Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

i just got up and it's raining - i was going to ride my road bike but i can't bring myself to get it dirty (yet)...

Interesting!

Hey Wes "Biach" Somnambulant. Can I have dibs on your IRO hubs if you don't want em? Thanks. How did the race go this weekend guys?

Sorry Kid, already got dibs..hehe! Good seeing you at lunch btw.

hey wil is everything cool with the brooks?

i think i may have a used 60cm khs flite 100 in the store soon too,
if any of you tall guys are looking for a used track frame.

must resist .... further.... bicycle.... purchases......

hey wil is everything cool with the brooks?

i think i may have a used 60cm khs flite 100 in the store soon too,
if any of you tall guys are looking for a used track frame.

just the frame? what do ya want for it?

Speaking of the Don, anyone got the word on when the DSR rides there are going to start up? I seem to have settled into a Tuesday/Thursday evening ride routine but it's always nice to share the fun with others.

My last trip to the Don was actually a lot of fun after I stopped feeling like I was going to black out. I realized afterward that it was probably my cycling cap that did me in (hey genius, it's not winter anymore - you can lose the warm stuff). I felt like I was overheating after ... what, maybe 10-15 minutes of riding, but when I took a break (and ditched the cap) I felt much better for the rest of the ride and actually ended up have my best ride "back" along the ridge trail ever. I'm starting to get better with some of the ladder features and other areas where you really do have to hold your line. It's one thing to pick the right line, but having it be a "hold it or you're going to crash" situation is still something I'm getting comfortable with. It's coming along though, so yay.

Wes and I were talking about starting up next Tuesday night if the weather was good. Seeing the trail conditions yesterday and the good light between 6 and 8 makes me think we are good to go.

just the frame? what do ya want for it?

yeah, as far as i know its just the frame.
i'll keep you posted on a price point.

i run a consignment store, and one of my clients told me he'll be bringing it by

k so let me see here, my memory indicates that theres sprints wednesday nights (DSR?) but youre reffering to a trail DSR ride? thats two kinds of awesome.

Yep the dirt rides are gonna meet at pottery trailhead around 6-6.15 and then do another pickup at Loblaws trailhead around 6.30. We're planning on a fun ride - no drop policy. All are welcome - MTB, Cross, 29er, etc.

Wes and I were talking about starting up next Tuesday night if the weather was good. Seeing the trail conditions yesterday and the good light between 6 and 8 makes me think we are good to go.

eee my hangers should be in by then!

P.S Veloflex black tires ordered - fastest tyres on the face of the planet

Ordered from where? I actually just checked PBK for those last night and they were out of stock.


Ive decided instead of fenders on my raleigh, im going to get another bike with a rack and fenders, and use that on crappy days. Yeah, thats right. Im that excessive.

My gf wishes I thought 2 bikes was excessive (oh, and I'm on MY "rain bike" today).


Yep the dirt rides are gonna meet at pottery trailhead around 6-6.15 and then do another pickup at Loblaws trailhead around 6.30. We're planning on a fun ride - no drop policy. All are welcome - MTB, Cross, 29er, etc.

Let's see if I can actually manage to get my butt over there for 6:15. :P

must resist .... further.... bicycle.... purchases....after next bike and parts...

fixed





welll... atleast thats what i do

Let's see if I can actually manage to get my butt over there for 6:15. :P

A slightly later start is AOK with me...

hey wil is everything cool with the brooks?

i think i may have a used 60cm khs flite 100 in the store soon too,
if any of you tall guys are looking for a used track frame.

She loves it. Sadly she moved to Norfolk for the summer this a.m. Guess I'm going to Virginia at some point this summer.

awwww

Sorry Kid, already got dibs..hehe! Good seeing you at lunch btw.

GRRRRR! ..Can't seem to find the flaming devil smilie...

Thanks for spotting for my 'sky high' at licks.

