Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Damn Son......send that into the letters at the Post. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Done:p

Here are two picture links for my new Conti GP3000 tires on my Pinarello, I still need to get a few things done on it#1 I have to redish the wheel and # 2 make it fixed ,Vetern-youth is going to show me how to do that, right now it is 42x18 and I find it really easy and the big ring is 53 so maybe I could use the 53 ring and change up the rear cog ,any idea's on what size of the rear cog I should use ?.... http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/a33.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/a11.jpg
Right now you are on a 63.0 inch gear. That is pretty light for the street. You have a choice. You can pick up a 19t cog, and use it with the 53t ring, which would give you 75.3 inches. An almost perfect street ratio imo. With the 42 ring you could go with a 15t cog and that would give you 75.6...also a really nice gear. Since you have both rings already I would go with the 53x19 set-up. More teeth equals longer lasting. When that finally wears out you can go with the other set-up and it will be roughly the same gear. Good luck and happy skidding.

not updating...... server suicide...TIMBER!!!!

Here are two picture links for my new Conti GP3000 tires on my Pinarello, I still need to get a few things done on it#1 I have to redish the wheel and # 2 make it fixed ,Vetern-youth is going to show me how to do that, right now it is 42x18 and I find it really easy and the big ring is 53 so maybe I could use the 53 ring and change up the rear cog ,any idea's on what size of the rear cog I should use ?.... http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/a33.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7364/791/1600/a11.jpg
Stinkin crappy server. I tried the long version....the server ate it. The readers digest version. 53x19=75.3 inches. Good street gear. 42x15=75.6 inches. Also good. 42x18=63.0 inches. Very light for the street. Some like em bigger. I typically start folks out as close to 75 as is practical. Try the 53x18. If it is too big go 1 tooth larger on the cog. K.

muther fudging @$$#**#$^&*(*&^%!@#$%^&

i thought i was the only one having probelms with the server and double posts and such. what am i supposed to do at work now, work?

Seeing as it appears that it might actually be nice out tomorrow...

CRITICAL VACUUM, v.4
9:30 pm
Honest Ed's parking lot (Bathurst and Lennox)

Egads! What's happening? More than a day's notice? MADNESS!

just sent to Jacob Two Two:

Somehow .... I hope and pray that you are joking somewhat. I can understand about your frustration from the point of a driver BUT. The bikers in any given city are a product of their environment and as such they adapt to their surroundings (we get our cues from the cars). Any crackdown should I think be a complete nazi crackdown on anything that touches the road. Ever follow a single car into downtown and for the fun of it count the number of bad lane changes, the yellow runs, rolling turns on reds, etc etc etc? I have and I was upto about 1500$ in fines and 10 demerits in a 6 km trip. Bikers are an indicator of how the cars rule the road. If the cagers are terrified and maddened by the fact we show zero regard for them, they only need to look at how they drive themselves and how they treat each other and us....

As for freeloading....every tax payer pays for the roads AND supporting the auto industry here in Canada. I don't know the exact figure, but massive amounts of money have been handed to the manufacturers. All coming from a variety of taxes. It's a wee bit arrogant to assume driver pays the full tab for the roads because it simply isn't so. As a cyclist I pay the same taxes you do with the exception of fuel taxes and I need to generally fight for enough room to ride. The strange thing is that bikes have never EVER caused a road to wear out.

I would fight the kids being dropped off ticket. As for the rest of your 2-3K of tickets a year, I would recommend using a parking lot, as it sounds like it will end up being cheaper.

Andrew

Seeing as it appears that it might actually be nice out tomorrow...

CRITICAL VACUUM, v.4
9:30 pm
Honest Ed's parking lot (Bathurst and Lennox)

Egads! What's happening? More than a day's notice? MADNESS!

Hey, thanks for the heads up. I wish I could make it out for this one....have fun guys.

EyeFloater....two things....one: your hip feeling better? Two: does it look like someone has allready started building bumps there? A friend at work say pick up soccer and the occasional cricket go on there.

Sounds like a venue just A' Watin'
Though, I was kinda hoping the whole thing was derelict so we could build lanes on the interior of the track and make jumps and stuff for different skill levels, BUT if soccer and cricket do get played by other citizens I guess we should share.

edit No way to CV I've got my daughters Eco-quest presentation at her school to see. :) Gorsh I love them kids.

Well finally the server seems to be fixed. -- Spoke too soon.

Dose bike forums not know i need a fix like now, very small addiction nothing to worrie about. Maybe just a little tape over the refresh key.
HA HA
Cheers

Hurray! Bikeforums lives! So... anyone coming out to Critical Vacuum v.4 tomorrow night? Aaaanyone?

yeah i'll show up I think.... working late and in the area.
so 9:30 and where?.... I have the uncanny ability to mess up directions, I know where honest eds is... I'll just circle it. if you see a guy with blue lights on his helmet yell "tom"...

I Have to work tomorrow night so I don't think I'll be able to make it to CV.

I'll be there if I can somehow get off early, but don't wait for me...

I'll come mess around ... will I get heckled if I come on a bike with gears.

