operator

Critical mass lolS.

Nice hanging out there at the end. italian opera singing, lesbians and beer FTW. Kensington - you win.

P.S If I ever see that ******bag cyclist with the stupid ass bike with metallic helmet, he's going down. Worse than the car drivers encountered on the ride.

jeremywhitehorn

i would stay away from da-28s if you want to use them as a braking surface. the only rim i've actually worn down to a concave like shape. open pros are worth the money if you have it imo.

jeremywhitehorn

i didn't know there were so many skaters among us; i tried riding my brothers skateboard he got from zellers once and a fell off on the grass. since then it's been all bikes all the time.

oh - mattrennick - i ordered one of those fabric horse lock holster things because of the review you gave it on your blog. thanks for the reccomendation, i'm finding it very useful. i love simple practical things that last forever....

fixedude

haha! that is memories...skating the bowl at "the duke" with the freestylers...there was "the 'mini' duke" at the school just down the street, too.

there was also "skateworks" (i think was the name?) on main street when hogtown was there (before its move to danforth) and the skatepark (i forget the name) that was set up every weekend at the rollerskating rink on the eastside (victoria street?). there was a dude, "cookie", that used to rip it up!

"skatezone" in n.etobicoke had some nice pipes, when bill weiss and tom boyle would skate there...i remember bill doing naked mctwists...we used to survive on the microwavable pizzas and jolt cola they would sell. "grassroots", "rudy's", dundas west (the quarter pipe), doing runs down bay street, being kicked out by security at macdonald block...makes me wanna buy a deck!

DrBenway

Oh I believe it was much earlier than that for me - 94/95? But I knew someone would get the reference... haha!

Anyone rollin' around today? I'm savin' up for tonight - anyone taking part in Nuit Blanche? - energy wise, but I'm up for a light spin/hang/snack/sip.

FilipeBarbosa

i am off to the toronto islands for noon to assist with the lcovley people of CMWC toronto to scope out the course. we are all meeting at the fairy docks at noon.
i will be touring nuitblanche as well, i have macca packed for the hidden energy to say awake.
if anyone is planning on a meet up gimmie a call i wont be near a computer till tomorrow probably.
416.432.5770

tovi

Coming out of long-time-lurker mode:

Good times with Operator and LordFoo after CM, definitely. CM got a little confrontational on the Bloor Viaduct, but I'd say thanks to the trumpet guy, the vibe was eventually restored. Nice to see a lot of friends out there.

Oh, and good to meet you the other night, Sam Houston. I'm glad you came up and introduced yourself!

duppy.conqueror

whoa interbike pr0n...do not look or u will be planning for ***** u cant afford....

Fuzzz

130mph + on a mountain bike... WHOA!

https://gizmodo.com/gadgets/speed-rec...cle-305161.php

operator

Has anyone seen/know of any local place that stocks the sugino 68 x 103 bottom bracket?

jeremywhitehorn

since we haven't made any plans vis a vis nuit blanche, and i have to go to work at the moment, i'll leave my cell number in case anyone is around queen street later on and wants to meet up: four one six six five five six three six zero. see ya.

I_bRAD

So is anyone heading out to the festivities tonight? I might hit up trinity bellwoods if the mood strikes me. Perhaps lamport stadium too

somnambulant

muh.. as predicted I felt in no condition to attend any Nuit Blanche festivities last night.. did anyone else make it out? Mark, you must have been sleep-dancing at your thing!

On the other hand "Wes and the Argyles" (aka. Nerdsgirth, Ill Mitch, Cavernmech, and I) came in 4th at our race yesterday. Fun course!

cavernmech

Twas indeed a good time. The most exciting moment being Mark, aka Nerdsgirth, coming in on the last lap with a broken chain, skateboard pushing his bike with one leg. The cut-off to finish was 6:00 on the nose....Mark clocked in at 5:59.999! The third place Misfits team, a 6 person, all used the same bike for the whole race...single 29er....I was inspired.

operator

Ripppppp it out there guys.

p.S Single bike for 6 guys? Wow that's dedication.

canice

i made it out to the ocad/ago area for nuit blanche, but the entire city was so infested with people, my boyfriend and i eventually got tired of wading through overly chatty hipsters and just went home.

somnambulant

Yeah, Mark definitely got the 'hardcore' award for finishing his lap with no chain.. and still doing it in a time that was around the same as my fastest lap! The crowd was going absolutely wild when he came around the corner doing the giant, skate-style kick/push motion. Good times.

The Misfit Psycles guys were indeed inspiring as well. Not only did they do it on one bike, but it was also a really sexy bike. It had an old-school chain guard, red rims and fat whitewall tires (diy, apparently). So awesome. They were totally killing it through some of the slippery root infested steep short little climbs too.

cavernmech

I-Brad.....check yer p.m's

nerdsgirth

Thanks yall. Had a blast, thankfully the last 1/3 was downhill. I was so angry to have all the punks I passed pass me back ;( but so thankful to get in on the cutoff. Thanks for helping get the team together. I encourage others to get into it next year!

Slow Dance with Teacher was Radiskull! I met (danced with) so many amazing people, from Aussie exchange students, to grandmas, to a 17 year old who was "too shy to dance with guys -practice", to a girl in drag. Def worth the experience. I was there from 12-5. Check out https://www.mammalian.ca/template.php?content=home -Darren Odonnell has some neat projects on the go. The "haircuts by children" project a while back was great.

I love bikes.

nerdsgirth

Ps. I forgot my clothes race bag due to the foggyness of an early start. Keith lent me a Cavern cycles /Sneaky Dee's issue jersey. I couldn't be more proud to rock that kit.

nerdsgirth

https://ccforums.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=7423 Race. Did anyone hear about this? It is a part of the rebranding of Jane and Finch as "University Heights".

operator

Phil hubs vs Paul...? Anyone have any technical reasons to go one over the other?

iherald

Keith, can i bring my gf's bike in to you tomorrow? She got it via UPS, and I think I have it tuned relatively well, but I noticed the wheels are out. If I bring it by early morning (i.e. 11) any chance it's ready by close?

Danhalen

Go for the one that starts with "P" and ends with "L", the four letter one.

jet sanchEz

Yeah, it was nuts out there, the city really dropped the ball by not shutting off the streets and making them ped-ways; I was disappointed.

Here is my newest project, a 1984ish Marinoni Special that I picked up today. It is in pretty good shape overall but I will probably change out the bar tape as it is kinda gaudy, even though it is very good quality tape. The whole thing is 6-speed Dura Ace and it fits me like a glove, I cannot wait to do some long hauls on this puppy.

edit: I have the ugliest cupboards in the city!