Toronto Fixed Part 2
10-19-09, 01:41 PM
#1527
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kitchener, ON
Posts: 2,032
Bikes: 1994 Proctor Townsend Reynolds 753, TT S3 True North, Kona Major Jake, Kona Honky Tonk, Marinoni Puima, Cannondale BBU
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Working the bike show was a blast, despite being sick with a cold! I'd gladly volunteer to do it again, because it's awesome fun to deal with people when you have no real fear of repercussions when selling them stuff. Sometimes I miss crappy retail jobs, if for nothing but the personal interaction with various different people.
On a related note: I've learned there are basically two types of bike shoppers; those that hum & haw over $40 helmets (all basically the same crap), and those that just go right to the high end stuff.
On a related note: I've learned there are basically two types of bike shoppers; those that hum & haw over $40 helmets (all basically the same crap), and those that just go right to the high end stuff.
10-19-09, 02:17 PM
#1528
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,277
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Has anyone seen the Republic Bikes? I'm sure they're not high quality but for $400 you get a full bike and a lot of choice in colours:
https://www.republicbike.com
https://www.republicbike.com
10-19-09, 02:27 PM
#1530
Live without dead time
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,136
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Has anyone seen the Republic Bikes? I'm sure they're not high quality but for $400 you get a full bike and a lot of choice in colours:
https://www.republicbike.com
https://www.republicbike.com
10-20-09, 07:05 AM
#1531
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,277
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Mechanic advice: How can I tell if my mountain bike derailer is bent? I was riding over to the Don Valley on the weekend and my bike was making some serious noise. I looked and it didn't look as though the chain was entering the derailer straight. If I was in the smallest cog and biggest chainring it was fine, but going to a bigger cog caused the problem.
Is the derailer shot?
Is the derailer shot?
10-20-09, 01:17 PM
#1533
Senior Member
Maybe you need to adjust the indexing? Hard to tell from the interwebs.
Now. Does anybody have tubular wheels or rims they're looking to get rid of? I'm starting to like them.
Now. Does anybody have tubular wheels or rims they're looking to get rid of? I'm starting to like them.
10-20-09, 02:38 PM
#1535
Senior Member
Well I'm looking for road, but I'd have use for both! Let me know. (geez there are 9 wheels scattered in my small place)
10-20-09, 02:56 PM
#1536
Jonnys ilegitimate Father
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: toronto
Posts: 2,994
Bikes: too many too list
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Mechanic advice: How can I tell if my mountain bike derailer is bent? I was riding over to the Don Valley on the weekend and my bike was making some serious noise. I looked and it didn't look as though the chain was entering the derailer straight. If I was in the smallest cog and biggest chainring it was fine, but going to a bigger cog caused the problem.
Is the derailer shot?
Is the derailer shot?
10-20-09, 03:19 PM
#1537
Dances With Cars
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 10,527
Bikes: TBL Onyx Pro(ss converted), Pake SS (starting to look kinda pimped)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
10-20-09, 03:56 PM
#1538
Call me The Breeze
!!!
10-20-09, 05:24 PM
#1539
Raving looney
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Posts: 2,482
Bikes: 70s Leader Precision w/Shimano 600 (road), IRO Rob Roy (Fixed)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
holy crap talk about a lucky escape... shiite
10-20-09, 07:19 PM
#1540
Live without dead time
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,136
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Posted on ibiketo
https://www.streetfilms.org/archives/...the-big-apple/
Imagine how nice Toronto would be to ride a bike in if we had the same attitude most other cities do for the majority of the population who are actually inhabiting the space rather than just passing through in their cars.
https://www.streetfilms.org/archives/...the-big-apple/
Imagine how nice Toronto would be to ride a bike in if we had the same attitude most other cities do for the majority of the population who are actually inhabiting the space rather than just passing through in their cars.
Last edited by elTwitcho; 10-20-09 at 07:25 PM.
10-21-09, 09:02 AM
#1542
Raving looney
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Posts: 2,482
Bikes: 70s Leader Precision w/Shimano 600 (road), IRO Rob Roy (Fixed)
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Yeah really, I like how they've seemingly really thought about how the different classes of lane interact at intersections, etc. to ease that whole confusion that seems to happen with regular bike lanes. Seems a very very cool system, I wonder how practical it is in the grand scheme of navigating the city.
I doubt Toronto has $1 to spare for that kind of endeavour, let alone introducing bike-only signals, etc. That being said, I don't think the driving-masses would welcome it all that much either. There's too much traffic demand on roads here - no way they'd be willing to deal with that can of worms at City Hall.
I didn't check the map on the page, and I don't know NYC at all but most of the scenes in the video looked to be non-downtown core - in which case Toronto could possibly take that on - as outside the core there does indeed seem to be a bit more wiggle room IMO.
I doubt Toronto has $1 to spare for that kind of endeavour, let alone introducing bike-only signals, etc. That being said, I don't think the driving-masses would welcome it all that much either. There's too much traffic demand on roads here - no way they'd be willing to deal with that can of worms at City Hall.
I didn't check the map on the page, and I don't know NYC at all but most of the scenes in the video looked to be non-downtown core - in which case Toronto could possibly take that on - as outside the core there does indeed seem to be a bit more wiggle room IMO.
10-21-09, 09:48 AM
#1543
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kitchener, ON
Posts: 2,032
Bikes: 1994 Proctor Townsend Reynolds 753, TT S3 True North, Kona Major Jake, Kona Honky Tonk, Marinoni Puima, Cannondale BBU
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
You know what's kind of funny? The different feeling you get commuting from the east end into the core. There seem to be less cyclists going from east to west in the morning than there were going west to east when I lived on Vaughan Rd. Also, King St. between Yonge & Jarvis seems really sketchy for some reason. Wanton jay-walkers and cabbie cut-offs seem really frequent there...
10-21-09, 11:37 AM
#1544
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Toronto
Posts: 646
Bikes: '08 Marinoni Pista, '05 specialized langster(RIP), '06 norco kokanee(RIP), '05 norco charger(RIP),'08 surly steamroller, surly big dummy coming soon!
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
10-22-09, 09:05 AM
#1545
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,277
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Anyone know a good place to get embossed stationary in the city?
Edit: got some online
Edit: got some online
Last edited by iherald; 10-22-09 at 09:24 AM.
10-23-09, 12:41 AM
#1546
Call me The Breeze
What a beautiful night out there for a ride! Went for a quick spin that turned into a few hours 
10-24-09, 07:29 PM
#1547
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Toronto
Posts: 140
Bikes: homemade cyclocross, 2005 KHS Flite 100 frame + assorted parts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Sorry for the obscure post out of the blue: Does anyone know a machinist shop in the GTA that will bore out a stuck (i.e. chemically friggin' bonded) aluminum seatpost? Thanks!
10-25-09, 07:23 AM
#1548
In Velo Veritas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto
Posts: 3,013
Bikes: Menonite black urbanite, probably enough spare parts to make anther one.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
there has been some discussions here from our resident experts in extracting stuck seatposts. im sure if you search this thread you'll find some sage advise.
10-25-09, 08:16 AM
#1549
Live without dead time
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,136
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I think ammonia will clear out the oxidation and let you get it out. If not ammonia there is some other product, but it should certainly be doable without boring it out
10-25-09, 09:33 AM
#1550
Shiftless bum
It appears Nerdsgirth got hitched. Congratulations Mark!
__________________
Originally Posted by operator
truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??