Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

This my friends, is the definition of a pure ******: http://toronto.craigslist.org/stp/304271339.html

Doesn't get any better than that.

but she said she was looking for someone white and over 6 feet, rob. yes i went there. i appologise.

Strictly platonic... :)

April fools is drawing to a close but this one is pretty good.

The iStem

http://www.sicklines.com/news-images/istem2.jpg

More detail here... (http://www.sicklines.com/2007/04/01/straitline-unveils-the-worlds-first-istem/)

This my friends, is the definition of a pure ******: http://toronto.craigslist.org/stp/304271339.html

Doesn't get any better than that.
Might be a shemale

Any interest in starting up a local Tricks and Drinks night in TO?
count me in


http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2007/mar/ThomasGrinder.htm

made me throw up in my mouth a little.

that bike is awesome. Its like a bike I tried to build, but actually looks ridable.
http://www.wwmovers-africa.com/haro/haro1.jpg

http://www.wwmovers-africa.com/haro/haro1.jpg

I like the sissy-bar/seat reinforcements.

count me in


http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2007/mar/ThomasGrinder.htm

made me throw up in my mouth a little.

Really????! I think that thing is awesome! Seriously! It looks like it would be a blast to ride/mess around on. Not EVERY bike HAS to be a Cinellirello. :) I'm gonna go to Jetgruel for a bit anyone else heading over from the west side? I'm going to probably go around 9ish.

9ish huh? gimme a ring. i'm makin curry right now. what's it for anyway? all i heard was 15 kegs

i'm makin curry right now.

Will you marry me?


what's it for anyway? all i heard was 15 kegs

15th anniversary of the shop. I don't give a crap about that per se. They're always dix when I go in there anyway. But there will be lots of couriers/local bike nerds there and there's free beer. Hence: gold.

This Chris fellow has a most excellent girlfriend:

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/bartlemay.htm

This Chris fellow has a most excellent girlfriend:

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2004/bartlemay.htm

You gotta love a lady who not only buys her man surprise bike gifts, but builds them up with her own hands.

(emailing the link to the wife right now...)

come on over if you're hungry. it's got chicken in it though.

enjoy the jet fuel party, to whoever's going. i hate turning down free beer, but i've got a crapload of work to do.

I just got home and I found a bike on the street! I posted a "Lost" ad on CL but if anyone here knows someone who had their CCM bike lost or stolen, I found it. Point them to the ad.

You gotta love a lady who not only buys her man surprise bike gifts, but builds them up with her own hands.

(emailing the link to the wife right now...)

So I’ve connected some dots & figured out we a have a mutual friend!

So I’ve connected some dots & figured out we a have a mutual friend!

Ha ha... she actually mentioned you on Facebook message yesterday when she noticed I mentioned CM. When I was looking at your cracked frame flickr pictures it connected the dots for me as well.

Kind of a weird small world.

Kind of a weird small world.

Yep sure is.

*I just sent the shortcut link to kel she went MAC!!!
Slick site

I just sent the shortcut link to kel she went MAC!!!

Once you go Mac there's no going back :)

I think I was standing next to you at the CM start Fuzzz...

I think I was standing next to you at the CM start Fuzzz...

It's entirely possible... if you look back a few pages at Dr.Benway's flat tire pictures, that was me in the green jacket.

cavit8, pyze-guy well mod-dom is coming to an end it was fun & very odd. I’ll have to get use to not looking in on PM's probably a good thing!

It's entirely possible... if you look back a few pages at Dr.Benway's flat tire pictures, that was me in the green jacket.

If it was you, I mentioned something about removeable faceplate stem and you said something about stealing it when no ones looking :)


cavit8, pyze-guy well mod-dom is coming to an end it was fun & very odd. I’ll have to get use to not looking in on PM's probably a good thing!

Hey sweep, can you ban me? Seriously do it.

If it was you, I mentioned something about removeable faceplate stem and you said something about stealing it when no ones looking :)

nope wasn't me...

If it was you, I mentioned something about removeable faceplate stem and you said something about stealing it when no ones looking :)



Hey sweep, can you ban me? Seriously do it.

If I could, I would.

Edit: Well, maybe. Wes for sure though.

Happy second birthday of Toronto Fixed!!!

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Terrible twos

Terrible twos

On the first ann we called a one year meet up 3 peeps showed.

something interesting from the toronto star re: bikes in paris (curiously, it is a subsidiary of an "outdoor advertising behemoth" that is contracted to operate the outfit) ...ironically, it was in the "wheels" section. go figure.


Paris bikes beat congestion

Public bicycle rental may be a way to make the city's streets cleaner and quieter
Mar 31, 2007 04:30 AM
John Ward Anderson
The Washington Post

PARIS–Paris is for lovers – lovers of food and art and wine, lovers of the romantic sort and, starting this summer, lovers of bicycles.

On July 15, the day after Bastille Day, Parisians will wake up to discover thousands of low-cost rental bikes at hundreds of high-tech bicycle stations scattered throughout the city, an ambitious program to cut traffic, reduce pollution, improve parking and enhance the city's image as a greener, quieter, more relaxed place.

By the end of the year, organizers and city officials say, there should be 20,600 bikes at 1,450 stations – or about one station every 250 yards across the entire city. Based on experience elsewhere – particularly in Lyon, France's third-largest city, which launched a similar system two years ago – regular users of the bikes will ride them almost for free.

