Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

<--- The Right Honorable Arch-Duke wants in

I'll have to scan and post the lovely birthday sign that even has a reference to Traffic Jammer that the kids made. :lol:

I didn't know they handed out titles now at school..... ^^^^

*clears bum*

Too much data! :lol:

i want to go for a BF field trip with mr. somnambulant.

cavernmech - i forgot if i asked you already (ignore me if i did): what do you have in the way of 1" threaded headsets? i'm looking for something cheapish, steel if possible for the pink bike. i don't think i can salvage the one it came with. what do you charge for installation?
I have virtually nothing left in 1" I had ton's of Shimano cheapies but installed the last one last week. I might have 1 NOS XT rubber cup one left in the stash...I will have a look. Installation $15.

YES! Let's use this to keep track of who wants to go.. I'll edit it as people reply. Then we'll figure out when, and the rest of the details.

-eyefloater
-somnambulant
-traffic jammer
-shiznaz

* Please only say you want to go if you for sure want to go. This should be a solid list of people who are interested. I don't want to get to the point of narrowing down a date and then have a bunch of people say "oh, I don't think I can afford it" or something. Figure $50 or so (correct me if I'm wrong please!) and basically a full Saturday. We can maybe go up for the intro class, do that, grab some dinner someplace, and then stick around for the evening races.
I'm in. depending on how may folks want to go we MAY be able to get everyone there without the need of the Magic Bus...altho the idea of a bunch of us on that thing is very interesting. There is a fabulous Mexican/Central American restaurant about 10 mins up Wellington...the Papusa's are amazing.

Yea that bus looks expensive and not quite to our needs as it would have to sit around for at least a few hours. Buddies with vans time?
Mexican feast after tracking.... sounds like an interesting trip home....lol

Yea that bus looks expensive and not quite to our needs as it would have to sit around for at least a few hours. Buddies with vans time?
Mexican feast after tracking.... sounds like an interesting trip home....lol
My van is good for 5 plus bikes and gear... The current list of guys who have committed..Jackpot!!

Yes indeed...... let me get my shoes first.. :lol: We rentin' bikes there for the most part or bringin rides?
I'm rentin'

Ya, definitely renting (+ paying $10-$15 for insurance I'm guessing),

Edit: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Even though I'm not a fixie rider, I'd love to go out to the London Velodrome. I'm down for the ~$60 and will help cover the gas for anyone who can drive.

Im in for sure.

[QUOTE=eyefloater]Ya, definitely renting (+ paying $10-$15 for insurance I'm guessing),
QUOTE]
Well if most of the folks already committed to going are not bringing bikes, I can take bikes for others going in a different vehicle. I will be bringing a bike....anyone else on the list bringing one?
Maybe I will bring 2!! NICE!!

Well, if someone has a spare set of track drops I may just bring the Pake for ****s and giggles.

The minute I step outside of bikeforums I miss all these posts. When's this happening?

TRaffic Jammer , I went down to Cavern's asked Cavernmech if he would sell the bike on the wall (no) i got the fixie rim and hit the lake trail home only to find the valve hole in the rim is for presta tubes I use shraders :roflmao: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Nice to meet ya Cavernmech I'll be buying some bikes off you in the future :D

If there is a trip to the velodrome i'm down like a clown.

My van is good for 5 plus bikes and gear... The current list of guys who have committed..Jackpot!!

I can drive also, but since I have a car I can obviously only fit me + 3 and no bikes.

Please count me in, but only if we aren't going this weekend. Cause I seriously do not have enough $.

I can drive also, but since I have a car I can obviously only fit me + 3 and no bikes.
So that makes room for 9 with 5 bikes. Antone else have a vehicle?

Please count me in, but only if we aren't going this weekend. Cause I seriously do not have enough $.

I don't think we could get all this planned that quickly anyway, so no worries. We should probably call in advance to make sure they can accomodate a group anyway, just to make sure there will be enough bikes/track-space.

Depending on when this is happening I can probably bring a vehicle with room for three people plus me and four to five bicycles. Unfortunately, I don't have a free weekend until June and paddling season is upon us, so I'll need lots of advance warning.

