Rides and Races - Toronto Fixed

Hey guys. Just wanted to let you know that I just became a dealer for IRO cycles. They have some interesting stuff.

I ordered a Cyclo Cross (Rob Roy) frame that I am going to build up fixed this season. Fenders, wide tires and the lot!

They have some good prices on cranks and such too. It's all 3/32" but still for the price its awesome.

Hey guys. Just wanted to let you know that I just became a dealer for IRO cycles. They have some interesting stuff.

I ordered a Cyclo Cross (Rob Roy) frame that I am going to build up fixed this season. Fenders, wide tires and the lot!

They have some good prices on cranks and such too. It's all 3/32" but still for the price its awesome.
Nice, good for you. I don't think I've ever seen an IRO up close before.... any idea what you will be selling the track frames for?

The Mark V Pro (which is the Track Frame with no cable bosses and such) will sell for $475. That's the most expensive frame. (comes with a fork too though, so still a pretty sweet deal)

The other frames all sell within $50 of this price as well...
Pretty reasonable really!

I just ordered in one of their fixed Cross Frames for myself..

Hey Operator, did you make it to the TBN ride on Sunday? I had to wimp out, I kind of tweaked my knee on the donut ride on saturday. Next weekend....

Yeah I made it out it was a pretty nice ride...! I ended up doing the 123km route, there was a 112 and a 145km option.

It was good except the 3 minute hail storm 8km from my house GG. Hehe. Come out to ... possibly next Saturdays ride. It starts at kipling station.

Also since we're with the TBN, we can volunteer on Sunday for the ride for heart (free lunch,t-shirt,ride), which is also the reason for no TBN rides on that day. Your knee should be good to go by then :D

Ok tomorrow's the day!! Where are you guys??
Hopefully I'll see some of you guys outside the Princes Gates at 7am! Lets keep our fingers crossed for no rain!

If anyone gets separated and still wants to meet for lunch/beer...We're planning on getting to "C'est What" between 1130am and noon...

Its at the Corner of CHURCH STREET and FRONT STREET (South East Side)

I should be there for 7. Depends how long the check in takes.

im going to check in AFTER meetung up with everyone

Sounds good. I'll be there for 7

funny...just went to find my sticker (the one you need to ride with)...
My wife threw it out...

I just rode over to 1255 Bay Street and got a new one...You can actually register and pick up your badge there too (BAY and YORKVILLE)....no lineups really...

I'm going to be volunteering with the TBN bike ambassador style (yeehaw!), I hope to meet you guys there at 7 as well before I head off.

I wish I can make it, but I am working this weekend, have fun guys, last year, I was able to ride with them, it was lots of fun specially the adrenalin rush going north of DVP...

I should be there for 7. Depends how long the check in takes.

hey guys.. how long do you think the line-ups are going to be? i can picture nightmarish... i'm supposed to meet some co-workers at 715am but i'll go earlier if i can avoid the crush. i was going to pick up a dozen assorted buns from kim moon for youse guys today for breakfast tomorrow but i wasn't able to make it.... i'll drop by the princess gates anyways and see if anyone's there.

FUZZ. I'm gona be there around 7.30. I woke up late. 2 hours late to be exact Anyways leaving now.

FUZZ. I'm gona be there around 7.30. I woke up late. 2 hours late to be exact Anyways leaving now.

CRAP! I am leaving soon...but if you get this...meet us afterwards between 1130am and noon at Cest What if you miss us this morning!!

I wish I can make it, but I am working this weekend, have fun guys, last year, I was able to ride with them, it was lots of fun specially the adrenalin rush going north of DVP...

Hell I just came back, it's SO HOT. Oh yeah, it was adrenaline rush both ways :D 34 degrees to be exact. Cavit8 and bikeophile: nice lunch! We should do more rides together!

Yeah great ride and terrific lunch! I really love that place :)
Gokiburi and Darkmother you guys missed a good lunch! Hope your rides went as well as ours! Even after years of doing this ride its still such a blast!

Hey Bikeophile, do you know if Keith has shipped my wheels yet? I'm looking forward to riding on those things!

Yeah great ride and terrific lunch! I really love that place :)
Gokiburi and Darkmother you guys missed a good lunch! Hope your rides went as well as ours! Even after years of doing this ride its still such a blast!

rob, sorry i couldn't hook up with you guys..it sounded like a tastylunch. the buddies i was supposed to meet up with STARTED drinking at 430am(!) and subsequently didn't hear their alarm so i ended up waiting an hour for them. i managed to get 6 people to ride but it took us about 20 minutes to get to the start line and it was about 930am by then. we weren't exactly peeling it down the highway and it was well past 1130am by the time we finished. wasn't rain in the forecast?? i think i saw a grand total of 2 fixies. great ride though!

Oh and uh, darkmother I think I saw you on the ride (I think it was you, just passing through the bridge/double arches. I couldn't catch up to you.

Oh and uh, darkmother I think I saw you on the ride (I think it was you, just passing through the bridge/double arches. I couldn't catch up to you.

Crappy. I thought I heard someone call my name around there too, but I didn't see you. Fun ride though, I wish they would close the DVP more often.

