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05-24-07, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Fuzzz
you should be able to rip pretty hard on the lower don portion on yer new toy... having multiple bike options to switch it up rules!
05-24-07, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Shiznaz
I was blown away when I walked out of the office to front and bay. The entire intersection was a sea of people. It was like a documentary shot of some city in china or something. The roads were totally corked by a critical mass of drivers so I was lanesplitting and clipping every few cars with the fender strapped to my bag. OOPS! I also saw jeremy/darkmother tearing along bloor street going west so he is still alive and well.
This situation shows how when you get rid of the subway, the city basically shuts down, so if you improved subway service, the city would actually run properly.
05-24-07, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
i realized after i got home that i was riding the upper don (north of pottery road entrance); those are some technical runs! i think i'll try the lower part next time. are they flatter?
All my years in Toronto I’ve never rode the MTB dirt trails there always on the single track/path!
I'll be back.
05-24-07, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
It was the same sort of thing during the big blackout of.....2004? Or was it 2005? I was cycling north on Bay and BOOM!, everyone left their office buildings all at once! It was nuts and I had no idea what was going on, people just kept coming and coming and coming, blocking the sidewalks and spilling over out onto the streets. Traffic was nuts and there were no traffic lights, so it was just as messed up as it could possibly be, thank god I was cycling, no one was getting anywhere. Much like how it was today, I guess. At least the cab drivers made some cashola.
I was riding through traffic, all the people in cars were bumper to bumper looking angry or frustrated. The people on the street were all hiking north, sweating up Yonge Street, staring at me, envious. Then one guy on a motor bike said, and I'll never forget this ...
"You're free as a bird!"
I love bikes!
05-24-07, 07:42 PM
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I'm here in Taichung, Taiwan.
There is this bike shope that carries has so many new and old Colango bikes, it's ridiculous!
It makes bike shops in Toronto look cheap.
They also have a couple of late 90's DeRosa's Cassini's and Merkx road bikes.. soooooo sex.
No track bikes thus far..
The search continues.
I think I need to go to .JP .IT or .FR for real.
Panasonic?
There is this bike shope that carries has so many new and old Colango bikes, it's ridiculous!
It makes bike shops in Toronto look cheap.
They also have a couple of late 90's DeRosa's Cassini's and Merkx road bikes.. soooooo sex.
No track bikes thus far..
The search continues.
I think I need to go to .JP .IT or .FR for real.
Panasonic?
05-24-07, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
i realized after i got home that i was riding the upper don (north of pottery road entrance); those are some technical runs! i think i'll try the lower part next time. are they flatter?
05-24-07, 08:41 PM
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Hey Foo
How did the wheel work out?
How did the wheel work out?
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truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
i realized after i got home that i was riding the upper don (north of pottery road entrance); those are some technical runs! i think i'll try the lower part next time. are they flatter?
05-24-07, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by cavit8
Hey Foo
How did the wheel work out?
How did the wheel work out?
05-24-07, 09:45 PM
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Nice... I hadn't seen him post in a bit so I was hoping it didn't transport him to another dimension or something.
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truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
05-24-07, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by duppy.conqueror
ya lower don is easier...
05-24-07, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
how does one find his way to the lower don?
And right about Here is the southern entrance to the lower don, to get here you can ride along the paved bike trail from Pottery until Beachwood Dr. which is just a gravel road and turn left, go along until you hit the train tracks and turn right over the wooden train track bridge and make another right and your on the trail.
Hope that helps.
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05-25-07, 12:26 AM
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While I'm at it I'll map out a few of the other Don trails that I know of.
Lower Don Trail (aka, Speed trail)
Upper Don Trail (aka, Ridge trail)
I think some peeps call this Trail "Party Atmosphere", this one isn't super accurate because there are so many forks in the trail and I might have confused myself a bit. It's a good technical trail with a lot of switch-backs, the first part of the trail is a bit depressing because there are big piles of trash by the trail from the apartment complexes.
Here is a good warm up loop (Fruity Loops) in Taylor creek Park, not too technical and there are a couple of decent climbs.
Here's another short loop in Taylor creek park (Doctor Quads).
I've been on a bunch of other trails too but they're kind of hard to map out.
Lower Don Trail (aka, Speed trail)
Upper Don Trail (aka, Ridge trail)
I think some peeps call this Trail "Party Atmosphere", this one isn't super accurate because there are so many forks in the trail and I might have confused myself a bit. It's a good technical trail with a lot of switch-backs, the first part of the trail is a bit depressing because there are big piles of trash by the trail from the apartment complexes.
Here is a good warm up loop (Fruity Loops) in Taylor creek Park, not too technical and there are a couple of decent climbs.
Here's another short loop in Taylor creek park (Doctor Quads).
I've been on a bunch of other trails too but they're kind of hard to map out.
05-25-07, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by cavit8
Nice... I hadn't seen him post in a bit so I was hoping it didn't transport him to another dimension or something.
05-25-07, 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Ill Mitch
While I'm at it I'll map out a few of the other Don trails that I know of.
Lower Don Trail (aka, Speed trail)
Upper Don Trail (aka, Ridge trail)
I think some peeps call this Trail "Party Atmosphere", this one isn't super accurate because there are so many forks in the trail and I might have confused myself a bit. It's a good technical trail with a lot of switch-backs, the first part of the trail is a bit depressing because there are big piles of trash by the trail from the apartment complexes.
