Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

What kind of freak is that?

so i'm flipping through now and come across a full page spread of the upcoming tool (????!?!?!?!?) concert. tickets are on sale at 10am friday it says...... **** THAT'S TODAY. and of course it's sold out. $66.66 all seats. but no general admission. and it's at the hummingbird centre. you know you're getting old when you're playing at the hummingbird centre.
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Jet: CBN Bikeswap http://tinyurl.com/ku7zn

Thanks. I wonder how the prices will be.....good or gouging? I've never been to one of these before, I am kinda excited.

so i'm flipping through now and come across a full page spread of the upcoming tool (????!?!?!?!?) concert. tickets are on sale at 10am friday it says...... **** THAT'S TODAY. and of course it's sold out. $66.66 all seats. but no general admission. and it's at the hummingbird centre. you know you're getting old when you're playing at the hummingbird centre.
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Bjork did a show there ... amaaazing.
Marilyn Manson did a show there as well ... seems to be a nice venue that caters to all sorts.

As far as the Tool show is concerned, if this was back just after the release of Aenima I would be ****ting myself to get a pair of tickets. Unfortunately, 10,000 Days has pretty much solidified them in my mind as nothing more than "stoner metal." Maybe if they agreed to not play any new crap. ;)

That sucks. I grew up right around there. I wonder how it went down, Briar Hill is a side street with minimal traffic.

Me too... Allenby grad?

I know I know, that post was 3 years ago.

Yeah man, keep up.

Jet. No idea on pricing. I'll be there helping price stuff. The stuff I'm taking will vary from dirt cheap to reasonable. I'm debating taking a set of double straps, but they will be priced for poseurs. :D

*dr evil voice* One MIILion dollars

Can someone straigten out when all these sales are happening?

Hrm ... tricky.

CBN Bike Swap is open to buyers at 10am ... and I have to be at work at 10:30am. That gives me about 15 minutes to browse and pay before humping my ass over to Queen and Pape. Cavit8, how strictly do you think that 10am starting time will be enforced?

Ok i'm going to come downtown for this. 10am gosh :/

you guys is kwazy.

The one thing i would expect to get at the CBN thing is WET (hope not) waiting to get in. last time i went guess i got there late cause when i walked through, there was not much there (left).
I hope to hit there early as long as cats & dogs are not landing on me anything less than that i'm there.
Cheers

If this is in the parking lot or whatever, I take it I can just walk my bike along w/ me as I power shop?

Hrm ... maybe I should show up early and drop some beaters off to sell.

Its interesting to watch you guys talk..

so far I learned that..

1) You all like bikes. All kinds of bikes, which is good.

2) Your the least poser-ish of the pile of people on here. None of you seem to care wheter something might be construed as cool or uncool.

3) You like to drink and eat alot. Drinking ill pass on, eating hmm perhaps Ill join you at some point.

4) New words ilke cagers? what is a cager? Sounds like someone in a car. or motor vehicle

5) You like the word ******. May I suggest other off shoots of the word.
******mania, Dr of ******-ology, ****** aholic, ******-centric, double******, etc etc...

6) You like deals.. I dont know if any of you guys are catchng some of the sales im posting. Im trying to locate some fixie stuff at a good price, as well as a deal on tires.

In any case thanks for reminding me why I am still here in toronto.....

ciao for now

-polly

I don't think I'm going to brave the wet weather for the swap this morning. Good luck guys!


ps. I'm still on a messenger backpack hunt. If anyone spots a chrome or reload pack, let me know. I've checked out the Ortleib, and while they seem solid, they aren't really what I want. I need more pockets to organize all my crap. :)

Speaking of reload, has anyone ever seen any reload stuff in the city? I don't recall ever seeing anything -- either in a store, or on a person.

I think Curbside up on Bloor sells Chrome stuff ... nothing's ringing any bells though for RELoad gear.

Just (win the lottery and) spring for a PAC w/ the X-Strap option. Broke-ass ... double****** chump. ;)

so who is hitting up this bike swap? I'm looking out the window and it looks like it might possibly be raining or something.

Its time for expand your vocabulary:
Todays word is DRAFTQUEEN: Name given to those that choose to ride behind you in a long ride, then zip out in front of you in the last few clicks.

