Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

I saw the bearded dude twice while I was riding around on Sunday. :)

What's the deal with the alleycats now? I did one years ago, and it was set up a race from checkpoint to checkpoint, and no one knows the route at the start of the race. People were running all different kinds of bikes, geared and fixed-and the guy who won was on a rigid MTB with slicks. It was fun.

Mmmmm.... green ball of congealed beer.....

[QUOTE=Shiznaz]Not to gross anyone out, but when I was in first year university in residence we took a big group out to the james joyce for saint pattie's day. People drank much too much and I had to pretty much carry two girls back to the residence building, but not before they both threw up on the street. Just taking a quick glance at the vomit you could see a golf ball sized congealed lump of green goo in each. ******** disgusting and I'm never drinking green beer again. It congeals into a gross stomach ball that I don't like to think about.
On another note: anyone up for the alleycat happening on saturday? I'd like to do it but I don't wanna go alone!QUOTE]

wha? alley cat this saturday? more info please!

it could have been worse; you could have been at the brunswick house.

do you have to be over legal drinking age? :(

this is it

http://www.under-the-weather.ca/WinterFur/pic6.jpg

18th in TO

d'oh.. I can't make it out. Having a bday party for my gf Saturday night..

Sounds good to me, this Friday aftternoon. Where and what time do we meet? In the core? and where we end up better have green beer because I'm half Irish.
If you are really irish J...you should be drinkin brown beer. Guiness is your friend.

do you have to be over legal drinking age? :(
Hahahaahahahahahaha. I can safely guarantee your admittance to the festivities.

Sr20det: But I'm not old enough to drink.

Cavernmech: Tell that to this beer, son. *pass*

*moments later*

Eyefloater: ... and that's when Sr20det called Lance a punk ***** and knocked out a cop. It was great. :)

hahahah.. nice.

What's the deal with the alleycats now? I did one years ago, and it was set up a race from checkpoint to checkpoint, and no one knows the route at the start of the race. People were running all different kinds of bikes, geared and fixed-and the guy who won was on a rigid MTB with slicks. It was fun. They are still pretty much the same. It really does depend on who is throwing the race and what format ie: checkpoint, scavenger hunt etc.

Modern Alleycats as they are known started right here in good ole Toronto. The "Alley Cats" were a bunch of Jet Fuel guys racing aroung parking lots in the middle of the night. Thus the term "Alley Cat" was born. Johnny still gets a little hot if anyone in Toronto uses the term alley cats but for the most part it has become a worldwide term for an urban/city race, usually organized by messengers.
If you want to win you have to be willing to forgo any traffic laws and ride around like a freak. But just riding it and finishing is a blast and I would recommend them to anyone. I have never had a bad time at an alleycat race. 5 time alleycat winner and Viceroy of the Toronto Underground Historical Society out!

I'm the self proclaimed Super-President, Chancellor and Right Honorable Arch-Duke of my surrounding neighbourhood and I have got at least 50 people to recognize me as so during our keg parties. So there!

My Mom says I'm cool.

So what's the deal with this St. Paddy's ride? Meeting place? Ending beery place?

no idea.. I'm always making plans. I'm hoping some day someone else steps up to the plate. :)

I might have to bail actually, but I'm not sure yet. Waiting for a friend to get back to me.

this is it

where's cloud park? (asks the alley cat newbie)

If it's the one I'm thinking of it's behind the buildings on Yonge (West of Yonge), between Richmond and Adelaide. (I think)

Yo it's going to be -394300383837423733 degrees on Friday.

do you know something I don't?

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/on-143_metric_e.html

I know it ain't as warm as last weekend, but it IS (s)March!

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=3/7222403865.jpg&s=x11
Hahah

i don't get whats so funny.
but I do know that the games being played on that computer are pretty nerdy.
and whoever owns that computer is named Rob <--- how's that for stalking.

I'd love to come out to the "urban street race" this weekend but alas, I must work. Hopefully some of you make it out though and cause some delicous mayhem. ;)

- eyefloater

Pfft noob.

http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=3/13/2006#

Check down the page for "Biking on a velodrome". Its a discovery channel daily planet segment they aired last night about the new Forest City Velodrome in London, Ontario. It features beginners and goes over their 'learn to ride' program. Its interesting but its no Lucas Brunelle! Makes me want to get out to the velodrome even more!

Guy needs to stop saying "itself" after every word.

http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=3/13/2006#

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=3/7222403865.jpg&s=x11
Hahah

LOL! you dorkus.

edit: I mean, that's jokes.

