Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

I almost ate it when I tried to grab something out of my trunk pack in the summer

One time you told me that the rack is the best thing in the world....

"Like when you go and get takeout Chicken Shwarma ...
Where are you going to put it?
You're not going to carry that ****,
You're going to put it on the rack!"


Trunk pack LOL +1

for realzies. The trunk pack might not be the best thing in the world (I have a kind of love-hate relationship with it), I will defend the rack to my death. The amount of things I have strapped to that rack... Its not so good for chinese or japanese takeout though because they use a ton of styrofoam containers and stack them up tall. My bungee cords just flatten them down.

I was probably quite safe when I told you that.

for realzies. The trunk pack might not be the best thing in the world (I have a kind of love-hate relationship with it), I will defend the rack to my death. The amount of things I have strapped to that rack... Its not so good for chinese or japanese takeout though because they use a ton of styrofoam containers and stack them up tall. My bungee cords just flatten them down.

I was probably quite safe when I told you that.

you just have to be creative; i've brought a lasagna, cake, pastries etc. home from school on mine.

for realzies. The trunk pack might not be the best thing in the world (I have a kind of love-hate relationship with it), I will defend the rack to my death. The amount of things I have strapped to that rack... Its not so good for chinese or japanese takeout though because they use a ton of styrofoam containers and stack them up tall. My bungee cords just flatten them down.

I was probably quite safe when I told you that.
No mention of doubling cute girls home from the bar? Shame..thats the BEST USE EVAR!

No mention of doubling cute girls home from the bar? Shame..thats the BEST USE EVAR!

isn't it better to double them on the handlebars (facing you)?

sorry, did shiz say for realzies?

Morning..afternoon? Long...short? Meet in the market at the coffee joint...not Ideal..the other joint with the roaster and smoothies? I say 12ish...20-30 km....back to Dees for cheap beer and a Kings Crown. Jackpot.

Sounds lurvly.

(ps. I assume you mean Moonbean)

Joint with roaster and smoothies is where? I may be up for a milk run although the work is piling up significantly already...

Moonbeam 30 St Andrew St, Toronto Ontario, Canada M5T1K6

isn't it better to double them on the handlebars (facing you)?

sorry, did shiz say for realzies?
Nothing ruins the mood more than drunkenly crashing face first into said cute girl. The bars are seductive...the rack is surefire steady.

Nothing ruins the mood more than drunkenly crashing face first into said cute girl. The bars are seductive...the rack is surefire steady.

Listen to the man, we can all learn from his years of experience.

Nothing ruins the mood more than drunkenly crashing face first into said cute girl. The bars are seductive...the rack is surefire steady.

My rack isn't strong enough for regular girls. I gotta find myself a model, or an appropriately strong rack. My last girlfriend tried to ride on my handlebars once. Jeez was that tough! we gave up after about a kilometer when we turned onto college and almost got killed by cars. It works way better on cruiser bikes than it does with brakeless track bikes with the bars set low. I pretty much had my face and neck crammed into her back and couldn't see a thing.

for realzies

PS. was late to work today because I slept in and then I got a free lunch but had to listen to a presentation on cubicles from steelcase and I spilled food on my pants. Dry cleaning ahoy!

No mention of doubling cute girls home from the bar? Shame..thats the BEST USE EVAR!

http://www.xtracycle.com/freerad.php

You guys should try dragging skateboaders around, its like gearing up about a dozen teeth but if your on a slight downhill you can FLY. With two people holding on to the back of my bike we broke 50k going down Huron from college to Dundas.

I drag my buddy around on his board sometimes. Usually drunken times. You gotta pay attention to the road texture though, as a few times we went from really nice new smooth asphalt to really old crusty abrasive asphalt at high speeds and he almost lost it! I managed to drag him up the sidewalk on the bathurst hill one time too. Luckily he lives south of st. clair now though.

PS. Wes, I know about that thing, but its freaking intense! Way more work and money than carrying somebody on the back should take

My rack isn't strong enough for regular girls. I gotta find myself a model, or an appropriately strong rack.
I used to double a buddy on my rack all the time. Blackburn 3 stay model. I wouldn't go for miles but down the block to the bar was never a prob.

[QUOTE=jeremywhitehorn]i may need some milk on saturday, keep me abreast of the plans.

[QUOTE]
Oh yeah. milk?....abreast?...bwaa ha ha ha. You punny double-entendreing mo-fo.

I used to double a buddy on my rack all the time. Blackburn 3 stay model. I wouldn't go for miles but down the block to the bar was never a prob.

I have some 'Trace' rack I pulled from a carcas I found in the shed of my old house. The stays/struts on it are already bent, and the hardware is dubious at best. Its alright for hauling stuff, but it would break in a second with an actual person on it.

It would be cool to get pegs and a heavy duty rack for my mtb though.

The forecast for Saturday is lookin a little more promising. Ride and pints as per Offhoff's suggestion?

I could do that, providing earlyish. Have to be a York for a class at 3:30. Stupid degree.

I could do that, providing earlyish. Have to be a York for a class at 3:30. Stupid degree.

Didn't you say that you > degree ?

Didn't you say that you > degree ?

I am clueless to aol speak > means what?

hehe thats just simple algebra co-opted to AOLese!

Fun day at work.. Seems the school cought on fire. Either something in the shop went boom, or the stoners in the basement dropped a spliff in the wrong place.

hehe thats just simple algebra co-opted to AOLese!

A response without an explanation of what it actually means, well done!

A response without an explanation of what it actually means, well done!

About as informative an answer as you could want. Shiz should go in to politics.

