Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

That track is monster big,monster fun? we should try to hit there
Cheers
can you tell i'm not busy?

An evening of bikes blunts and beers.. :lol:

An evening of bikes blunts and beers.. :lol:

food, folks and fun? same thing.

Are there any rims like deep v's in profile? Looking for something 30mm+ preferably 50mm that aren't impossible to find locally/online at outrageous prices.

No "lightweight" carbon rims k thx.


Edit: The chainset is the size of the guys wheels jeeze.


uhhh... mavic cxp-33? i'm thinking you've already looked into that though... about the same price too i think. sorry, no links :D

Word Up! I'll marshall or something if I can't ride.

uhhh... mavic cxp-33? i'm thinking you've already looked into that though... about the same price too i think. sorry, no links :D

Yeah the cxps are only like 14mm v section.


An evening of bikes blunts and beers.. :lol:

*ears perk up

Bikeforums gangstas?

Wes-SIDE!

Yeah the cxps are only like 14mm v section.


alex da28's like mine?

http://www.art-collection.com.tw/case/alexrims/product_detail.asp?btn=7&cat=1&id=43
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wes/137873114/

Hmm, any deeper?

*goes look up da28 prices

edit:
Wes-SIDE!

Lol nrrd

AMBROSIO FCS 28 Clincher not sure if there bigger you can find these on ebay time to time

Are there any rims like deep v's in profile? Looking for something 30mm+ preferably 50mm that aren't impossible to find locally/online at outrageous prices.

No "lightweight" carbon rims k thx.


I've got some 32 hole Alex rims on my cross bike that are a little shallower than the V's. There was also a deeper section model available, but I thought it was a little excessive looking. I peeled the ugly a$$ed stickers off them before I built my wheels, and I don't remember the model, but they were relatively cheap. $35 ea IIRC. Got em at Urbane.

They are not light rims, but they are really strong. I have been beating on them in the DVP mtb trails regularly for over a year with no truing required. (except once.....the front when I got doored by an SUV-minor touchup......@#$%#$* SUV drivers).

I finally got my bike back from the shop, can I tag along if anybody's going riding?

I'm going riding, but I doubt you're anywhere near Richmond Hill.

Sounds awfully close to the Toronto Fixed Group.

Yup, it does (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torfix/).

I'm going riding, but I doubt you're anywhere near Richmond Hill.

LOL, true. It'll take me maybe an hour and a half to get to the area...where are you riding, downtown?

Edit: ^Exaggeration in italics: it would probably take me at least 2 hours. An hour to Newmarket, then an hour to Richmond Hill.

Just when I thought I was out of the woods, NSERC decides to pull my summer research grant funding because my study doesn't fall under the umbrella of their "mandate statement". I have until Monday to come up with a completely different project. Feel free to CV sans me, fellas. Doesn't look like I'm going out anytime soon.

LOL, true. It'll take me maybe an hour and a half to get to the area...where are you riding, downtown?

Edit: ^Exaggeration in italics: it would probably take me at least 2 hours. An hour to Newmarket, then an hour to Richmond Hill.

Nah east and north towards Mussleman Lake.


NSERC decides to pull my summer research grant funding

o_0

what name did we decide on ?
Fixies and Singles? :lol:

32 you have to fit a project within their their "mandate statement"?
What is the statement?.... Lads..... it's BS time.

I planned a project which studies the effects of background music with different parameters (manipulating tempo and mode, etc.) on the agitation of dementia patients. Apparently it doesn't focus enough on "basic processes of psychology", which is what NSERC is interested in. Although I thought my hypotheses for a cognitive vs. affective model was pretty "basic processes". Bleh. Anyways, now I'm writing up something on phoneme and pitch change perception.

Wow. I just realized that no one will understand or care about anything I just wrote. Anyways, the point is, feel sorry for me because I'm sitting at my computer writing up a research proposal instead of being outside riding like some of you lucky barstards.

Nah east and north towards Mussleman Lake.



o_0

Ah, so will you be riding on Bloomington and Ninth Line? Hmm, that way I could just take 48 down all the way to Ballantrae and take Lakeshore Rd. Ever had the Ballantrae burgers?

Yah, usually I go across elgin then up ninth to teh lake. I think I had a burger there before. As it's looking right now i'm too lazy to go that far so maybe just up to Lake Wilcox (slow ride today).

^Well, I'll bike down Yonge and see if we meet up. I'm wearing a yellow windbreaker on a silver brodie. Who knows, maybe you'll be going north as I travel south.

Edit: operator, I don't have an account with facebook, but here'sme (http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL654/4300191/9048078/140430179.jpg).

Uh lol. I'm heading out in about an hour or so.

<- red Bianchi with aer0bars

http://utoronto.facebook.com/profile.php?id=28100878

32, we work with phonemes at work! don't think you got a monopoly on em. ;)

operator: so..... meet at moonbean after your ride? har har..

i brought cycling clothes to work so it looks like i'm going for a spin after work. anyone else off at 5 care to join?

from the yonge / bloorish area...

32, we work with phonemes at work! don't think you got a monopoly on em. ;)

operator: so..... meet at moonbean after your ride? har har..

No seriously, I could meet you at like 5:15-5:30 if I leave in a couple mins. o_0

32, we work with phonemes at work! don't think you got a monopoly on em. ;)

I'd like to buy NSERC Avenue for 200 dollars, please.

