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I_bRAD 09-06-07 12:23 PM


Originally Posted by somnambulant (Post 5219206)
If anyone needs any ultra bling:
Track Bars- EC90 BRAND NEW
EC 90 carbon track bars. see eastonbike.com for details. brand new, never used. 150 obo
Price: $150 Contact: gina
ginagrain@hotmail.com
Posted:9/3/2007


:)

I have an EC70 Seaptost in 31.6 if anyone is looking for a set!

somnambulant 09-06-07 12:26 PM

ps. those track bars are normally about $350usd, if I'm not mistaken. Bling bling! :)

http://bikehugger.com/photostream/in...2001-photo.jpg

(photo stolen from bikehugger)

cavernmech 09-06-07 01:05 PM


Originally Posted by somnambulant (Post 5220040)
ps. those track bars are normally about $350usd, if I'm not mistaken. Bling bling! :)

http://bikehugger.com/photostream/in...2001-photo.jpg

(photo stolen from bikehugger)

Not digging that drop/bend at all. YECH! but hey..they are carbon and they are $350, so some sucker...I mean discerning cyclist.. will buy em.

FilipeBarbosa 09-06-07 01:23 PM

Does anyone know the next time there will be a bike polo game? I have a small team of unicylist that want to join in on the fun.

FilipeBarbosa 09-06-07 01:43 PM

Those bars remind me of the Soma "Major Taylor" bars.

http://www.bikecult.com/works/parts/...aylorBars2.JPG

Danhalen 09-06-07 02:06 PM

Whoa roundtrip Zoom Air flights to Manchester in December/late November are $200 right now! Anyone want to come there with me/ride the velodrome, then go to Milan (cheap inter-Europe flight) meet up with my pal there and watch the film festival?

cavernmech 09-06-07 02:07 PM


Originally Posted by Danhalen (Post 5220680)
Whoa roundtrip Zoom Air flights to Manchester in December/late November are $200 right now! Anyone want to come there with me/ride the velodrome, then go to Milan (cheap inter-Europe flight) meet up with my pal there and watch the film festival?

I will come along....just have to unload the shop first.....anyone?

Danhalen 09-06-07 02:09 PM


Originally Posted by cavernmech (Post 5220695)
I will come along....just have to unload the shop first.....anyone?

W/R Cavern bid: Do you accept bits of string?

cavernmech 09-06-07 02:12 PM


Originally Posted by Danhalen (Post 5220710)
W/R Cavern bid: Do you accept bits of string?

As long as its string with pearls and diamonds.....35K worth.

Danhalen 09-06-07 02:21 PM


Originally Posted by cavernmech (Post 5220737)
As long as its string with pearls and diamonds.....35K worth.

Ah, I'll give Russell Oliver a call and see what he'll accept on a trade. I'll get back to you. :D

somnambulant 09-06-07 02:23 PM

Dan: start practicing you Italian.. say after me, "Il mio aeroscivolante è pieno di anguille."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao

Danhalen 09-06-07 02:25 PM


Originally Posted by somnambulant (Post 5220802)
Dan: start practicing you Italian.. say after me, "Il mio aeroscivolante è pieno di anguille."

"Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist von den Aalen voll"?

somnambulant 09-06-07 02:29 PM

*slap*

Danhalen 09-06-07 02:38 PM

My Hu pe grow phu the eel which sprouts sufficient it is

(English to Korean, then back to English. In my experience this always leads to nonsense like this)

Flimflam 09-06-07 02:57 PM


Originally Posted by somnambulant (Post 5219995)
Nice, let us know if/when you post anything on pootube. If you ever want to film some mtb crashes, just follow me for about 10 minutes. I can almost guarantee something! ;)

Will do, hopefully test#1 tonight. It's the Oregon Scientific thing, so I'm heading up to College on the way to get a SD card for it. I'm all excited and scared to death of the helmet strap making an appearance on "The Weakest Link" :)

cavernmech 09-06-07 03:34 PM

So after 12+ years of running the shop I am feeling quite burnt out from the day to day grind. I have recently come to realize I just don't have the energy and drive to run it anymore. After much hand-wringing and thinking I have decided to get out of the business. I am not sure whether the shop will be sold or if I will just be liquidating and closing it down...the more likely scenario. So for the time being I am going to have a big ass liquidation sale. Pretty much everything in the shop is fair game (except my rigs) and no reasonable offer will be turned down. I would make up a list but obviously there is wayyy too much stuff to do that. If anyone here is looking for anything specific let me know and I will try to help you out. I will still be here for a few months yet but I want to thank everyone here who has supported the shop....you all rock! K.
P.s. for all the mechanics out there most of my tools will also be available....just not till the bitter end.