Here is a good warm up loop (Fruity Loops) in Taylor creek Park, not too technical and there are a couple of decent climbs.
Here's another short loop in Taylor creek park (Doctor Quads).
I've been on a bunch of other trails too but they're kind of hard to map out.
Lower Don Trail (aka, Speed trail)
Upper Don Trail (aka, Ridge trail)
I think some peeps call this Trail "Party Atmosphere", this one isn't super accurate because there are so many forks in the trail and I might have confused myself a bit. It's a good technical trail with a lot of switch-backs, the first part of the trail is a bit depressing because there are big piles of trash by the trail from the apartment complexes.
Here is a good warm up loop (Fruity Loops) in Taylor creek Park, not too technical and there are a couple of decent climbs.
Here's another short loop in Taylor creek park (Doctor Quads).
I've been on a bunch of other trails too but they're kind of hard to map out.
05-25-07, 06:52 AM
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Wes, we need to sort out our beer-having. Call me at the shop - (416) 778-6473 - and let me know what works. Maybe this can take place at the safety meeting or pre/post CM.
05-25-07, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Offhoff
Story from the road for the day. Pounding up Yonge to do my last 2 drops on bloor and people start pouring onto the streets from the subway. From queen to Dundas it turned into pedestrian hell apparently the subway was having problems. So it was totally a meat pylon run up to bloor.
Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
i think i'll try the lower part next time. are they flatter?
Mike: I think that's about the only place in the that section you'd want to ride a cx bike. The ridge trail is likely too technical. At least for me it would be.
Originally Posted by Ill Mitch
I think some peeps call this Trail "Party Atmosphere"
Then again, the guy who showed us that trail referred to the lead in to that and Catalyst as "Beaver Flats" and the top of the crazy climb on P-A as the "doobatorium", so I guess I shouldn't be surprised it stands for something like that. Thanks for the maps! I haven't checked out any of the trails in the Taylor Creek area yet.
05-25-07, 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by shapelike
Wes, we need to sort out our beer-having. Call me at the shop - (416) 778-6473 - and let me know what works. Maybe this can take place at the safety meeting or pre/post CM.
05-25-07, 07:18 AM
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Doesn't get any more lmao than this:
https://daily.stanford.edu/article/20...imposterCaught
Someone would actually sacrifice their time to pretend go to a university. The hahahhaah has not stopped reverbating throughout my house yet. Either that or the whole thing is a publicity stunt and story fabrication by stanford related personnel.
https://daily.stanford.edu/article/20...imposterCaught
Someone would actually sacrifice their time to pretend go to a university. The hahahhaah has not stopped reverbating throughout my house yet. Either that or the whole thing is a publicity stunt and story fabrication by stanford related personnel.
05-25-07, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Ill Mitch
While I'm at it I'll map out a few of the other Don trails that I know of.
Lower Don Trail (aka, Speed trail)
Upper Don Trail (aka, Ridge trail)
I think some peeps call this Trail "Party Atmosphere", this one isn't super accurate because there are so many forks in the trail and I might have confused myself a bit. It's a good technical trail with a lot of switch-backs, the first part of the trail is a bit depressing because there are big piles of trash by the trail from the apartment complexes.
Here is a good warm up loop (Fruity Loops) in Taylor creek Park, not too technical and there are a couple of decent climbs.
Here's another short loop in Taylor creek park (Doctor Quads).
I've been on a bunch of other trails too but they're kind of hard to map out.
Lower Don Trail (aka, Speed trail)
Upper Don Trail (aka, Ridge trail)
I think some peeps call this Trail "Party Atmosphere", this one isn't super accurate because there are so many forks in the trail and I might have confused myself a bit. It's a good technical trail with a lot of switch-backs, the first part of the trail is a bit depressing because there are big piles of trash by the trail from the apartment complexes.
Here is a good warm up loop (Fruity Loops) in Taylor creek Park, not too technical and there are a couple of decent climbs.
Here's another short loop in Taylor creek park (Doctor Quads).
I've been on a bunch of other trails too but they're kind of hard to map out.
05-25-07, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by jeremywhitehorn
so i ventured into the don to field test the new MTB and boy i had forgotten what a different experience mountain biking can be! i'm used to sort of zoning out and thinking of the big picture, taking my hands off the bars and stretching. nope, not on the trail. i was all alert all the time, grunting up hills, walking about 60% of them and eventually having a full head on colision with another cyclist (our helmets actually knocked together). i can't wait for more, but i think i'll lower the gearing a little bit becuase i was pushing a little too hard. or maybe i'm a weakling. now back to your regularly scheduled programme.
05-25-07, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by iherald
To me, km for km, mountain biking is way more fun. The problem is it's easier for me to roll out of my house on my road bike and get a good ride in. Mountain Biking takes way more effort!
05-25-07, 08:00 AM
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I can't remember - what time does CM normally head out at?
05-25-07, 08:22 AM
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Takes about an hour to get through, but here are some really good talks featuring Greg Palast and RFK Jr.
There's a lot of information about what Karl Rove's been up to recently, details on the 2004/2008 elections and what republicans used to be (and of course stuff on the Iraq war). The bit at the end about corporations and their supposed philanthropic actions really nails an excellent point home.
https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...58769441262005
There's a lot of information about what Karl Rove's been up to recently, details on the 2004/2008 elections and what republicans used to be (and of course stuff on the Iraq war). The bit at the end about corporations and their supposed philanthropic actions really nails an excellent point home.
https://video.google.com/videoplay?do...58769441262005