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Old 04-03-06, 05:21 PM
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I'd be down for helping out with the track
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Old 04-03-06, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 32flavours
So will you be out next time, Operator?
You need to tell me at least 1.5 hours beforehand if it's going to happen.
I live in the boond0cks.
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Old 04-03-06, 07:41 PM
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Thank you double post server gayness.
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Old 04-03-06, 10:15 PM
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stupid ebay! someone scooped up the frame i wanted from under me at the last second. curses!

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1
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Old 04-03-06, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
stupid ebay! someone scooped up the frame i wanted from under me at the last second. curses!

https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1
that's how ebay works..i only bid in the last 1 minute of bidding. anyway, there'll be plenty more this spring. all you lost out on was a beater serotta... not sure those aer the serottas to get

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Old 04-03-06, 11:23 PM
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In case any of you guys are interested we've got our show happening up at Yonge and St. Clair on saturday evening. There will be beautiful young people, art, music and alcohol. More spirited art viewing will be beginning around 8pm I suppose... Hope to see you there!
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Old 04-04-06, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
stupid ebay! someone scooped up the frame i wanted from under me at the last second. curses!
https://www.jbidwatcher.com/

It's helped me out a couple of times. No joy if someone is willing to pay twice what you are, mind you.
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Old 04-04-06, 06:59 AM
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Shiznaz, sounds like a plan - any idea what the bike lock-up situation will be like?

I posted something last night but it looks like our newly upgraded forum ate the post. Attempt #2: I'm going to go on a recon mission to the track today and take some photos. The excitement level is pretty high about the potential for some ridiculous path racing.
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Old 04-04-06, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by 32flavours
Re: Critical Vacuum rides, definitely everyone is invited. My friend Marwan came on Saturday with a fat-tired geared mountain bike. Usually it goes ride-doobiebreak-ride. Hope to see more people next time. There were enough of us this last time out that people kept commenting from the side of the road...

"Hey, a bike gang!"

"Hey, it's like... a bike-a-thon or something!"

(less than a block later...) "Hey, it's a ****ing telethon!" (Buh?)
Nice. So when is the next one? Always nice to have an excuse to ride downtown at night.
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Old 04-04-06, 08:41 AM
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32flavours:I want to join y'all on a critical vacuuuuuuuum, but I'm often not on my computer at night. I sit in front of one all day, so I don't always want to sit in front of one all night. Maybe 24 hours notice would be good.. ?

shiznaz: I'll def. be there.

eyefloater: when you heading over to scout that track? If it's after 5:00, drop me an email or call me.
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Old 04-04-06, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by darkmother
Nice. So when is the next one? Always nice to have an excuse to ride downtown at night.
yeah, let me know when these happen. i'm in one of my insomniac phases again.
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Old 04-04-06, 09:09 AM
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i think i missed the memo.. what the heck does the "vacuum" refer to? or is it that obvious. i'm another person that needs some notice too please.
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Old 04-04-06, 09:17 AM
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hey I've seen that track before... sometimes when I have no choice but to take the subway, it's right under the bloor danforth viaduct (sp?).....I've always wondered about it too. There is a set of wooden stairs from the school down the embankment to bayview on the southside I think
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Old 04-04-06, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by wasted weasel
hey I've seen that track before... sometimes when I have no choice but to take the subway, it's right under the bloor danforth viaduct (sp?).....I've always wondered about it too. There is a set of wooden stairs from the school down the embankment to bayview on the southside I think
Don't go down the stairs cause you'll have to go through the school you can get to it from the DonValley I believe the road is part of Bayview on the west side of the valley there is a spooky bike lane there but there is a small fence easy to get over and used to be a walk through opening or was
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Old 04-04-06, 09:48 AM
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CV rides tend to be pretty spur of the moment......2-3 hours notice has been the current trend. I just don't know if it would truly be a Critical Vacuum anymore with things like adequate notice or proper organization.

While I am partly being a ******, there is also a certain truth to what I wrote. Being cooped up inside with no plans, surfing bikeforums and finding a ride to go on unexpectedly, then meeting random people and sparkin' an L, and bombing around a route that is determined on a whim by whomever happens to be leading, definitely gives CV a distinctive energy.

Give people notice, and they might start thinking about things like proper bike maintenance, clothing, nutrition, leg-shaving, personal hygeine, etc.

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Old 04-04-06, 10:04 AM
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Give people notice, and they might start thinking about things like proper bike maintenance, clothing, nutrition, leg-shaving, personal hygeine, etc.


You ARE shaving your legs eh , they told me at the shop.
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Old 04-04-06, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by veteran_youth
leg-shaving, personal hygeine, etc.

Andrew
Don't worry, I wax.
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Old 04-04-06, 10:15 AM
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I shaved when I was messin' I don't bother now, but if start gettin all roadie again I will.
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Old 04-04-06, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer
I shaved when I was messin' I don't bother now, but if start gettin all roadie again I will.
Yikes! Resist the temptation man
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Old 04-04-06, 11:38 AM
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That I am not doing.
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Originally Posted by operator
That I am not doing.

Me either. Well, except when I wear drag.
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Vacuum = opposite of mass. Critical Mass... Critical Vacuum... get it?
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Originally Posted by 32flavours
Vacuum = opposite of mass. Critical Mass... Critical Vacuum... get it?
ahh so witty. and i thought it was referring to sucking back on the wacky.. silly me.
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^^^lol^^^^ at the logic of the Vaccum...
I will shave if I'm spending hours on the road, too much poloution to mulch into a wound.

That why you were so smooth at Sneaky's darkmother?
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Originally Posted by TRaffic Jammer

That why you were so smooth at Sneaky's darkmother?
That was just my flesh coloured dance leotard. I wear it on special occasions.

And all this time I thought I was playing footsies with Shiznaz
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