Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

he's a monster

No, i saw him wrenching (well, he was holding a wrench) outside his shop the other day.

no he is definitely open.. i had to take the dogs to the vet the other weekend and he was out in full force.

he's a monster

I'm a monster.

Now if only they would deal with the wheel sucking slip magnets that criss cross hundreds of kilometers of our streets. Oh wait.

ahhh the good old devil strip.. took me out twice last year. BOO!

Anyone here have a 26.0 threaded stem they want to sell me? Length between 90 to 110 mm.

Negative rise preferable...

Negative rise preferable...

Ahhahahahahahahhaa

P.S When are we going to cod2 bikeforums!?!?

P.S When are we going to cod2 bikeforums!?!?

When I'm done with your mom...

;)

Whenever. I have some paintball skillz under my belt now. Not that it will help on my 13" macbook screen.

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/8607/bulletholeglass4tu.jpg
can ya see that suckaaaaa?

I am: So. Bad. At. Paintball.

But really good at getting welts. Woo! Robin, you're way more hardcorexxxx than me.

Another wonderful story about being a Toronto cyclist...Caught on tape! (http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_10783.aspx)

not only does it appear that no one stopped (i.e., to be a witness, save for the students), but at 33secs of the unedited version, there is a TD bank security guard (in yellow, in the building) apparently just watching cross-armed following the assault (seemingly not even trying to call police).

not only does it appear that no one stopped (i.e., to be a witness, save for the students), but at 33secs of the unedited version, there is a TD bank security guard (in yellow, in the building) apparently just watching cross-armed following the assault (seemingly not even trying to call police).

I saw that when I watched the full clip on the news last night.. unedited clip is here:

http://www.citynews.ca/news/features_10802.aspx

It's sad that so many people just walked by, but I'm not surprised any more.. I went to court last year after witnessing a cabbie dooring a cyclist (who was riding in front of me).. the guy went down into traffic, with his head inches away from an 18 wheeler. It was at a busy intersection (Bay/Dundas) and no other driver/pedestrian stuck around to give their account.

I seem to remember someone talking about looking for new shoes, but I could be making that up. Anyway, according to Nashbar's latest spam they're having a one day shoe sale. http://www.nashbar.com/results.cfm?storetype=estore&estoreid=892&browse=all&cm_re=C1-_-biggie-_-OneDayShoe

Anyone here have a 26.0 threaded stem they want to sell me? Length between 90 to 110 mm.

Negative rise preferable...
I have silver or black....-17...110. $30.

I saw that when I watched the full clip on the news last night.. unedited clip is here:

http://www.citynews.ca/news/features_10802.aspx

It's sad that so many people just walked by, but I'm not surprised any more.. I went to court last year after witnessing a cabbie dooring a cyclist (who was riding in front of me).. the guy went down into traffic, with his head inches away from an 18 wheeler. It was at a busy intersection (Bay/Dundas) and no other driver/pedestrian stuck around to give their account.

The apathy of the general population in and around the downtown core especially on public transportation is incredible. You could be getting shots, stabbed, assaulted, robbed, fellated right next to someone on a packed subway car or on a platform and you'd be lucky if anyone does anything or even notices.

Even if you're surrounded by people you can never count on anyone to help you or even notice you are in trouble. Rely on yourself, any external help is an extra bonus.

LordFoo,

What happened to the cabbie? In court I mean.

I just learned the butterfly soul razor technique last week and I've been itching to get in a cyclist/motorist altercation to test it out.

"You could be getting shots, stabbed, assaulted, robbed, fellated right next to someone on a packed subway car or on a platform and you'd be lucky if anyone does anything or even notices."

Damn, what a way to go. At least of the order was juggled a bit it wouldn't be SO bad ...

Shapelike: Thanks for all the help yesterday! I'm getting used to riding more in the hoods.

Let me know if you hear anything from Sidi, I checked out their site, but I couldn't find any technical stuff. The model is the Zeta.

Shapelike: Thanks for all the help yesterday! I'm getting used to riding more in the hoods.

