Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Who suggested either was their target? It's a clothing shop stocking high end Japanese street fashion, not a bike/skate shop. The owners/staff just happen to be into fixies. To each their own... *shrug* Don't start the whole hipsters vs. messers thing in here, please, there's a reason why I don't venture outside of this thread.

They started it. Sorry Wes, but seeing over top the raping of subculture is a peeve, I could not be silent. I DO NOT wish to create a vs. situation

Open for business in October of 2005, Gentei has become not only a celebrated spot in the city’s street style scene, but also a hub for Baltimore’s skaters and bike messengers. Since day one, Gentei has stayed actively involved in these local scenes by sponsoring bike races, a fixed gear crew, and it’s own team of skaters, all natural extensions of the shop’s staff lifestyle.

:lol: Since day one....a year and half ago. :lol:

I certainly don't have any sensibilities... I just like riding and talking about bicycles rather style trends. :D Plus, as I said, to each their own... Who the fark cares what other people are doing/wearing/beating a dead horse with.

I think I'm taking the week off from any heavy riding. My legs are killing me today.. plus I have a blood stained knee in my favorite jeans, two skinned knees, a hurt hand, a 2x bruised thigh (that's right), and a slight head cold and/or allergies. Ugh! It was a fun weekend of riding though.

They started it. Sorry Wes, but seeing over top the raping of subculture is a peeve, I could not be silent. I DO NOT wish to create a vs. situation

Yeah well, that's what subcultures are there for, right? Yay capitalism! Not like this is the first nor last time.


:lol: Since day one....a year and half ago. :lol:

I assume they mean since day one of their opening, but yeah, poor choice in wording. :P

Has anyone here spent much time in Chicago? Got a favorite hotel? PM me.

they gotta do the dead rappers toptubeprotector as well...cmon man i wanna see a jam master jay/tupac/biggie top t00b pr0tect0r!!! hurray for makin cash money off of dead rappers and old punk bands!!!

*shakes head*
:lol: Stay off your knees Wes. Bruised thighs? Goin' over the bars?

they gotta do the dead rappers toptubeprotector as well...cmon man i wanna see a jam master jay/tupac/biggie top t00b pr0tect0r!!! hurray for makin cash money off of dead rappers and old punk bands!!!

hahaha.. tupac on one side, biggie on the other? :) Wes-SIDE!


*shakes head*
:lol: Stay off your knees Wes. Bruised thighs? Goin' over the bars?

hahaha.. you weren't sayin' that last night! ;) Didn't go over the bars (for once), I was leaned back over the seat on a descent and when the back wheel hit a particularly nasty root the nailed the seat right into my inner-thigh. A few inches higher and it would have been a lot worse!

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6919/beavisandbuttheadcopyxl3.jpg

hahaha.. tupac on one side, biggie on the other? :) Wes-SIDE!

hahahahaha wes-side...you know east coast owns west coast anyday!

...Since day one, Gentei has stayed actively involved in these local scenes by sponsoring bike races, a fixed gear crew,...

Keith, you gotta start sponsoring our fixed gear crew. We ride around and drink beer and eat dumplings. RAWK!

hahahahaha wes-side...you know east coast owns west coast anyday!

The Beasts of the East!!!
East Side reppin'

What What !

somnambulant is a hipster ! ! !1111 one


Has anyone here spent much time in Chicago? Got a favorite hotel? PM me.

The drake

Bike Week: Curbside Cycle Fixed Gear Gallery & Symposium (https://wx.toronto.ca/inter/plan/bikeweekreg.nsf/cf071503a07bbf4b85256cf5006c20c5/48d08dae72dd4fe3852572a700809115?OpenDocument&Date=2007-06-01) (Because you missed the other one).

http://www.mybigride.com/wp-content/uploads/Curbside%20Bike%20week.jpg

Now THAT'S a poster! :beer:

HMMMMMMMM Friday. Schweet.

And YES! That is the Thundercats font.

http://backintheday.blogharbor.com/Thudercatsymbol.jpg

I think I'm taking the week off from any heavy riding. My legs are killing me today.. plus I have a blood stained knee in my favorite jeans, two skinned knees, a hurt hand, a 2x bruised thigh (that's right), and a slight head cold and/or allergies. Ugh! It was a fun weekend of riding though.

