Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

i probably wouldn't wear any lycra, but carry a messenger bag and maybe someone in shiz's shark helmet. personally i'd throw the valet the key to my ulock, slip him a $10 and tell him to take care of it for me.

another reference to my monkey-painting friend.. I can't believe he found something this good (he obviously added the monkey captain):

http://www.monkeymondays.com/welcome_aboard.html

you made it sound like he chased monkies around and painted them.

Shredded camos or skater shorts as an over...with a seat tear in the bum...hahaha Don't forget to handle greasy parts/tools before leaving the house.

Troll, Troll go away. Please don't come back another day.

HAHAHAAHAHAHA.... that was a much needed morning laugh on a crappy day.

Shredded camos or skater shorts as an over...with a seat tear in the bum...hahaha Don't forget to handle greasy parts/tools before leaving the house.

and top it off with a faded cycling cap and stinky polyester jersey.

on an unrelated note: has anyone seen this stuff (http://rapha.cc/index.php)in canada? i would love to get my hand on this jacket (http://rapha.cc/index.php?page=21)(and have someone else pay for it).

No Rapha in Canada the stuff is hte bomb order it from across the pond. Used the gloves in China and they blew my mind and if I bought them they'd blow open my wallet too...

I'm totally ok with spending money on clothes and bike bits, but their stuff is just priced out of this world. There's no way I can justify it.

Grrr.. the combo of my lack of brown bag lunch and this weather is frustrating.

No Rapha in Canada the stuff is hte bomb order it from across the pond. Used the gloves in China and they blew my mind and if I bought them they'd blow open my wallet too...

eeeeek 189 euro for the xxl winter jersey....:eek:

damn ... nice but, double damn 75pounds for summer gloves?

Shredded camos or skater shorts as an over...with a seat tear in the bum...hahaha Don't forget to handle greasy parts/tools before leaving the house.

and top it off with a faded cycling cap and stinky polyester jersey.



You two just perfectly described me coming in to work today (polyester probably didn't have a chance to get stinky yet though). Except add that I was soaking wet on top of that. I freak everyone in the office out on days like today.

Funnily enough last night I decided my camo cutoffs were in such rough shape that I needed to repair them. I got half way through sewing the various holes and tears back together before bed time last night, so I just said screw it and rode in on them today. I'll have to finish sewing on the massive butt patch later. its kind of flapping like a flag at the moment.


PS. JW, why isn't there a proper picture of that jacket on the site? how annoying

which pants are better

these? (http://velotique.com/jackt-sf.htm#Waterproof%20Pants)

or these (http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442618429&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302692411&bmUID=1161101022247)

Haha I was going to make fun of you "I'm willing to bet the mec pants will work better as pants than the sugoi jacket" but then I scrolled down :(

I have something close to these, which seem equivalent to both of the pairs you listed.
http://www.louisgarneau.com/eng/catalog.asp?catalogue=CE6&section=CM&subsection=010&style_no=1064047

Haha I was going to make fun of you "I'm willing to bet the mec pants will work better as pants than the sugoi jacket" but then I scrolled down :(

I have something close to these, which seem equivalent to both of the pairs you listed.
http://www.louisgarneau.com/eng/catalog.asp?catalogue=CE6&section=CM&subsection=010&style_no=1064047

where u get those ones from shiz? they about the same price? the water resistant snowboard pants sucked today so I need to get suttin better...my pant legs were soaked when I reached work and I didnt bring a change of pants :(

I got them from that place that is across the street (eastwards) from MEC in the big ugly white building. Coast Mountain sports? I dunno... They were the same price range.

I wouldn't call them waterproof... They aren't bad, but you will get wet if its raining enough, and especially if you wear shorts over them like me. Between the combination of not having mudflaps (my shins get soaked) and wearing shorts over (the wet cotton seems to force the water through the cycling pants), I'm still pretty soggy by the time I get to work. I haven't compared any other cycling pants, but you might as well try another brand as mine aren't anything to write home about. They are really nice and warm though, although that can be a problem in itself!

I got them from that place that is across the street (eastwards) from MEC in the big ugly white building. Coast Mountain sports? I dunno... They were the same price range.

I wouldn't call them waterproof... They aren't bad, but you will get wet if its raining enough, and especially if you wear shorts over them like me. Between the combination of not having mudflaps (my shins get soaked) and wearing shorts over (the wet cotton seems to force the water through the cycling pants), I'm still pretty soggy by the time I get to work. I haven't compared any other cycling pants, but you might as well try another brand as mine aren't anything to write home about. They are really nice and warm though, although that can be a problem in itself!

aight cool im gonna try the other ones then...we can take notes on how waterproof they arent!! hahahahaha...youd think for such a highly advanced technological society waterproof pants for cycling would be a piece of cake! we can make nukes that would blow up a whole planet but damn those complicated waterproof cycling pants get us everytime! ;)

well, I've got a pair of vinyl rain pants like Wes would have used to wear on the cod trawling boats. They are 100% waterproof, as long as rain doesn't get in from the top or bottom, but they are 100% unbreathable and turn you into a moving sauna thats really way more gross and potentially-cold-causing than soggy cycling pants.

well, I've got a pair of vinyl rain pants like Wes would have used to wear on the cod trawling boats. They are 100% waterproof, as long as rain doesn't get in from the top or bottom, but they are 100% unbreathable and turn you into a moving sauna thats really way more gross and potentially-cold-causing than soggy cycling pants.

game set and match....soggy ass pants that may or may not keep my pants dry it is...Ill go for the mec ones and see what happens...they gotta be better then snowboard pants...

