Right on. I had to walk a hill or two yesterday because I didn't carry enough speed to make it up. I did learn that I should probably grab some wider tires to hit the trails.

Took the wabi out for a little spin today and found a rad lookout near my apartment that I had no idea existed.
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Shreddin' that brown pow pow at Chubb Trail. Nice combination of techy and steep climbs, wicked downhills, and flowy smooth dirt.

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Custom Pepper white Cartel 'Avenue Lo' 2
 

More Pepper White goodness:

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A custom Cartel 'Avenue Lo' in Pepper White, more details about the custom on my blog:

Monday update - Brassfoot BEP Mix, Odawara and more. | Cartel Bikes

Enjoy!

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The Scarborough Bluffs.

WOOF! how many feets is that?

the water looks so nice i wanna jump in

















from the beach.

Apparently about 65 metres/211 feet. The water does look tropical but it's Lake Ontario so still cold as ****. It's only like 10km from downtown Toronto but still a lot of people who live here would be surprised to know that there are places like this in the city.

wow that looks so much taller, the palisades cliffs in jersey are 500ish and dont even look as high

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i guess here it kinda does

I'm guessing it's the wide-angle lens of the cell phone camera that makes it look like that. They're designed for selfies after all...

Sweet pics [MENTION=97528]Ratzinger[/MENTION] and [MENTION=303015]Mumonkan[/MENTION]

someone took this picture of me yesterday. I look pretty cute and thought you guys would think so too!http://s31.postimg.org/yvmyoxlmj/image.jpg

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Very nice! Just remember that the edge is VERY unstable.

Here's some geological trivia for you. Over the great many years that the Scarborough Bluffs have been eroding a lot of the eroded material was carried westward by the currents. Where it got deposited eventually became the Toronto Islands.

Cheers

Here are my road bicycle to single-speed conversions.

this one wasa cheap MIELE road bike without an integral rear drailler hanger. (I never knew until I got that bike that Miele made low-end bikes like that) Converting it to a single-speed was easy.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1463/...0a63253a_o.jpgz) Single Speed Miele & N600 Pedals by Miele Man, on Flickr

This one was a dumpster rescue of a MIELE Columbus SL frameset and some Campy parts including a tubular wheelset. I had the frame repaired because there was a crack in the top rube where the cable housing entered. I think someone used it for cyclo-cross because the tires on it were tubular cyclocross ones.

I have 4 Shimano Aero water bottles but only three cages.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1558/...9ec8a51f_o.jpgMiele Single Speed #02a by Miele Man, on Flickr

Here's another MIELE Columbus SL frameset I've rescued.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1541/...4097b356_o.jpg#1 Miele Columbus SL Frame Single Speed - Side View by Miele Man, on Flickr

A head-on shot showing the Dura Ace AX brake caliper. Its mate is on the rear.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1488/...5c4fdda9_o.jpg#2 Miele Columbus SL Frame Single Speed - Front View by Miele Man, on Flickr

A close-up of the front brake.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1592/...502442ab_o.jpg#3 Miele Columbus SL Frame Single Speed - Headtube by Miele Man, on Flickr

A BIANCHI I built as a single-speed.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1644/...c3d79422_o.jpgBianchi Singlespeed 1a by Miele Man, on Flickr

I'll post my No-name single-speeds in another post in a minute.

Cheers

Here are two of my No-name single-speed builds. No-name because I don't know who made the frames.

This one came with Shimano 600 Arabesque groupset that I used on another MIELE project.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1493/...6bb0259b_o.jpg#1a Single Speed - Right Side by Miele Man, on Flickr

This is a MTB single-speed I built for fun. The rear brake is mounted under the chainstays. That's a great place for such a brake if you're touring on the oad but it's definitely NOT the best location for one on an off-road bicycle.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1665/...051f2063_o.jpgMTB 2 Single Speed 1a by Miele Man, on Flickr

Here's a head-on view of it.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1458/...184f468b_o.jpgMTB 2 Single Speed 1b by Miele Man, on Flickr

The handlebar is REALLY WIDE! LOL VBEG It's an entire 12 INCHES.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1705/...46ab250e_o.jpgMTB 2 Single Speed 1c by Miele Man, on Flickr

It is great for getting into and out of tight places though. LOL

Cheers

Your Bianchi is slick [MENTION=418438]TimothyH[/MENTION].

Thanks man.

It rides like a cloud. I'm so happy with it.

Glad you are reunited with your MTB. That was crazy.

trying out some new nitto fairweather bullmoose bars...http://s32.postimg.org/tfl7m66ut/image.jpg

Jelly. Did you have to order them from Fairweather? Hoping to be able to avoid the 1/3 price bump for shipping.

they are from Japan, yes.

bullmoose fever!

did you try and put the feedbag in the triangle?

i feel like i remember recently seeing fairweather now being stocked at a US retailer but i cant remember who that was now or where i saw it

Velo Orange carries their tires but not much else.

I want their skinwall CX tires so bad.