Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Sounds like a good place to have another meet up. We haven't all met up for coffee in a long time. Maybe Monday?

Jeremy: do you know if they're open on Monday?

i think they are, maybe just during the day though. i'm not sure i can monday because i'm getting fitted for a kilt. i know it sounds like a made up excuse but's true; my friend's getting married and he wants us to wear kilts.

i may be able to if it's early in the morning, but anyway, you know where the place is.

Man you don't have your own Kilt already !

Man you don't have your own Kilt already !

**** no, my family's blood is english!

Man you don't have your own Kilt already !**** no, my family's blood is english!

Now everyone can wear kilts, for any activity...Utilkilts!/ (http://www.utilikilts.com/)

Now everyone can wear kilts, for any activity...Utilkilts!/ (http://www.utilikilts.com/)

those are awsome! i would seriously consider getting one.

ewwwwwwww . oh well you got nice battle scars it'll just add to your life story.. ya need some tattoo's now

I kinda would like a tat like this painting inspired by Greg Curnoe
http://www.gerardpas.com/gallery/1990/curnoe5.jpg

I kinda would like a tat like this painting inspired by Greg Curnoe
http://www.gerardpas.com/gallery/1990/curnoe5.jpg

that would be way cool (yes, i said "way cool"). did you see the curnoe exhibit that the AGO had on a few years ago? they had some of his bikes on display. he loved his mariposas...

okay i really like this one:

https://secure.utilikilts.com/ProductImages/WN_BK_D_main.jpg

What the hell.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Willied.png

the amount of Ladies you get when you wear a Kilt is awesome. and no underwear is allowed

I just walked by Cherry Bomb and they are open on Monday from 9am-6pm.

The Fuji is all built up now and it rides beautifully and is very sexy, I'll take pics when I can get my hands on a camera.

Anyone up for a CV tonight?

Edit: Does anyone have a non set-back 27.2 seatpost and is willing to sell it?

I just walked by Cherry Bomb and they are open on Monday from 9am-6pm.

Bankers hours :p

I have a few small poly tarps to give away (probably two). These are handy to leave as is or cut into smaller pieces to put under your bike if you work on it at home, to spare your 500 year old Mashad rug. I have one monster orange heavy duty one that someone will have to get by seducing me.

Bump... okay all you lurkers... pony up. Yes you, the lurker who floats through, wondering why this thread is so friggin' long. You marvel at our awesomeness, trying to get up the nerve to post but never do. Well, nows your chance to make your mark in history. Look at the pledge pages for eyefloater and somnabulent and give, give, give.


Okay you monkeys. We have two of our own, eyefloater and somnabulent doing the Friends for Life ride. I just took a spin through both the pledge pages and I've yet to see much evidence of any support from folks here.

I know not everyone is flush but every little bit helps. I dropped $100 bones each, mostly cause eyefloater promised to clean my Ciocc with a toothbrush for a month, but I challenge everyone here to drop $20 or more on these guys. Split it between them or just empty your pockets and give what you can. Even the price of a beer will help, like you really need it you chubby walrus. Apart from being able to hold it over their heads for the rest of their lives, you're supporting a good cause. Chances are someone you know or you yourself may be influenced by the effects of this deadly disease.

So pony up, buttercup. For the half the price of a new jersey, a couple of beers, or a massage (sans happy ending) from operator, you can make a difference, feel good about yourself, and know these boys are going to earn every red cent as they gftg.

Do it. You know you want to...

The Fuji is all built up now and it rides beautifully and is very sexy, I'll take pics when I can get my hands on a camera.

Anyone up for a CV tonight?

Edit: Does anyone have a non set-back 27.2 seatpost and is willing to sell it?
Coolies some bike porn comming up :::::: EDIT : get your brothers camera?

Coolies some bike porn comming up :::::: EDIT : get your brothers camera?
He's up north this weekend, and he's got his camera.

dah.. just finished watching today's Tour coverage. Get well Thor! :D

Apparently he'll be back tomorrow.. he got some stiches and is doing ok. Those Scandinavians are tough.. ;)

so is anyone up for a ride tonight?

so is anyone up for a ride tonight?

No me burnt out from the heat!
Tomorrow anyone?
Cheers

***spoilers***

Please, no Tour talk ... at least not on the current day's stage.

Originally Posted by Ill Mitchso is anyone up for a ride tonight?

No me burnt out from the heat!
Tomorrow anyone?
Cheers
so we do a Midnight meeting for a nice cool night ride how about that???

it was our pleasure! (goes to scrub muddy footprints off floor :P)

That was me, sorry. I'll bring a pair of thongs next time. I wear sandals so I was barefoot and should have just put the cycling sandals outside. Boo for me.

Edit: Does anyone have a non set-back 27.2 seatpost and is willing to sell it?

I have an old single bolt 27.2 you can have, but it isn't zero setback. Looks to be about a cm.

I just saw one Jeremy "darkmother" whiz by me on a sidestreet right around the corner from my house. I yelled out, but I got no reaction... I guess headphones were in use as usual. :)

the Tour coverage sucks wayyyyyyy to many television ad's hardly any race time. feckers ruin everything

That was me, sorry. I'll bring a pair of thongs next time. I wear sandals so I was barefoot and should have just put the cycling sandals outside. Boo for me.

No worries. Tile floor makes for a 30 second cleanup. :)

Please, no Tour talk ... at least not on the current day's stage.

Hurry up and watch it, dingleberry.

Hurry up and watch it, dingleberry.

Some of us can't afford cable. *begins insignificant class war*

so we do a Midnight meeting for a nice cool night ride how about that???

