Hehe, I didn't think of that, thanks. Also, I often ended up on Spadina and if anyone remembers Spadina before there were streetcars on it, you will know that it was a battle zone. Six, sometimes eight, sometimes nine lanes of broken and potholed ashpalt, strewn with shopping carts, rats, refuse, delivery trucks, old ladies with push-carts full of vegetables, vagrants with push-carts full of beer bottles, cars, white work vans and the infamous Spadina bus (the TTC encouraged their drivers to use their horns on Spadina, I am sure of it) made for an interesting commute.

I was going to suggest those cool clip on fenders for a Steamroller, but that'd probably be no good for a bike that'll be sitting around the school for long periods of time.,,storm drains and hose clamps for that ugly look

Shop people: 100mm Nitto Technomic stem ... anyone have one? C.T. needs it. Please set it aside and get in contact.

- Mike

yo jet were you riding up Sherbourne yesterday evening?

Is the distance really that low? Source? Bunch of lazy ****s in this town!

As a matter of fact...yes. What campsite are you guys at? I will make sure to stop by for a pint. Only night laps for me..YIPPEE!!
We are at campsites 321, 322 and 325. There are a ton of us as you can imagine.

I've been out that way a couple of times to the UPS depot... may I suggest taking Sentinel road just to the west of Keele. Good luck with the commute! it'll be well worth it I think to get the benefits of a neighbourhood such as Little Italy.

Yeah, did you see me? I was standing on Sherbourne for like 10 minutes checking out this nice abandoned frame; it was a lugged Velosport with some old Shimano parts. I would have taken it but I was too far from home and would have felt like a criminal taking off the brakes (all that I needed). I guess you recognized me from my bike? I was on my Razesa yesterday.

HAHA!

Dan knew it was you...we were yelling at you following you up sherbourne...

Couldn't catch him? ;) Keith says there's a likelyhood the Pake will be ready for next weeks sprints. I am SS however and can't partake. Should i borrow a wheel and learn fixed riding while spinting, or does this have bad idea written all over it?

its pretty much an empty stretch of road...a good place to practice I think.

Whoa, seriously? That is funny, I didn't hear or see you guys; I hope I didn't come off as rude. I was staring at that abandoned frame for so long that I lost track of time and really had to book to make an appointment. Did you see me get cut off by that white work-van? The bastard came right into the bike lane at least two times, I was pissed!

hehehehehe we were right on your tail...till carleton...dont remember the van...everyone drives in the bikelane on sherbourne tho! :(

Wow, that is crazy, what were you guys yelling? "Hey you!" or "Hey, Jet!"? I usually ignore "Hey, you on the bike!", I don't want to get pounded, lol.

ya we were yelling: 'jet sanchez!' was pretty funny...I guess u were in a rush...i thought u had a walkman on or suttin...

Geez, I must have been really zoned out or something, sorry! I was rushing, yeah. My friend who is a parole officer needed a hand with one of his "clients" and he sounded pretty serious on the phone, so I was really booking. Also, that stupid white van was taking up most of my concentration, the bugger!

Your newly acquired frame is going to be a SS? Say it ain’t so!

ultimately fixed/SS flip/flop but with the wheel i have now it's SS.
I'm not super keen runnin' fixed on the street anyway

A flip/flop wheel is a great idea, best of both worlds.

True. But I bet once you use the fixed you never go back. I have a flip flop on my IRO and fig'd I'd pick up another cog once it was built and my wallet recovered. After riding fixed a week I've never bothered grabbing that second cog.

Did Unwin end up happening last night? I was still insanely tired from the awards on Sunday and ended up going to be early and even skipping out on a show I'd waited months to see - Heartless Bastards.

@Dan: You still got those drops? Can I grab them from you today?

Got a great shot of a cop parked - car off, no hazards or cherries - in the bike lane on Beverly and having what appeared be a hilarious and personal convo on his celly. I'll upload to my bike lane bastardo set on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neckfac...7600419750830/) when I get home. I figured it highlighted perfectly the significance of "Safe Cycling" week here - btw, most inappropriate name evar!

And finally another bit of news to be enraged about: http://greencycles.blogspot.com/

hahahahaha bike lane basterts...

nice one!

wes posted that one a week or so ago. the scariest part for me was learning about how tazers can be fatal if used on the same person multiple times.

man that is some disgusting *****.

but its so the po po is...especially in the states...look at Amadou Diallo...US cops are scary man...and those cops were acquitted who shot Diallo...shot 41 times for reaching for his wallet.

I like it when people stand up for their rights, I just don't want it to be me that has to do it.

Well, in my ward anyway. In the whole toronto, it's 5 km.

The source is the 2001 Transportation Tomorrow survey which is used for a whack of stuff about commuting habits.

http://www.jpint.utoronto.ca/tts01/Toronto.html