1 person
2 wheels
3 bags

= 70+ lbs of groceries

couldn't have fit one more thing without having a backpack... thank goodness it's downhill home from the store!

(ps. i can't imagine having only one bike)

groceries

Speaking of groceries, has anyone else noticed a higher than average level of sexy at the Bloor/Spadina grocery store? I was in there the other night and ... well, there was a whole lot of love goin' on. Also, the Canada Trust on College east of Ossington - also a very sexy establishment for some reason (both staff and clients).

Speaking of groceries, has anyone else noticed a higher than average level of sexy at the Bloor/Spadina grocery store? I was in there the other night and ... well, there was a whole lot of love goin' on. Also, the Canada Trust on College east of Ossington - also a very sexy establishment for some reason (both staff and clients).

*takes notes* mmhmm, tell me more!
;)

spring, the sexiness starts to poke its head out. temperature has a linear relationship to how many retardedly sexy people are around and about.

its unfair.

EDIT: but dayaaaaaam!

*takes notes* mmhmm, tell me more!
;)

It wasn't even like ... forgive me, but it wasn't "tittie tops on parade" or anything like that. Remember that scene in High Fidelity when Cusack throws on the Beta Band and then everyone gets a bit love-eyed? It was that sort of vibe. I was picturing hands touching while reaching for the same squash in the produce isle, the check-out line getting a bit cosier than normal, etc. It may have just been several hundred people all in a really good mood because spring is finally here, but something was definitely going on.

Edit: Now my bank, my bank is just entirely staffed by hotties so I'm guessing whoever does the hiring there is a big perv.

Ahhh collective good times feeling - sweet stuff, and let me say very romanticized imagery with the squash there shapelike - I like it! ;) I should go grocery shopping more often I guess :)

what have i started?!

Hahaha, you're innocent in this. That was a complete derailment of what you were talking about if ever there was one.

i'm just jealous because the best/closest grocery store is at lansdowne + dundas, and therefore diametrically opposite said experience...

awwww

Is that in the same "tune" as a Happy Days commercial break? Agreed either way.. :(


GRRRRR! ..Can't seem to find the flaming devil smilie...

Thanks for spotting for my 'sky high' at licks.

Anytime Ginger Balls hahaha Flight of the Conchords FTW!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lOppeJvFuqs

"Once you have found her never let her go...", but if it's only for the summer, good excuse for a visit. You both have 'puters and 'net at home? Or are you living in the shop after hours this season?

It wasn't even like ... forgive me, but it wasn't "tittie tops on parade" or anything like that. Remember that scene in High Fidelity when Cusack throws on the Beta Band and then everyone gets a bit love-eyed? It was that sort of vibe. I was picturing hands touching while reaching for the same squash in the produce isle, the check-out line getting a bit cosier than normal, etc. It may have just been several hundred people all in a really good mood because spring is finally here, but something was definitely going on.

Edit: Now my bank, my bank is just entirely staffed by hotties so I'm guessing whoever does the hiring there is a big perv.

Don't forget 'smiles in the Don'.. It's definitely that time of the year.

Also: goose ****.. still funny.

Don't forget 'smiles in the Don'.. It's definitely that time of the year.

Also: goose ****.. still funny.

Ya, that was odd. I wasn't aware I still had mojo.

*hip gives out* *thud*

Edit: Regarding "mojo" (and a FotC tie-in): http://youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU&feature=related

riding home down dundas today with the mrs.
chatting about the day having a decent ride.

a lady behind honks, i look over the shoulder and there's an empty middle lane, and nobody behind her so i just keep talking. she procedes to try to pass and give hand mime gestures (points at her eyes and the road) and then stops at the light 100yards ahead. i pull up beside her and say "what were you trying to say?"
"you're lucky i didnt hit you. you cant ride side by side like that."

wtf?

I hate it when people do that.

