Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed Part 2

Oh you!

PS, is there anyone here doing the Ride for Heart and possibly the 75k? I can't remember who said what.

Doing the 25km with my wife and little one in the chariot.

so i finally got my refund from canada customs for some mislabeled bike parts

except they sent me 2 cheques for the same amount, so i called and they said it was a computer mistake and they would send me an envelope to mail back to them, they send me an evelope without a stamp

cheap *******s, it was their mistake

don't actually care, just funny that they want me to spend money to send them back their money


my uncle once got a bill from revenue canada for income tax owing; the grand total was $0.02, so he taped two pennies to a piece of paper with a copy of the bill and sent it to the prime minister. perhaps that is a course of action worth taking...

Anyone know of any shops carrying a good front rack that'll hold a lot of weight in this city? Something like a CETMA that won't take three months to arrive would be rad, I'm gonna turn my winter bike into a winter/cargo bike for groceries and hauling **** across the city.


EDIT: Oh and also if anyone knows a shop that sells trainers that'd be helpful too

doesn't cycle solutions carry the cetma racks? i saw a little blackburn rack at sweet petes that attaches in the front brake hole and onto the canti studs and acts like a basket support/base (a sort of copt of the nitto one). that looked like a nice option too.,..

Best race to watch of the year and not a single word about it here.

You are all pathetic.

thats not what your momma said.

Oh you!

PS, is there anyone here doing the Ride for Heart and possibly the 75k? I can't remember who said what.

I'm doing the 50k (normal start) with my uncle.


Doing the 25km with my wife and little one in the chariot.

Do they both fit in there? :D I was thinking about doing this, but am still trailer-less.. haven't been able to find a good CL deal on a chariot in good shape.

Oh you!

PS, is there anyone here doing the Ride for Heart and possibly the 75k? I can't remember who said what.

75KM here.

Mount Doom climb today. Woot! --> http://www.universalsports.com/

Mount Doom climb today. Woot! --> http://www.universalsports.com/

wtf is up with no one showing this on tv...

what am I payin for cable for...need to tap that 'ish for free if I cant even watch the stuff i want!:mad:

Apparently in the eyes of Toronto's finest, motorists have the right of way to give cyclists a right hook.

http://www.thestar.com/gta/crime/article/641938

OFFS... :(

People need to put things in perspective. What if the cyclist was a car in his lane and some other car came from behind and served in front of it... Yeah the car should have slowed down to avoid the collision of course!!

That's freakin' sad. The bike lane may be partially to blame too.

I wonder if he signaled his right turn so that the cyclist could avoid it as he was "coming from behind"?
Frak BLs and the false sense of security they promote.

I'm pretty sure turning right from the inside lane is illegal.

note how the article uses blaming language of the cyclist "crashing into a van" and "he hit the side"... oh, and don't forget to add that he didn't have a bucket on to catch all the fluids leaking out of his brain after GETTING SMUCKED BY SOMETHING x100 LARGER.

ps. ilikebikes

Inside lane Brad? I just wanna know how far ahead of the rider he was.... if he was far enough ahead ...why wasn't he clear of the intersection already? Did he start a turn he couldn't finish? hmm that's illegal too. Did he not see the rider as he passe him in the BL? hmm careless.... If he'd done even a reasonable facsimile of due diligence while driving the cyclist sooo should have been able to avoid this.

so does the bike lane not have the right of way? isn't it the drivers responsibility to wait for any cylists to pass through, which he would have seen as he went by the cyclist.

I always thought you had the right of way on the right and that the right hook was on the drivers, if that's wrong that would definitely be a nice piece of information to have.

Also, why use a photo of an old bike accident? someone elses misfortune is now stock photography? c'mon.

all bike lanes end long before the intersection... 'dashed line' at best. So....you're on your own. If you are behind... you are the overtaking vehicle and the onus is on you 100%. That is why I wondered about how far ahead he was when he turned.

The police use the insurance fault determination regulations when determining whether or not to lay charges in some cases. I believe in this case they have applied p.7, rule #5 incorrectly, since the rules do not cover bike lanes. Normally, you cannot make a right turn from any but the curb lane. The rules (and police) believe the van turned legally, so they look for other ways of determining fault.

http://www.ibc.ca/en/car_insurance/documents/brochure/on-fault-determination-rules.pdf

I think the whole broken bike lane line at intersections is a recipe for this type of disaster...
I cant count the amount of times someone just randomly starts cutting in the bikelane unaware of the numerous cyclists beside them. I saw one guy yell at a lady that it was his right of way to turn right and cut her off as she was heading straight citing the broken line as the reason why. it makes no sense to me but maybe its just me...i just go around knowing im gonna get killed staying in that stupid @$$ bikelane at an intersection... its already begun...nutty seasonal cyclists and even nuttier summer weather car drivers...oh noes. and that star article comes off as "its the stupid reckless cyclists fault!"

