Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Indeedy. Hey fixie guys... what the heck do you do in the event you are coming up on a car on the right (i know i know :o ) at about 40 klicks and the bugger really does surprise you with a right turn.

I can't for the life of me imagine being able to skid that out. I had a full on panic front wheel stop yesterday, that while terrifying, went well with me going from just jumping on the pedals to sprint to full stop in an instant. Leanin' back with the back wheel way up in the air, one foot off the pedal and forward for balance, :lol: it wasn't winning any style points that's for sure . I should been in a better position, darned old folks surprised me, coulda sworn they were going to go straight. I think i would have splattered the back/side of the car if I'd been riding fixed. Hat's off to you guys rockin the fixed wheel in traffic.

You just bust a mad skid, start fishtailing around the corner while leaning as hard as you can and follow the car right through the turn. With fixed gear its not about stopping quickly, its about flowing like water.

As Bruce Lee said:
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.


edit: also never pass on the right :rolleyes:

Smarty pants. I had no room for carvin' corners, that would have required curb jumpin', or leaning on the car while skidding to carry the corner. Never pass on the right? :lol: That can't be right. Bruce Lee rode fixies?

You just bust a mad skid, start fishtailing around the corner while leaning as hard as you can and follow the car right through the turn. With fixed gear its not about stopping quickly, its about flowing like water.

As Bruce Lee said:
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.


edit: also never pass on the right :rolleyes:

best. post. evar.

/me hugs shiznaz.

Yo man Im tellin you once you ride the 'marbles' you wont go back

oy.. I disagree. I'd like to put some bigger old school wheels on mine actually. A penny could stop me dead in my tracks right now. :P Although my current wheels have a design/color similar to the Trainspotting poster style but say "Flatspotting" which still makes me giggle.

oy.. I disagree. I'd like to put some bigger old school wheels on mine actually. A penny could stop me dead in my tracks right now. :P Although my current wheels have a design/color similar to the Trainspotting poster style but say "Flatspotting" which still makes me giggle.

guess Im just used to sk8ing em like that

Whats the skatebaord trick called where you jump on the board and it goes flying from underneath you while your feet start swinging into the air and then you land hard on your ass? I'm really good at that one.

The closest I regularly get to skateboarding is towing my buddy mike around on his. Good exercise for me and you can actually get up to a decent clip if you try hard enough. If something unexpected happens he just lets go of my seatpost and coasts to safety. I've towed him towards a few jumps and stuff as well.

Thanks for the offer but I am full on banned from street skating, and the first thing I'd try is an ollie or some such silliness and my right knee is a complete mess. I got holes in the bones of the knee joint and a hole in the kneecap, virtually no lateral strength in the joint, so the slightest wilson could destroy it to the point of rebuild surgery. I'm not even allowed to do 360's to teach my daughter to skate, and Greenwood has that little park near my house, with a mini spine no less. It hurts as every summer I see it and totally want to session it. I know those little sticks are mad for ollies and flips with such low centres of gavity. I used to do this thing in 85-86 where I'd go from say a casper then i'd do like a 360 shove it impossible, so many times I'd smash my shin getting it right (on a powell ripper). I wish I'd had one of these new sticks back then, I loved doing freestyle tricks on a full sized street deck. nuff' skatin. makes me sad......:(


Whats the skatebaord trick called where you jump on the board and it goes flying from underneath you while your feet start swinging into the air and then you land hard on your ass? I'm really good at that one.

Shiz, has the mad mad skilz.

Indeedy. Hey fixie guys... what the heck do you do in the event you are coming up on a car on the right (i know i know :o ) at about 40 klicks and the bugger really does surprise you with a right turn.

I think sometimes you hit the car to be honest. There are times when a freewheel and brakes can save your butt. Maybe that's one of them.

I think sometimes you hit the car to be honest. There are times when a freewheel and brakes can save your butt. Maybe that's one of them.
Scared me slower....
:lol:

guess Im just used to sk8ing em like that

yeah, probably.. I stopped skating in the early 90's for about 10 years, and the teenie wheels make my feet vibrate too much or something. :P I mostly just use my board occasionally to go down to the corner for coffee or something these days, so lightweight little wheels aren't really important to me. :)

Ronin: nice seein' you this morning! You gotta get rid of the freewheel.. ;)

Thanks for the offer but I am full on banned from street skating, and the first thing I'd try is an ollie or some such silliness and my right knee is a complete mess. I got holes in the bones of the knee joint and a hole in the kneecap, virtually no lateral strength in the joint, so the slightest wilson could destroy it to the point of rebuild surgery. I'm not even allowed to do 360's to teach my daughter to skate, and Greenwood has that little park near my house, with a mini spine no less. It hurts as every summer I see it and totally want to session it. I know those little sticks are mad for ollies and flips with such low centres of gavity. I used to do this thing in 85-86 where I'd go from say a casper then i'd do like a 360 shove it impossible, so many times I'd smash my shin getting it right (on a powell ripper). I wish I'd had one of these new sticks back then, I loved doing freestyle tricks on a full sized street deck. nuff' skatin. makes me sad......:( Shiz, has the mad mad skilz.

no worries...my wife barely lets me outta the door wiv' mine as well...I got a bum knee...shot it out perfecting 360 flips and double 180 kickflips when i was a kid :S...I miss trinity for the supa waxed curb had those 50/50 to boardslides and bluntslidez down nice there...ahhhhh the good old days

You'd have been beaten for waxing a spot in my day, spark throwin' grinds at full speed were the rule of the day. Flips and such were more technical and just appearing at the end of my hardcore skatin days.

