IIDS: Wednesday, July 4th, Independence Day, USA!

In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see. -Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1928)

 

  

Road bikes and Strawberry fields forever:

Ray,

Glad to know you are getting this started. When you are finally riding one of these road bikes you will wonder what took you so long.

I had a very professional fitting last week by a guy named Eric at Kissing Crows – 28^th & Main. My fitting was for a touring bike. I highly recommend you get this fitting. I will forward you the specs and you can see just how accurate the fitting is. This is hugely important to be comfortable for long rides.

Jake works at the Bike Doctor (Broadway across from MEC) and he may or may not recommend them as a source. I am copying him and he will confirm and he can add to my list of retailers below.

I will suggest you try several high end shops just to know what the hardware on the high brow side: bicicletta on Broadway and Speed Theory near me on 4^th Avenue.

West Point Cycles – you know has a good selection – don’t buy aluminum.

Might Riders (Broadway East of MEC)

Dizzy on 4^th has a good selection including Specialized

John Henry (North Vancouver)

That would be a good start. Would enjoy chatting with you and Jake after you have seen a few steeds. Enjoy, G 

Ray,

Several more:

Bicycle Sport Pacific http://bspbikes.com/ large selection

** Pacific Multisport www.pacificmultisport.ca/ on Main Street -- where I bought my Jamis road bike

Vancouver Bike Gallery Store, Vancouver Bikes, Bicycle Repair ...

www.vancouverbikegallery.com/ G

Hi "The Early Whirlybird Gets The Worm" and Robo Man!

Thanks for all the technical advice and locazziones, Giorgio! With all this data I don't think we'll need to move from our computers. We'll just join the Virtual Peleton! I'll be in touch about domani's Tour de Fer à Cheval Baie. However, I believe we are hoping to catch 12:50pm ferry so, to be on the safe side, I would like to leave around 9:30am. Will confirm once I "argue" with Flamin' and give orders to Support Vehicle Driver, (SVD), a nasty piece of work at the best of times!

On another matter, if interested, the CD album Picasa link now works! Naramata Pete confirmed this morning:

https://picasaweb.google.com/108538011823645473253/HarbourTerraceCanadaDay1stJuly2012

Thanks again, Giggster! Cheers, Il Conduttore!

Trek Madone Series

Sara,

    I met with you over a week ago at your Kerrisdale shop with regard to purchasing a road bike. A friend (Patrick Dunn) and I would like to meet with you early next week at the West Boulevard store, if you are available, so we can check prices and obtain further details.

Thanks,

    Ray Banks


Ray,

I'd love to help you.  My only issue is that I am doing the Penticton Grand Fondo on Sunday and won't be back at the shop until Wed.  Would Wed. work for you guys?  Otherwise, I can meet Friday July 6th.  I can also set you up with someone else who is very good if neither of these times work.

I look forward to getting you guys all set up and riding quick and comfortably.

Cheers, Sara

Good for you, Sara. Hope you do well in the heat. Patrick is on the Island tomorrow so Wednesday morning would be better. 10am or so in Kerrisdale? Ray

Hi Raymond!

Thanks for great day of "window shopping"! Once we hear from Sara and meet with her we can start to look seriously at the bike(s) we feel we'd like.

As you know, tomorrow is the Tour de Fer à Cheval Baie! We are still hoping to catch the 12:50pm ferry so, to be on the safe side, I confirmed that we are to leave around 9:30am. Earlier this evening I "argued" with Sarge about departure time as he somehow thought we only had two hours to complete ride and since ferry was leaving at 11:30am, in his mind, he kept insisting we'd never make sailing!

Weather looks great so looking forward to both legs of the ride. Sarge may well be interested in riding out to meet us at HB on Saturday as well. I'll copy him on message I send about which ferry we plan to take from Nanaimo. Thanks again for kale. Cheers, Patrizzio!

Hi Patrick,
Bingo, the photos appeared immediately on Picasa.  They look great, lots of happy people.  I'm back out to the vineyard for the day.  The vines are so thick that it's taking me up to 3 hours per row, and I still have 5 rows to go.  Lots of little grapes so hopefully this will be the year to have a real crop.
Cheers, JDP
 
Hi Patrick, This video is pretty good. I know you like drinking at full cask strength, but maybe you should consider allowing a little dilution.

How To Drink Whiskey Like a Sir
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82587964/#KmOkoEqc0moIB6Wo.03

Hi JDP!

You better be careful or you'll end up drinking blended whiskey!!! Guess you'll have to give your cask to me! Glad that the Picasa link worked.

Tomorrow is the Tour de Fer à Cheval Baie! We, (Cora Lee and Flamin' and I), are hoping to catch the 12:50pm ferry so, to be on the safe side, we plan to leave around 9:30am. Earlier this evening I "argued" with Flamin' about departure time as we are riding to ferry terminal and gave orders to the Support Vehicle Driver, (SVD), Cora Lee, a nasty piece of work at the best of times!