I have those MEC ones, and they've never been anything but totally watertight since I got them last Winter.

Oh, and I don't wear pants under my bike pants... just undies. I leave all my work clothes at work so it doesn't matter if I get wet or dirty.

Oh, and I don't wear pants under my bike pants... just undies.

Sometimes, I like to bust it freestyle.

Sometimes, I like to bust it freestyle.

hahahahahaha! nice one! :lol:

game set and match....soggy ass pants that may or may not keep my pants dry it is...Ill go for the mec ones and see what happens...they gotta be better then snowboard pants...

Any day the snowboard pants are great for snow, suck for rain. Get ones with the zippers that go all the way up and down the legs for venting.

Any day the snowboard pants are great for snow, suck for rain. Get ones with the zippers that go all the way up and down the legs for venting.

ya think Ill go with those mec ones.

i'm going like this right now:
http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/commando-46415.jpg

i'm going like this right now:
http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/commando-46415.jpg

youre a funny man goki...thats y i am going to keeeeeel you lahst

Scroll through this page 80's some nice stuff!
Cheers
http://www.w-base.com/mt/bike_check/


nice site.. looks like people send in pics and descriptions of their bikes like a japanese fixed gear gallery with bmx and less fixed. whoever did this to their kalavinka should be shot:
http://www.w-base.com/mt/bike_check/images/mavex-pist.jpg

youre a funny man goki...thats y i am going to keeeeeel you lahst


[whiny sully voice] but matrix... you said you going to kill me last!! it's only 1/4 of the way through the movie!!

mo' coolness.

http://www.w-base.com/mt/how_to_custom/images/crier-rast.jpg
http://www.w-base.com/mt/how_to_custom/images/pukapuka-horn.jpg

ok back to work.....

[whiny sully voice] but matrix... you said you going to kill me last!! it's only 1/4 of the way through the movie!!

:lol:

nice site.. looks like people send in pics and descriptions of their bikes like a japanese fixed gear gallery with bmx and less fixed. whoever did this to their kalavinka should be shot:
http://www.w-base.com/mt/bike_check/images/mavex-pist.jpg

:'( anyone who rides a kalavinka on the street (regularly at least) should be shot, imo.

I'm going to buy a san rensho for next summer if anything goes right at all and I'm going to ride the **** out of all over toronto and the track. Two sets of wheels, no riding in the rain etc but I hope to never own a bike I won't ride on the street.

anyone want tickets? they're not selling like hotcakes hahhahahaha.

http://tinyurl.com/y24dln

Gee, I hope JIT has good seats.

Gee, I hope JIT has good seats.

he prolly has a backstage pass if its doin that well...george costanza was right to knock her over at that baseball game! she sux!!

:'( anyone who rides a kalavinka on the street (regularly at least) should be shot, imo.
Well if yer not gonna ride it on the street then when you gonna ride it? A bike is a bike...no matter how sweet it is. Perhaps they should make you sign a waiver when you buy "track" bikes swearing you will ride it only on the track? :D Sorry dude but that smacks of snobbery. By that logic the only bike I own that I should ride on the street is my cruiser. :(

he prolly has a backstage pass if its doin that well...george costanza was right to knock her over at that baseball game! she sux!!
That was Bette Midler. I can see the confusion tho.

That was Bette Midler. I can see the confusion tho.

oops ya...same difference

Well if yer not gonna ride it on the street then when you gonna ride it? A bike is a bike...no matter how sweet it is. Perhaps they should make you sign a waiver when you buy "track" bikes swearing you will ride it only on the track? :D Sorry dude but that smacks of snobbery. By that logic the only bike I own that I should ride on the street is my cruiser. :(

Because it's a beautiful work of art and costs about eleventy-million dollars. Plus, you know, the jealousy (which probably counts for more than anything else). :)

off-topic: anyone here ever been to Costa Rica?

Costa Rica = super easy to travel in but expensive compared to anywhere else in central america. Awesome surfing/trekking/nature stuff in general. Avoid Playa tamarindo and area unless you want to surf ollie's point and witch's rock both of which are righteously good. Salsa Brava is an amazing wave but seriously dangerous for novices (the break is right over a reef and next to/under a beer patio). No spanish really neccesary great services really built for a hassle free trip.

Personally I thought Nicaragua was a far better deal/trip/experience but some people have a thing about traveling in a country where there are guns everywhere. And Spanish is much more neccesary but everything is dirt cheap and tons more fun IMO.

