Toronto Fixed
Yup
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: where the sunbeams end and the starlight begins
Posts: 3,084
Bikes: Kona Unit, planet X cx bike, khs fixed gear
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 9 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times
in
5 Posts
No Island trip for me. Working a BBQ Sunday.
So here is a fun story. Short version is my wife is in Kingston for the weekend, I come home with my folks, borrow moms car and get to my place only to discover I left all my keys in my car, which my wife has, in Kingston. So in the pouring rain I get the step ladder from under the proch, climb on the garage roof, set the ladder up, get on my balcony porch in the back of the house, set it up again, climb onto the 3rd floor roof and shimmy my way across to my rooftop door, which THANK GOD was unlocked. Fun times.
So here is a fun story. Short version is my wife is in Kingston for the weekend, I come home with my folks, borrow moms car and get to my place only to discover I left all my keys in my car, which my wife has, in Kingston. So in the pouring rain I get the step ladder from under the proch, climb on the garage roof, set the ladder up, get on my balcony porch in the back of the house, set it up again, climb onto the 3rd floor roof and shimmy my way across to my rooftop door, which THANK GOD was unlocked. Fun times.
__________________
When sadness fills my days
It's time to turn away
And then tomorrow's dreams
Become reality to me
When sadness fills my days
It's time to turn away
And then tomorrow's dreams
Become reality to me
In Velo Veritas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,013
Bikes: Menonite black urbanite, probably enough spare parts to make anther one.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
what is it about keys that can make life so inconvenient? glad to hear you got in alright in the end.
don't know if anyone else got caught in this rain; i can't remember the last time i was that wet than on my way home tonight. actually, once i was soaked it was kind of a nice experience riding in that downpour - all the sewer grates were overflowing and there were these rivulets of water running every which way all over bloor street and every time i rode up a hill i would look down and see all this water flowing towards me and feel like a spawning salmon flowing upstream then tilt my head back and get a mouth full of rain water and feel refreshed. and for a second forgetting about all the adult responsibilities and worries and just feeling the stupid fun like a kid again - good times.
don't know if anyone else got caught in this rain; i can't remember the last time i was that wet than on my way home tonight. actually, once i was soaked it was kind of a nice experience riding in that downpour - all the sewer grates were overflowing and there were these rivulets of water running every which way all over bloor street and every time i rode up a hill i would look down and see all this water flowing towards me and feel like a spawning salmon flowing upstream then tilt my head back and get a mouth full of rain water and feel refreshed. and for a second forgetting about all the adult responsibilities and worries and just feeling the stupid fun like a kid again - good times.
Raving looney
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Posts: 2,482
Bikes: 70s Leader Precision w/Shimano 600 (road), IRO Rob Roy (Fixed)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I was just getting to a buddies place at St Clair/Duff when the 'proper' rain started coming down, shortly after a tree half-broke on his street and we watched the really heavy stuff come down as well as all the lightning - fun times Glad I carried my waterproofs for the ride home
I'm about to head down to the island, see those of you there!
I'm about to head down to the island, see those of you there!
cab horn
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 28,353
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 42 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 25 Times
in
18 Posts
what is it about keys that can make life so inconvenient? glad to hear you got in alright in the end.
don't know if anyone else got caught in this rain; i can't remember the last time i was that wet than on my way home tonight. actually, once i was soaked it was kind of a nice experience riding in that downpour - all the sewer grates were overflowing and there were these rivulets of water running every which way all over bloor street and every time i rode up a hill i would look down and see all this water flowing towards me and feel like a spawning salmon flowing upstream then tilt my head back and get a mouth full of rain water and feel refreshed. and for a second forgetting about all the adult responsibilities and worries and just feeling the stupid fun like a kid again - good times.
don't know if anyone else got caught in this rain; i can't remember the last time i was that wet than on my way home tonight. actually, once i was soaked it was kind of a nice experience riding in that downpour - all the sewer grates were overflowing and there were these rivulets of water running every which way all over bloor street and every time i rode up a hill i would look down and see all this water flowing towards me and feel like a spawning salmon flowing upstream then tilt my head back and get a mouth full of rain water and feel refreshed. and for a second forgetting about all the adult responsibilities and worries and just feeling the stupid fun like a kid again - good times.
So I says to Mable I says
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Toronto
Posts: 4,947
Bikes: '05 Urbanite Fixie, '06 Lemond Croix de Fer, '06 Jamis Dragon Pro, '07 IRO Bikeforums Track, '07 Planet-X Uncle John
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Yeah, I did too. Clearly I should have just ponied up for the $25 wristband for CMWCs so I could hangout at the Steamwhistle Roundhouse. Although, like you said, it was kinda fun once I was soaked and/or warmed up. It was like riding through a 10km long puddle. Plus I rode down College St, which is closed to traffic. Straight down the middle, with hordes of people huddled under every awning/etc the whole way through Little Italy. I could feel hundreds of eyes staring at me in shock.
Senior Member
Are all the events for the CMWC held on the island? I'd like to check it out but have a pretty busy weekend planned, so something in-town would be perfect.