Edit: Gokiburi, what do you do at work that involves phonemes?

I planned a project which studies the effects of background music with different parameters (manipulating tempo and mode, etc.) on the agitation of dementia patients. Apparently it doesn't focus enough on "basic processes of psychology", which is what NSERC is interested in. Although I thought my hypotheses for a cognitive vs. affective model was pretty "basic processes". Bleh. Anyways, now I'm writing up something on phoneme and pitch change perception.

Wow. I just realized that no one will understand or care about anything I just wrote. Anyways, the point is, feel sorry for me because I'm sitting at my computer writing up a research proposal instead of being outside riding like some of you lucky barstards.

My girlfriend would totally understand. She talks like that half the time anyways.


PS. She has decided that she wants that pinarello frame in the beaches. Because its so shiny and pretty... and because I spent like an hour telling her how awesome italian steel bike are... and because I took her on ebay and showed her how expensive they are as well.

So is everyone going downtown now?

Wow. I just realized that no one will understand or care about anything I just wrote. Anyways, the point is, feel sorry for me because I'm sitting at my computer writing up a research proposal instead of being outside riding like some of you lucky barstards.

While I can say I probably only understood the top 2% of what you're talking about, I feel like buying you beer until you explain it all. CogSci and that ilk is super interesting.. I need to read more. I've read some Oliver Sacks and also "Mind Hacks" by O'Reilly Publishing. :D So the understanding is at a minor level, but the caring is far from nonexistent. :P

I'm already downtown, but I'm in office clothes, not riding clothes. If anyone wants to meet up, just name a time and a place. I'm only about 10 mins from home, so I can easily ride home and change.

all I know is that my girlfriend puts EEG nets on little kids.
http://www.wwmovers-africa.com/haro/eeg.jpg

Neh let's do a ride Friday. I hate riding down Yonge during rush hour.

Edit: What the f , EEG nets?

Editedit: o...................................k

Edit SWEET RIMS:
http://velospace.org/files/casati-dropcomplete.jpg

Oh man, I got offered a grad position in a brand new lab at York University that had the most insane EEG nets. They were lit up and stuff. And there were these things that were supposedly cameras, but really they just looked like giant beach balls on sticks. Mad braaaain sciiiencccce.

I don't think I can do a ride on Friday.. a friend of my is defending their PhD thesis on Friday and having a celebration bash in the evening. :)

I think I might go home, get changed and then ride down to the Ex and do some laps. If anyone wants to find me, that's likely where I'll be. Unless of course someone comes up with a better plan in the next hour or so.

Also, Oliver Sacks is the ****. He spoke at Con Hall sometime this year but I couldn't make it. Too bad, he's supposed to be a great lecturer. Wes, I assume you read "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat"?

Also, Oliver Sacks is the ****. He spoke at Con Hall sometime this year but I couldn't make it. Too bad, he's supposed to be a great lecturer. Wes, I assume you read "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat"?

Yeah, I wanted to go to that too. :(

And yeah, that's the one I read. I have a few of his other books in my wishlist. :)

I'd also recommend Mind Hacks (both the book and site (http://www.mindhacks.com/)) to anyone interested too as it uses examples you can try yourself to illustrate pretty much every weird little quirk of the brain. :)

I have a huge brain.

I don't think I can do a ride on Friday.. a friend of my is defending their PhD thesis on Friday and having a celebration bash in the evening. :)

I think I might go home, get changed and then ride down to the Ex and do some laps. If anyone wants to find me, that's likely where I'll be. Unless of course someone comes up with a better plan in the next hour or so.

friday's out for me as well as my bro is getting married this weekend and i've got the rehearsal dinner then.

My girlfriend would totally understand. She talks like that half the time anyways.


PS. She has decided that she wants that pinarello frame in the beaches. Because its so shiny and pretty... and because I spent like an hour telling her how awesome italian steel bike are... and because I took her on ebay and showed her how expensive they are as well.
To late I bought the Pinarello( BEACH) this afternoon:D after I left Cavern bike shop[

bah.
Somnambulant still doing Saturdays ride?

So it's the CHRP grant you're after?
You just wanted to get paid to annoy dementia patients...... admit.
sick ......really sick.... :lol:

Is that like that brain wave feedback loop I read about to stimulate healthy brain activity?
The cure for depression?

friday's out for me as well as my bro is getting married this weekend and i've got the rehearsal dinner then.

tell me if you need stand-ins/extras for this rehearsal dinner. there's live food right?!

bah.
Somnambulant still doing Saturdays ride?

I'm up for Saturday too, if anybody's going.

I'd like to buy NSERC Avenue for 200 dollars, please.

Edit: Gokiburi, what do you do at work that involves phonemes?

lip-synching! hmm, i've got a hotel on that. pay up sucka. :)

bah.
Somnambulant still doing Saturdays ride?

Yeah, unless the weather is terrible myself and eyefloater will be there Saturday morning.

Is that like that brain wave feedback loop I read about to stimulate healthy brain activity?
The cure for depression?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurofeedback
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_wave

:)

Yeah, unless the weather is terrible myself and eyefloater will be there Saturday morning.

Eyefloater?????????? He rides????

tell me if you need stand-ins/extras for this rehearsal dinner. there's live food right?!

i assume the food will be dead once we eat it. not sure about extras (if you can even make it up to newmarket that is...i think that's somewhere near the arctic circle).

You going to do it fixed.