Hello from Toronto!
05-06-08 | 09:20 AM
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From: Toronto
Bikes: '98 Giant Peloton 8200, 2011 KHS Urban Express
Hello from Toronto!
Hi!
Working on re-establishing myself as a "bike guy" here in Toronto this summer. In the 90s in Montreal I was car-free, but then moved to Ottawa, bought my first car, and, welp... But I'm back in the big city again, and even through the winter I've found myself only using the car once every couple weeks. I doubt I'll be car-free again anytime soon, but car-light sounds good.
Right now I've got my '05 Kona Smoke with a CETMA rack on the front to get me around town, and a nice rolling commute to keep me riding, plus in a garage in Ottawa I've got a Giant Peloton 7600 (I think? I can't remember the number) which I hope to get down here now that I know I've got a place to store it, and I bet I'll have an old fixie by the summer's end too.
Somehow I managed to forget about bike culture the whole time I was in Ottawa, where bikes are more fitness and family recreation than transportation (not that that's awful, but that's not my kink) so I'm looking forward to getting back into things again.
Working on re-establishing myself as a "bike guy" here in Toronto this summer. In the 90s in Montreal I was car-free, but then moved to Ottawa, bought my first car, and, welp... But I'm back in the big city again, and even through the winter I've found myself only using the car once every couple weeks. I doubt I'll be car-free again anytime soon, but car-light sounds good.
Right now I've got my '05 Kona Smoke with a CETMA rack on the front to get me around town, and a nice rolling commute to keep me riding, plus in a garage in Ottawa I've got a Giant Peloton 7600 (I think? I can't remember the number) which I hope to get down here now that I know I've got a place to store it, and I bet I'll have an old fixie by the summer's end too.
Somehow I managed to forget about bike culture the whole time I was in Ottawa, where bikes are more fitness and family recreation than transportation (not that that's awful, but that's not my kink) so I'm looking forward to getting back into things again.
05-06-08 | 11:06 AM
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Joined: Jan 2004
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From: where the sunbeams end and the starlight begins
Bikes: Kona Unit, planet X cx bike, khs fixed gear
Hey, you will find alot of Toronto people here. I rarely venture out of the Toronto Fixed thread in the SSFG forum(rides and races), all riders are welcome.
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05-06-08 | 05:42 PM
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Lanky Lass
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Hi wlonkly, you really don't want to forget about bike culture--it's too much fun! Check out the Winter Cycling forum just for kicks 
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Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions
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East Hill
.Welcome to BF, and feel free to PM me with any questions
!East Hill
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