Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Some pretty good ones, I'm new at the action stuff so *wiggles hand* some good, some sucked, loads of smiles though, and of course I have some of "The Mitch That Could". I'll be cropping and adjusting for a few days. Some nice shots of some of the lads from here. Next races I'm ready ....gonna practice speed shots with commuters. Do we need a card for Halloweens' AlleyCat? Who's organizing that race?

Some pretty good ones, I'm new at the action stuff so *wiggles hand* some good, some sucked, loads of smiles though, and of course I have some of "The Mitch That Could". I'll be cropping and adjusting for a few days. Some nice shots of some of the lads from here. Next races I'm ready ....gonna practice speed shots with commuters. Do we need a card for Halloweens' AlleyCat? Who's organizing that race?

Definitely practice your panning shots.. does your camera have a shutter-priority mode (you set the shutter speed, and it figures out the rest)? If so, pick a shutter speed like maybe 1/30 or 1/50 and then just practice panning while hitting the shutter release. If you do it right the rider will be nice and crisp, but the background will be blurred. Check out my autocross pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wes/sets/99683/. Note: the shutter speeds I mentioned are approx what I was using for cars whipping past me, so you might want to go even slower for cyclists. :)

So, who's on campus these days? Rob / Cam?

Eww .. voting community? Come on, Somna ... that's yucky.

Eww .. voting community? Come on, Somna ... that's yucky.

What you talkin' 'bout?

http://www.flickr.com/groups/deleteme/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/deleteme/

oh.. hahahha.. yeah, that was due to a coaxing from someone else I know. lame!

edit: I totally should have worn my winter gloves this morning. brrr.

So far with 2 cities still to report our winner sits at 20th worldwide. The Hamburg guys had a 30 min and change time...5 minutes faster than us. They must have done the local car racing track with no lights or stop signs....that time is CRAZY fast.
Halloween Race has not "officially" been announced yet but it will be a Jetfuel race. Word on the street has Redbull as main sposor. There will be qualifying alleycat races in other cities with Redbull flying in the winners for Halloween. Knowing Johnny's race style it will be long and gruelling, with many checkpoints. A LeMans start is likely.

... but with stupid outfits?

... oh ****, I suppose I should go return my rental car at some point (yipes).

Rob / Cam?

Yer, i'm going to trackstand in the comp lab here. FTW! And yeah it was ******* cold this morning. Also uh yeah, lunch sometime. People on teh downtown campus, blow.


does your camera have a shutter-priority mode (you set the shutter speed, and it figures out the rest)?

That's for n00bies though :|

nice pics Somn..... I bow to your superior knowledge.

That's for n00bies though :|

n00bies with magazine-published photographs. :)

drool
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drool


haha.. everytime i refresh the window, a new treat appears. damn long loads though, but i ain't complain.

will posting thumbnails cause weirdness here? I can delete them.
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ok I'm done for now

In a while I'll put up a link for a slide show...too many pics

Nice pics TJ.

Vuelta A Espana is coming up this weekend. Seems like OLN is only doing 2 hours worth of coverage from 5-7pm on sunday. Anybody got cable TV we can watch it on and a thirst for beer?

I kinda regret not coming out to the alleycat but my ex showed up at my place at like 4:30pm on saturday and in the ensuing 'tying of loose ends' I missed the start and decided to just feel sorry for myself instead. Still, track racing on sunday and I wanna bring out the cyclops. I'm pretty sure I saw a bunch of the racers heading west on bloor afterwards though when I was out to grab a falafel. I was in no condition to race anyways as I still had a brutal hangover and an annoying cold.

Oh also lets not forget to spend a moment in rememberance of all the people who were hurt and killed on September 11th, 2001 and also all of the people who have been hurt and killed because of heavy-handed reprisal and retribution since then.

http://www.stickergiant.com/Merchant2/imgs/250/qw001.gif

edit: I saw that CCCP guy go past cyclepath earlier on saturday. That jersey doesn't look as good in person as I had hoped. I like the pic TJ took where his face is almost as red as the shirt!

Petey does get pretty red sometimes.. :lol: That's a few minutes after the finish...he's still flushed.
As well pre-race lactose acid inhibitors contribute to redness.....
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hahahahaha whats up tjammer....nice pics....I look like one a the doodz from Americas most wanted tho ;)
my son wants a helmet like yours!! He says its the best bike helmet hes seen!

Thanks man, so many darned pics though. I was damned glad to meet you and your son. The helmet can be had from MEC. Stickers and thrash marks not included...:lol:

Still, track racing on sunday and I wanna bring out the cyclops.

Speaking of which..

Offhoff: what's the dilly?

Goddamnit ... what's the day for FCV? I thought it was the 16th, but that's not Sunday.

yeah, its saturday as we had originally planned. Paging Offhoff!

Not happening the grapvine says.