Inside lane Brad? I just wanna know how far ahead of the rider he was.... if he was far enough ahead ...why wasn't he clear of the intersection already? Did he start a turn he couldn't finish? hmm that's illegal too. Did he not see the rider as he passe him in the BL? hmm careless.... If he'd done even a reasonable facsimile of due diligence while driving the cyclist sooo should have been able to avoid this.

Yeah right hooks usually occur when the driver comes too quickly for the cyclist to react. When the car is a truck more often than not the cyclist will die in a right hook.

The fact that the BL stops at the intersection shouldn't make it a lane anymore. Or it should have dedicated lights. Or you should systematically stop at each intersection. Or you should take the car lane on the left. Needless to say bike "lanes" are dangerous. I hope the guy makes it.

^^devil's advocate here^^ I've seen too many riders flyin' up the gutter, despite coming up on cars with right signals on. There is one lane at the intersection. If you come up on someone turning/signaling right you back off or carve left. To time it so the van 'makes' the rider smack the side is some tricky driving if the rider is being defensive at all. Something's not reading right with this report..I'm thinkin' epic fail in not seeing the cyclist as he passes and right turning, = careless or if he did see = aggressive either way I fail to see how it could be the riders fault, you gotta some kinda stupid to just keep riding if the van driver passed properly.

I had that guy drifting over from the centre lane to the curb lane right on top of me. You know the one who KNOWS b/c he's bigger your going to back off? He was wrong ... I started drifting towards him til I was in middle of curb lane.. he then "all of a sudden" booted back to centre. I looked in the passenger window I had been lined up with the whole time.... he had this WTF look on his face. I said , dude you want over, try signaling and then either get in front of me or behind me ... do not just push over.

I just saw an e-bike flying up a one-way street the wrong way. The guy must have been doing at least 25km/h and had no helmet...madness.

krusty: the stem is awesome! Fits the Campione Del Mondo bars perfectly! Thanks again!

i saw an ebike ... last night helmetless. stop on queen E at the 7-11 and then use the crosswalk.... madness I tell ya.
I think we're just setting the stage for the electrically assisted boomer generation. 25-50kph old folks with too much money and insurance. :lol: I saw a cat in his electric chair taking on the curb lane as I rode in one morning. Ballsy

krusty: the stem is awesome! Fits the Campione Del Mondo bars perfectly! Thanks again!

You're most welcome. Glad to hear they fit.

Krusty, do you have that spare jar of medial isotopes in your desk?

Heading to the corner of Scott/Esplanade tonight @ ~5:30 ...

Krusty, do you have that spare jar of medial isotopes in your desk?

Hehe. 'Fraid not.

Believe it or not, I did the phase 1 commissioning (testing to ensure design intent is met) of the second of the Maple reactors in Chalk River back in 2000. I later did the early commissioning of the related processing facility. It became obvious very early on that the processing facility would never function reliably. The design was shockingly bad, and the management even worse. As for the reactors themselves, part of the issue is the interpretation of an international standard on reactor core design regarding 'positive void coefficient'. Linda Keen decided on her own extremely limiting interpretation before she was fired from the CNSC. That, and the fact that AECL was literally forced into the construction of the new facility by their contract with MDS Nordion, for whom they supply the raw isotopes. The Mulroney Conservatives literally gave away AECL's Commercial Products division (a HUGELY profitable one, btw) to MDS Nordion many years ago, and forced them (AECL) into a long term contract for the supply of isotopes. A contract that was not in the slightest favorable to AECL. I have long felt that AECL does not really want to be in the isotope business. That is the indication many of us get from some of the decisions that have been made over the years.

The issue of 'executive bonuses' appeared in that project too. When milestones cannot be met, executives just break the remaining portions of the project into smaller milestones, so that they always get their bonus for meeting them. Eventually, infinitessimally small progress gets made, but is celebrated and spun by management like major progress is actually occurring.

wrt the current Chalk River issues, the calandria vessel of the NRU reactor was originally replaced after the first 15 years of operation. The current one has been in operation for 37 years now. Budgets were cut, and the currently trendy management accounting practice of each department billing each other for services took root. Instead of people working as a company, they start working as small tribes, with petty little low-level managers desperately trying to preserve their little sphere of influence. Money gets wasted, and projects that really need to go ahead fall by the wayside due to 'budget priorities'.