I remember when the ollie was a new trick :lol: The Gonz, what a skater.

You'd have been beaten for waxing a spot in my day, spark throwin' grinds at full speed were the rule of the day. Flips and such were more technical and just appearing at the end of my hardcore skatin days.

I remember when the ollie was a new trick :lol: The Gonz, what a skater.

hahahaha ya man I sk8'd trinity when it was just a painted curb...we waxed in the noo skool dayz just to get more outta it...tha gonzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz is tha 'ish

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

I still haven't switched out my front ring from 53t and I still cannot skid well at all so I just go around things and avoid cabs and older people but yeah, I am sure in that situation, I would have been smoked. I wonder when I will hit something?

hahahaha ya man I sk8'd trinity when it was just a painted curb...we waxed in the noo skool dayz just to get more outta it...tha gonzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz is tha 'ish

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


Transworld gave him a Lifetime Achievement this year. He still skates, too rad.

Transworld gave him a Lifetime Achievement this year. He still skates, too rad.

see that vid? tha gonz was mad crazy! he bails so damn hard and just keeps on going...he deserves that award.

Those bails weren't so bad, normal day.

I still haven't switched out my front ring from 53t and I still cannot skid well at all so I just go around things and avoid cabs and older people but yeah, I am sure in that situation, I would have been smoked. I wonder when I will hit something?

It's happened to me twice now... It's only a matter of time. :) And that's WITH a front brake. Sometimes you just can't get to it quickly enough if your hands aren't already on it. But yeah, that's another good reason for taking the lane: you only have to swerve halfway around a car instead of the full-width if you're riding down the center of the lane.

I should have had the lane then I could have carved left, but I'd been drafting an audi wagon (that's where full speed came from) and popped right as they started breaking at the light, I saw yellow and knew I could take it home, until.... ah it happens, no blood no foul. Haven't scared myself like that in ages.

hey guys.
my name is aidas.
i ride a fixie in toronto.
i randomly ran into a fellow last night whos name i cant remeber.
he mentioned bikeforums.com

thus, im here.
so yeah..hows it going?
hooray for fixed gears.

Indeed!

So im planning a ride to wasaga beach on sunday.
anyone interested in partaking?
i was going to just go solo, but a group would be a safer ride.
any takers? i think its about 80 miles.

hey guys.
my name is aidas.
i ride a fixie in toronto.
i randomly ran into a fellow last night whos name i cant remeber.
he mentioned bikeforums.com

thus, im here.
so yeah..hows it going?
hooray for fixed gears.

Welcome! You didn't hurt him when you ran into him did you?
Up and back on Sunday to Wasaga? Dang I need me a road bike.

road bike?
as in...like..gears? and like..brakes ? and..coasting?
huh?

Hey Operator.....Call me at the shop ASAP...got something here that will interest you greatly.

road bike?
as in...like..gears? and like..brakes ? and..coasting?
huh?

Well I am collecting pieces for a SS/fixie build.
This will be my general SS road ripper, fixed track bike and gold sprinter.
As well a full geared 'cross bike, for all my need for speed needs. All bikes will have brakes, as my years messin' taught me that the ability to stop now will keep you alive....like yesterday :D .

yeah, probably.. I stopped skating in the early 90's for about 10 years, and the teenie wheels make my feet vibrate too much or something. :P I mostly just use my board occasionally to go down to the corner for coffee or something these days, so lightweight little wheels aren't really important to me. :)

Ronin: nice seein' you this morning! You gotta get rid of the freewheel.. ;)


My freewheelin' days are over as soon as I my parts come in for my new fixie... :)

How is that wheel rollin' man?

How is that wheel rollin' man?

Smoooth as a baby's behind... But loud and clicky as hell... Thanks to the ACS Claw freewheel! :D

:lol:.... well

Voilà les machines avec lesquelles les jeunes pistards du Mérignac Vélo Club roulent.
Des cadres GIANT, en aluminium, fourche en carbone, très courts sur l'arrière ce qui donne une grande nervosité et une grande maniabilité. Vraiment, quand on monte dessus une fois, on ne veut plus en changer!

http://merignac.veloclub.free.fr/journal/images/mvcpist05%20014.jpg


Nice bikes!

7 years of french and this is all I have to show for it. What is pistards...(it's not what I think it is right)
Keith: whats teh colour of the frame?

