Okay, best bike moment ever:

So today at work it's just me, Phil and Dax still there at close. As we're locking up Dax drags his freeride bike downstairs, which I haven't had a chance to play on for awhile. So I take this thing outside and start ****ing around out in the back lot. There are some random cinder blocks there and about a 3-4' retaining wall held up by railroad ties/more cinder blocks/general rubble. A few minutes pass and then I hear, "OMG Mike that is the coolest bike EVAR!!!" It's of course the neighbourhood kids who are in the shop every single day with their beat to **** SuperCycles. If these guys lived in B.C. they'd probably be sponsored freeriders by now but of course they're stuck in dt toronto with bikes that are horrible. Sooo ... of course we set the 10-13 year olds loose on the 5" travel freeride bike and it's best day evar. Then of course we go back in for supplies: liquor, more bikes.

Total bike count:

- 5" travel freeride bike
- 8" travel downhill bike
- fixed gear bike w/ pursuit bars
- 16" bmx bike w/ no brakes
- 24" bmx bike

So then two hours fly by and by the end of it half of us are bleeding, everyone's taken the downhill bike up/over/off the retaining wall, learned to bunny hop (1' junior record, 3.5' senior record) and do wheelies (contest called off after "from Queen up to Dundas and back" run). Slap a 12 year-old bike geek on a $6000 downhill bike and his head pretty much explodes with glee. Plus, slapping a little kid on a track bike with just stupid drop is always good for a laugh, "How the hell does your bike just balance like that? Dunno man, I guess it just does - here, you try. Oh God my nuts!"

*siiigh*

Plus, the booze helped too. Don't give kids 10% Faxe though.

- Mike

PS. Next week ... if you've got a fun bike, show up behind C.T. after close. Bring libations.