Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Dear everyone, mind the pipe bombs: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071128/package_071128/20071128?hub=TorontoHome

Dear everyone, mind the pipe bombs: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071128/package_071128/20071128?hub=TorontoHome

Ahh, so that's what was going on there, then. I came from Main/Danforth across Bloor to find the worlds supply of emergency vehicles everywhere and Avenue/Bloor closed to the west and south. I asked an officer if I could go south, as I was trying to drop in at the sprints (didn't mention that part to him though ;)), and he said yep, but man - that's three incidents this week and four in two weeks in that little block of town that I've happened upon. That fire at Bay/Bloor-ish, coincedentally there was another fire going on at Charles/Avenue that I got tangled up in, as I chose Charles to get over and back upto Bloor. Doh, this ROM incident and last week there was a weird fireworks display in the construction area at Bloor/Bedford (over the road from the track/field) - really weird, I figure drunk students but didn't look in the news for anything.

Crazy!

Edits FTW.

http://www.clipupload.com/clip/data/508/thumbs/Simpsons_-_Gravey_And_Jobriath.jpg

- Whatcha making there, Gravey?
It's a pipe bomb, Jobriath. For to blow up planned parenthood.
- I don't know, Gravey.
I'm sick of your lack of faith!

Hey guys I took a picture of me at sprints at 9:30.
http://filmjournal.net/mike/files/2007/06/empire3.jpg
I guess I missed the trip to the bar.

hahahahaha nice one flimflam and nerdsgirth....how do those things ride anyways? ;)

Hey guys I took a picture of me at sprints at 9:30.
http://filmjournal.net/mike/files/2007/06/empire3.jpg
I guess I missed the trip to the bar.

Heheh, I rode my Ciocc up Keele past the 401 today and there was snow up there! I couldn't believe it and would have ridden the bike with fenders if I had known it was going to be like that. The people in cars looked at me as if I were some sort of alien-being---"A guy on a bike in November?!"---and I didn't bump into one other single rider until I was back in Parkdale. Freaky :)

All this talk of lights got me to thinking about battery solutions. i found a light at MEC and bought it: it's a 3 LED light run on a wind-up generator. you have to wind it for about five minutes to get about a 40 minute charge. other than kludgy mounting hardware it works fine.

whats up nasty car driver? you say i should be on the sidewalk? are you sure you wanna go out like that?
http://velospace.org/files/IMG_3629.JPG

Heheh, I rode my Ciocc up Keele past the 401 today and there was snow up there! I couldn't believe it and would have ridden the bike with fenders if I had known it was going to be like that. The people in cars looked at me as if I were some sort of alien-being---"A guy on a bike in November?!"---and I didn't bump into one other single rider until I was back in Parkdale. Freaky :)

It's like this everday for my commute. Walk out of house, snow. Proceed south down Yonge st. Snow turns to slush turns to ugly liquid crap then to nothing when i'm downtown :(

Yeah, the amount of snow up at Albion last Sunday was a bit of a surprise too. :P

ps. had a 1/2 flat tire this morning. Didn't realize until I was already around the corner. I passed 4 bike shops (Velotech, Bike Clinic, Bike Joint & La Carrera) and none were open. For shame!

ew squishy tire, I hates squishy tire

what time were you out there? to my knowledge, urbane is the only shop open early...

Around 8:45.. and yeah, I guess I'm still in the Summer mindset of seeing Derek (and/or Brad!) + Vinnie outside their shops when I ride by.

Also: **** winter.

how dare they rest for the winter!

Hey guys I took a picture of me at sprints at 9:30.
http://filmjournal.net/mike/files/2007/06/empire3.jpg
I guess I missed the trip to the bar.

Sweet Ton Ton, the toe clips are ILL, SON! Submit that **** to tontongallery.com!

I got there just after you, I guess... not a rider in sight.

The race I'm planning on doing on Sunday should be interesting.. :P

"At this point it appears that the final race on Dec. 2 is still a go, but please check for further updates. The current forecast is not very favourable. At the very least, we will not be using the hill to avoid bicycle-toboggan collisions. "

Ottawa forecast:
Sunday: Snow. Low minus 14. High minus 4.

<snip>
we will not be using the hill to avoid bicycle-toboggan collisions. "

Ottawa forecast:
Sunday: Snow. Low minus 14. High minus 4.

= lol + :eek:

What a day to have to ride up north, and reading that there's snow still up there makes me feel awesome (feck arse girls). Ho hum, should be fun nonetheless... Anyone want to ride north a long way this afternoon? :p


I got there just after you, I guess... not a rider in sight.

I must've got there around 9:45/10 and only saw people up on Queen and on Strachan (about 4 in total nobody I recognised to know) heading away from the scene - I wasn't sure how many would show but figured it's on my way home anyway.

Around 8:45.. and yeah, I guess I'm still in the Summer mindset of seeing Derek (and/or Brad!) + Vinnie outside their shops when I ride by.

Also: **** winter.

We still open at 8:30, We're maybe just a little better at fixing bikes then getting to the shop on time! (It's Derek's day today so I'm off the hook)

i was thinking about this ROM bomb-scare thing: perhaps a guerrilla performance/installation art piece?