Part of the problem in business today is that every manager seems to feel that the Harvard Business Review is gospel. It's no more than a series of articles published by professors and graduate students who like to see their names in print (or HAVE to to keep their positions). Every once in a while, some daft theory of management takes root in the world and takes about 10 years in the US to become thoroughly discredited. Canada seems to lag behind by several years, both on the uptake and the realization that it should be thrown away.

/end rant

Now you know at least that I come by my nick honestly:D

ah I see, so who does Mulroney know at MDS?
We'll give you a profitable division but AECL will still do the work (supply the isotopes).
Sounds oddly not unlike his extending pharma patents in CA from 5-15 years, with the law firm in MTL he ended up at have the three biggest Pharmas in CA as clients, hmmmm

The big question is: Who does Harper know, and what is his agenda in giving away yet another Canadian icon?

Harper? :lol: The Heritage Front maybe? Near as I can tell most power players don't want anything to do with him.

^^devil's advocate here^^ I've seen too many riders flyin' up the gutter, despite coming up on cars with right signals on. There is one lane at the intersection. If you come up on someone turning/signaling right you back off or carve left. To time it so the van 'makes' the rider smack the side is some tricky driving if the rider is being defensive at all. Something's not reading right with this report..I'm thinkin' epic fail in not seeing the cyclist as he passes and right turning, = careless or if he did see = aggressive either way I fail to see how it could be the riders fault, you gotta some kinda stupid to just keep riding if the van driver passed properly.


TJ -- I was going to post a long reply in the same vein, but you nailed this one.. all I have to add is that BOTH drivers & cyclists don't understand how to use the bike lane / dashed line properly at intersections. Drivers SHOULD be all the way over to the right (blocking the "bike lane", assuming a cyclist isn't already occupying it) before making that turn. Funny how they always seem to hug the curb tight when approaching a red (i.e. so that cyclists can't filter past), but rarely are near it when making the right.:notamused:

TJ -- I was going to post a long reply in the same vein, but you nailed this one.. all I have to add is that BOTH drivers & cyclists don't understand how to use the bike lane / dashed line properly at intersections. Drivers SHOULD be all the way over to the right (blocking the "bike lane", assuming a cyclist isn't already occupying it) before making that turn. Funny how they always seem to hug the curb tight when approaching a red (i.e. so that cyclists can't filter past), but rarely are near it when making the right.:notamused:

It's so they can do the cabbie slingshot.

:lol: I shutter to think what that might be.

Gunning it at the green to pass people mid-intersection.

huh? idiot filter is on .. forgive me

Watching that racing action really made me want to get out there... I have to get myself into decent shape to deserve a decent bike.

yeah the crit was great

a lot of crashes at scott/esplanade and the crowed was really supportive of the leader, even counting off his lead times

Gunning it at the green to pass people mid-intersection.

ah, i didn't know that term eiher. what irks me even more than that is when people who have the right of way slow down to let those drivers cut in. :twitchy:

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went to 'mass last night for the first time in months. it was the most police marshalling interference that i'd ever witnessed, but despite being forced to stop at red lights (and lots of riders getting ticketed if they didn't) the crowd was surprisingly non-reactive and good-humoured. made the cops look even more like bullies, except for the one that was visibly having a hoot when we did a couple loops between maitland and carlton on jarvis. of course, stopping for lights created waaaaay more traffic havoc with the group getting split up and therefore taking several light-cycles to clear through. it would have been nice to check out the criterium as well but i had to boot it home in time (JUST in time) to get the laundry off the line before the rain started.

bells on bloor tomorrow!

Today is the day... I am going to get my mountain bike together if it kills me.

...madness.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETgk56xT4Mk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETgk56xT4Mk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk

lawl

Finally got my forks and tires installed on my mountain bike, and even managed to get around to changing the oil in the forks too. :)

I got some racing ralphs... and ended up finally making the switch from UST to Stan's.

I've had this bike 12 years now and it's still the most awesome mountain bike ever

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2449/3579463348_8fb9177db0_b.jpg)

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L'il hauler has been working hard the past few weeks too!

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nice ride...youre gonna murdah the trails!

Brad doesn't even look like he rides that judging from the showroom like condition on his bike!

that's a lot of t.p.!

talkin about mountain bikes... anyone in here ever ride the don? I try to stay outta there on the weekends just because of the rediculous traffic everywhere

talkin about mountain bikes... anyone in here ever ride the don? I try to stay outta there on the weekends just because of the rediculous traffic everywhere
Not as much as I'd like. I try to go early afternoon.

I was in there this morning between 8:30 and 10 and only saw maybe 10 other riders (and I think at least 3-4 of those were double sightings)

Anyone one what's the model of this saddle?

Hehe. 'Fraid not.


Hey Krusty, I keep seeing you in the shop but never enough time to say hi before you disappear.. Jeeze!