Cheers

So, what's left? Looks pretty complete to me! Although you mentioned getting a front brake. I can't remember, did you tell me that you know Urbane has the 105 brakes on sale? I know you want something in black.

wasted weasel 03-08-06 10:30 AM


Originally Posted by darkmother
So how long will can I expect to be out of commission for? I am seriously bored, and it has only been 4 days. Codene is my friend though.

percocet's are friendlier :D

how many did you break? or crack (fractured). I fractured 2 around my left back closer to my spine. It was 4 weeks before I could sleep comfortably in bed and about 6 or 8 weeks before I could raise my arms to put a non-button type shirt on.

eyefloater 03-08-06 11:09 AM

Darkmother,

Somnabulant and I were wondering about your absence during the show. While we were at the dirt course we saw a guy (avec full face helmet) tearing around w/a spoke card on his rear wheel and assumed that was just you taking down punks all incognito. ;)

Heal up quick(ish), man. I hope you feel better soon,

- eyefloater

PS. Sweep, niiice.

gokiburi 03-08-06 11:13 AM


Originally Posted by operator
If I had to pay $13 for the bike show, I would've been seriously pissed,

ouch. that pretty much sums it up. i got to the show late on sunday (3pm-ish) and probably missed everyone. i think all the deals were gone at that point too. i was looking for a pair of dominators and nuthin'. i was surprised that the velodrome in london (forest city?) didn't have a booth. it also amused me to no end how all the bmx kiddies were dressed EXACTLY the same way. dress code code must've been in effect.

cavernmech 03-08-06 11:31 AM

[QUOTE=gokiburi]. i was surprised that the velodrome in london (forest city?) didn't have a booth. QUOTE]
Forest City did indeed have a booth....in the eastern section where all the club stuff was. I was surprised as well at the lack of good deals. If you want a $10,000 carbon time trial bike this is the place. Otherwise it kind of blew chunks.

Shiznaz 03-08-06 11:32 AM

Forest city did have a booth (I got their brochure). and yes, all the 14 year old BMX kids are funny. They travel in small packs and talk really loud.

sweep242 03-08-06 12:01 PM


Originally Posted by somnambulant
So, what's left? Looks pretty complete to me! Although you mentioned getting a front brake. I can't remember, did you tell me that you know Urbane has the 105 brakes on sale? I know you want something in black.

Yep the 105 black front brake. Got the crosstop levers off e-bay that i'm waiting on & some bar tape.
Done Done & Done. NOT!

darkmother 03-08-06 12:13 PM


Originally Posted by wasted weasel
percocet's are friendlier :D

how many did you break? or crack (fractured). I fractured 2 around my left back closer to my spine. It was 4 weeks before I could sleep comfortably in bed and about 6 or 8 weeks before I could raise my arms to put a non-button type shirt on.

Just one, on my lower left side, mabye 6 inches from my spine. I think it is broken right across, b/c I can hear it grinding and shifting around when I move (kind of makes me want to puke just thinking about it). Anyway, it is not that bad, most of the time, I am just bored from sitting around all day.

I was kind of hoping you'd say I'll be good in 2 weeks, oh well :)

On a tangent, I hate the TTC with every ounce of my tortured being. I took it to work this morning, and I don't think I can face taking it home. I think I will ride tomorrow.

gokiburi 03-08-06 12:32 PM


Originally Posted by darkmother
On a tangent, I hate the TTC with every ounce of my tortured being. I took it to work this morning, and I don't think I can face taking it home. I think I will ride tomorrow.

i definitely have ttc rage. i get physically angry paying for it, waiting for it, and riding on it. but i love public transportation everywhere else in the world.

TRaffic Jammer 03-08-06 01:03 PM

I hate the streetcar during rush hour...... OOOOOOOOOH
Sweep...that is a sick looking rocket.


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