Aw c'mon wes... ride it off :p

They started it. Sorry Wes, but seeing over top the raping of subculture is a peeve, I could not be silent. I DO NOT wish to create a vs. situation

Give the people what they want because every crowd needs catering like it or not. Things come & go.
I'll get you one for you!
*Nice poster

sooooo... would anyone have an idea where i can get a set of replacement V brake posts for a Marzocchi suspension fork? The fork originally came with disc brakes but has since be moved to a different bike that does not have discs. The fork has rubber caps in place of the vbrake posts. Any suggestions? Should I just contact Marzocchi Canada?

http://fuzzz.gaulin.ca/2007/05/14/currenttv-covers-nyc-bike-messengers/

Neat 5 minute Current.tv story on the legacy of messengers in NYC...

sooooo... would anyone have an idea where i can get a set of replacement V brake posts for a Marzocchi suspension fork? The fork originally came with disc brakes but has since be moved to a different bike that does not have discs. The fork has rubber caps in place of the vbrake posts. Any suggestions? Should I just contact Marzocchi Canada?

I probs got some at the shop let me check tomorrow.

I probs got some at the shop let me check tomorrow.

Shweet that would be great... thanks a ton!

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=133934

He said he was riding "pretty fast" hehehe.

The lady who wrote that article did a pretty terrible job, or just a lazy one.

It's funny to read. Or maybe I am just really tired and delirious goodnight.

Good deal on CL for someone looking for a Toupe saddle.. when shopping for saddles recently, I saw that these were about $175 new

http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/331080531.html

Foo - I be downtown. Have class 1-4 though.

http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/331149410.html

Someone ought to inform him about the resale value of diamonds. :)

Foo - I be downtown. Have class 1-4 though.

http://toronto.craigslist.org/bik/331149410.html

Someone ought to inform him about the resale value of diamonds. :)

Are you suggesting that it's better or worse than bikes? (I have no idea.. I just buy em, I don't sell em :P)

I'll probably swing by around 4 or so just to drop in.. I got a bit of work done yesterday, so there's not much left to do until I get a wheel. Don't suppose you have a spare 130bcd/42 chainring lying around?

Are you suggesting that it's better or worse than bikes? (I have no idea.. I just buy em, I don't sell em :P)

I'll probably swing by around 4 or so just to drop in.. I got a bit of work done yesterday, so there's not much left to do until I get a wheel. Don't suppose you have a spare 130bcd/42 chainring lying around?

110bcd 42 yes. Uh there is a 42, 130bcd biopace chainring floating around if you want to try that

Keith, you gotta start sponsoring our fixed gear crew. We ride around and drink beer and eat dumplings. RAWK!
Finally a cause/crew I can get behind. Altho if I have to shell out for the beer and dumplings I will have to pass. I know how you lot eat and drink...put me in the poorhouse.

sooooo... would anyone have an idea where i can get a set of replacement V brake posts for a Marzocchi suspension fork? The fork originally came with disc brakes but has since be moved to a different bike that does not have discs. The fork has rubber caps in place of the vbrake posts. Any suggestions? Should I just contact Marzocchi Canada?
I have a few old blown up forks that still have studs on em. Between those and the studs I have on hand I can set you up.

110bcd 42 yes. Uh there is a 42, 130bcd biopace chainring floating around if you want to try that

Thanks for checking.. but that's what I was trying to replace :P I know sheldon brown says you can do fixed gear with biopace, but I'm a little bit skeptical.

Thanks for checking.. but that's what I was trying to replace :P I know sheldon brown says you can do fixed gear with biopace, but I'm a little bit skeptical.

FWIW, we've tried this at bikechian before. The variation in chain tension doesn't inspire confidence in the non-chain drop dept.

Bit of an odd one, but anyone know how big a ring you can put on the Truvativ Stylo SS crankset and still make good use of the chainring guard?

I have a few old blown up forks that still have studs on em. Between those and the studs I have on hand I can set you up.

That's awesome... The studs are actually for a fork I gave Ryan (Dr.Benway) so he may ask you about them when he brings his IRO in later this week for some BB TLC...

He said he was riding "pretty fast" hehehe.

The lady who wrote that article did a pretty terrible job, or just a lazy one.

It's funny to read. Or maybe I am just really tired and delirious goodnight.

It's not you...as a former Madisonian, I can assure you that the writing in local newspapers there is total excrement. Usually terrible and lazy, just for good measure.

http://www.addictinggames.com/alextrax.html

I have a few old blown up forks that still have studs on em. Between those and the studs I have on hand I can set you up.

You're a studs.

Man it's sticky out there. Enviro Can says "SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH". I don't doubt it with this warm humid weather and the cold front moving in for tomorrow. Gonna be quite a show methinks. :) My gf asked me this morning whether the rain kept me awake last night, to which I said "there was rain?" She's forgetting that I once slept through the smoke detector going off in our room (due to a fault somewhere else in the house).