Edit: where is honest eds.

EyeFloater....two things....one: your hip feeling better? Two: does it look like someone has allready started building bumps there? A friend at work say pick up soccer and the occasional cricket go on there.

Sounds like a venue just A' Watin'
Though, I was kinda hoping the whole thing was derelict so we could build lanes on the interior of the track and make jumps and stuff for different skill levels, BUT if soccer and cricket do get played by other citizens I guess we should share.

edit No way to CV I've got my daughters Eco-quest presentation at her school to see. :) Gorsh I love them kids.

1. Yep, I almost like my gangsta limp though. People get out of your way you you come at them w/ a scowl and a ****ed up leg. ;)

2. There's definitely bumps in the works. To give you a sense of scale, in the profile photo of the track that bench is about a foot high.

The best way to get to that place is DEFINITELY not the way I used (ie. down an on ramp, wrong-way on an off ramp, sketch styles on the shoulder of Bayview Ave.). If you head around the school at the S/W corner of the Bloor bridge, there's a massive staircase leading down right to the track.

Operator: you will get heckled for not knowing where Honest Ed's is.

"Zounds! Tis beyond comprehension that thou hast not an inkling of direction in thy skull, to be ignorant of the shining fortress of bargains unmatched, gaudiness unabashed and floors most uneven. I shall say a thousand prayers for thee tonight that the lord might grant thee some semblance of a brain by morning. Perhaps then thou might forgeth a path to the legendary Critical Vacuum. But until that time comes, jeers, Operator, JEERS! I do fear that suburban living has made thee soft."

So basically Honest Ed's is at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor. The parking lot is to the south of it.

I will likely be on a geared bike too, since my ENO is EFFED. So I had to get my heckling in while I could.

Andrew

*blows whistle* now goto the box for two minutes and feel shame. *points*

"Zounds! Tis beyond comprehension that thou hast not an inkling of direction in thy skull, to be ignorant of the shining fortress of bargains unmatched, gaudiness unabashed and floors most uneven. I shall say a thousand prayers for thee tonight that the lord might grant thee some semblance of a brain by morning. Perhaps then thou might forgeth a path to the legendary Critical Vacuum. But until that time comes, jeers, Operator, JEERS! I do fear that suburban living has made thee soft."

That was cool.

Hurray! Bikeforums lives! So... anyone coming out to Critical Vacuum v.4 tomorrow night? Aaaanyone?

if i can get my lazy rear off the sofa in time i'll come out. i know where honest ed's is. where else you gonna buy and elvis bust, a garbage bin, and a turkey in one place? just follow those lights...

when i ride by there on the way to work every morning there is always a line of people waiting for the door crasher specials. how cheap can spaghetti be?

You would be amazed my friend. For people on a budget that place is ....... I can't even find the word.
Even if just to look around you gotta check it out, there is reason it's world famous.

I will NOT be attending this evening, I gots family stuff. Have a great ride guys and girls.

Floater do you have that arm swing that says "Yo, I'm da OG Pimp!, don't mess."

You would be amazed my friend. For people on a budget that place is ....... I can't even find the word.
Even if just to look around you gotta check it out, there is reason it's world famous.

oh, i've been several times. one of these days i swear i'm going to come home with one of those 10ft high statues from the old spaghetti factory that are for sale in the basement.

I live so close to honest eds and I hate it. Its the most soul-crushing eplilepsy-causing pennywise's playhouse and no matter what simple thing it is you are looking for it takes 30 minutes to find and you get lost in the clothing section by mistake.

I must pass on the vacuum as I am sick like dog :-p

I live so close to honest eds and I hate it. Its the most soul-crushing eplilepsy-causing pennywise's playhouse and no matter what simple thing it is you are looking for it takes 30 minutes to find and you get lost in the clothing section by mistake.

oh god the clothing section! my theory on shopping is that i have to be able to see the street from inside the store.

I think this is where IKEA got the trap the consumer idea.

I must pass on the vacuum as I am sick like dog :-p

sorry, i'll have to pass too.. will be working like a dog.

dah.. stupid server. I wonder if this will be a semi-double post also.

I'll try and make it out tonight to CV.. but I've had a week of uber busy nights, so I might be more in the mood to just simply sit on my duff for the evening.

also: My friend's band, Wintersleep (http://www.wintersleep.com/), is playing tomorrow night at Lee's Palace ($10). Really great stuff.. y'alls should come out! They're playing with another band from Halifax called Contrived (http://www.myspace.com/contrived), who I've never seen perform before, but I just checked them out on myspace and they sound pretty great too. Plus if they're friends with the boys from Wintersleep they're pretty much guaranteed to be good live imo.

I just woke up and had the weirdest dream, but I can't remember the dream. All I know was that it was weird. I'm definitley coming down tonight becuase it's so warm...!

Edit: Somnambulant come out to cv ( so you can give me that chainring bolt wrench HAHa ;) )
Edit x2: Carbon fibre minipump for $27. http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=A1645
Edit x3: Somnambulant - http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=b3021 no s&h on that so .. $5 good deal.