If offhoff fails, the 4th saturday of every month has a combo 2/3 session in the morning already in the schedule:

http://www.forestcityvelodrome.ca/comeriderace.html

I'll be there.

n00bies with magazine-published photographs. :)

Somnambulant-zine doesn't count :P No seriously though, where? what? pics?

Somnambulant brings up the point that I got from Forest City they ask us to come on the 4th if we would like to do any combo classes, if anyone has a ride out for me I'll be there with bells.

Sorry it took so long for me to get that info out, work has suddenly decided to destroy any sense of free time I might have had.

Bugger, it's still gonna be a little while before I get to the intro class. Gonna do it if I have to go there by myself. :lol:

Bugger, it's still gonna be a little while before I get to the intro class. Gonna do it if I have to go there by myself. :lol:

Yo Tjammer....I wanna try this stuff too...so if its the very first class Ill go up there wiv you!

Wait a sec ... so now we're not going on the 16th?

Cool man, it'll still be a bit for me though...priorities. It was nice you bringing along one of your priorities to the race.

Mitch..I gotta say it again.....GREAT JOB MAN!!!!

darn... Friendly race around the west donlands instead then? http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=428904

No they couldn't do it on the 16th because they couldn't find someone to teach the course, they suggested the 4th when they have some others coming and a teacher already set up they said it should be no problem on the 4th but the 16th was NOT possible.

Wait a sec ... so now we're not going on the 16th?

eyefloater = slow

Oh yeah, Wes, I've planned to go rock climbing tomorrow after work. You up for it?

Oh yeah, Wes, I've planned to go rock climbing tomorrow after work. You up for it?

right after work? for how long? I'm going to a concert later in the evening, but I can probably make it for a while right after work. Where did you want to go again? Is anyone else going with you?

If offhoff fails, the 4th saturday of every month has a combo 2/3 session in the morning already in the schedule:

http://www.forestcityvelodrome.ca/comeriderace.html

I'll be there.


Whenever you plan on going for track 2-3 send me a PM, I'll drop any plans I have for that *****.

eyefloater = slow

*vitriolic retort of unjustified magnitude*

Cool man, it'll still be a bit for me though...priorities. It was nice you bringing along one of your priorities to the race.

Mitch..I gotta say it again.....GREAT JOB MAN!!!!

ya man gotta deal wit the priorities firstly....same here for me so we'll figure out stuff closer to when we cna get out there...

Mitch..I gotta say it again.....GREAT JOB MAN!!!!

Thanks man :)

Ha, the guy I was doing the goldsprints against (Glen?) is ****in hilarious.

So far with 2 cities still to report our winner sits at 20th worldwide. The Hamburg guys had a 30 min and change time...5 minutes faster than us. They must have done the local car racing track with no lights or stop signs....that time is CRAZY fast.

Wow that's fast.

We had quite a bit of wind too.

right after work? for how long? I'm going to a concert later in the evening, but I can probably make it for a while right after work. Where did you want to go again? Is anyone else going with you?


Well, I get off work at 5pm, so I could head straight there (more convenient for me anyways). Rock oasis is at the corner of front and bathurst but I'm willing to go to any gym. One or more of my friends may come, but we organized this on friday night when we were pretty drunk, right before I threw my friend into an end table full of wine glasses, breaking all the glasses and the table. I would have fixed the end table but the corner store didn't sell carpenter's glue! For shame! Anyways, I'll double check with them tonight and try to make it a round number. Chances are they will be 2 girls. So including you that would make 3 girls total. Even if they can't come I'd still be up for an hour or two of climbing. How does 5:15-5:30 sound for a start time?

Oh yeah, I'm just about to leave work and don't have an internet connection at home yet so I won't be on BF until tomorrow morning. I'll bring my gear anyways.

Time to wardrive Shiznaz. More appropriately, warbike.

I can pick up a default network on my front lawn but its with my housemate's powerbook so unless I want to look at gay porn I'm out of luck. My PC has no wireless device...

ftl

I can pick up a default network on my front lawn but its with my housemate's powerbook so unless I want to look at gay porn I'm out of luck. My PC has no wireless device...

stick one of these out on your lawn with a long ethernet cable: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1034866&CatId=1594

:P

So I've been busy cutting this video (http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/newsflash/top-challenge-06-video-976.html) and doing things related with Top Challenge. But now I want to ride anyone down for a CV this week?

So, who's on campus these days? Rob / Cam?

Yeah, I'd be there. And feelin' mighty old about it too, I might add.

Check out some great shots (slideshow) on this page http://130.94.226.209/
Cheers

[QUOTE=Offhoff]So I've been busy cutting this video (http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/newsflash/top-challenge-06-video-976.html) and doing things related with Top Challenge. /QUOTE]

Holy good mother of god, that is some crazy, crazy stuff.
Brake = safer (alive) me & no full leathers needed.
But Very cool, nice job.
Cheers

Wes-

was that you I saw biking westbound on St. Claire ave. around 11:30 or so tonight?

Hey Shiznaz, what was the deal with the powergrips? Were they good? I'm tired of these looks for campus'ing.