OFFICIAL: Canadian Chatterbox Thread

[Tanner]

I'm in for next year for sure.

So I'm driving a Jetta 2.5 for now as Agincourt had my whole car today and never got around to replacing the ballast/light/what not but was able to tinker around with the wiring and now the right light doesn't power up. They only had the car for 10 hours?!?!?

[RippleChip]

Electrical is always a pain.

It was the last step in the life of our van. It had some electical problems and that thing was in and out of the dealership. GM is replacing it now.

[Tanner]

I already miss the quattro. Took off a little too aggressively for a FWD and got my neighbour's attention as he was getting mail. Whoops :)

[RippleChip]

Its amazing how quickly it is missed when you're driving in the winter. Been having a blast up here in the snow covered roads

[RippleChip]

Whos hit up the autoshow?

[Tanner]

There yesterday of course. Today at Blue. Wow, I never seen great snow conditions like today at Blue, ever. Everything but the wind off the lake but it brought a lot of snow down throughout today.

[RippleChip]

Yeah it snowed all day, but man was it cold. Wed this week was the best, snowed overnight and left us with 1/2 - 3/4 a foot of fresh light powder. This season has been good, constantly getting snow up there.

Autoshow worth it?

[Suhail]

I'll be heading to the show on Friday, a nice way to unwind after all my midterms this week :S

[bellofello]

I'm goin up at somepoint to check it out. Get in free so might as well.

Man my dad stole my garage spot with some BMW x5 that we got to sell at our dealership. It's brutal driving in to school after a night of -35 out lol. The gearbox is SOOO clunky, my clutch like sticks down too. Awefull lol.

[bunnn]

No really... but my car was after sitting at the airport for a few days and the adio would turn on but no sound and it finally came on 10 minutes later yesterday. And some squeak in the rear until the car warms up inside.

...if you ever find out why..let me know...i posted questions..and read many forums related..there are also other that experience it but no1 knows why...
sucksssss...

[SleeperAvant]

Anyone go to the bike show last weekend? It was kinda small, but then again I haven't been to it in the past few years. Bought a thomson seatpost from Cycle solutions for my bike and it is too big, doesn't fit in the frame, DOH!

[RippleChip]

How does it not fit your frame, your bike is HUGE

I'd like to go to the show one year, but always at work skiing.

[SleeperAvant]

lol, my bike requires a 30.9 mm seatpost diameter (at least according to santacruz website) because i've been using a blackspire 27.2mm with a shim, so I thought might as well do it proper with a thomson....so I bought the thomson and it doesn't fit, well it goes in a quarter way, and then gets stuck! I'll need to do an exchange.

Oh yeah the Rocky Mountain booth was pretty sweet, the new Slayer SXC is awesome.

[devenyi]

What kind of Santacruz do you ride? I've got a VP-Free

[luke@audmods]

Do you guys ride much around the GTA? We should get together in the spring for a ride?

BTW - I have a Rocky Mountain Instinct

[luke@audmods]

Off topic...

When do you guys plan on switching to your summer setup?

[Tanner]

I seriously need to get back on the bike. I haven't touched it in years, though it definitely needs to get a good check.

[SleeperAvant]

What kind of Santacruz do you ride? I've got a VP-Free

I've got a VP-Free as well...what seatpost diameter do you use???

[RippleChip]

Last year buck, udderpowerr and I went on a few rides. buck and udderpowerr also hit up Blue a few times on their monster bikes. We'll for sure get some bike rides going this year.

Tanner you got to stop saying that and do it already...so quick from your place to Ravenshoe and so much other good biking.

Luke everything in here is Off Topic, just a random discussion thread.

Summer setup will be put on start of April most likely, once ski season is over with and I'm not driving north anymore

[devenyi]

I've got a VP-Free as well...what seatpost diameter do you use???

Good question... It's been in a box at my dads place since I got back from Whistler last summer!

I could check next time I'm there, but I'm sure you'll have an answer before then

[SleeperAvant]

Haha, in fact it was a 30.9mm post that I need. I just needed to cut down the post. Go figure!

BTW Ryan, I got the itch to build up an xc sled...

[RippleChip]

Nice...what are you going to build?

Could this have anything to do with you pushing around a ginormous bike while buck and I road xc'rs around Albion

[SleeperAvant]

Hahaha, that might be part of it.

I was thinking of building up the new Ellsworth Enlightenment frame, with maybe a World Cup Reba fork up front....'07 xtr cranks, discs, wheels...drool. Maybe...

[RippleChip]

ohhh....do it!

That would be sweet!

[SleeperAvant]

Yeah, gotta find a dealer who has the frame in stock..but I doubt it, they're probably still rolling out of Ellsworth's factory, or going into production.

[SleeperAvant]

Welp, decided against the reba world cup as it's a bit pricey, not to mention I'd probably cause too much stress on the carbon crown / steerer as I am not a light dude. Opted for a 2007 Manitou R7 super lockout instead.

[RippleChip]

Awesome, and so it begins....

[SleeperAvant]

Ya, got a bunch of things on the list, the '07 kona kula supreme frame is looking mighty sweet as well, $699 for a scandium, ~3lb frame...

[RippleChip]

Sweet!

I was just working on the road bike last night getting it ready for the season. Can't wait to get that rocket ship back on the road.

[SleeperAvant]

Which road bike you got?

[RippleChip]

I have a Pinarello F4:13

[SleeperAvant]

I have a Pinarello F4:13

Drool. What's the weight on that baby?

[RippleChip]

I don't know, I'd like to weigh it since it wasn't a stock setup, shop built it up as a team bike with specific parts they were interested in.

I did a nice 2 hour ride after skiing all morning, damn that was nice. Felt good to be back out on it.

[bellofello]

Best place to buy H&R springs?

Can't wait to get out biking this year, gonna go to blue at some point because now it's only 40(maybe less) minutes away. Took out the Kona for a little ride from my garage to my house (five minute walk) and damn I suck again haha, need to get back into the groove. Can't wait till I get that sore ass after the first couple of lengthy rides....

[RippleChip]

I rode the last two days, yesterday it was a little sore getting back on it.

Dan you'll have to get in touch with buck and udderpowerr, they both hit up Blue pretty frequently

[bellofello]

Will do once I get back in to some sort of rhythm, because right now I'll look like an ass at Blue for sure.

[buck]

I finally took the bike off the trainer and went out on the road yesterday... damn it felt good!!

For you Coulsons Hill riders... I rode by (on my motorbike) and they are doing de-forestation there..... they have huge piles of logs/trees in the parking lot...

[RippleChip]

WTF...that place was awesome. It better not be gone for good.

[buck]

WTF...that place was awesome. It better not be gone for good.

I freakin hope not... it's good fun in there.

[bellofello]

Was talkin to my buddies, who I just found out used to be hardcore bikers, one was sponsored by RedBull at one point. So were gonna come out to blue quite a bit this summer.