Good use of the word double****** eyefloater

Try using "****** in training" in a phrase

Shinaz: Its definitely raining. I think I will go check out the sale, if I can swing it with my schedule. Ill be in a long blue leather trenchcoat, and black cocotte courier bag with zoom media on it. Wonder if anyone is donating a c 40.

Thats reminds me of another new word. ******-40, slang for colnago c 40.

Does anyone know how to pull a picture out of an EXCEL file?

Ive started getting some secret sample pics from the land of the rising sun and felt I should share and get some feedback.

-polly

EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY
Few phrases
5 easy ******s : kind of like 5 easy pieces the clint eastwood movie. Could refer to something easy to do, or a bunch of easy to do things.

******ball in the side pocket: You can say this when you make a good score like a c-40 for $20 or a vintage track frame for $10. You cant say this in front of the seller though, but you can say it under your breath or later as you are walking away. Or you later when you can tell your friends you can say " ya he wanted $50. I offered him $20.. ya it was great man totally a ******ball in the sidepocket.

******mobile: This would be a word to describe a vehicle of someone you have strong dislike for ie .. here comes johnny riding his ******mobile. Or that bike is a real ****** mobile. Not to be confused with the batmobile... actually on that note

Batmobile: You could say this when you really like someones bike, example Hey man your bike is tricked out like the batmobile, or man your bike is a real batmobile. Can not be used a durogatory term.

Jokermobile: You can use this to describe a bike so funny looking just the site of it makes you spit your drink out from laughter. Example "hey man I saw a real jokermobile at the bikeswap on sunday.

Uh, I just realized that today (saturday), is the 22nd of April. The bike swap is on the 23rd (sunday). Talk about blind leading the blind.

The bike swap is Sunday April 23/06 10:00am not today (Saturday April 22/06) for the people who are not paying attention.
Cheers

argh.. just woke up. i wonder if there's anything left there... plus it's raining........hmm, maybe the rain will keep away the other bargain hunters!
paul: drinking, eating, and bikes. all good in no particular order.

Hey don't sweat it, it'll still be raining tomorrow. I think I may swing by there and see if I can find some new not too costly toys to play with.

****** leading the ******

SHIZTER might be rain tommorow, beat you the deals are better if it does!!

drinking, eating, and bikes. all good in no particular order.

You left out ******s..

Me too... Allenby grad?

I know I know, that post was 3 years ago.

Yeah, I was. Loooooong time ago though.

Re the sale

Maybe we need to run some block and intercept. Im prepared to tackle old dudes for shiny campy trinkets, n.o.s. this old dude...

I went to one mec sale.. pretty hurting it was. Not sure if that was my timing or, some act of god. Stuff had cobwebs on it. Few old hurting ******mobile tandems, and other such jokermobiles. Not a batmobile in sight.. "pout".

Clothing that some rock climber died in...

Draftqueen. I like.

Am I a DQ if I do it to a TTC bus?

Drafting a bus doesnt count so dont worry about that.

Im going to come with name for those.. road whales or.. something.

Double red monty: Ok this is when you are at the light. Its red for you, and on your left and right you have streetcars stopped and loading. You can scoot through the light quickly.

Fooling officer tom: Ok this I only did once. I never heard of anyone else do it. I was going down the street wrong way down a one way. The officer points this out to me, I say ill ride on the sidewalk then. He smiles and says ok no problem.. uh someone needs to reread the law book.

More later

Does anyone know how to pull a picture out of an EXCEL file?

Select the picture in Excell.
copy
open paint or photoshop
new document
paste

The bike swap is Sunday April 23/06 10:00am not today (Saturday April 22/06) for the people who are not paying attention.
Cheers

Why didn't anyone tell me

drinking, eating, and bikes. all good in no particular order.

You left out ******s..

hah.. nice

edit: "******-factor" or "******-quotient" <- for ****** content

Does anyone want a size small black protec skate helmet for free? I bought it a few months ago but haven't used it at all because it fits my head funny. Anyone?

I'd need at least two small helmets to fit my giant mellon. ;)

somnambulant:

"We have the ******-nology." Quote oscar gold****** six-million ****** circa 1970

rofd (rolling on the floor douching)

rofd (rolling on the floor douching)

Aww for ****'s sake, man.

this [****** thing] is getting out of hand. is no one going to reference bill and ted's excellent adventure!?

if tomorrow's weather is like today's, i'm going to skip my usual long ride in favour of attending the swap. if anyone else is interested in meeting for coffee first, holla.

oh yeah, i just won the auction for this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7234876581&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1)

i know it's huge and i know it's pink but i'm man enough to pull it off, son. i'm thinking it'll be a ghetto commuter with some crazy riser bars and such. design ideas appreciated.