I'd be up for that, anyone else?

wel OLN S*CKS

Some of us can't afford cable. *begins insignificant class war*

/me pokes eyefloater in the bittorrent.

we need more than two for a night ride .. anyone else?????............. and cable sucks I am going to get rid of it why pay for TV and get mostly ad's bullsh*it

/me pokes eyefloater in the bittorrent.

Dude, I've been trying that for two days straight now. That's the worst part. No one's releasing it anywhere.

Dude, I've been trying that for two days straight now. That's the worst part. No one's releasing it anywhere.

That's cause you're a n00bie and revenge for not coming on FFL rides with us

That's it Rob, you're going in the corner.

Hey all. Report from the great West! Today I rode the Edmonton river valley. It was really nice riding along the river and being surrounded by trees. And then I stopped at a fruit stand with my compadres and bought Rainier cherries. All in all a good day. It's weird riding in Edmonton, drivers are definitely not as used to bikes as they are in Toronto. It's pretty different, less traffic and bigger blocks and really really flat, even flatter than Toronto. That was probably boring, but my life is important, dammit!

P.S. sorry to hear about your accident, gboy- heal up fast!

cross' s off list --> Mr Som/eyefloater/operater/........................ glad your having fun 32Flav

I’ve tried watching the tour all day but seem’s everything keeps pulling me away IE (wife yells CUT THE GRASS or various other things like that)

Ok kids where is cherry bomb? Maybe just go to moonbeam in the market & have some lunch after? Anyone up for that Bueller? I will be going regardless.
Just cause!
Cheers

whats a Bueller?? beside Farris

dah.. just finished watching today's Tour coverage. Get well Thor! :D

Apparently he'll be back tomorrow.. he got some stiches and is doing ok. Those Scandinavians are tough.. ;)

A big green hand held by a spectator the culprit of the injury (just watched it) that sucks.

That's one big paper-cut

A big green hand held by a spectator the culprit of the injury (just watched it) that sucks.

yeah.. I don't get it.

yeah.. I don't get it.

When he was about 10 seconds away or just after the finish line in the pack, it was very tight & he got pushed a bit to far to the side wall where the fans were standing & going nuts all holding BIG green hands ( made of cardboard not foam & from a sponsor ) sliced him very nicely. Could only see it in slow mo.
OUCH!

lOllllllllllllllllllllllllllLllllllld Lol dhaha tooo funy.

Its the Orient here again. Man is China crazy I'm in Hangzhou now a city about 2 hours away from Shanghai thats has a giant artificial lake called west lake. We got here after a 23 hour train ride (sounds worse then it is sleeper cars in China rule) and are just trying to avoid the mid afternoon eat. Its 30+ degrees everyday with enough humidity that all you do is sweat as soon as you get outside. Me and my brother are going to bike around the lake tommorow morning on some crappy old chinese s/s beaters which should be good fun before eating some more delicious food.

Heading to Shanghai in a few days, now that's supposed to be a city and I'll have a access to an honest to god fixie. A beatiful ganwell pro track bike owned by a dear friend of mine. She's going to let me try and not die while biking around the city and it should be pretty amazing.

I've been watching some of the tour on CCTV 5 (gotta love Chinese state TV, all 11 channels of it!) and I gotta say that its pretty crappy that this doping thing hit I was really looking forward to watching Ulrich and Basso duke it out.

I know every newspaper and news program around has said that china is amazing and changing and rapidly developing but if any of you guys can afford it come as soon as possible. Its going to get so expensive soon that it won't be any fun, but right not its such a trip. First if your white your the center of attention places. I literally got dragged into a couple bars in the last city we were in and got jambayed (the chinese drinking cheer) under the table. They have a great drinking game that requires dice that we'll have to play on a critical vacuum at some point.

Cars are fairly new in China and its interesting watching how the bikes and cars interact. There doesn't seem to be any order to it all, you just go when you can and hope you don't die. I don't think anything is going to prepare me for riding in Shanghai and then after that in Beijing. I just hope I come out of it in one piece, but I can surely say that no North American driver will ever scare me after what I've experienced here.

Quick Food report: Our last meal for less then 40 dollars canadian we had 2 lobsters, a whole fish, a bucket of crab, 24 GIANT shrimp and it was all alive when we chose it. My god people if you have a stomach and taste buds and anything resembling an adventourous appetite you have got to come here. Its fricken' heaven, Chinatown will never be the same again.

More when I get to Shanghai, ride safe, ride fast.

Oh and Germany is winning the world cup. And thank god Brazil got there butts handed too them, even if it was by the cheese-eating surrender monkeys. Zizou for the WIN!

Stephen

There's some story behind Bob Roll calling it the Tour "day" France isn't there?

I remember hearing some story about why he says it like that during last years tour.

Edit: Offhoff, sounds like a you're having a great time, I've always wanted to go to China. Looking forward to hearing about riding in Shanghai, that should be interesting.

Have fun :D

There's some story behind Bob Roll calling it the Tour "day" France isn't there?

I remember hearing some story about why he says it like that during last years tour.

Ugh! That's driving me totally insane!

When he was about 10 seconds away or just after the finish line in the pack, it was very tight & he got pushed a bit to far to the side wall where the fans were standing & going nuts all holding BIG green hands ( made of cardboard not foam & from a sponsor ) sliced him very nicely. Could only see it in slow mo.
OUCH!

ah ha! See I assumed they were foam, and while he was moving along at a pretty good clip I still didn't see how a foam hand could cut his arm. :P Cardboard makes more sense. :)

ps. anyone want to do a coffee and/or breakfast ride this morning?

Got to work and the damned cafeteria is closed. I can't even get a cup of coffee. Live Tour on the web, just not a video feed.