Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Ride for Charlie was very nice, a nice relaxed ride out with a few hammery bits, Matt toasted the fallen from the tallboy and we passed it around until it was gone.

^^^ for those of you who missed it.

What length BB should I get for my GT? I was running an old mountain bike BB and it was fine but one of the cups was plastic and it broke on me last week. 103mm seems to be pretty standard but I have also seen 107mm ones out there, what do y'all use?

If you have weed, roll a blunt and check out channel nine,

MR T is pawning the flavourwave oven!!!! YES.

What length BB should I get for my GT? I was running an old mountain bike BB and it was fine but one of the cups was plastic and it broke on me last week. 103mm seems to be pretty standard but I have also seen 107mm ones out there, what do y'all use?

If you're using the same crank set, then get the same size BB.
One doesn't want to be fooling with chain-ring spacers;
Not too many anyway..

Maybe upgrade to a UN72 with a metal cup.
I'm pretty sure they have a metal cup.

I likez teh sealed BBs.

Gawd, what a horrible day to be on the road traffic-wise.

I've spent the last couple of days stripping the paint on the IRO frame I got last week and readying it for a repaint. I think Noah will get the nod on this as well, as I want the old bars I have done at the same time. I'm in no rush to finish building it anyway.

In other news, my Nagasawa arrived today up north! I work the weekend (gotta keep the power flowing to Ontario), but can go pick it up maybe Tuesday. I'll be riding it by Wednesday. I'm stoked!

Yay for rain... heh. Was about to head into the core for dinner when it just opened right up, so I decided to assign it to Captain ****.it and go for a walk instead.

Pretty much snapped my brake cable last night, so I've been cautiously riding around effectively brakeless - definitely keeps you on your toes not having that safety net ;) Need to check my lever->cable bridge angles and see why it frayed/wore through in the first place. Bike's taking a beating anyway - done a tad over 500k in the last 10 days :eek:

For those still interested in the Mean Streets 200k...



This is the last call for the Mean Streets 200km brevet on Sunday August 31, 2008. Any one interesting is coming out Sunday please drop me a message.

The ride starts at 8:00am sharp at Allenby Public School located at Avenue Road and Castlefield. There is a parking lot right on Avenue road that we have used in the past. Please arrive by 7:45 so we have time for all the fun administrative stuff. As with all brevets please make sure you wear your helmet, have front and rear lights and that you have a safety vest or sash. Back up lights are recommended.

vainglorious, I won't be able to ride up tomorrow as I'm helping a buddy move house - would you want to do that ride on Monday? If not, we can go another weekend.

I crown myself the "Leader of Dumbass's"

I have a skill of not picking up on hints from girls... Anyways, went on what i though was old friends catching up, turned out to be more of a date (which i only realized on my ride home).

Instead of a story, i have decided to write the pros and cons of tonight.

Pro's:

Got to catch up with a good looking girl.

Con's:

Wore normal clothes rather then cleaning up a bit.
Rode in the rain without the riding jacket (which was apparently in my bag).
Didn't bring enough money for her ticket or food.
Missed all the, now blatant, moves that she made.
(heres a good one) Thought her putting her arm on mine on the armrest meant she wanted me to move my arm.
Missed the "Goodnight" kiss, thinking it was a hug.

and a bike related one.

Ran a stop sign behind a cop, then turned off the lights and raced through the neighborhood running away... although when it passed me a couple minutes later (i stopped at a stop sign and it rolled past) i saw it was only a parking cop.


*sits down in the corner facing the wall*

hey don't worry stuart. us girls are surprisingly forgiving -- they are after all usually haplessly straightforward about these things (edit: err, men that is). if she was interested tonight i'm sure she'll be up for it again if you ask her out for the second.

Woo! Special trea: I got invited to spend the day on a 50' vintage yacht today :)
Airshow and lake cruise FTW!

:lol: Us men are notoriously dense in that regard many many times in our lives.

Yep, I don't know anything about women and/or the signs that I am supposed to understand.

hey don't worry stuart. us girls are surprisingly forgiving -- they are after all usually haplessly straightforward about these things (edit: err, men that is). if she was interested tonight i'm sure she'll be up for it again if you ask her out for the second.

not :cry:

I crown myself the "Leader of Dumbass's"

*sits down in the corner facing the wall*

stu, that's awesome. i wouldn't even worry about it.
consider it ... playing hard to get! bwahahahahahaha




vainglorious, I won't be able to ride up tomorrow as I'm helping a buddy move house - would you want to do that ride on Monday? If not, we can go another weekend.

no worries, amigo.. i got roped into something on monday, but we can definitely try another weekend. i'm gonna give it a go early tomorrow morning though, cos i wanna see if i can pull it off.