Forecast not cool for tomorrow. I'm thinking pink anodized phil wood hubs and some more pink stuff to go with it. Maybe a pink helmet.

[QUOTE=jeremywhitehorn]this [****** thing] is getting out of hand. is no one going to reference bill and ted's excellent adventure!?

Sorry im drawing a blank.. Never even heard of that movie, is it anything like Bill and teds ******-llent adventure?

Yes the swap.. im wondering about line up..or even camping out.. I know people that did that for the banff sale. Funny thing is I used to go the night before and get first pick (a-ha)

Nice frame jeremy, what are they gouging you to ship it?

you should get something like these handlebars (http://cgi.ebay.com/CW-Freestyle-Old-School-BMX-Handlebars-for-Hutch-BMX_W0QQitemZ7236045260QQcategoryZ64644QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) with a deep drop stem and funky grips. Also a sparkly saddle and fluted cranks would be sweet.

Operator how trendy you are, didnt you know that pink is the new black?

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"****** berry fields forever" the ******s 1965 recorded in ******ster england

[QUOTE=jeremywhitehorn]this [****** thing] is getting out of hand. is no one going to reference bill and ted's excellent adventure!?

Sorry im drawing a blank.. Never even heard of that movie, is it anything like Bill and teds ******-llent adventure?

Yes the swap.. im wondering about line up..or even camping out.. I know people that did that for the banff sale. Funny thing is I used to go the night before and get first pick (a-ha)

Nice frame jeremy, what are they gouging you to ship it?

not sure yet but the seller says he only charges actual shipping costs (ie. no $30
packing fee" or whatever).

[QUOTE=paul_in_toronto]

not sure yet but the seller says he only charges actual shipping costs (ie. no $30
packing fee" or whatever).

Souds lke one of the good guys then. When I rediscovered Action figures I went nuts buying stuff off of ebay as faraway as australia (transformer toy still original packaging). One guy from the states however screwed me. He stuck the items in a huge box, it could have fit a box 1/4 the size.

In any case. I had a few tricks when getting stuff from the states, not everyone wants to play ball though.
If you can get them to write GIFT no value on the package, or value $15 as I believe anything under $20 is free of handling fee and tax. It can also be a sample, it can also be a warranty item. Any of these are clear of taxes and handling fees.

As for taking care of your frame. Aluminum foil shiny side is good for removing some rust. A bit of linseed oil poured inside your frame and sloshed around helps protect the tubes.

if tomorrow's weather is like today's, i'm going to skip my usual long ride in favour of attending the swap. if anyone else is interested in meeting for coffee first, holla.

I'd be up for that. Let me know when/where. I'd be up for going for a shorter ride or laps someplace before or after the swap as well.

ps. free coffee at Starbucks today if you bring your own cup (for Earth Day).

I'd be up for that. Let me know when/where. I'd be up for going for a shorter ride or laps someplace before or after the swap as well.

ps. free coffee at Starbucks today if you bring your own cup (for Earth Day).

Starbucks is evil - queue the greenpeace *****s.
Do you guys want to meet up before the swap meet starts? How about 10 at Moon Bean? (Note i'm going to be GTA passing it if it's wet or rainy).

Starbucks is evil - queue the greenpeace *****s.
Do you guys want to meet up before the swap meet starts? How about 10 at Moon Bean? (Note i'm going to be GTA passing it if it's wet or rainy).

Perhaps, but it's still decent quality free coffee. I'm also an espresso ***** and they're the only chain coffee place that can (on average) pull a proper cup I find. Given the choice between a chain and an indie shop that does espresso, the choice will always be the indie (unless I've had a bad shot there :P). I haven't found anywhere else within a couple blocks of my house that is consistent.

Also, yes, before the swap. I'm fairly certain it's going to be rainy though, but that's not going to stop me. I feel the need to stretch my legs. I'm not even *that* interested in the swap, I just want to get out on the bike for a bit.

Ok 8:30 is the earliest, unless I leave like now. Wait it starts at 9 right?

I'll be there at 9-something ... hopefully getting in early so i can power shop before work.