We are off to spend a few days with the Millionaires in Parksville. Will ride there from Nanaimo, about 22K. About 36K from The Island Inn to HB. Flamin' had some appointments today, otherwise we would have left yesterday. Weather looks great so looking forward to both legs of the ride,. Cheers, Patrizzio! 

Patriçio,

Some time ago, we inported your Interchange addresses into your (local) Mac address book and set you up with mac mail.  I would strongly recommend you use the mac mail client regardless of the system your mail provider uses.  Interchange, UBCmail, Gmail, ectc etc etc.  That way you only need to get used to one system and once you do, you will find it far superior to using any browser interface to the host site.

Vamos a hablar.

… oh yes,

… have you chosen your new $12,000 bike yet.

más adelante//bjp

 
Hi Ragin'!

How did I know you would say just what you did about Mac mail! Will talk when we return from Vancouver Island. Tomorrow is the Tour de Fer à Cheval Baie! We, (Cora Lee and Flamin' and I), are hoping to catch the 12:50pm ferry so, to be on the safe side, we plan to leave around 9:30am. Earlier this evening I "argued" with Flamin' about departure time as we are riding to ferry terminal and gave orders to the Support Vehicle Driver, (SVD), Cora Lee, a nasty piece of work at the best of times!

As I think I might have mentioned, we are off to spend a few days with the Millionaires in Parksville. Will ride there from Nanaimo, about 22K. About 36K from The Island Inn to HB. Flamin' had some appointments today, otherwise we would have left yesterday. Weather looks great so looking forward to both legs of the ride.

Riobo Ray and I visited five stores today: The Bike Gallery, 10th, near Trimble, Specialized Roubuix, $3,199; West Point Cycles, 10th Ave. near Alma, Madone 5.2, $3,499.99; Speed Theory, 2616 W 4th., Argon 18-Krypton, $3,000; Mighty Riders, near 4th and Burrard, fit first and then decide on bike, but between $2,000-$3,000; Dizzy Cycles, across the street, more Specialized Roubuix from $2,150-$2,650-$3,150. Ray has sent an email to Sara at West Point Cycles on West Blvd near 41st to meet with us next week, He has dealt with her before and is very happy with her approach, service, etc. Overall, quite pleased with what we saw so now we begin the process of narrowing down models and driving hard bargains!

I may well run our "window shopping" by the Millionaires and who knows, perhaps Grogg will write out a blank cheque and we'll both sport $12,000 steeds! The envy of the Peleton!!! I'll be in touch early next week. Cheers, Il Conduttore!


Hi Big Al!

As I mentioned, earlier, tomorrow is the Tour de Fer à Cheval Baie! I'll be in touch early next week. Cheers, Il Conduttore!

PS: Unfortunately Sarge has work commitments he cannot weasel out of in order to join us. However, he might well cycle to HB to met us on Saturday. I'll send out an APB on ferry we plan to catch from Nanaimo so if you are interested, you might consider hooking up.

PPS: Sarge and Flamin' invited us down for dinner this evening. Made this this afternoon to take downstairs.

Turnip Puff:

2lbs diced turnip

Cook till soft, (10 minutes in pressure cooker)

2 eggs

2 tbs butter/margarine

3 tbs flour

2/3 tbs brown sugar

1 tsp baking powder

mash turnips, combine above ingredients

half cup bread crumbs

2 tbs butter/margarine

spread bread crumbs on top of turnip mixture and drizzle melted butter/margarine over them

350 degrees for half an hour


Hi Champagne!

I'll be in touch early next week about bridge. Cheers, Il Conduttore!

David Kessler

I hope that many people are considering what it means to be Americans today, and hope that leads to a saner political discourse in the year ahead! 

So wel will arrive at July 15th at 13.15 h. Yes, we are with our dauhters, so there wille be 4 of us. As you mentioned a while ago: can we spent the first nights at your place? And will you be at the airport when we arrive? And then discover Vancouver for 2 or more days. After this we are planning to go to Vancouver island. And then going back and travelling through the Rockies to Galgary, where we have our next flight to Toronto. Met vriendelijke groet, Kind regards, Jaap Harkema 

Hi Jaap!

Sorry that it has taken me so long to reply BUT I didn't realize that the new mail system introduced by UBC yesterday would be so different from Interchange, one I have used for years. Eventually I was able to change my password and login to new mail system. Quite a surprise, let me tell you! I'm going to have to get used to it as I really don't know how to navigate through it. Cora Lee uses Gmail and this new system reminds me of it. Even though I have an account on former as well, I have not used it as I liked Interchange better. I guess it was simply because I was more familiar with where things were and how most of the functions worked. At any rate, I'm sure I'll learn how to use this new system to its advantage at some point.

Nevertheless, wonderful to hear that the four of you will be coming to Vancouver. Yes, you can stay with us and yes, I will meet you at the airport. I'll send directions for where to meet in next few days but I just wanted to let you know that we are looking forward to your visit. Just curious about how long you plan to stay in Vancouver before leaving for Vancouver Island. Let me know so that we can have an idea of what we might suggest for activities, etc.

All the best for now. Cheers, Patrizzio!