operator

I went out for a 20 k ride in the evening. Short jaunt around town, the roads were actually ok, there was some crap on my bike after I came back but hose washed it off quite easily. Must've dried up a lot between morning.

I know it was pretty crappy in the morning.

Oh yeah, the bike shop that used to be Trails on yonge st. just north of major mack became some ultra road bike store.

lotek 

What is this the Aussie thread North?
ok all kidding aside, if you want to transact, schedule
rides, use PMs not the general thread.

Marty

kingkelly

We cant schedule rides in this thread?

operator i should check out that store. BTW, hardwood hills opens beginining of may for all interested

orguasch

Marty,
That is well said, thanks, so guys from now on let us follow the guidelines for this forum, we can just send email to our ride buddies, this way we are not clogging this forum.
Oscar

operator

Well kidding aside, this is the ride partners thread, I would like others to be able to join in on a ride, using this thread other people can read it and decided whether or not they want to do that.

Otherwise it turns into an unsolicited personal messaging, "do you want to ride with us" type page.

If i'm missing the point of this forum, please, let me know. It's funny how you said the exact same thing ewitz said, that we're clogging up this forum. We're using one thread for everyone in around Toronto, not a million.

ewitz

Listen to the moderators and PM your ride details.

Oh, by the way, include me.

operator

No problem ewitz. We'd love to have you on our rides.

simplyred

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Shiznaz

Darnit, sometimes its hard being a Lance-abe!

nostromo

Hi folks, I just joined recently and am enjoying and learning much about bikes (MTB and road).

I live in Thornhill and go riding when I can. Be nice to find a partner (male or female) but we'd have to have flexible schedules. I usually ride my Bianchi Advantage (hybrid) around hwy 7 and some industrial roads during the week to get in some cardio.

I also ride it on the weekend unless I hook up with a friend and go MTB with my full suspension supercycle. I plan to get a nice MTB in the next year or so but for now the SS is fine.

Elusor

i am in toronto

i like the urbane cyclist

they got some nice folks there

toronto cycling is sometimes dangerous (road)

crazy drivers

James_Kim2

i live in toronto, north york to be spicific!

James_Kim2

i agree with you, some driver can be crazy as hell, especially in downtown!

wabbit

has anyone from toronto ever been to the velotique? I remember getting their catalogue once.

Elusor

taxi drivers like to cut me off

one time a cyclist got hit by a taxi at university and college

i was sad

taxi driver swear and yell and swear

made my heart sad

i was going to pharmacology class too

Scooby Snax

Wabbit, all the time. Their regular prices arent super cheap,, but they do try to be competitive, and they have a decent sale at the end of season usually.

Fivecoolcats

Just some good natured humour....I work for the traffic department in York Region....I would rather try to get from NMKT to TO than from RH to TO......and I time the traffic lights LOL


at least on the 404 you can do 140 km/hr... the best you'll get outta YONGE street is 25 km/hr....

I wish someone would do something about all those red lights LMAO!!! wait thats me!!

Scooby Snax

Alex?

Fivecoolcats

Nope not Alex, but Iw ork right beside him....there is a few of us that do the work

Elusor

any toronto-ers have electric bike to use ccommute?

operator

Yep that's true. I pass nearly stationary traffic on my ride down Yonge st. from R.H to downtown core.

campybrat

Im in toronto and Im riding in December, so Im not sure which nasty winters you are referring to

If you want a nasty winter, go spend some time in Edmonton.

fredf

do you think the balance issue is related to the typing problem you have?

rousseau

Vancouver has eight months of rain, preceded and followed by a month each of spring and fall, and two months of "summer weather" where the average highs are 22 degrees. There is no summer in Vancouver as most people understand it.

They put heaters on the outdoor patios at night in the "summer." This is because it's too cold to sit outside and have a beer in Vancouver on a "summer night" unless you have the heater blasting and your parka on.

By contrast with the rest of Canada, winter in southern Ontario fits within the designated dates on the calendar. This is the first "ohmygosh" realization that Canadians from other places have during their first year of living in southern Ontario.

The mountains in B.C. are gorgeous. Go visit them now and then. But if you don't like eight months of rain, if you want to experience summer as you know it in most of the U.S., and if you want to live in or near the best city in this country, your best bet is southern Ontario.

Goldie Lock

Critical Mass,

The only way to learn from others about the rules fo the road. Toronto's ride Bloor and Spidina, last friday of the month at 6pm. This month we will have POST CRITICAL HOT CHOCOLATE!