I only saw one fixie out there-I was on my road bike too, I had planned to do a longer ride, but changed my mind after I left my place.

On the donut ride on Saturday, some dude rode it on a brakeless track bike. The guy was an animal. Legs like a body builder, he pretty much hung with the lead group through all but the steepest uphills, and fastest downhills where he couldn't quite hang on. It was pretty impressive.

Yeah great ride and terrific lunch! I really love that place :)
Gokiburi and Darkmother you guys missed a good lunch! Hope your rides went as well as ours! Even after years of doing this ride its still such a blast!

what did you guys order?

hey ladies,

here are some pics from the ride-for-heart with my co workers. bikeophile, operator, cavit8, sorry again i couldn't make it out with you guys.. your lunch sounded great!

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hey ladies,

here are some pics from the ride-for-heart with my co workers. bikeophile, operator, cavit8, sorry again i couldn't make it out with you guys.. your lunch sounded great!

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oops.. i forgot something :p

http://robcaputi.blogspot.com/2005/06/becel-heart-stroke-ride-for-heart.html

Nice pics! I had the BUFFALO burger!! and we all had some Yam Fries!!

so who is who?

yam fries... dammmn... buffalo burger.. hot diggity. gettin hungry. i ride by c'est what on my way home all the time, now i'm thinking about poppin' in.

about the pics: that's me on the red sannino, and my two crazy co-workers, amro and rob, riding a fully-suspended giant, and trek hard tail respectively. some nice spin-out action on the northbound ramp when the gardiner merges into the dvp. i spotted a guy with a bloody shirt and blood dripping down his arm.. nice. rob, i kept peering into the oncoming lane expecting to see you guys (rob is recognizable for some reason) but no such luck. i saw a grand total of 2 fixed gears, a plethora of spandex-carbonium, 1 unicycle, and one of those "chopper-bikes". i spotted the guy on the chopper after the ride but wondered if he did the entire 50km on that thing. damn...

Yeah I saw the two guys on choppers, that was neat...!

yam fries... dammmn... buffalo burger.. hot diggity. gettin hungry. i ride by c'est what on my way home all the time, now i'm thinking about poppin' in.

about the pics: that's me on the red sannino, and my two crazy co-workers, amro and rob, riding a fully-suspended giant, and trek hard tail respectively. some nice spin-out action on the northbound ramp when the gardiner merges into the dvp. i spotted a guy with a bloody shirt and blood dripping down his arm.. nice. rob, i kept peering into the oncoming lane expecting to see you guys (rob is recognizable for some reason) but no such luck. i saw a grand total of 2 fixed gears, a plethora of spandex-carbonium, 1 unicycle, and one of those "chopper-bikes". i spotted the guy on the chopper after the ride but wondered if he did the entire 50km on that thing. damn...

Its funny that you say I am recognizable...A buddy of my lives at King and Strachan and saw me on the Gardiner from his bedroom! How freaky is that! He called me and left a message on my cell phone as I past by his building.

C'est What is definitely one of my favorite places. Its very relaxing in there...even when it gets busy. I like Fionn Macools (mostly for the Kilts) but the Oatmeal Stout at C'est What is definitely a good reason for an extra 50foot walk for me :)

so, who, who in the picture,I know Rob, he was not in the picture.

so, who, who in the picture,I know Rob, he was not in the picture.

Lol, only gokibuiri are in those pictures. There's 3 robs around right now. Confusing isn't it.

ok so I am Rob, Operator is Rob...Who else is Rob?

Im happy with Robbie...if that helps :)

The guy on the fixed on the Donut this past weekend is a long time messenger/racer. I wonder if the clown who said fixies were not welcome on the Donut was there. Prolly got his ass handed to him. NICE!!

so, who, who in the picture,I know Rob, he was not in the picture.

oops.. sorry for not clarifying.. i'm pretty sure neither of the robs you know are in the pics! both mofos are co-workers of mine, and neither ride fixed, however, both do make fun of me. not sure what the big deal is.

hey rob(bikeophile), haven't been to the fionn's on the esplanade.. but are the kilts there as good as the kilts at the fionn's on king??!!

bikeo, operator and cavit8: did you guys ride together the entire way? logistically, meeting up with larger groups is a pain.. everyone gets separated anyways.

I wonder if the clown who said fixies were not welcome on the Donut was there. Prolly got his ass handed to him. NICE!!


Could have been, hard to say. He's just trying to get a rise out of everyone. Who cares about guys like that? Why would you go on a group ride, then be so antisocial? Anyway, I'm going to ride it a few more times geared in the lead group before I try it fixed...riding in a pack of geared riders on my fixie is going to be a bit of a challenge.

cavernmech,
whoever said that,I am pretty sure that guy has never ridden the donut ride, I have seen guys last year a cyclist riding an MTB. So don't even think aboutthat guy who said that fixies are not welcome at the Donut ride, must be crazy.
Oscar



The guy on the fixed on the Donut this past weekend is a long time messenger/racer. I wonder if the clown who said fixies were not welcome on the Donut was there. Prolly got his ass handed to him. NICE!!

bikeo, operator and cavit8: did you guys ride together the entire way? logistically, meeting up with larger groups is a pain.. everyone gets separated anyways.

