Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed Part 2

wow, riding yesterday, I felt like I was going to throw up at a few points. This weather is making a great case for shirtless riding.

Although I must say that the people who seem to ride shirtless probably score lowest on my "I want to see you shirtless" meter.

You know, of course, there's something terribly snappy to be said here. It simply fails me now.

couldn't have been as bad as this..

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/mis/1316530980.html

To the naked dude riding his bike along the spit this afternoon
Date: 2009-08-10, 8:02PM EDT
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Well done sir. Well done.

Was it a childlike desire to feel the wind against your balls that made you do it? Or was it just the humidity? Curious minds want to know.



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wow, riding yesterday, I felt like I was going to throw up at a few points. This weather is making a great case for shirtless riding.


that path downtown to the cne must be full of half nekkid ladies and cyclists crashing into each other!

actually, my commute down yonge the morning of the 1st garbage pick-up since the strike made for some serious throw-up in the mouth........

CAM - thanks for the tires! i tossed the wolber but i tested the vittoria and it is now riding on the front of my weekend Donut-burning bianchi.

So in other news, I only hit 780 watts the other night on this:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/reciprocity/Image000.jpg

I guess it wasn't zeroed properly :)

this is not the kind of news i like to pass on: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/08/11/toronto-homicide.html

So in other news, I only hit 780 watts the other night on this:



b@stard...........

btw, u need to take more pics of the scenery out there.

but ... but..... that's got brakes an' gears an' everything!!!

Martin Grove and Finch, 11pm ... upto a dozen shots for one cyclist? Something tells me the fact this guy was on a bike was incidental. Not that it makes it alright by any stretch, but I don't think he was some cyclist gunned down for being in the road. Not with that many shots... they wanted to make sure he was dead.

Martin Grove and Finch, 11pm ... upto a dozen shots for one cyclist? Something tells me the fact this guy was on a bike was incidental. Not that it makes it alright by any stretch, but I don't think he was some cyclist gunned down for being in the road. Not with that many shots... they wanted to make sure he was dead.

That was my thought when I heard it. Has anyone heard an update on that cyclist who got run over by the cab and lost his leg?

likely, i agree.

i just noticed this too: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/678257

(or http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2009/08/11/10421651-sun.html if you want the hyper-sensationalised version...)

first time i've heard of a cyclist riding on the sidewalk killing a pedestrian.

poor lady, but also poor kid that has to live with the guilt.



i'm really not full of doom and gloom today, really!

I dropped by the newly-renovated Bloor-Gladstone library and there isn't a single bike rack on the property. There aren't even any of those crappy bike-rings on the sidewalk. It looks to me like millions of dollars was spent on the renos and having absolutely nowhere to lock your bike up is a huge oversight.

^^WORD^^ but how's the parking situation? :lol:

I dropped by the newly-renovated Bloor-Gladstone library and there isn't a single bike rack on the property. There aren't even any of those crappy bike-rings on the sidewalk. It looks to me like millions of dollars was spent on the renos and having absolutely nowhere to lock your bike up is a huge oversight.

Listen, you commie, buy an SUV and go to Chapters. Stop being a whiner! :roflmao2:

While in NYC I fell in love with the big boy BMX.
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9044/bigboybmx.jpg

While in NYC I fell in love with the big boy BMX.
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/9044/bigboybmx.jpg

There's some messenger that's *always* riding something that looks like this. I can't imagine it's very comfortable to use all day long.

There's another guy that rides a baby-blue marinoni cross bike, and the thing looks sooo sweet. I need to ask him more about it one day.

So in other news, I only hit 780 watts the other night on this:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/reciprocity/Image000.jpg

I guess it wasn't zeroed properly :)

Filthy roadie scum.

So heads up guys to anyone lockin up in the annex!!!! I ran up on some piece of $h!t trying to jack a bunch of stuff off my bike last night in front of the Timmies near bathurst on the south side of bloor.

Stupid bastard had my seat more than half out of the frame... the front wheel nuts loose... stem bolt loose...

I started screaming at his ass from almost half a block away so i didn't get to dish out any U-lock justice this time, but i'm hunting for his @$$ !!! I would have chased him on the bike but as soon as i grabbed my bars they pretty much spun sideways into my top tube leaving a nice dent/chip.

He's about 5'9" fat as **** with a wannabe courier bag and balding shaved head... He claimed to be a courier; when i started calling him a stupid phuk for screwing with a "work" bike... Bull $h!t... no courier is that fat! If you see this stay the hell outta the annex fat man... cuz one day you'll catch a U-lock tommahawk chop!!!!!!!!

It's not worth getting an assault charge over. Or perhaps manslaughter if you're unlucky.

couldn't have been as bad as this..

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/mis/1316530980.html

To the naked dude riding his bike along the spit this afternoon
Date: 2009-08-10, 8:02PM EDT
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Well done sir. Well done.

Was it a childlike desire to feel the wind against your balls that made you do it? Or was it just the humidity? Curious minds want to know.



* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

That poor saddle having naked sweaty balls on it.

So heads up guys to anyone lockin up in the annex!!!! I ran up on some piece of $h!t trying to jack a bunch of stuff off my bike last night in front of the Timmies near bathurst on the south side of bloor.