I'd grumble about a weird run-in with a cabbie the other day but I'd have to explain the whole situation, blah blah... basically he was saying bike lane riders shouldn't pass taxicabs that are stuck in traffic because at any moment the doors could open into the bike lane. I thought cabs were supposed to pull into the bike lane to pick-up/drop-off, and riders have to wait behind or venture into traffic to pass, just like we wait behind buses (or pass). Am I wrong? Obv. if they can't move over due to stopped traffic then there is the risk that passengers open doors into the bike lane. Just like parked cars.

In any case the woman was definitely wrong.

Is there some sort of award we can give out to people who are able to magically create new traffic laws as they see fit?

How about the "Golden Sphincter Traffic Regulation Creativity " award?

Thank you for making me picture a gold-plated anus attached to a ribbon.

That was all you. The anus is only one of many sphincters in the human body.

I can't believe I just wikied sphincter.

That was all you. The anus is only one of many sphincters in the human body.

Last time I checked they all had similar scenery.

You shame the sphincter of Oddi (which is a better thing to be named after than the columns of Morgagni)

Thanks for making me spew coffee on the rug. Golden sphincter indeed.

Ordered from where? I actually just checked PBK for those last night and they were out of stock.


http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=Y1082

Black is out of stock but I ride red tires so...

... It was that sort of vibe. I was picturing hands touching while reaching for the same squash in the produce isle, the check-out line getting a bit cosier than normal, etc. It may have just been several hundred people all in a really good mood because spring is finally here, but something was definitely going on....



something in the water supply... it was an attempt to make drivers nice, which failed... but the side affects are nice :D







anyway, this summer (if im the country, yea chances to make money in Paris) i plan on finding out, and making, stickers that have text on the sticky side, with phrases like "DUMBASS" or "Have a nice day, moron". then on the other side "PLEASE KEY THIS CAR" or "******* DRIVER RIGHT HERE -->"

i just think it would be awesome to stick it on the window of a dangerous driver (like instead of punching it)


but... i dont think it will ever happen, as i am too lazy

That was all you. The anus is only one of many sphincters in the human body.

zing!

hey i just realized that there's going to be some bike racin' (http://www.torontocriterium.com/) on again downtown fairly soon. i haven't watched a race since the worlds in '03 - we should go check this out.

hey i just realized that there's going to be some bike racin' (http://www.torontocriterium.com/) on again downtown fairly soon. i haven't watched a race since the worlds in '03 - we should go check this out.

Totally! That'd be awesome, actually.

Speaking of which, I just pulled the data off my bike computer from yesterday's race. Apparently I hit 58km/h on my first lap on this longish open downhill. Yeehaw! How's that for a steel hardtail? :) I also hit 45km/h at the bottom of a really sketchy/twisty singletrack downhill, which I believe this picture sums up:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2105/2450887570_76f9fcbbd9.jpg

I was doing my best not to become "uncoupled".. eh, Keith? :P Too bad I was entirely uncoupled and didn't get to enjoy the ride more. ugh! Especially since Mansfield isn't open to regular riding anymore.

Ten points to Under the Weather for finishing and delivering my bag early! Anybody with one of these have any tips for perfect fit? It's pretty comfortable so far, but I have yet to ride for an extended period of time with it on.

Ok folks... any suggestions on the magical formula for setting up a Fox Float RL and an RP2?

I finally got around to watching There Will Be Blood. That final shot/line felt very much like a Stanley Kubrick moment.

omgomgomg package one has arrived, but i dont know which one it is!!! its like christmas, you have an idea, but you wont find out until morning!!

that bike race really does look awesome, and if im not mistaken, right near my work! so making it out there.

now i must clean the fine sand out of my chain and seat.

Yo critical masser's VIdeo from last friday compressed into 2.5 mins.

http://www.iamonstandby.com/critical_mass_480p.divx

10 threads that ****

Mansfield is pretty wicked eh Wes?

I finally got around to watching There Will Be Blood. That final shot/line felt very much like a Stanley Kubrick moment.

that and the entire opening scene. movie of the year.