Funny you should ask that, bikeo hailed me down when I enetered the CNE grounds (I wasn't even expecting them as it was already 7:30). I remarked that I needed to get my volunteer gear so I headed over to the tent area and came back and never saw them again until lunch :D

I think cavit8 and bikeophile rode together though.

cavernmech,
whoever said that,I am pretty sure that guy has never ridden the donut ride, I have seen guys last year a cyclist riding an MTB. So don't even think aboutthat guy who said that fixies are not welcome at the Donut ride, must be crazy.
Oscar

Oh I bet the guy who posted that stuff was definitely a donut rider. If you ever check out www.canadiancyclist.com, you will see several folks who share is opinions as well. There are people on he donut who feel that the ride is for them alone, and not for those who are new to group riding, or on anything but a road bike. Although I don't agree with this comments I do know that he is not alone in his opinions.

and yep, Cavit8 and I did ride together pretty much the entire ride on Sunday. What an awesome day

Bikeophile,
well I have been riding with the group, and I can assure that the group is not an elistist group, , and with regards to the Canadian Cyclist website,I only visit the classified section and the international news but the forum never, the people there are very uptight, and the donut ride is really a mixture of wannabee pros, amatuer, oldies (like me) when you join the ride try going or start from the beginning , or have coffe at the Canadian Bagel shop, at Laird and Eglinton,you will meet the oldies having coffee before the ride, and you will only hear words of encouragement from them....I think Ihave seen Cavernmech, in one of the ride.
oscar



Oh I bet the guy who posted that stuff was definitely a donut rider. If you ever check out www.canadiancyclist.com, you will see several folks who share is opinions as well. There are people on he donut who feel that the ride is for them alone, and not for those who are new to group riding, or on anything but a road bike. Although I don't agree with this comments I do know that he is not alone in his opinions.

and yep, Cavit8 and I did ride together pretty much the entire ride on Sunday. What an awesome day

you will meet the oldies having coffee before the ride, and you will only hear words of encouragement from them....I think Ihave seen Cavernmech, in one of the ride.
oscar[/QUOTE]
Shurely you are not implying I am an old guy?.....Oh wait a minute....I am. :D

Bikeophile,
well I have been riding with the group, and I can assure that the group is not an elistist group, , and with regards to the Canadian Cyclist website,I only visit the classified section and the international news but the forum never, the people there are very uptight, and the donut ride is really a mixture of wannabee pros, amatuer, oldies (like me) when you join the ride try going or start from the beginning , or have coffe at the Canadian Bagel shop, at Laird and Eglinton,you will meet the oldies having coffee before the ride, and you will only hear words of encouragement from them....I think Ihave seen Cavernmech, in one of the ride.
oscar

Well that's good to hear...I've ridden with some of those guys in the past and had never had a bad experience, but from the Canadian Cyclist site (where you don't have to register a name) folks tend to be very venomous.

:)

Cavernmech,
no no no man, I don't mean it that, your like in your late 20's.
oscar



you will meet the oldies having coffee before the ride, and you will only hear words of encouragement from them....I think Ihave seen Cavernmech, in one of the ride.
oscar
Shurely you are not implying I am an old guy?.....Oh wait a minute....I am. :D[/QUOTE]

yes, that why I tend to shy away from that forum. know what after a hard day at work, I don't want to engage in a cyber war, I go to my computer go to bikeforums, read the news and play games, that is if the weather is nice, I ride my bike


Well that's good to hear...I've ridden with some of those guys in the past and had never had a bad experience, but from the Canadian Cyclist site (where you don't have to register a name) folks tend to be very venomous.

:)

no no no man, I don't mean it that, your like in your late 20's.
oscar

Awww...thats the nicest thing anyone has said to me all week. :)

cavernmech, is the bicyle wash still going on today?

no no no man, I don't mean it that, your like in your late 20's.
oscar

Awww...thats the nicest thing anyone has said to me all week. :)


That's awesome!!! If Cavernmech is in his 20's I am in highschool school!!! WAHOO!

Hey guys there's the naked ride at coronation park sat ? or sun? at 10am.
Also bikeophile do you sell any other hrms besides the ones on your site?

Hey guys there's the naked ride at coronation park sat ? or sun? at 10am.
Also bikeophile do you sell any other hrms besides the ones on your site?

I do sell the Timex Bodylink System as well...Let me know what you're looking for and I can see what I can do also...

Have a good one!
Rob

Bikeophile, Rob)
on your website, I think you miss placing your contact Phone number, or it is only me, that seems not to find your contact number, I was looking at your motorized Item, and I wanted to ask you a couple of question .
oscar

Bikeophile, Rob)
on your website, I think you miss placing your contact Phone number, or it is only me, that seems not to find your contact number, I was looking at your motorized Item, and I wanted to ask you a couple of question .
oscar

On the left hand side of our main page, there is a link to "CONTACT US"
On that link you will see our email AND our phone number.

Gimme a call anytime after 9am this morning...oh wait...its almost 9am now.. :)