Does anyone here have much hands-on experience with any heart rate monitors and/or higher end cycle-computers/etc?

Any 19t 1/8 cogs kicking around anywhere? Does cavern carry em? PM me

Only with the machine that goes "ping.." Man that was rain...even woke me up.

Does anyone here have much hands-on experience with any heart rate monitors and/or higher end cycle-computers/etc?

I'm not sure what qualifies as "high end" but I've got a flight deck on my road bike and a specialized speedzone elite on my mountain bike.

The flight deck is OK, the hood buttons are neat but more of a gimmick as I don't tend to switch menus while actually riding. Also the gear indicator is a nice feature. Overall though I wouldn't say it's worth the money (around 200 by the time you get set up) the cadence feature on this is actually a "virtual" cadence based on your speed and gearing. So technically if you were to coast down a big hill in first it would show you were running 300rpm cadence. Doesn't really matter anyhow as it doesn't track average cadence.

As much as I dislike Specialized flash and marketing, I have to say some of their stuff is pretty nice (like the sweet S-works M4 FS XC rig I'm tuning up at the moment) I also count that computer among their good stuff. It's been really reliable, the menus and functions are great and it cost half what the shimano did. It also has a real cadence feature (which I don't use 'cause I don't like the extra sensor/wire) and a backlight, both of which are not included on the shimano. Also- countdown timer for time or distance intervals and better lap timing if you're into that.

necessary features: heart rate monitor + computer interface (because I'm a stats nerd)


like the sweet S-works M4 FS XC rig I'm tuning up at the moment

*blink*

I've got a friend with a powertap... and that is one cool toy. Costs a couple bucks though!

(the s-works is a 2000 model but it's still awesome- one of the few FS XC bikes I've actually liked)

You know you're a Montrealer when: everyone on the street - drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists - think
they're immortal, and that you'll move first. :lol:.. so true

Pedestrians in MTL scare the shizzle out of me. :P

I've got a friend with a powertap... and that is one cool toy. Costs a couple bucks though!

(the s-works is a 2000 model but it's still awesome- one of the few FS XC bikes I've actually liked)

Yeah.. I'm actually liking the high end Polar stuff because you can add the power bits later as an add on if you want. I don't see myself ever getting serious enough to really warrant something like that, but at least it's there if I want it. Plus I can easily just buy another speed sensor for the Polar and then use it on multiple bikes. I can't really do that with say a Powertap (at least, not for 26" vs. 700c wheels). Plus yeah, the initial cost of a Powertap system is going to preclude me.. :) Although they do turn up used occasionally.

Pedestrians in MTL scare the shizzle out of me. :P

hahaha had it's moments messing there...some white knucklers.

Yeah.. I'm actually liking the high end Polar stuff because you can add the power bits later as an add on if you want. I don't see myself ever getting serious enough to really warrant something like that, but at least it's there if I want it. Plus I can easily just buy another speed sensor for the Polar and then use it on multiple bikes. I can't really do that with say a Powertap (at least, not for 26" vs. 700c wheels). Plus yeah, the initial cost of a Powertap system is going to preclude me.. :) Although they do turn up used occasionally.

On Polar - I've been using a lower end polar HRM (F6.. no bike-related goodies involved) to keep an eye on my maxHR/avgHR/zones while out on training/group rides.. it does the job, but the amount of data collected for transfer is disappointing (i.e. only max, average, and time spent in one zone). Also - I would recommend avoiding anything that uses soniclink for data transfer.. it's a bit unreliable in windows (where it's intended to work), and I suffered quite a bit of annoyance trying to get it working in linux.

So broadway cycles has failed me.

over 3 weeks ago I ordered through them a rear avid short 4 brake and a kalloy uno OS riser stem. They said it would be a few days. I called them after a few days, and they say it came in. I come in the next day and they admit that they haven't even ordered it. They say they will order it that day and it should be in soon. I call a week later, they say both parts are on their way. I call today and they say that the stem is on backorder and that norco doesn't even have the brake. I gave them my phone number on 3 occasions and asked them to call me about any delays. I even paid in advance so I have to go and get a refund now.

The moral of the story is, does anyone know who stocks IRD stems in the city? I need 25-30 degrees of rise, 1 1/8" steer clamp, 31.8 OS bar clamp. I also need a replacement avid shorty brake (number doesn't matter, as I am reusing the hardware from my shorty 6)

sweet bike:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/southtj/bike1.jpg

cool bike (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320113220093#ebayphotohosting) alum pursuit...must be a pretty uncomfy ride tho ;)