The explosion part of the video was pretty well done I thought. Of course the guy posted it on youtube from his own account so I'd expect the guy (an OCAD student) is probably at the station by now.

This reminds me of that story from a while back where someone had a sticker of a local punk band- "This bike is a pipe bomb" on their bike... and well you can figure out how that played out.

Too bad they blew (pun not intended) all that money last week staging a mock terrorist incident when they could have got an OCAD student to set it up for them for free!

yeah, i was about to mention that - in fact when i first heard about the story on here i assumed that the bike pipe bomb was making a comeback.

Bikes just don't explode like they used to. All those CF lightweight goodies look good in the ads, but when they explode the shrapnel is so light that you might as well have just thrown a handful of monopoly houses at someone.

AAaAGHgh! The doctor said I'm not supposed to get Monopoly houses in my eye!

http://www.rob-clarkson.com/duff-brewery/lenny/04.jpg

ps. I'm honestly depressed that 'cross season is ending. That was a LOT of fun.

Bikes just don't explode like they used to. All those CF lightweight goodies look good in the ads, but when they explode the shrapnel is so light that you might as well have just thrown a handful of monopoly houses at someone.

well played, sir.

Sweet Ton Ton, the toe clips are ILL, SON! Submit that **** to tontongallery.com!

I got there just after you, I guess... not a rider in sight.

Ryan and I left around 9:20 as we were the only ones there. I won by default.

To paraphase the immortal Homer, 'Ahhh the two greatest words in the english language, de fault.'

Yeah generally Nadir and crew are already there when I show up a lil before 9p. When I got there lastnight, no one in sight. I practiced backwards circles for about 10 minutes when Pyze showed, but alas two is not enough to get the sprints going. We hung for another 10 - 15 and headed out. We saw one person who looked like they might be going over but they skipped the red across lakeshore and we missed them figuring another 1 person still wasn't enough.

No worries, the way I see it is I get a decent night ride in once a week. It's also my fault for not getting the word out earlier. That being said, I will do my best to update both on here and the FB group before 5 but unless we post a cancellation - which will only likely happen in wet/icy dangerous weather.

It was also good inspiration to get the damn site done that everyone could just refer to for updates on everything!

heh... i didn't finish that thought...

Basically, unless we cancel, it's on. The only likely reason we would cancel you would probably already have known by looking outside / your commute home conditions.

/thought :D

i was thinking about this ROM bomb-scare thing: perhaps a guerrilla performance/installation art piece?

It could have been angry hot dog vendors (http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_17176.aspx) :D

I have a street-meat craving now. :P

yuck. where do they wash their hands wes? where do they wash their haaaaands!? [raises chinched fists to sky].

Where do they keep all their food handling gloves? :lol:
mmm char that hotdog..yea roll it around on the grill

It could have been angry hot dog vendors (http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_17176.aspx) :D

I am all for mixing things up with some offbeat artistic interpretations but the guy/girl who played the hoax really screwed the pooch. The fundraiser for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research is a big one and to think they had to cancel just because someone has a crappy sense of humour makes jet an unhappy boy.

indeed there is fun for the sake of art and then just being a tool.... that said I wonder how much of a grant he'll get next year?

We hung for another 10 - 15 and headed out. We saw one person who looked like they might be going over but they skipped the red across lakeshore and we missed them figuring another 1 person still wasn't enough.


That must have been me, I swore I saw blinkies near the start, and as I approached from the two parking lots (safety first), it turned out to be a mirage.

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/11805.0.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110199146042

pwnt! (http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007/11/hoodwinked-wild-world-of-cycling.html)

XD

oh the internets.. where people can show how much betterer they are then everyone else.

edit: thanks duppy

mm PeaMeal sandwich from St Laurence market...damn I want another one.

mm PeaMeal sandwich from St Laurence market...damn I want another one.

love those

oh the internets.. where people can show how much better they are then everyone else.

its betterer! cmon man!

;)

does anyone have any black track drops (26mm clamp) they wanna get rid of?

heh.. not hard to tell who they commissioned to do the characters for this:

http://www.raketu.com/en/index.php

id rather john kricfalusi was working on a new feature or something, but ill take it.

just got back from 400/7, both water bottles are partially frozen - wind was a bit brisk heh. Was worse heading up there, some scary into-traffic crosswinds thrown into the mix. Hour and a half there from work, hour back home, so not bad at all... Pretty happy about it. :)

Welcome back to the jungle man.

id rather john kricfalusi was working on a new feature or something, but ill take it.

You and me both. I haven't actually seen the Ren & Stimpy episodes he did for Spike. The fact that they cancelled it because *their* censors freaked out makes me want to rent 'em though. :P

mm PeaMeal sandwich from St Laurence market...damn I want another one.

Just had a Bellybuster Sub, the Bellybuster. And I too want seconds.

now off to the sports bar for a beer and some food

Hey is there a race tomorrow? if so when and where, ? thought i head some rumblings of a race a few days back?

it's a race to Betty's to say thanks to Keith for all his years of keeping folks on the road. 6pm or even sooner to help secure space in the bar.

operat0r: you guys have koolstop salmons at the shop? I gotta grab a new set of pads before I head of of town. My pads got absolutely pwned at provincials last weekend. :P