Danhalen 09-06-07 03:48 PM

Keith nothing but the best buddy! I must admit, selfishly I feel sad that Cavern will be no more (Most untriumphant!:(). On the other hand I'm happy for you changing things up if that's what you want to do. Rock on K-Fresh!

P.S. Look at it this way when you're riding around you won't be too burnt out on bikes to tell people to put some air in their tires! :rolleyes:

somnambulant 09-06-07 04:13 PM

"We call that career 'the widow maker'!" </simpsons quote>

While your decision is shocking to me, I'm sure it's only because it's the first I've heard of it. You've probably been pondering it for a long time. It's always seemed like a pretty stressful job to me, so I can certainly understand why you'd want to get out. At the same time it's always kind of sad to see someone stop doing something they (I presume!) love doing, just because so often mixing things you love with your career tends to taint either your love of the activity or the job side of things (hopefully that made sense). E.g. I love photography, but would I ever want to be a photographer? Hell no! :)

I want to say "good luck in your future endeavors", but that sounds lame and also makes it sound like I won't see you anymore. :P I'm interested to know what your future holds, but I'll save that for an "over beer" conversation.

I'll definitely be taking a look through the shop to see what's available. I know I'm definitely in need of a headset for the IRO! :)

cavernmech 09-06-07 04:25 PM

Yeah....I certainly love fixing bikes...I guess its fixing other peoples bikes that I have grown tired of :) That and "I paid less than that for the bike" when quoting repair costs, and similar comments, made me realize that it just isn't worth the effort anymore. If I was at La Bicicletta where I only wrenched on $5000+ bikes,and hide in the backroom, I could prolly keep doing it, but extreme snobbery is also a problem.
Surliness?...yes...snobbery?...no.
My intention for the last 2 years was to try and find the right person to take over the day to day and let me step back to get my fingers in some other pies. Alas the right person never came. Cest la vie.
I have a $80 King with yer name on it there Wesley. ;)

somnambulant 09-06-07 04:57 PM

I was planning on making you a little Cavern website on the house, but I guess that won't be necessary now. It's the thought that counts? :P hehehe

jet sanchEz 09-06-07 05:15 PM

That Marinoni that someone posted a few weeks ago is now in the window of the Adidas store on Queen West.....it looks really nice but I think that the white deep-Vs are a bit odd. I guess that is that, if Adidas is in on it, we've become mainstream, prepare for a ton of fixed gear riders on the streets of Toronto. Maybe we can cash in, the GT must be worth oh, I dunno, 1500$USD ;) :)

operator 09-06-07 05:42 PM


Originally Posted by I_bRAD (Post 5218478)
There is legislation though! 32kms/hr max speed, 500W max power. Not sure who is enforcing that or how they go about it.

You can put out way more than 500W for a short period of time > 32kph. Guess we're all banned. :/

P.S Keith, noooooo !!!
P.P.S Me for safety

I_bRAD 09-06-07 06:21 PM

The rules only apply to electric bikes though :D

somnambulant 09-06-07 06:24 PM


Originally Posted by cavernmech (Post 5221620)
I have a $80 King with yer name on it there Wesley. ;)

Make that 2 headsets and you got yourself a deal. ;)

cavernmech 09-06-07 06:39 PM


Originally Posted by somnambulant (Post 5222447)
Make that 2 headsets and you got yourself a deal. ;)

I per customer...sorry.

32flavours 09-06-07 06:39 PM

*Insert cheesy best of luck comment directed towards Keith here* :]

canice 09-06-07 07:01 PM

wow, that sucks. i never bought anything at cavern (or anything else, for that matter, ever since i first bought my bike) but i was about to put down money on a new frame, and i wanted to order it at your shop. best of luck, keith.

somnambulant 09-06-07 07:05 PM


Originally Posted by cavernmech (Post 5222537)
I per customer...sorry.

The other one is for Kim's 50lb Raleigh.. *Cough*

2wheelsgood 09-06-07 07:58 PM

soooooo, what are you gonna do keith? driver's ed. instructor? a nice secure job at the government? parking authority?

there's an art show at magic pony across the street from my place right now. so many ghetto conversions bring ridden by skinny pants and scarves. i wanna spit.

dan. bellwoods?

cavernmech 09-06-07 08:08 PM


Originally Posted by 2wheelsgood (Post 5223096)
soooooo, what are you gonna do keith? driver's ed. instructor? a nice secure job at the government? parking authority?

there's an art show at magic pony across the street from my place right now. so many ghetto conversions bring ridden by skinny pants and scarves. i wanna spit.

dan. bellwoods?

I dunno...its down to short bus driver, chicken sexer or custodial engineer. But I'm keeping my options open.


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