Anthonin Darbon, director of Cyclocity, which operates Lyon's program and won the contract to start up and run the one in Paris, said 95 per cent of the roughly 20,000 daily bike rentals in Lyon are free because of their length.

Cyclocity is a subsidiary of outdoor advertising behemoth JCDecaux, which runs much smaller bike businesses in Brussels, Vienna and the Spanish cities of Cordoba and Girona. London, Dublin, Sydney and Melbourne reportedly are considering similar rental programs.
http://www.thestar.com/Wheels/article/197463

Great job paris. Sounds like bikeshare but on a way more massive scale. How the hell did that program die.

I seem to remember Berlin having a similar program... although they may not have been free, just fairly cheap.

Great job paris. Sounds like bikeshare but on a way more massive scale. How the hell did that program die.

It lacked "massive". I'm sure if they had some sort of large scale investment (non-evil corp sponsor?) and could afford a ton of nice looking sterile bikes for the common masses as well as a large scale advertising campaign they might still be around.

It lacked "massive". I'm sure if they had some sort of large scale investment (non-evil corp sponsor?) and could afford a ton of nice looking sterile bikes for the common masses as well as a large scale advertising campaign they might still be around.

They spent 900k+ on the waterfront lakeshore bike thing a while back and bikeshare only needed 72k. :shrug:

They spent 900k+ on the waterfront lakeshore bike thing a while back and bikeshare only needed 72k. :shrug:

Welcome to public policy.

Thanks for posting the Paris link - that's going to come in handy for me+ladyfriend in a few weeks.

Also, anyone know some good bike shops in France/Belgium or random places that one could purchase a frame set or 3 (road, cyclocross, track)?

I think I have one "Flying Scotsman" pass left. Shout me a holla, etc. if you're interested.

Thanks for posting the Paris link - that's going to come in handy for me+ladyfriend in a few weeks.

Also, anyone know some good bike shops in France/Belgium or random places that one could purchase a frame set or 3 (road, cyclocross, track)?

I think I have one "Flying Scotsman" pass left. Shout me a holla, etc. if you're interested.
If you make it to Ghent there is an awesome velodrome there that is always getting rid of old track bikes. Just around the corner is a small bike shop that has all kinds of new and vintage stuff. If you make it to Zurich the shop at the velodrome there has crazy amounts of old stuff. They have a basement room that has shelves and shelves of Campy boxes going back 30+ years. When he opens the door you get a beam of bright light in yer face and the angels begin to chant. This place is my favorite bike shop ever! Nirifak in A-Dam is great also.

*ahhhhhhhyahhhhhhhhh*
Sing angels SING!!!!!! Cry on my bearings, bless my ride!!!!!

Has anyone seen the documentary / TV show "The Final Hour"? It's a look at Bergman's attempt at the One Hour record in 2000. I just saw it on the weekend and it was actually pretty interesting. Apparently Bergman has the record on a 'new' bike and this was an attempt on using one similar to what Mercx used.

Has anyone seen the documentary / TV show "The Final Hour"? It's a look at Bergman's attempt at the One Hour record in 2000. I just saw it on the weekend and it was actually pretty interesting. Apparently Bergman has the record on a 'new' bike and this was an attempt on using one similar to what Mercx used.

*stares at tovis dvds* on his desk

possible snow flurries on thursday!? what the &#@*

Has anyone seen the documentary / TV show "The Final Hour"? It's a look at Bergman's attempt at the One Hour record in 2000. I just saw it on the weekend and it was actually pretty interesting. Apparently Bergman has the record on a 'new' bike and this was an attempt on using one similar to what Mercx used.

yeah, from what i understand that's what drove obree (sp?) crazy. after the UCI decided that his home-made bike designs weren't track legal and stripped him of his record then implimented the rule that all bikes must have a standard design (after much moaning and *****ing by mercyx), he became a recluse and merycx got his record back. i think bergman's attempt was long after all this went down.

possible snow flurries on thursday!? what the &#@*

And Friday ("Light snow").. and Saturday ("Flurries")..

And Friday ("Light snow").. and Saturday ("Flurries")..
Snow rides in April! YAY! I mean crap!

And Friday ("Light snow").. and Saturday ("Flurries")..
F*CK OFF:(

Snow rides in April! YAY! I mean crap!

Frozen Good Friday Don ride? :)

And Friday ("Light snow").. and Saturday ("Flurries")..

Yeah but it "was" supposed to be a nice weekend too and look what we got. Lots of time to send good weather vibes out :)

Yeah but it "was" supposed to be a nice weekend too and look what we got. Lots of time to send good weather vibes out :)

That's what I'm hoping.

every year there's a snowfall in april and every year people freak out like it's a big surprise. it never much and it never lasts more than a day or so!

that being said, my toes got rather cold coming back from port credit on saturday with the headwind, so i'm looking forward to not having to worry about that again for awhile...

*stares at tovis dvds* on his desk

I've got "The Impossible Hour", about Ole Ritter's attmept in '68 to break Merckx's hour record.

oh god.

the hamilton good friday race is going to be heinous.

yikes.

as for tricks n drinks, I'm down.

Frozen Good Friday Don ride? :)
I am how they say...."in".