My pair of custom Franchise pants in size S fit me pretty well... I wanted to try a more snug pair of pants thus got the S size after reading/talking to some on here. I have a 34" waist (am 5'8" and 175-180) and they fit fine. I'm sure the M ones will be fine as well. IMO they seem to fit a bit looser than you'd think. At least the pro versions do... not sure about the retail Franchise pants as I've never had/tried a pair of them on.

Hated to pay this much... but they're impossible to find in a medium size. Now I'll have another pair of them just in case.

Looks like one or two more pairs of TBL Franchise pants they have. Expensive but impossible to find. Especially in medium size. 

Gotta have 'em, lol. My size small -1 Franchise pants are a great fit... snug but don't bind at all. So... the mediums should be good too in reality. Yes... I got a pair of them. Hard to fathom now I have 2 pr of the new colorway TBL pants. Now I won't worry as much when I wear them.  

warrior put on the nhl and habs logo for you?

I noticed that too... but the NHL logo isn't the one Warrior uses. Most would never notice that anyhow... looks cool how they turned out.

Only if you pay for the extra wax...

Lol, I have one and also a new backup. Don't want to break it and not have a backup. Of course if it got broken I'd imagine I'd have time to find a backup before getting back on the ice...

i watched the leafs play the bolts last week and the bolts game was so completely lifeless, you knew there had to be things going on behind the scenes. sometimes a coach firing is a warning shot to the players, unfortunately for the coach they get sacrificed. 

My exact thoughts. With the talent they have there's no excuse for their lame play lately.

I'm the old guy on my 2 teams too. My birthday is in May. That's all I'll say!

These would look so awesome on my man cave wall .

 

http://www.ebay.com/...=item2ec7130557

WOW!  Look back and see who wore #7 in that era... the list includes Lindsay and Hull. Would be neat to narrow down what year(s) these were worn and I'd imagine the price could really go sky-high.

It really pisses me off that now the Wings and Lightning are in the same division... that's just wrong... my two favorite teams, argh. Detroit should move back to the central one IMO.

Meh, who really cares for the WIngs?

Was easy to pick you out in the picture... the only one with the correct gloves... and white strap/loops, lol.

I thought I worded it well the first time. I even used a coma.

That's the issue! You were comatose? When you came to then you tried to use a comma? 

Start getting them shipped to your work and open up a new credit card account. Marriage solved.

The voice of experience talking here kids. Pay attention.  

as i told my wife that these pair of pants will be my last invetment in hockey equipment

Lol.

Yep, it's nice to have a drama-free site.

I have a few pair of Tackla pants and they're great. Also I have some Warriors and a pair of Bauers. They're all good. Years ago I had some Graf pants and they were nice as well. Most of the major brands are damn nice and well-constructed.

Most of my pro socks. After looking at this it appears it's missing my solid red and solid white ones.

Yes, exactly. It can cause a pretty nasty injury. USA Hockey rules require it to be covered. As to biking, around here it's mainly wooded singletrack and some sandy conditions where there are trails along the river. Not much rocky terrain.

Rule 301(a) & (b) in the USA Hockey Playing Rules state,

“(a) Adhesive tape of any color may be wrapped around the stick at any place for the purpose of reinforcement or to improve control of the puck.

(b) The end of a hollow shaft must be fully covered.”

The end of a hollow shaft may be covered with tape, a wooden plug, or some similar device.

Not eBay.... but... I know these are virtually impossible to find anywhere. If they had them in M I'd have grabbed a pair myself:

http://www.hockeymon...ck-520-tba.html

Ditto the grip trick (air gun to remove/hairspray to hold in place); I do all my own bicycle building and maintenance as well. And interestingly enough I'm the service manager at a H-D/Yamaha dealership. The only thing I question is no end plug in your stick. Dangerous situation IMO.

PS, if you have carbon fiber sticks then why not carbon fiber bikes?     My mountain and road bikes ('05 NRS C1 and '06 TCR Advanced) both of which I built up from bare frames:

What, no Monopoly money? 

Wow, didn't realize how hard the Wings practice jerseys were to find. Guess I'm lucky.

Wonder if they have the "pro" Velcro tabs on them too?