Let me know if you hear anything from Sidi, I checked out their site, but I couldn't find any technical stuff. The model is the Zeta.

Huzzah! Glad I could help out a little bit. I sent the email off - still waiting on a response.

Huzzah! Glad I could help out a little bit. I sent the email off - still waiting on a response.

Which model was the Iro you were telling me about last night?

rob roy

LordFoo,

What happened to the cabbie? In court I mean.

Nothing much. The two parties ended up agreeing on a "reduced charge" (a fine, but no points) before anyone went before the court. The cyclist didn't want to drag the thing out + cost the guy his job -- I think he was happy enough that there would be a mark on the guy's record? I don't know if I would have been as "generous", but I didn't have much say as a witness.

Seriously, it's 21 degrees out there?

yep.. and the terrible part is that I'm not sitting on a patio enjoying it. Stupid "employment". ;)

Suckers :p I'm leaving for a ride now :)

Suckers :p I'm leaving for a ride now :)

I hate you... :p

I just learned the butterfly soul razor technique last week and I've been itching to get in a cyclist/motorist altercation to test it out.

Now now grasshopper.....such is not the way..Just got in to the office....dang it's nice, just wish my bag had been lighter.

Now now grasshopper.....such is not the way..Just got in to the office....dang it's nice, just wish my bag had been lighter.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39001

I <3 having a bunch of new music to pick through.


Also: iced americano's. They are a sure sign of Summer.

The Dominion patio - good stuff

That's where I was.

I <3 having a bunch of new music to pick through.


Also: iced americano's. They are a sure sign of Summer.

I was just thinking about grabbing an iced americano...

How Shiznaz gets his money stolen (http://consumerist.com/consumer/id-theft/how-crooks-steal-or-skim-your-atm-card-259050.php) :D

FYI

I have just been told @ work that the assailant in the motorist extracting a cyclists' tooth video was in fact off duty officer, all upset because the cyclist didn't feel like burning through the amber light.

Holy crap this is going to be huge. Some good may actually come from this.

How many laws can you break in 10 seconds ......GO!!!!

forty-two.

No, 24's the highest number. Look, ya got ten, then ya got ten more, then it's like, what's this? Four more. 24. Forget about it.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_10838.aspx

his being off since 2004 had better not become his defense.... "I feel stress"

No, 24's the highest number. Look, ya got ten, then ya got ten more, then it's like, what's this? Four more. 24. Forget about it.

youre a champion!

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_10838.aspx

For some reason I couldn't watch the video on the city site, but I found the news cast footage on youtube

Does this count as a fixie?

Definitely the first time I've seen one of these on Craigslist!
http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/327657080.html

Those bars and saddle preclude it from being a replica and totally ruin the look!

Does this count as a fixie?

Definitely the first time I've seen one of these on Craigslist!
http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/327657080.html

That was posted a while ago, I guess I didn't sell - cavit8's still interested?


http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_10838.aspx

At least he turned himself in, or is that just a cover my ass hoping for leninency tactic.

P.S First one on page 999, I win!

Its all over the internets, digg.com and boingboing both featured it today. Its going to be interesting to see if anything is going to come of this. TOBMA should do a release about it.

At least he turned himself in, or is that just a cover my ass hoping for leninency tactic.

The dude's a cop. Someone in the force called him and said "we're going to come over and arrest you, just come in".

Those bars and saddle preclude it from being a replica and totally ruin the look!


A drop stem and risers would make it oh so fine. And a hed wheel up front.

The reason he's on leave is what I'm after...after seeing himself on the news and knowing his plate had been sussed, he'd have been a bigger moron to not turn himself in. I'll bet even money he was speaking to his "brothers" after this happened.

edit** post hounds* :)

The reason he's on leave is what I'm after...

I couldn't find that out, but if you google him, he has an Accomedation from the force for something or other.

I never ride that way, but last night I went to see Mike at Cycle Therapy. and I TOTALLY stop at yellow lights. I'm a nerd.