Is anyone interested in getting together to go out to Forest City again? I'd love to get back on that velodrome and if we have enough people we should try and do Track 2-4 in one session.

If there is any interest I'll start getting something set up...

Is anyone interested in getting together to go out to Forest City again? I'd love to get back on that velodrome and if we have enough people we should try and do Track 2-4 in one session.

If there is any interest I'll start getting something set up...

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. (is that enough?)

The first two weekends in September are likely out for me, but otherwise I think I'm free basically any time (edit: on the weekends, that is).

Keith: whats teh colour of the frame?
It is Aussie green if it's Robbie Hunter. Bile green if it's Robbie McEwen.

Anyone other than me that still needs to do the intro course?


It is Aussie green if it's Robbie Hunter. Bile green if it's Robbie McEwen.
Keith, you slay me :lol: How's your back man, I heard that couch was heavy.

Anyone other than me that still needs to do the intro course?


Keith, you slay me :lol: How's your back man, I heard that couch was heavy.

I think Ronin?

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. (is that enough?)


(yes )*

also covers 0-sideways eight repetitions, I win!


I think Ronin?

And darkmother

Anyone other than me that still needs to do the intro course?


Keith, you slay me :lol: How's your back man, I heard that couch was heavy.
So I plan to go out on the ride last night...race home to grab a bite....tell the better half I am goin' out for a ride....get read the riot act. " Yer going away for the WHOLE weekend to ride yer bike"..."We still have lots of stuff to get from the old place"..."I need these shelves put up pronto!"...etc etc. End result..Lots of shelf space...no ride for me. The back feels great tho...sometimes doin the chores gets me some fine back exercises if ya know what I am sayin'. ;)

Is anyone interested in getting together to go out to Forest City again? I'd love to get back on that velodrome and if we have enough people we should try and do Track 2-4 in one session.

If there is any interest I'll start getting something set up...

definitely yes

So lets make this easier, if you want to come add your name to the list, also note if you need to do Track 1

I'd like to aim for Saturday Sept 16th if there are no problems, and I'm still in the country. If people have a serious problem with that date state so ASAP.

So far:
1: Offhoff
2: Somnambulant
3: Operator
4: Ill Mitch

So I plan to go out on the ride last night...race home to grab a bite....tell the better half I am goin' out for a ride....get read the riot act. " Yer going away for the WHOLE weekend to ride yer bike"..."


Hey are you riding the 24 hr MTB race this weekend? I'm up there, campsite 21 I think.

So lets make this easier, if you want to come add your name to the list, also note if you need to do Track 1

I'd like to aim for Saturday Sept 16th if there are no problems, and I'm still in the country. If people have a serious problem with that date state so ASAP.

So far:
1: Offhoff
2: Somnambulant
3: Operator
4: Ill Mitch
5: Cavernmech

Hey are you riding the 24 hr MTB race this weekend? I'm up there, campsite 21 I think.
Yuppers. I think we are at campsite 68 or 69. I will keep my eyes peeled for ya. I have a spot in the van, leaving tomorrow at 6ish, if you know anyone who needs a lift. You racing too? What Cat?

Yuppers. I think we are at campsite 68 or 69. I will keep my eyes peeled for ya. I have a spot in the van, leaving tomorrow at 6ish, if you know anyone who needs a lift. You racing too? What Cat?

Cool. I'll look for you as well-tons of people there though-like trying to find someone in the eaton's center on december 23rd. I'm riding on a 5 man team. I've only met one or two of the other riders-not sure how competative they are.

I raced at the summer solstice one this year as well. I rode with a big corperate team, so I only did 2 laps. Wasn't too happy with my lap times-but it was fun. Gotta love the night laps-especially when your light craps out with 800m to go....weeee!

You racing your 'cross Dark?

You racing your 'cross Dark?

I thought about it, but I'm going to take my MTB. My cross bike would be slower overall on this course I think. The problem riding cross against mountain bikers, especially with this many of them on the race circuit- is that they end up passing you on the downhills and technical stuff, and then you end up stuck behind them on the climbs, where you lose all your speed. Mountain bikes and cross bikes are sort of out of phase with one another, like when you keep passing the same TTC bus over and over again, only to have it motor by you at 60 km/hr. The advantage of the cross bike would be on the doubletrack, but I think it wouldn't be anywhere near enough to make up the lost ground. I'd actually love do it anyway, but I don't want to hold the team back if I can help it.

The other reason is that I am scared of my cross bike since my last crash. Sometimes I think I can hear it taunting me as I walk past it. I know that it secretly yearns to destroy me, and any offspring I may eventually have.

Oh damn that's right I forgot about your gut buster, how you feelin'?

I think Ronin?


Yeah, I still need to do Track 1 training... :(

Is it possible to do the Track 1 before u guys do Track 2, 3, 4, etc... ?

Oh damn that's right I forgot about your gut buster, how you feelin'?

Pretty much 100% now, thanks.