Lawl @ the front wheel. FtW!

Where sthe guy with thehf fuax areo helmet?

P>S Aero ftw?1

race? i was hoping for a old-timey dance off.

Totally - report that ****!

Tonight Ashlee almost got doored by a cabbie on Bloor and when she yelled to let him know he yelled "**** you" while continuing to open his door... She waited for him to go into the place he was going and kicked his door in - wish I could have been there but I was here trying to sleep... it obviously isn't working.

I used to have a Strada just like that - it was my first road bike and also ended up being my first SS conversion... I miss that bike but it was always too small for me. Booooooo...

Yikes! Report that ****! I know it's not what you meant but my tap water has been smelling funky that last couple of days. Sewagey. My roomate and I were both commenting that we had both been feeling a bit queasy over the weekend as well. I don't even want to know what we were drinking out of the tap. Ugh.

Jeez...what circus tent did that crawl out from. HED carbon with a crappy suspension fork? WOW!
For the east vs west challenge I would assume Yonge is the reference point for east side or west side. As far as a race route goes, I am a proponent for an alleycat style vs riding on a running track. If T.J. really wants to keep it away from traffic perhaps the Commisioners, Cherry, Unwin, Leslie loop could be an option. It is still on the street but with less in the way of random traffic and still has enough distance to make it interesting. I like the idea of having it alleycat style with maybe 4 or 5 different manifests...everyone goes at once, and then just award points based on finishing order. This would split people up to a fair degree and then the whole city is our playground. I hereby offer up the back alley at the shop for post race festivities....perhaps a nice keg from Mill St? the brewmaster there is a customer. I have a digital projector that we could show some movies on the wall with. This could be the first feature. My favorite line..."with her mustard shoes and ketchup sash shes a real HOT DOG!"

Yeah, I was thinking yesterday that it'd be cool to have both an east-side and a west-side manifest. Either you could have the east-enders race in the west-end (and vice-versa), or have everyone stick to their own hood.

Movies in the alley would be kick ass.

This is sounding awesome!

I was thinkin there would be say 5 manifests...not really east or west side specific. Each team, dependent on how many starters there are, would get an equal # of each manifest. It would be up to each team to distribute the manifests among the team members. Every racer gets 1...so if there are 20 starters for each side, 4 people from each team would do the same manifest. as there would be a crapload of checkpoints they dont really need to all be manned...have a few from each manifest be manned...but dont tell the starters which ones to keep everyone honest.

Check point *****, you are ineligible.
Duppy has DDR for ps2 with two mats ..... In the alley behind the shop Jeremy.

Keith I'm liking the cut of your jib. This way the fastest riders from each team would be assigned the farthest checkpoints. So the slower riders...myself incl wouldn't feel useless. I liiike. Gold Jerry GOLD!!!! We'll sit down later so I make sure I gots what your sayin'. This way it a team ride on the streets (which really is the way it should run), isn't all grouped up like a giant accident waiting to happen. hmmmm

hahaha.. If he brings DDR, I'll bring Guitar Hero I/II.

I'll ask my daughter if I borrow her Guitar for GH... I have a bud who is brew master as well, he's more than likely good for some keggage. Keith if we get Red Bull involved maybe they can help with the check points. What's the capacity of your alley man?.... this is genius Keith.

I already have two.

Dancing and riffing for extra team points?

Sweet. All we need is a Goldsprint setup to put this over the moon. Jees I gotta sit down I'm gettin' dizzy.
So if there enough check point ppl we can actually have physical pick ups with sigs #'s and times. To be returned to base and counted up... brilliant Keith.

Beer and Red Bull sponsorship for the bevvies. I am sure between all the shop hook-ups we all have we could come up with a ton o prizes. Once cleaned up I am certain the alley could handle everyone. All my neighbors out back are cool with me doing events and parties. It would be fantastic if we could keep all the folks who ride in the actual race rather than have em do checkpoint duty. Maybe make one of the manifests a scavenger hunt style for those who perhaps are not super fast and/or into hammering through town. Britain St. could be used for skids and the finish line. This could happen pretty soon if we really put some effort in. The big question.....who is gonna relegate themselves from racing to organize the manifests?

Red bull girls for check points. I'm thinkin' I should bow out of racin' at this point, as it's my big mouth and fingers that seemed to have pushed the snowball off the top of the ski run. We will have to wait for Dublin folks to return at the very least. I could ride around and find some nifty check point spots within a reasonable zone area.... you know you're goin' far Keith. You and Jim K mano a mano

I will let Bradyn or Teddie handle Kuz....he is out of my league.

Bradyn better bring the race gun then. Jim and Petey make a tough 1-2 Petey leadin' out

Request: no racing between July 28th and August 3rd.

Request #2: if anyone's interested in donating to a good cause, I'm doing the bike ride to Montreal again this year for the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation. It's all to raise money for services to help people living with AIDS around the GTA. The ride leaves this Sunday and I'm still supposed to be coming up with ~$1000 in pledges (!!!) ... so ya, any help would be greatly appreciated.

https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/p...ationID=263859 <-- my pledge page
https://www.pwatoronto.org/ <-- PWA link for more info

Anyone gots the hosting where we could slapdash up a site in the next couple/few weeks? End of Aug tentatively to race....what say? Number of riders and classes will need to be done for each 'gang' so the teams are even. Individuals can run it loner style against the teams if they so desire/dare? Mike, wouldn't imagine runnin' it while you are doing the good deeds.

Bradyn leading out a multiple Provincial and National champ? I likes my chances!