And yeah, that rain was nuts but damn, I love watching lightning.
And yeah, that rain was nuts but damn, I love watching lightning.
In Velo Veritas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,013
Bikes: Menonite black urbanite, probably enough spare parts to make anther one.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Yeah, I did too. Clearly I should have just ponied up for the $25 wristband for CMWCs so I could hangout at the Steamwhistle Roundhouse. Although, like you said, it was kinda fun once I was soaked and/or warmed up. It was like riding through a 10km long puddle. Plus I rode down College St, which is closed to traffic. Straight down the middle, with hordes of people huddled under every awning/etc the whole way through Little Italy. I could feel hundreds of eyes staring at me in shock.
In Velo Veritas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,013
Bikes: Menonite black urbanite, probably enough spare parts to make anther one.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Yeah, I did too. Clearly I should have just ponied up for the $25 wristband for CMWCs so I could hangout at the Steamwhistle Roundhouse. Although, like you said, it was kinda fun once I was soaked and/or warmed up. It was like riding through a 10km long puddle. Plus I rode down College St, which is closed to traffic. Straight down the middle, with hordes of people huddled under every awning/etc the whole way through Little Italy. I could feel hundreds of eyes staring at me in shock.
Call me The Breeze
Finally got around to installing new brake springs on the back of L'il hauler. Now I should be twice as fast without one pad rubbing! To compensate for that, I also installed a sweet purple ano booster
Don't smoke, Mike.
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,295
Bikes: Devinci Tosca, IRO Rob Roy
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Purple ano FTW. You two (Tam, not Derek) coming out to the island tomorrow?
is as Gurgus does.
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Otisburg
Posts: 910
Bikes: A whole bunch o' bikes.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I had my kids out with me in the bike trailer behind my Paddywagon after coming home from Port Dover last night. 70 pounds of kid+the trailer pulled by a fixed gear=great work out for dad. We went to the park and almost got caught in that torrential downpour. We got into our garage just as it came thunderin' down.
::3 o'clock roadblock::
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: reppin tha 416
Posts: 1,563
Bikes: IRO jaimie roy
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
::3 o'clock roadblock::
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: reppin tha 416
Posts: 1,563
Bikes: IRO jaimie roy
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
good show cav mech! out there with your crew like a well oiled (soiled?) machine!
cab horn
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 28,353
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 42 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 25 Times
in
18 Posts
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 64
Bikes: Trek 330 conversion 44/15
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Went to the island today. Absolutely amazing. Since I just got into riding fixed this was my first opportunity to see so many fixed gears (or nice bikes in general) in one place. My first trip to the island, too! What a great day. Definitely going back tomorrow.
Oh, ps- any blue jays fans here? I'm going to the 1:00pm game before the island. And I've got an extra ticket! PM me.
Oh, ps- any blue jays fans here? I'm going to the 1:00pm game before the island. And I've got an extra ticket! PM me.
No dice
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: St. Catharines, ON
Posts: 167
Bikes: Univega Arrowpace Fixed Gear Conversion, 2007 Specialized Allez Triple, 2008 Surly Long Haul Trucker
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
CMCW was lots of fun!
I was in a white polo w/ a grey under the weather bag and then a new racing striped up REload, and a green univega fixed gear, but I spent most of the day walking due to injury.
I was in a white polo w/ a grey under the weather bag and then a new racing striped up REload, and a green univega fixed gear, but I spent most of the day walking due to injury.
In Velo Veritas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,013
Bikes: Menonite black urbanite, probably enough spare parts to make anther one.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
i'm thinking of heading over to the island now to catch the sprints and maybe the skid competition now - anyone else heading there? if i'm not mistaken, it's at hanlan's point?
cab horn
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 28,353
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 42 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 25 Times
in
18 Posts
In Velo Veritas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,013
Bikes: Menonite black urbanite, probably enough spare parts to make anther one.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
i thought as much - actually i'll hold off for a bit to see if this pouring rain subsides...
cab horn
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Toronto
Posts: 28,353
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 42 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 25 Times
in
18 Posts
Senior Member
I just got back, it was fun and wet and the clouds were beautiful all afternoon. I guess I will start up a photo thread in the main forum. I would still be there but I hadda help a friend move.
So I says to Mable I says
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Toronto
Posts: 4,947
Bikes: '05 Urbanite Fixie, '06 Lemond Croix de Fer, '06 Jamis Dragon Pro, '07 IRO Bikeforums Track, '07 Planet-X Uncle John
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Dude.. you're like polkaroo. I can actually see myself in some of your photos of the start.
Senior Member
Heh, weird, I was only there for about an hour and a half and most of that was during the rain. Plus, I don't know everyone from the forums, I have met about 10 people now. I was on my all-black road bike with the fruity pink handlebar tape. Someone handed me a route for a huge ride on Tuesday and I think I will be able to make it, we shall see.
Dunno what happened to my photobucket pics, I started a thread in the main forum though and they are still working, although my photography skills bite.
Dunno what happened to my photobucket pics, I started a thread in the main forum though and they are still working, although my photography skills bite.