My new golf discs are here. I am so happy. That is all

ps not quite, I love drop bars and deep V necks.

Is that the bearded dood with a chrome pista? He was wearing Birks and was on platform pedals; he has a front brake at least but yeah, I don't think it is all that safe. I have seen him a couple of times now, I was going to post in here about it but thought it might have been one of you guys ;)

Lately when I come off Yogne onto the north path on Queen's Quay, there is always at least one cab hangin' in there on the path...they line up outside The Star on Yogne, where it say 2 taxis. Of course it's 5 deep.

The guy today is sittin' on the phone yakin.... I roll up, stop and hold myself up with his roof and say hey man ...bike lane. Oh I'm dropping off, he says....BS you're parked, on the phone and not in front of the doors. I know you're extending the cab wait line. Now bugger off. He does. It's only a matter of time before someone gets creamed when they pull off. Next is calling all the cab companies that plop cabs in that lane. So Beck is the worst...I've seen three lined up there at the same time.

I get off the go train, and within 100m some ****ing ******** car behind me is honking. At a red. I'm already on the right.

Would you have moved over?

I didn't. ****ing pissed me off. Worse way to end a day off. **** this. I think as soon as you put people into a car they instantly become ****ing ******** morons like they are.

Maybe he just wanted to be friends. My task for the next week is to wave and smile at people who honk at me or are just generally bungholes. Perhaps I can completely spoil their day that way.

A friend of mine in Amsterdam made a pile of stickers with a little cartoon of a car parked in the bike lane and a cyclist swerving to avoid it...in big letters at the top of the sticker it said "ROT OP Biekfiets" or something along those lines which essentially meant "get the hell out of the bike lane". These were liberally affixed to drivers side windows. I seem to remember him cackling on about how he had the printer use some evil industrial type glue that was seriously hard to remove. Could be a charge of defacing private property or damage but if the car/van/truck is unoccupied it could be just the ticket.

mmm evil stickers

i think i mentioned my fantasy involving adhesive dart guns (a la snow crash) awhile ago... so if you saw a car with a bunch of flag you'd know to really watch out...

i wonder what the repercussions (to the driver or yourself) would be if you built a strong beater bike and intentionally rode directly in to the rear or side of a vehicle parked in the bike lane to feign a crash? then arguing that you did not notice it because you were not anticipating a vehicle in the bike lane and have no idea what it was doing there illegally in the first place...could charges against the driver be laid?

I'd say you'd be charged if anyone, it's almost always the fault of the person coming from behind in a rear-end scenario. It's your responsibility not to hit things in your path, not everyone else's to stay out of your path.

ha ha! the gas face...yes MC Serch.

Paging I-herald.
I would guess that trying to claim you didnt see the car in the bike lane would get you a "fail to maintain care and control" or some such B.S. There was a messenger several years back that crashed into the back of a cop car parked in the bike lane on the Gerrard St. bridge over the Don. He went thru the rear window...ended up in the back seat...also ended up with about 65 stitches in his face. He sadly was..how should I put this....well lubricated. Because of this the asshat cop that thought parking in the bike lane was a good idea didnt think that an expanation to his behavior was warranted. I wonder how much those wheel locks they use in N.Y. cost?

*checks instructables* ... damn.

PS. Riding across town at 8am = never going to be dry again. Damn my lack of booties.

Get sandals, my boy. Free toe wash, which is kind of nice after riding through puddles full of sidewalk and street spoo. The water under the railway bridge on Donlands was about two feet deep this morning.

Playing this weekend?

I love doing that.

I know someone who does vinyl printing and I asked him once about getting a roll of stickers like this made. Originally I suggested just getting them printed on those "static cling" type ones to avoid that situation, but he said that he can get his hands on this really evil material. Basically it goes on like a normal sticker, but if you try and peel it off it totally just disintegrates into little threads. There's a solvent that gets it right off, but if you try and peel it off yourself you're in for a world of frustration. Very tempting. :P

I had the total opposite happen. I put on full rain gear and when I stepped outside it suddenly stopped raining and the sun seemed like it was about to peek through the cloud cover. Bone dry on the inside, shweaty on the inside. Lovely. I was actually looking forward to riding in during the heavy rain since I was well prepared.

also: does someone here ride a bike with blue anodized rims? I was riding along College and down Brock near another fixie rider and just before we parted ways I noticed the rims and it made me think it might have been someone from here. Then when I was leaving my friend's place and riding under the rail bridge on Brock (btwn Queen/College) there seemed to be some bike punks (:P) up top having a beer. I've always thought that would be a cool place to hang out or use as a race checkpoint or something.

I agree - i don't think violence is the answer. I would be tempted to do something like affix a sticker or sign to their car that says something like "paedophile on board" or a "hi my name is..." sticker with "registered sex offender" shapied in. but that's just the kind of vigilante justice i enjoy dreaming about because it's as close as you're going to get to the real thing with respect to bike lanes.

I also want to get a roll of bumper stickers printed that say "I'm ruining the environment... ASK ME HOW!"

There was an article in the local paper about bike lanes & how the city was not going to continue to build more biased on advice from Paul rappel (a member of the velo club!)Reasons, gives people a false sense of security, they go no ware & other BS. Pretty crappy this city is 99.9% built for traffic flow.

Our car just broke down & wife has been riding her bike to work she’s nervous about it; if there was a bike lane i’m sure it would be N/P at all.

^^^ fantasy #2 involves a sticker dispenser akin to what homer had when he became mayor...

Kingstons gig is interesting. I'm not convinced Paul is on solid ground as some of his opinions conflict with the evidence for bike lanes. He's a proponent of "wide lanes" as I recall, which do little to remedy the issues of safety concerns for new riders, oncoming lane encroachment by passing motorists, distance from curb cyclist position etc. that bike lanes appear to help. I agree to a point about his concerns about disconnection of lanes, but that's a reason to improve the network, not abandon it. I've often wondered if the racers are happier with wide lanes on the periphery of the city for training and aren't interested in promoting utilitarian cycling.

In other news: SET-BUG (South East Toronto Bicycle User Group), formerly the Dundas EAST group, also known as BEAST (Bike East) will meet at SRCHC 955 Queen St. East. from 7-9:00 PM. I'm not sure I'll make it, but if you're an east ender and want to get involved, feel free to attend.

Cam

There used to be an organization that made "I'm changing the climate - Ask me how" bumper stickers and you could order them from http://www.changingtheclimate.com/ BUT it looks like the URL is no longer active.

There was also another group a few years ago that would write tickets (that looked like proper New Jersey tickets) charging people for driving things like Hummers and whatnot. According to the article I'd read at the time, apparently some people didn't really read the tickets and just showed up wherever they pay tickets and tried to pay them. Hilarious.

That's awesome. We could make some up that look like city tickets and put "Exhausting the environment" down as the infraction. I'm in for this. It would make great copy.

this one is from martino's bike lane diary:

http://www.tino.ca/ticket1.pdf

i seem to recall keeping a copy of a different one from many years ago that was much more realistic...