Nah in politics you just answer the question you wished you'd been asked instead of the question you were actually asked.

I am clueless to aol speak > means what?

according to my rudimentary knowledge of high school math it means less than.

Nah in politics you just answer the question you wished you'd been asked instead of the question you were actually asked.

and then make a joke about the CBC.

Fun day at work.. Seems the school cought on fire. Either something in the shop went boom, or the stoners in the basement dropped a spliff in the wrong place.

i told you not to teach those students how to flambe!

according to my rudimentary knowledge of high school math it means less than.

actually it's greater than.

bigger >`/----\,,.' smaller

the aligator eats the bigger thing.. that's how i rememeber..

2 > 1 .... two is greater than 1
1 < 2 .... 1 is less than 2.

:D

according to my rudimentary knowledge of high school math it means less than.

rudimentary indeed *puffs on pipe*

rudimentary indeed *puffs on pipe*

ha-ha. what have you got in that pipe math boy, 1s and 0s?

Morning..afternoon? Long...short? Meet in the market at the coffee joint...not Ideal..the other joint with the roaster and smoothies? I say 12ish...20-30 km....back to Dees for cheap beer and a Kings Crown. Jackpot.

Oh yeah I'm all over that like stink on a dog or whatever. As long as my knee holds up I'm there. Hey Keith you're covering us all for pints right? :D

Reply to post #17977 by Shiznaz: that wasn't AOLese.


ha-ha. what have you got in that pipe math boy, 1s and 0s?

rofl.

Hey Keith you're covering us all for pints right? :D
Sure.
Note to self...procure 4 40oz warm bottles of Olde English.

i told you not to teach those students how to flambe!

Like I'd let them near the booze. It'd be gone before I could cook with it.

Like I'd let them near the booze. It'd be gone before I could cook with it.

give them that baker's brandy you see in bakeshops; the 60% stuff that has a solution that induced vomitting. that'll learn em.

give them that baker's brandy you see in bakeshops; the 60% stuff that has a solution that induced vomitting. that'll learn em.

I used to have some butterscotch flavoured rum. Stuff was about 180 proof. Used it for caramel sauce with bread pudding. We used to give it out as shots to the staff. Fun watching them gag and spew in the halls.

Sure.
Note to self...procure 4 40oz warm bottles of Olde English.

HA! Sounds good to me. Yeah that's right I'm calling your bluff.

y'all're jokes...

BTW
The forecast for Saturday is lookin a little more promising. Ride and pints as per Offhoff's suggestion?

From Environment Canada: Saturday - A mix of sun and cloud. High minus 3.

mebbe warmed beer might be a good thing? uh, or not... :o

Nah in politics you just answer the question you wished you'd been asked instead of the question you were actually asked.

Hot Dog we have a weiner!

for those of you that like all things antiquated / rivendellish, i was in curbside this afternoon and i see that they now carry cork grips ($15). very nice.

Maybe I can organize for hot Glühwein (hot mulled wine). I have never made it before, but I enjoyed it when I was in Munich! Warms the bones amazingly well.

wow yum... provided this is an open roll-call, that is (i don't even know if my knee will be ok but whatev').

Yay, I finally got my good peds for my SS MTB, and I won a Surly Tuggnutt on eBay. I'm a fixed wheel away from completion!

BTW: the snow ride idea still exists. For a reminder in this balmy sex-pot weather, go here! (http://www.mybigride.com/journal/2006/12/11/1st-annual-bf-toronto-fixed-winter-snow-ride-invitational.html)

Someday my friends. Someday...

Thats quite the flyer. Did you ever promote rave parties?

Thats quite the flyer. Did you ever promote rave parties?

You should have seen 'em

by the way, watch out for Diamond cab #3227.

he doesn't like to share the road with cyclists. apparently we shouldn't signal and take the lane in order to not get run over. i tried to warn his fare that he wasn't safe...(pulled a bogus u-turn and came awfully close to a cyclist in front of me) i wonder if he still got a tip?

there really must be a way of proper enforcing proper training for cabbies... or at least keeping record of incidents.

(don't even get me started on tonight's news report about "distracted drivers")
/rant

by the way, watch out for Diamond cab #3227.

he doesn't like to share the road with cyclists. apparently we shouldn't signal and take the lane in order to not get run over. i tried to warn his fare that he wasn't safe...(pulled a bogus u-turn and came awfully close to a cyclist in front of me) i wonder if he still got a tip?

there really must be a way of proper enforcing proper training for cabbies... or at least keeping record of incidents.

(don't even get me started on tonight's news report about "distracted drivers")
/rant

Don't know how many times I've nearly been hit by the random cabbie U-turn. Bloor street is just wide enough for cabbies to pull that BS.

P.S. It's not just cabs though. It seems that everyone, big car or small, cabbie or not, consistently make bad decisions that endanger the thousands of cyclists in the city. I've been riding with more care, and noticing a lot more obnoxious behaviors ever since being hit on Yonge.

for real. i'm constantly thinking about what could be done in toronto to make drivers realise that. my most endearing thoughts so far are: a) something like the chick uses in "snow crash" to stick a warning flag on a vehicle or b) a "wall of shame" of plate #s...

but seriously, i was hit 2 years ago this week by a delivery driver pulling a u-turn @ king/bathurst. big wake-up call. the unfortunate thing is, when i tell people, they get scared about riding. the less cyclists = less attention by drivers = less cylists = less attention from drivers and so on. and need i remind them it's january and there's been no snow?

The best way to increase safety, is to increase the number of cyclists. Fortunately this doens't seem to ever rise above a meaningful enough rate for drivers to warrant any attention.