If it's the one I'm thinking of it's behind the buildings on Yonge (West of Yonge), between Richmond and Adelaide. (I think)


Yes indeedy right by the messer hangout/stand by spot. It's changed names so many times I don;t know what it's called anymore. It's a cool little park, and a good spot to create a little cloud of smoke, but I don't think that's why it's called that.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/optimus/16024596/

Is that still the messenger hangout? I'm never in that neighborhood during the day anymore. Stupid employment preventing me from going for rides/walks during the day with my camera in hand. ;)

yes it will always be one I think.....location location location. I'm imaging it becoming an HR block with all the messers still hangin outside. :p I'm reluctant to alleycat , I don't know the addys, nor the messers short cuts or codenames for buildings. Sometimes these things are not for the unfamiliar, and being alley cats nor should they be. A testament to the insanity that is messing.

Besides I don't think I'd wanna race the bunch of you. Things can pretty hairy and dicey, and I would hate like hell to have to decide between my line and a bud.

... and that's when Traffic Jammer threw Sr20det into Shiznaz's spokes. It was great. :)

bahahahh

cept in misjudging Shiznaz's MASSIVE wingspan he grabs my back wheel and splats me.
I don't mind racing around with friend's but racing friends' gives me the heebie geebies. I don;t like some of the choises one might have to make. Winning isn't everything but losing sucks, and there literally is only so much room on the street. If one of you guys went down in sight of me, I'd HAVE to stop....it's an alley cat not the TDF.

How small is this Sr20det person anyhow? :p

you could take him.. ;)

you could take him.. ;)


:p :p from reading you'd think he was a little wisp of a guy
All kidding aside I prefer to leave the road alleycats to the messers.
I WISH i'd ridden that track we had here when it was Dunhill sponsoring.
One year my buddy's band was playin'...and friends were racing ...that track looked like an absolute hoot.

I heard it was for sale from a friend of the guy that was storing it. I wonder if it was boughtfinally.

i was this small before I started biking.
http://www.wrestlingkingdom.com/buffbagwell/buff_bagwell.jpg

is everyone going on an aids charity ride this summer? someone sign me up!

OMG funny!!!!! I'm in for next year. I may do a couple local rides though. I'll either use my MTB, my "new" road bike, or maybe borrow. Isn't eyefloater doing the FFL to montreal this summer?

so is anyone else doing that alleycat this saturday?

TRaffic Jammer - are you still working on that marinoni with the stuck seatpost? i came across this today; it might help you:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/stuck-seatposts.html

ooooh thanks man ... I'l identify the material before I start messing with it. I've done the ear spread in the past, and have witnessed a torching.

ooooh thanks man ... I'l identify the material before I start messing with it. I've done the ear spread in the past, and have witnessed a torching.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials ? :P

*missing old ride* Anybody buy a blue unmarked Colagno with punched BB. TTT bar/stem, campy dropouts and headset, drilled levers, mavis areo crank from Pauly@ recycle a few years ago? lol I want it back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials ? :P

burn him! Burn!

http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=3/13/2006#

Check down the page for "Biking on a velodrome". Its a discovery channel daily planet segment they aired last night about the new Forest City Velodrome in London, Ontario. It features beginners and goes over their 'learn to ride' program. Its interesting but its no Lucas Brunelle! Makes me want to get out to the velodrome even more!

argh.. missing a "windows media player butt-plugin" for my mac... i really wanted to click on the "furriest lobster in the world" link too.

I saw that AND the lobster bit last night.

LOL! you dorkus.

edit: I mean, that's jokes.

ROFl.
Let's meet at like 5 on Friday.

so is anyone else doing that alleycat this saturday?

it sounds like a lot of fun and should be a hoot just to finish as the cavern-animal stated. shiznaz expressed interest in it too. i'd love to go but i'll need some good excuses to cancel prior engagements. hell, "sorry, but gonna go for a bike ride" should be good enough. :D

argh.. missing a "windows media player butt-plugin" for my mac... i really wanted to click on the "furriest lobster in the world" link too.

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html ??

so is anyone else doing that alleycat this saturday?

Yeah, I'm thinking I will. I'm not going to really push myself though.

Google cache to build your own cell phone jammer. I took a look at the specs and I think you'd need an EE to build this thing.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:cpFkqNE5SmoJ:gbppr.dyndns.org/PROJ/mil/celljam/+&hl=en

The links work, they're just rather slow.