I think this is where IKEA got the trap the consumer idea.

yeah but don't try bikin' there...

Thanks for the help cavernmech and sr20det ,I was up at the shop today talking to Vertern-youth and Tayler about making the Pinarello fixed but I would have to take the campy Hub off and change the Campi crank arms to shorter ones as I am getting peddle strikes now carving corners so instead I'll keep the 42 ring and get a 16 cog instead and just make or buy a fixed gear instead :)

yeah but don't try bikin' there...
Tell me about it. Security ALWAYS catches me when I get to the kitchen stuff in IKEA. :p :rolleyes:

i'm feeling ambitious so i'm going to try to make it out to CV; who else can i expect to see?

i'm feeling ambitious so i'm going to try to make it out to CV; who else can i expect to see?

i'm feeling ambitious so i'm going to try to make it out to CV; who else can i expect to see?
Hmmmmmm.....Wifey is working.....weather is nice. Hold the phones, Grandpas bustin out the Winterbourne. Whats the dealeo anyway? Just a casual ride? hammerfest? Do I need my aero skinsuit? see yall there.

It's a casual ride, but if I say it isn't, will you come in your skinsuit?

Hmmmmmm.....Wifey is working.....weather is nice. Hold the phones, Grandpas bustin out the Winterbourne. Whats the dealeo anyway? Just a casual ride? hammerfest? Do I need my aero skinsuit? see yall there.

holy crap.. keith's taking out the spandex??! some one better have a camera. of all the days to have a deadline........

/me pokes eyefloater.

something about biking to ikea?

http://crazybikerchick.blogspot.com/2004/09/ikea-part-ii-aka-fun-with-cargo.html

I'm coming out tonight too..

Last call, folks!

Critical Vacuum, v.4
9:30 pm
Honest Ed's parking lot (Bathurst & Lennox)

See you all there. I look forward to the skinsuits.

yuck i don't

I'm so there, I'm going to get arrested

/me pokes eyefloater.

something about biking to ikea?

http://crazybikerchick.blogspot.com/2004/09/ikea-part-ii-aka-fun-with-cargo.html

I'm coming out tonight too..

Iiinteresting. Hey, I hope your ass is ready for the first training ride. I've been trying to figure out a good 50k+ route that doesn't require starting off w/ a subway ride - so far, no luck. The levers got ordered today (ya ya, but they're on their way now).

So here's my plan: I want to make a custom headbadge for my Pake (which is getting the decals peeled off). I'm thinking of using a silver dollar from the year I was born (my dad gave me one of those when I was a little kid and it's been something I've enjoyed for years - figured I could pick another one up at a coin shop). Anyway, I could use some tips on how to shape this thing to fit my headtube without crushing/gouging up the detail on the surface.

Brainiacs, GO!

- eyefloater

32flavors: where'd you go? :( I hope you're OK! I was trying to get my own ass up that hill and broke my #1 rule: watch out for your peeps.

ps. here's the route I took tonight
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=106320

Iiinteresting. Hey, I hope your ass is ready for the first training ride. I've been trying to figure out a good 50k+ route that doesn't require starting off w/ a subway ride - so far, no luck. The levers got ordered today (ya ya, but they're on their way now).

Yeah, good luck with that. I mean, outside of just doing like 50 laps of high park or something. Is the shop hiring? Is there an end in sight? I mean, you're obviously still working 5 days a week, but I don't know what your hours are during that time.. so maybe it adds up to be more than I think... but having to work on the weekends-proper sucks the bag.

Ready for the first training ride? I think I can handle 34km. :) And if my ass can get up to Eglinton on the route we took tonight, I think I can handle anything they throw at a bunch of old people on hybrids. :D

ps. here's the route I took tonight
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=106320


I'm very confused by this route.

Hey all... sorry for letting the vacuum suck me up earlier. I had to stop at Eglinton to pull out the good ol' inhaler, and when I was done you guys were nowhere in sight. I rode/looked around for awhile and then decided I'd lost you, so I decided to just keep riding. I finally realized that the buzzing in my chest was actually my cellphone, which I forgot to take off vibrate, and not my lungs wheezing, and it was Robin asking where I was... At this point I realized I hadn't looked around to see where I actually was for quite awhile and realized that the 401 was behind me and I'd somehow biked my ass up to North York. But rest assured I'm alive... Hope you guys had a good ride tonight despite my disappearance! It was nice to "meet" you all... maybe next time I'll actually find my manners and introduce myself to everyone. Yay Critical Vacuum!

we lost a rider going up Caledonia.... there were 3 distinct hills, she was with us for the first one and climbing up the 2nd I think. regrouped just before Eglinton and we were minus a person, then waited about 10 minutes before backtracking to Honest Eds. Obviously there is concern because we did not see her again on route back

32flavors please post to let us know you are alright *edit* that's good to hear.

also nice meeting some new faces
-tom (blue lights on helmet)

thanks for the ride tonight all; the steep climbs were just what the doctor ordered. 32flavours, sorry we lost. i felt bad, being that you organized the ride and all...