All in all costa's cool but I'd rather spend 6 weeks in Nica for hte price of 3 in costa just my opinion.

How did I know you'd be the first (or possibly only) one to respond? :P I'm not concerned in any way by the cost of Costa Rica, it's more of a climate thing (political and geo). I don't think I've much interest in anywhere else in central america, but possibly somewhere in the Caribbean area. Mostly I'd just like to avoid as much of the tourist-trap-all-inclusive-walled-resort-with-children-running-around-screaming thing as I can and chillax on the beach for a week or so during the holidays. :)

How did I know you'd be the first (or possibly only) one to respond? :P I'm not concerned in any way by the cost of Costa Rica, it's more of a climate thing (political and geo). I don't think I've much interest in anywhere else in central america, but possibly somewhere in the Caribbean area. Mostly I'd just like to avoid as much of the tourist-trap-all-inclusive-walled-resort-with-children-running-around-screaming thing as I can and chillax on the beach for a week or so during the holidays. :)

what about cozumel mexico...I went there...that place was dope...

How did I know you'd be the first (or possibly only) one to respond? :P I'm not concerned in any way by the cost of Costa Rica, it's more of a climate thing (political and geo). I don't think I've much interest in anywhere else in central america, but possibly somewhere in the Caribbean area. Mostly I'd just like to avoid as much of the tourist-trap-all-inclusive-walled-resort-with-children-running-around-screaming thing as I can and chillax on the beach for a week or so during the holidays. :)
I spent a month in Guatemala a few years back...had a great time. There is a town called Panahachel (sp?) that I spent more than 2 weeks at. Lots of beach...many other towns around the lake (Lake Atitlan) to visit if ya want and quite cheap. I would go back. Tikal was the bomb!

We have been told. +10 to the use it or lose it vis-a-vis a nice ride, it's only nice if you ride it, if you don't ride it because it's too nice, you might have better off not getting it at all.

How did I know you'd be the first (or possibly only) one to respond? :P I'm not concerned in any way by the cost of Costa Rica, it's more of a climate thing (political and geo). I don't think I've much interest in anywhere else in central america, but possibly somewhere in the Caribbean area. Mostly I'd just like to avoid as much of the tourist-trap-all-inclusive-walled-resort-with-children-running-around-screaming thing as I can and chillax on the beach for a week or so during the holidays. :)

Thieves Alley in Mo' Bay, Jamaica, I am one of the few white people apparently to have entered and exited. When travelling, travel wit Dread.

We have been told. +10 to the use it or lose it vis-a-vis a nice ride, it's only nice if you ride it, if you don't ride it because it's too nice, you might have better off not getting it at all.

Exactly my reason for NOT having a nice ride as my city bike. :)

you can have as many bikes as you like as long as you are willing to ride them on the road, not to say you will leave a 10K TIG MIG locked to a post and ring, but you have to be willing to take it out.

cool.. thanks for the tips guys!

ps. It's mine and the lady's 10 year anniversary in January, hence the trip plans.

Cozumel has great diving but for avoiding the all inclusive thing...well it IS the highest volume cruise ship port in the Carribean...plus after the earthquake I hear its not all it was especially the diving. You can definately avoid the resorts in Costa, tons of great great hostels if you go you must MUST go to monteverde and at say at the Pension Santa Elena (http://www.pensionsantaelena.com/). As a non-smoker you won't understand the majesty of spending a day smoking derby suave and drinking imperial on the patio. But you will atleast understand the beer part.

Random bike comment: We need a halloween alleycat that is all.

I'm going to buy a san rensho for next summer if anything goes right at all and I'm going to ride the **** out of all over toronto and the track. Two sets of wheels, no riding in the rain etc but I hope to never own a bike I won't ride on the street.

Its not so much that I don't think hot track bikes should touch the street, its just like, buddy, why are you commuting to work in your Lambo? I'd rather save the paintjob and chance of theft and just ride a more sensible bike around the city.


Because it's a beautiful work of art and costs about eleventy-million dollars. Plus, you know, the jealousy (which probably counts for more than anything else). :)

I don't quite feel this way, but I can tell you that when I went to that Scorchers to alleycats exhibit, I was floored by how beautiful and spotless the vintage bikes were. I know people on this forum see that a collector bought some crazy prototype cinelli where he says he won't ride it and everyone goes crazy calling him a snob and how they would ride the sh*t out of it. But then my kids wouldn't be able to look at it 50 years down the road and be like 'Damn'. Keeping something for posterity (not just for the fact of owning it), is a completely noble thing.

I know I'm sure as hell not taking my cyclops on coffee rides...


Does this argument happen with sneaker collectors?


off-topic: anyone here ever been to Costa Rica?

I've been there too (I fall into the priveleged white boy category with offhoff).

Lovely place. Super people. Get outta the capital as soon as possible and you can't really go wrong. I particularly enjoyed Tamarindo and Puntarenas. The toursity stuff is fun too anyways. Who can say no to taking a zip line through the jungle canopy?

Is this a regular or a bike holiday? Also, learn to like rice, beans, beef and fruit!