Vancouver LBS

Jim F

I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike. any suggestions?
How's
WEST POINT CYCLES
3771 West 10th Ave.
Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
(604) 224-3536


--
JF

"Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with
the life he is living, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he
is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some
great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and
made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God. "
- Phillip Brooks

landotter

On Jan 4, 9:43 pm, "Jim F" <jim.flomREM...@telus.net> wrote:
> I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike. any suggestions?
> How's
> WEST POINT CYCLES
> 3771 West 10th Ave.
> Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
> (604) 224-3536

I'd ask on the bike forums at the local craigslist:
http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/
or more specifically:
http://vancouver.craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=95

Ryan Cousineau

In article
<4ff2c0a4-c15a-487c-900c-12489349ab35@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
landotter <landotter@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 4, 9:43 pm, "Jim F" <jim.flomREM...@telus.net> wrote:
> > I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike. any suggestions?
> > How's
> > WEST POINT CYCLES
> > 3771 West 10th Ave.
> > Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
> > (604) 224-3536
>
> I'd ask on the bike forums at the local craigslist:
> http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/
> or more specifically:
> http://vancouver.craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=95

The short answer is La Bicicletta because they're road specialists,
Campy experts, and sponsor my bike team.

The long answer is maybe also Mighty Riders, because they have a very
good head mechanic (Ed). Campione, which is the other road-specialty
shop in town, I have no experience with.

All three shops are within a few blocks of each other in Vancouver.

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing

JeffWills

On Jan 4, 7:43*pm, "Jim F" <jim.flomREM...@telus.net> wrote:
> I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike. *any suggestions?
> How's
> WEST POINT CYCLES
> 3771 West 10th Ave.
> Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
> (604) 224-3536
>

From where I sit (in Vancouver), that's about 300 miles:
http://tinyurl.com/2s3ume
A little far, unless the mechanic is very, very good:
http://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/tedgod/tedgod.htm

Jeff

Ryan Cousineau

In article
<fa0f1ae2-0f7d-4ef1-ae8a-2fe9c2ca1dfb@v46g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>,
JeffWills <jwills@pacifier.com> wrote:

> On Jan 4, 7:43*pm, "Jim F" <jim.flomREM...@telus.net> wrote:
> > I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike. *any suggestions?
> > How's
> > WEST POINT CYCLES
> > 3771 West 10th Ave.
> > Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
> > (604) 224-3536
> >
>
> From where I sit (in Vancouver), that's about 300 miles:
> http://tinyurl.com/2s3ume
> A little far, unless the mechanic is very, very good:
> http://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/tedgod/tedgod.htm
>
> Jeff

That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing

JeffWills

On Jan 5, 5:38*pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city
>

Get along with you. We were here first!

(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
founded 1881. So there.)

Jeff

carlfogel@comcast.net

On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
<jwills@pacifier.com> wrote:

>On Jan 5, 5:38*pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca> wrote:
>>
>> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city
>>
>
>Get along with you. We were here first!
>
>(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
>founded 1881. So there.)
>
>Jeff

Dear Jeff,

Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
domination.

I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:

"The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
(491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
was first used."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

The Evil Beaver of the North requires constant vigilance!

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Jim F

<carlfogel@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:9gn0o31d9521tree5ki18eeekbet0pq8jc@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
> <jwills@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
>>On Jan 5, 5:38 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city
>>>
>>
>>Get along with you. We were here first!
>>
>>(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
>>founded 1881. So there.)
>>
>>Jeff
>
> Dear Jeff,
>
> Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
> domination.
>
> I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
> Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:
>
> "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
> (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
> sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
> incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
> Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
> was first used."
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington
>
> The Evil Beaver of the North requires constant vigilance!

Plus Vancouver BC is way cooler.

