Apparently it's for the Rick Mercer Report ... I think this bit is supposed to run tomorrow.

haha. nice

That will be some great exposure for them too!

Clearly they didn't think the rentals were good enough for him. ;)

FlimFlam: I might be up for the ride, depending on the weather and your planned pace. :) Do you have the route planned (ish)? Got a distance? I was waiting to hear back from a teammate who was supposed to go mtbing at Ravenshoe today. But, considering we got snow last night and we're supposed to get potentially several more snowfalls by the weekend I'm thinking the trails are going to be pretty rough. Then again, the roads might be as well.

If I had a bike brand I was pushin' and heard that Rick was going down I would offer up a bike for him. Free publicity.

Ravenshoe is like 5 mins from my house. Gimme a ring if you're in the area

Oh yeah, for sure, nothin' wrong with it. I'm just whinin' because I get the same bike with hockey tape patches on the bar tape and wind up with sticky black tar on my hands every time I've been there. I think next time I'm going to bring some bar tape and offer to re-wrap 'em. :)

Yeah I have a route pretty much, it's basically direct there at about 53km (so 106 there and back, from my place @ Queen/Roncesvalles) - I don't plan on hanging around (don't want to waste the day away) but not planning some crazy speedfest either. I figure ~2-2.5 hours each way should cut it without being stressful.

nothing set in stone though.


Anyone of you riding around Roncesvalles/Marion or Lansdowne/Rideau (near the bridge) today around 6/6:30 on a white what looked like a Roubiax? Bright green on the goggles is all I remember, heh.

I was gonna post about that but you beat me to the punch. Apparently that episode is going to be on tomorrow night at 8pm on CBC in case anyone was wondering.

Are those shows on torrent at all? I don't get TV so I'm limited to the 'net.

http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/backissues.php

I'm not quite sure when that one will be posted though.

How the **** do you not have a mountain bike?! WHAT'S YOUR DEAL, MAN?

The Steve Bauer fixed convert has been hobbled with the removal of the back wheel. I hope the owner came to get it.

the wind! it is windy!

Yar! She blows!

going east?... plsplspls

sorry homie - south west according to TWN

the ride home west sucked some major balls.

But it was super quick going in this morning, wasn't it? I was almost 10 minutes faster than usual with the help from the wind.

**** stupid winter! The neck on my guitar is ****ed! ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SW wind means it's blowing towards the NE.

towards NE? .... score!

Yeah, the wind is always specified in the direction it's blowing from
Also, after riding home I can verify that it's definitely blowing from the west!

I always get that mixed up ... I will remember from now on.
I do hope I wore enough for the ride home, it's short so hopefully I'd not freeze regardless.

It's not bad out there, just a bit wet.

hey brad, i think i saw you riding east along dundas at dufferin during rush hour.

hey brad, i think i saw you riding east along dundas at dufferin during rush hour.

the rick mercer velodrome feature is on now...

sheeeeeeit! i found that out the hard way... what a sucky ride home.

not all that much worse than a million other rides this winter - i think i'm just totally done with it! bring on spring!!!

ol' mercer didn't do half bad by the end! for all the "fixed gear" news stories we've seen in the last year - i'd say this one was probably the best. i may ride mine on the street 99.999% of the time but it's cool that they introduced the bike and it's various characteristics in context instead of the usual "oh my god! no brakes? one gear? no coasting?!?!?!" stuff we normally see.

If you did, you were seein' things!