In other news, my Nagasawa arrived today up north! I work the weekend (gotta keep the power flowing to Ontario), but can go pick it up maybe Tuesday. I'll be riding it by Wednesday. I'm stoked!

sweetness, glad it arrived. tracking down one of those bad boys in the colour/size that i'm interested in is turning out to be pretty tough..

I hope this isn't anyone we know but someone's IRO got pinched. Black frame with a white deep-V up front and a silver wheel in the back.

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/820184900.html

Great recipe for chicken, salad, and jello!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPraKwW98yY

Great recipe for chicken, salad, and jello!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPraKwW98yY

Ah,The Merrill Howard Kalin Cooking Show, been awhile since I've watched that. At one point I thought about showing it to mhy students. Public television at its finest. Got to love the salad made on the raw chicken slime.

RIP Merrill. Your James Brown impression was, well, something.

*sits down in the corner facing the wall*

Hahaha, nice one. :) While you may feel like a dumbass now it's an easy situation to rebound from. Call her up and try again for realsies.

made it from danforth/woodbine to north of 7/mccowan in about 1.5hrs on the fixed.. wasn't too bad of a ride, but i had a really early start. leg muscles are okay, but damn my knees are a little sore.

made it from danforth/woodbine to north of 7/mccowan in about 1.5hrs on the fixed.. wasn't too bad of a ride, but i had a really early start. leg muscles are okay, but damn my knees are a little sore.

Nice, sorry I couldn't come today - I ended up missing the start of the Mean Streets ride (moving my buddy went WAY too late - didn't get in until 1).

Anyone up for a ride? I was thinking of heading up to Lake Wilcox to get at least /some/ km's in.

Looks like I'm going to go play Laserquest in the east at least for now, if anyone wants to ride TXT me on (6) --- two-neuf-se7en three se7en cinq, 5. I'm up for distance/speed or a slow roll.

:D thanks for the advice guys/gals



anyone up for a mountain don ride tomorrow?


i feel like seeing what else i can break on my misfit :D




when your eating oreos, stop at the first row... by the second one you just feel sick, and when your partway through the third, you want to go back in time and not have eaten them

by tomorrow i mean today as well if anyone is up for it

It is not a nice feeling when your saddle breaks on a pothole and the top of the seatpost rams your taint.

It is not a nice feeling when your saddle breaks on a pothole and the top of the seatpost rams your taint.

*insert joke about seat post, and grease here*


:D

no but seriously folks, lets hit the don tomorrow :D

theres got to be someone else who isnt at work!

no but seriously folks, lets hit the don tomorrow :D

theres got to be someone else who isnt at work!

Get a job, long hair!

Saw a dude running a coaster brake on a track frame yesterday. It had bmx risers mounted upside down so the only riding position he had was extreme aero (his hands were almost level with the top of his wheels) and he hopped on college, did a mad dash sprint from Spadina to Kensington, then got off his bike...

Weird ass bike setup. Looked clean but riding it had to suck

i would think the riding position that forces would make it hard to use a coaster brake very effectively. countdown to that rider losing all of his teeth. . .

well i'm not working tomorrow but i don't have a mountain bike.

for the first time in a while i went to the cottage without a bike - went fishing instead and caught a bass, which was more of a thrill than i expected. i wish there was a place to fish in toronto...

well i'm not working tomorrow but i don't have a mountain bike.

for the first time in a while i went to the cottage without a bike - went fishing instead and caught a bass, which was more of a thrill than i expected. i wish there was a place to fish in toronto...

Lots of places to fish (http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/STEL02_163569.pdf) in T.O.

Yeah, lots of places to fish in Toronto, but you can't eat any of it so it's kind of a moot point.

thank god nobody wanted to go riding, im sick today....


long hair... psshhh 2 years late bud.. 2 years late

Video of Singlespeed World Championship insanity from Dirt Rag Magazine: http://is.gd/27DJ

Didn't spot myself in there though.. :)

I had an amazing ride today. Set out NW at noon, then went all out and ended up doing about 110km through Caledon East and back in 78GI on the Capo. On the way back down Mountainview Rd. I drafted a friendly roadie riding some sick GT. Would have done this ride on the road bike - alas, it's in the shop.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2225595

Midweek club goes to the velodrome: http://midweekclub.ca/index.php/midweek-monthly-road-trip-to-the-track/

Nice opportunity for those who haven't made it out there yet.. especially those without cars.

^^ damn, no cash for tarck rentals.

I have successfully moved! Hooray! And I used the Miele in full touring mode (with her shiny new brooks) for a token run of 70 pounds of assorted crap. She handles like a dream even when shes fully loaded. Kergin, you still rock.