--
JF

"Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with
the life he is living, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he
is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some
great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and
made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God. "
- Phillip Brooks

Ryan Cousineau

In article <9gn0o31d9521tree5ki18eeekbet0pq8jc@4ax.com>,
carlfogel@comcast.net wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
> <jwills@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
> >On Jan 5, 5:38*pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city
> >>
> >
> >Get along with you. We were here first!
> >
> >(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
> >founded 1881. So there.)
> >
> >Jeff
>
> Dear Jeff,
>
> Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
> domination.
>
> I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
> Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:
>
> "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
> (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
> sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
> incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
> Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
> was first used."
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

Google Duel tells the tale:

<http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/...Vancouver%2C+BC
&word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>

Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
expropriation.

Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

--
Ryan Cousineau rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.wiredcola.com/
"My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing

carlfogel@comcast.net

On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:36:45 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@sfu.ca>
wrote:

>In article <9gn0o31d9521tree5ki18eeekbet0pq8jc@4ax.com>,
> carlfogel@comcast.net wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
>> <jwills@pacifier.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Jan 5, 5:38*pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city
>> >>
>> >
>> >Get along with you. We were here first!
>> >
>> >(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
>> >founded 1881. So there.)
>> >
>> >Jeff
>>
>> Dear Jeff,
>>
>> Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
>> domination.
>>
>> I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
>> Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:
>>
>> "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
>> (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
>> sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
>> incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
>> Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
>> was first used."
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington
>
>Google Duel tells the tale:
>
><http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/...Vancouver%2C+BC
>&word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>
>
>Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
>able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
>has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
>expropriation.
>
>Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

Dear Ryan,

We free-born patriots scorn your royalty-ridden subterfuge!

Do a google duel, pitting plain "Vancouver" against "Vancouver BC":
http://www.googleduel.com/original.php

Plain "Vancouver" beats the web-toed Canadian imitation with 130
million hits to less than 5 million.

The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.

Fifty-four forty, or fight! Polk for President! Erase the shame of 49
degrees north latitude!

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Hank

On Jan 5, 11:28 pm, carlfo...@comcast.net wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:36:45 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >In article <9gn0o31d9521tree5ki18eeekbet0pq...@4ax.com>,
> > carlfo...@comcast.net wrote:
>
> >> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
> >> <jwi...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>
> >> >On Jan 5, 5:38 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca> wrote:
>
> >> >> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city
>
> >> >Get along with you. We were here first!
>
> >> >(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
> >> >founded 1881. So there.)
>
> >> >Jeff
>
> >> Dear Jeff,
>
> >> Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
> >> domination.
>
> >> I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
> >> Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:
>
> >> "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
> >> (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
> >> sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
> >> incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
> >> Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
> >> was first used."
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington
>
> >Google Duel tells the tale:
>
> ><http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/...Vancouver%2C+BC
> >&word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>
>
> >Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
> >able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
> >has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
> >expropriation.
>
> >Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,
>
> Dear Ryan,
>
> We free-born patriots scorn your royalty-ridden subterfuge!
>
> Do a google duel, pitting plain "Vancouver" against "Vancouver BC":
> http://www.googleduel.com/original.php
>
> Plain "Vancouver" beats the web-toed Canadian imitation with 130
> million hits to less than 5 million.
>
> The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
> since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.
>
> Fifty-four forty, or fight! Polk for President! Erase the shame of 49
> degrees north latitude!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Fogel

Ryan: hand over the name and nobody gets hurt. Except the pig.

-Hank (who's amazed he remembers that lesson from Washington State
History in 9th grade)

carlfogel@comcast.net

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 00:30:27 -0800 (PST), Hank <hank@wirtznet.net>
wrote:

