TRaffic Jammer

PFUNK!?! Where!!! Do tell!!!

somnambulant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park

TRaffic Jammer

42.50... ouch!!

iherald

Has anyone seen that show Rob & Big on MTV? It's sort of lame, but it always makes me laugh. Anyway, this week's episode was the boys going to some bar where they race turtles. It made me want a bar like that in Toronto.

MattRennick

i like turtles.

I_bRAD

I'm not! I'm gonna have a SS mtb. I figured out a way to get 75" if I think the 68 is too small (assuming the cranks I have in mind clear my chainstays)

MattRennick

"you should get a medal and a parade because you took out a tree hugger, a bicyclist, a Frenchman and a gay guy all in one shot."

Flimflam

"Arrington's blood-alcohol content was .156 percent, nearly double Arizona's .08 legal limit. She had been driving on a suspended license for a prior DUI."

Awesome, that punishment worked well here!

Awful story, but nice to read she's been sent down for a while. Crazy whackjob lady.

jet sanchEz

Sad, she has killed someone and not learned anything and will be out on parole in just a couple of years, ready to mow down another "tree-hugger".

somnambulant

Did anyone else hear about this new automobile-dependency study from Stats Can? I thought it was pretty surprising, not to mention depressing.

Here's a story: https://www.nationalpost.com/news/can...html?id=256918

And more: https://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&ned...ncl=1126747487

I_bRAD

Yeah, I read it while I was stuck on the Gardiner this morning.

exhibitx

+1

LordFoo

*rim shot*

Depressing anecdote: I was riding the Queen streetcar westbound yesterday & overheard a concerned woman (who was taking her kid to the ROM) asking the driver about where to get off for the subway. Being that I'm a nice guy, and was also heading northbound on the University line, I showed her where to get off the streetcar/onto the subway/how to use transfers/etc. I asked her where she was from and how long she was in town for, and she replied: "I've lived in the Beaches for 10 years.. but I drive everywhere. My kid wanted to ride the streetcar for fun."

It was her FIRST time using public transit in the city.

TRaffic Jammer

While I am trying to be more positive this year and not so cynical.... maybe when she gets out she'll get loaded and hug a tree.... with her car.

Flimflam

Surprising to read that bike/ped numbers went down, it's constantly surprising how many bikes are out there in whatever weather here in the city.

What a bummer overall though, I do understand the need for a vehicle but still... the sprawl and perception of cycling here in the city is a big factor - a lot of my non-cycling friends really think it's too dangerous to ride on the roads here and I don't blame them for thinking that sometimes, it can be intimidating out there with legions of seemingly dimwitted/poorly qualified drivers chomping at the bit to get to the next red light/stop sign.

jet sanchEz

Yeah, many of my friends have the same views, that it is too difficult to ride a bike in this city. Over the past 4 years or so I have bought many cheap bikes, fixed them up and given them away to friends, family members, significant others and co-workers. Probably close to 20 bikes now. They all love cycling but most of them stay to the cycling trails or the park system, feeling it it too dangerous to be out on the streets.

I_bRAD

It gets a bad rap and it's a controversial topic I think, but CM would be a great thing for new riders to attend to see and meet the others out there and realize there's just a lot of "regular" folks out and about every day and that everyone on the streets isn't some rebel from beyond the Thunderdome. Too bad the same bad rap prevents a lot of those people from coming out.

Also, CM is tomorrow

operator

Because fixed gear lets you pedal squares and you get lazy at the 11'oclock position whereas a roadbike does not let you get away with this.

/goes to watch Road to Paris

Flimflam

Agreed there Brad, works in both ways sadly - I think some of my friends are even intimidated by the "hardcore" cyclist image, too - the lycra/jerseys and flashy bikes, etc. I just wish people would ride more, I've offered many times that I'll ride anywhere anytime schedules permitting, but I think I intimidate them myself too because they feel that they'd be slowing me down or see how much I ride and get discouraged, etc. despite me saying it's all about the fun of riding. I'm hoping I can get one of my more active friends out more, she's just worried about the roads - so maybe I'll take her on the trails.

I hope to be at CM tomorrow, I'll have to haul ass as I'm picking my little one up, but I hope to be there, trailer and all.

Off hand comment: surprised that the roads in High Park are in better shape than my own street, all nicely cleared and ice/crap free, heh. From the time I got there including an hour+ workout and getting back to the bike and accessories loaded back up, there were a couple/few people looking for a dog that must've run loose in the park - I do hope they find the poor thing :/

cavit8

Note to Kol Klink. I am sick like dog and can not drop off the frame tomorrow as planned!

Danhalen

Haha

somnambulant

Clearly there's going to be some sort of bowling competition at this year's SSWCs. I got that one in the bag! (no balls pun intended)

https://sswc08.blogspot.com/2008/01/w...and-balls.html

I_bRAD

They have some pretty funny stuff over there

LMAO on this one, Human Tetris:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_QL...eature=related

somnambulant

UPS can suck my sweaty ballsack.

$350 of goods from the states = $182 duties. Package refused.

TRaffic Jammer

Ouch..... back to the neither worlds of the back of the brown truck.