So in serendipitous news, the new apartment comes with deck, kitchen, a big living space, and a rusted and cobwebbed but salvageable Raleigh road bike, with upright bars, vinyl brooks, and SA Dynohub front, 3speed back. All completely original, with a vinyl brooks saddle bag even, in that fugly Raleigh green. Ah I love this weekend, the karma train is going at full speed.

And Stuart, good on you! Date two should be fun ;). Id join you in the Don, but I decided to let my wrists heal and have put the trail bike in storage for the time being. I didnt feel like moving with it and it has more issues than my girlfriend. (snap!)

isnt your bike a SS?

SS never give anyone trouble didn't'cha'know? BAHAHAHAHAHA *goes to check headset on bike*

well, today has sucked.

flight from venice to atlanta, and supposed to have a connection from atlanta to toronto.
the flight from venice, just as we're about to take off, after being delayed an hour, is pulled back in to have a repair on a valve for the a/c. it was supposed to take 15 minutes, but 4 hours later we ended up moving. because fo the repair, they had to fly lower and slower than usual.

long story short, i boarded the plane at 7:15am our time, and got off the plane at 11pm our time.
now have a comp hotel room and the connection is not until tomorrow morning.


cant wait for this weeks dsr ride.

wes how did you stand that vacation? riding bikes and drinking beer the whole time? actually i think that is my vision of paradise (with the wife in there somewhere - ie manning the cooler- of course).

wes how did you stand that vacation? riding bikes and drinking beer the whole time? actually i think that is my vision of paradise (with the wife in there somewhere - ie manning the cooler- of course).

Not to mention eating a great combination of crappy (in the good, greasy way) fast-food/mexican and snooty food (both at the Palace Hotel in SF and Azzurro in Napa)... meeting amazing people (both web nerds at the conference early in the week, and bike nerds at SSWCs)... and just the joy of travelling to new places.

Not sure if I've mentioned this already, but the SSWCs are going to be in Durango next year. I'm going to keep on you guys to try and get a good Toronto representation there next year. Everyone who doesn't already have a mtb, get one!

ps. come ride bikes and/or drink coffee with me sometime, damn you!

Not to mention eating a great combination of crappy (in the good, greasy way) fast-food/mexican and snooty food (both at the Palace Hotel in SF and Azzurro in Napa)... meeting amazing people (both web nerds at the conference early in the week, and bike nerds at SSWCs)... and just the joy of travelling to new places.

Not sure if I've mentioned this already, but the SSWCs are going to be in Durango next year. I'm going to keep on you guys to try and get a good Toronto representation there next year. Everyone who doesn't already have a mtb, get one!

ps. come ride bikes and/or drink coffee with me sometime, damn you!

mmmm.....coffee.....

Vintage Bianchi Celeste Road Bike - $1150

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/823723784.html

It has Campagnolo parts, so how can it not be worth $1150?

Ouch Pyze, that's just NOT a pretty image in any form... Has your new saddle arrived to replace?

Re: Brooks, I screwed up and missed the sale at Nashbar, anyone know of a cheap deal for them? Best I've found is $79.99 and I said I'd get one for my buddy before I ended up gaining another year and losing my sobriety on Sunday in the process. Birthday booze 1 - 0 Bargain Brooks FTL :(

Another great summation of SSWCs from HTATBL: http://www.howtoavoidthebummerlife.com/weblog/archives/2008/08/the_good_the_bad_and_the_very.html

My buddy Chris even made the rad-call rockin' his Swobo w/ Coaster brake:

http://www.howtoavoidthebummerlife.com/weblog/archives/canukgetsradonhisfolsom.jpg

Vintage Bianchi Celeste Road Bike - $1150

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/823723784.html

It has Campagnolo parts, so how can it not be worth $1150?

It cost me about half of that to build my similarly equipped Guerciotti! I ended up putting more into it when I put some fancier stuff on it like a carbon seatpost and whatnot, but originally it was basically a Victory group which that looks like. Really nice bike but that price is TOO much. Even with my "fancy" upgrades the bike still was well under that.

Anytime you're asking for over a thousand dollars for a bike on CL, in my opinion you need some nice photos of the parts on the bike. It's also nice when you write the size of the bike... :)

someone scoop up this wheelset (http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/823694616.html); it must be for a funny bike. how else do you explain the 24" front wheel?

rode the gardin to work today!

woo ha!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2823175868_3b742b6073_b.jpg

Damn dude, that bike is so tight it can trackstand itself....

rode the gardin to work today!

woo ha!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/2823175868_3b742b6073_b.jpg

b'dass.