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Old 05-09-05 | 12:46 PM
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I would really hate to live somewhere that NEEDS
Welcome to my ghetto. MEC sells them in Toronto, and some days, they are needed. (funny today is another smog alert day, now that you mention it).

Some riders I know who are mildly asthmatic have found they can go faster breathing through one of those some days, as it keeps the gunk out of the lungs. I briefly tried one myself and found that any benefits of less particulate were offset by reduced air intake through the hepa mesh, although it was better than I thought it would be.

I personally haven't noticed much problem with smog alert days....but they are increasing in frequency and severity here, so I may end up coughing up black tar at the end of the ride one of these days. Then maybe I'll wear one. Under the full-face.
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Old 05-09-05 | 12:57 PM
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Yeah I remember To...smog, heat and humidity. I dont miss it much. Used to go so far as Guelph (hometown)....just plain gross. With the milder temps and limited roads, people in bc don't know what bad smog is like, I just forgot
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Old 05-09-05 | 01:13 PM
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Guelph?...I went to the UoG from '94 to 98, Mael, you ever ride back then with the speed river guys or the campus bike club? Good times, back in the day. And the trails there weren't bad for southern ontario. Sorry for drifting off-topic..
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Old 05-09-05 | 01:21 PM
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Reminds me of scorpion from mortal combat....
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Old 05-09-05 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ghettocruiser
Guelph?...I went to the UoG from '94 to 98, Mael, you ever ride back then with the speed river guys or the campus bike club? Good times, back in the day. And the trails there weren't bad for southern ontario. Sorry for drifting off-topic..
I didn't ride back then, biking for me is new (3 or 4 years)...but I knew the group. I was good friends with the owner of bits and bikes and he wanted to get me into it pretty badly.

Guelph lake trails have grown from what I heard, even a shore trail in there Funny you went during the time I was still there. I used to spend a lot of time at the "ear", trash and Jimmy jazz...heck who I am kidding, I also spent a lot of time at molly blooms, woolich arms and even denim ...(1.5 beer nights), also that one watering 'hole' up by the church of our lady...kind of miss that scene, so many girls so little time

Sorry for drifting even more off topic
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Old 05-09-05 | 03:00 PM
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I have two phobias- water and bridges. Scuba diving is not in my future. I barely can get over bridges.

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Old 05-09-05 | 03:28 PM
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I have two phobias- water and bridges. Scuba diving is not in my future. I barely can get over bridges.

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So I guess that means you won't be doing the walk across the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Old 05-13-05 | 04:20 AM
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Reminds me of scorpion from mortal combat....
yeah...i love the one with the blue suit....the one with the iceeee power...

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Old 05-13-05 | 11:22 AM
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I would think you'd need that in downtown London(England). Visited there several years ago(without our bikes) and we had to turn around and go back to the hotel after walking a couple blocks. Sheesh!



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Isn't there some crazy long bridge down in the Keys somewheres? That would suck for Koffee.
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Old 05-14-05 | 01:00 AM
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Isn't there some crazy long bridge down in the Keys somewheres? That would suck for Koffee.
The Overseas Highway runs between Key Largo and Key West. Its 126 mile length spans 43 linked bridges. The longest, Seven-mile Bridge spans the distance between Key Vach and Sunshine Key. Its reach puts the segmented bridge among the longest in the world.

Trust me I've been on it. It's CRAZY long
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