Fwd;

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"breaks".. bhahahahahahaha. 99% of bikeforums wouldn't get the pun because they don't know the difference between breaks and brakes. :P

ps. the title is different in the thumbnail and text. :)

"breaks".. bhahahahahahaha. 99% of bikeforums wouldn't get the pun because they don't know the difference between breaks and brakes. :P

ps. the title is different in the thumbnail and text. :)

give tho'se guys a brake, your being to hard on them; does this have any thing to do with tyres?

Eeeeooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww -----> http://www.flickr.com/photos/steeker/142950370/

barf.

give tho'se guys a brake, your being to hard on them; does this have any thing to do with tyres?

WTF is tyres. Foreigner!!

Edit: You think that ****s nasty, I should scan the pics from when they glued my lung to my chest wall. From the inside...!

P.S Mariah Carey is hot.

put that under your pillow, who knows maybe you'll get a shiny quata'!

P.S Mariah Carey is hot.

wha......is it 1991?

So um, does anyone know a place that sells relatively cheap 8 speed barcons?


wha......is it 1991?

Sssssssssshhhhhhh

So um, does anyone know a place that sells relatively cheap 8 speed barcons?



i bought a pair from NYC bikes on line for about $50. they proabably sell them at urbane though. if you already have downtube shifters you can just buy the adapters (http://www.rivendellbicycles.com/webalog/shifters_derailleurs/17068.html)to run them as bar ends.

OOOH adapters, urbane too?

OOOH adapters, urbane too?

no idea. you could probably find them if you call around. maybe start with bicycle specialties.

put that under your pillow, who knows maybe you'll get a shiny quata'! naw the tooth wish is for trafficjamer joining me at the next naked bike ride:rolleyes:

alright! tax refund came in at the bestest time possible.
I can now afford to take my cousin to prom. booyea!
on the same note, the domo-kun bag is coming to life, roar!

[QUOTE=sr20det]alright! tax refund came in at the bestest time possible.
I can now afford to take my cousin to prom. booyea!
QUOTE]
Cousin? Prom? That statement is so rife with sarcastic possibilities I don't even know where to start. You sure yer not from Arkansas or sumthin? KEE YUK!!

yea. i was just being sarcastic. har har.

sure you were. pics pleaze

okies I drilled out the valve hole to shrader size and got the tire on with out ripping the tube mounted the rim poping a Perk and going for my first Fixed ride:D

hmm.. something about mixing power drills, aluminum rims and percocets seems kind of dangerous to me. Why on earth didn't you just keep the schrader valves? are you crazy?

thats the exact reason why they make presta adapters.

from presta -> schrader!
http://www.m-gineering.nl/presta-ad.jpg

okies I drilled out the valve hole to shrader size and got the tire on with out ripping the tube mounted the rim poping a Perk and going for my first Fixed ride:D

man, i could have given you some pretsa tubes; i don't feel right about you riding on that compromised rim.

well I hate presta valves they allway's caused problems for me so I stick with shraders I've do it before with no problems.. the first fixed ride was fun I was slowing down with my legs and brakes I did get bumped off the saddle a few time and when I went to move position on the seat the peddles gave me a reminder but I just had the tooth done so riding so soon was abit stupid so I headed home spiting out blood that ruined the ride abit :mad: but it was alot of FUN too

Schrader FTL.

How many of you can ride your fixies backwards ?????

Not me, but one time I saw the Prince-Mobile: it's a bright purple Bentley convertible w/ gold detailing. The man's pimp hand is strong.

Not me, but one time I saw the Prince-Mobile: it's a bright purple Bentley convertible w/ gold detailing. The man's pimp hand is strong.
I am gonna learn how to do the backwards riding on the fixie , never saw a purple Bentley but I worked at a hotel before when Mary K was there and saw 40 pink cadalics

cavernmech - i forgot if i asked you already (ignore me if i did): what do you have in the way of 1" threaded headsets? i'm looking for something cheapish, steel if possible for the pink bike. i don't think i can salvage the one it came with. what do you charge for installation?

I'll have a look through my parts bin and see what I have that's not pooched. You might look at these if you're stuck
http://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi?c=Headset&sc=Complete%20Headsets&id=78137176294

Cycle Therapy had a case of Shimano 105 1" loose ball headsets at the old location. If you're interested, I'll try to track them down (we moved, haven't seen them lately).