>On Jan 5, 11:28 pm, carlfo...@comcast.net wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:36:45 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> >In article <9gn0o31d9521tree5ki18eeekbet0pq...@4ax.com>,
>> > carlfo...@comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> >> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
>> >> <jwi...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> >On Jan 5, 5:38 pm, Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@sfu.ca> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city
>>
>> >> >Get along with you. We were here first!
>>
>> >> >(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
>> >> >founded 1881. So there.)
>>
>> >> >Jeff
>>
>> >> Dear Jeff,
>>
>> >> Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
>> >> domination.
>>
>> >> I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
>> >> Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:
>>
>> >> "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
>> >> (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
>> >> sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
>> >> incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
>> >> Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
>> >> was first used."
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington
>>
>> >Google Duel tells the tale:
>>
>> ><http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/...Vancouver%2C+BC
>> >&word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>
>>
>> >Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
>> >able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
>> >has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
>> >expropriation.
>>
>> >Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,
>>
>> Dear Ryan,
>>
>> We free-born patriots scorn your royalty-ridden subterfuge!
>>
>> Do a google duel, pitting plain "Vancouver" against "Vancouver BC":
>> http://www.googleduel.com/original.php
>>
>> Plain "Vancouver" beats the web-toed Canadian imitation with 130
>> million hits to less than 5 million.
>>
>> The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
>> since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.
>>
>> Fifty-four forty, or fight! Polk for President! Erase the shame of 49
>> degrees north latitude!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Carl Fogel
>
>Ryan: hand over the name and nobody gets hurt. Except the pig.
>
>-Hank (who's amazed he remembers that lesson from Washington State
>History in 9th grade)

Dear Hank,

If we hadn't stopped the Hudson's Bay Company cold in its porcine
little tracks at San Juan Island, Canadian bacon would be fattening on
Idaho potatoes!

I say let Kaiser Wilhelm appoint another commission to arbitrate
Canada's ceasless expansionist claims.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Dave Mayer

"Ryan Cousineau" <rcousine@sfu.ca> wrote in message
news:rcousine-9FD174.22364205012008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
> able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
> has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
> expropriation.
>
> Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,
>

I feel I have to stand up for my Vancouver here in the 'ol US of A. If any
of you Canadians think of coming down here . well we have Hillary!


Well actually you are down here already in hordes shopping at our Wal Marts
since the formerly worthless Canadian Peso is now has some value. Not for
long! And we know that Hollywood is staffed by pinkos from the North.



How to defend against the Canuck threat:



Taking on the frostbacks here will be difficult, in that it is hard to tell
Canadian from an extremely boring regular white person unless he's dressed
to go outdoors. Then Canadians can be spotted by their ubiquitous mukluks,
toques, ear warmers and checked hunting jackets. A significant flaw in the
Canadian character is deep conservatism. This is evidenced in how Canadians
play their mongrelized version of football. In Canadian football there
really are 4 downs, but the teams up there punt the ball on the third down -
just to be on the safe side.



An outright invasion should be ruled out, in that little is known about
Canada. Only illiterate sport fishermen and the Queen have been known to
visit. From captured Canadian screen writers, this is what we know: that
Canada features uninhabitable sub-arctic conditions in the winter (10
months). Think of a colder and less culturally developed version of Fargo,
North Dakota. Canadians claim that they have a summer, but this is just a
ruse to attempt to lure unsuspecting tourists into their frostly lair.
Think of the reason why the Vikings named Greenland: green land. Don't be
fooled. Any time the temperature rises above zero in their
sarcastically-named 'summer', the thawing tundra unleashes hawk-sized
mosquitoes which have been known to carry away small pets.



Strategy: a stealth preemptive strike. We sneak across the border during
their winter hibernation and plug up the air holes in their igloos. Or as
most Canadian drivers are drunk, we could repaint the yellow lines on the
few paved roads to veer into walls and trees.

Jim F

<carlfogel@comcast.net> wrote...
>
> Dear Ryan,
>
> We free-born patriots scorn your royalty-ridden subterfuge!
>
> Do a google duel, pitting plain "Vancouver" against "Vancouver BC":
> http://www.googleduel.com/original.php
>
> Plain "Vancouver" beats the web-toed Canadian imitation with 130
> million hits to less than 5 million.
>
> The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
> since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.

Logic only a Lafferty could be proud of.

Taking the road less traveled by,

--
JF

"Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with
the life he is living, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he
is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some
great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and
made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God. "
- Phillip Brooks