Stupid bastard had my seat more than half out of the frame... the front wheel nuts loose... stem bolt loose...

I started screaming at his ass from almost half a block away so i didn't get to dish out any U-lock justice this time, but i'm hunting for his @$$ !!! I would have chased him on the bike but as soon as i grabbed my bars they pretty much spun sideways into my top tube leaving a nice dent/chip.

He's about 5'9" fat as **** with a wannabe courier bag and balding shaved head... He claimed to be a courier; when i started calling him a stupid phuk for screwing with a "work" bike... Bull $h!t... no courier is that fat! If you see this stay the hell outta the annex fat man... cuz one day you'll catch a U-lock tommahawk chop!!!!!!!!


That sucks that no one was stopping the guy, what time was this at? I saw a stripped IRO a few weeks back, right in front of that big used CD place near Bathurst. You'd think that a busy strip like Bloor would be safe...bummers.

That was my thought when I heard it. Has anyone heard an update on that cyclist who got run over by the cab and lost his leg?

No, though I'm interested. A fellow by the name of Kyle Brown submitted an essay to the Globe and Mail which was published yesterday, the first time I've seen a cyclist's perspective on this topic in the major media (perhaps I've missed a few others).

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/my-near-death-experience/article1247159/

degloving is a terrible injury!

*shudders*

That sucks that no one was stopping the guy, what time was this at? I saw a stripped IRO a few weeks back, right in front of that big used CD place near Bathurst. You'd think that a busy strip like Bloor would be safe...bummers.


It was around 9:30-10:00PM... with people everywhere... go figure

i'm sure many have seen this, but on the subject of people being around while bikes get stolen/striped...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7zb8YXrmIA

degloving is a terrible injury!

Thats what she said!

*Edit, after re-reading my response I realise that doesn't make any sense. Damn long work day humor!

There's some messenger that's *always* riding something that looks like this. I can't imagine it's very comfortable to use all day long.


Black guy with long hair and seems to always be wearing shades? Dude has the junkiest looking bike that looks like it would be awful to ride but at the same time I've seen him pull some ridiculous crap through cross traffic so he's clearly spending a lot of time on it. I remember him being nice as hell too when I met him

Oh and another fast night ride is happening tonight. Bloor and Spadina, 10:30 meet up, 11:05 departure if anyone is up for a ride.

Black guy with long hair and seems to always be wearing shades? Dude has the junkiest looking bike that looks like it would be awful to ride but at the same time I've seen him pull some ridiculous crap through cross traffic so he's clearly spending a lot of time on it. I remember him being nice as hell too when I met him

He'd be the one.

"The One"? , because there can be only one.

damn this ever loosening spoke !!!!

lol wut? colnago http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/1320859316.html

A video for all you fools.

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it seems much too much effort was put into the production of that video... funny for the first 30 seconds non the less

i liked it

and considering how many views it has had over the last few days, i'm sure they're happy with how much production they've put in it, even some pros like gincapie and armstrong have linked to it

I think it's funny.

More pump girls!

hmm whom to email.. to the city.. if you can't enforce the laws for motorists don't build a useless two block bike lane as a "traffic calming" buffer at the bottom of one of the city's busiest streets (Yonge). It's a deathtrap, but super convenient for rush hour, no bust, dry cleaning pickup via YOUR CAR!!!!! Heading north towards the Esplanade it becomes a dashed-lined right hook just waiting to happen. Why can't they just leave well enough alone? ...and of course no signage saying watch out for cyclists on the right.

We need a police tow truck to just circle the block at rush hour here.

A video for all you fools.

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hahahahaha:roflmao2:
i agree tho...more pump girls!

anyone see any of the highlights of the Leadville 100 mountain bike race? Lance winning by 20 minutes on a flat tire is pretty crazy. But Dave Weins is an amazing rider.

yeah watched some of the video, the climbing looked crazy, so not surprised lance won

i think it was closer to 30 minutes too

I love that race. The footage of that columbine descent is rad. Someday I hope to take a descent so long that I get tired.

Can anyone help me with a steel fork for a 57 cm Steel Viner? I'm giving my best man a road bike upgrade as a present. Two weekends ago we rode to Kingston to a music fest. His current bike (a 60cm old Gardin) was too much. I highly recommend that ride. hwy 2 connecting to the loyalist pkwy. Super easy and beautiful.

Someday I hope to take a descent so long that I get tired.


Someday ride up Ventoux, 22km at 8 1/2 percent average is enough to get tired.

Someday ride up Ventoux, 22km at 8 1/2 percent average is enough to get tired.

Thats an ascent but I like your style!

We could all do both!

-forks?

Thats an ascent but I like your style!

Well that will teach me for not reading. However, the descent was also tiring because it was so steep and had so many turns you had to ride the brakes way more than you'd like too.

so you get this..
http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/harding/Images/monkey1.jpg

I had a monkey paw once. Some salve and a determined effort to stop touching myself cured all. Oh wait, it's a book?.... nevermind.

Can anyone help me with a steel fork for a 57 cm Steel Viner? I'm giving my best man a road bike upgrade as a present.


I still have the fork from that Miele, I think that was a 57cm frame, right?

We could all do both!

-forks?

I might have a threadless 1 inch carbon fork depending on steerer length. You can have it gratis if it fits.