I'd say it's not very limited as it's been in place for quite a while. They dropped it for a bit at one point but then reinstated it.

I'd avoid riding that one uphill. It's a partly blind drop at the end of a long run for downhillfreeridenorthshore crowd. There's a little trail off to the side which is safer.

are there any canadian online bike/part retailers?

Not that I know of. Did you ever find a home for the khs?

Saw cam haulin' ass with a tailwind on the spit this morning, while tam and I were grinding into it going back the other way. No sense trying to catch a bent with a tailwind! :p

I turned around but couldn't find you after you'd exited the spit. All I heard was "CCAAGGHHH" as I went by. It took me a second to figure out it was likely you two. The headwind back was a bit of a grind for me too.

And I can't recall when I've felt like such a moving target as when I'm on that thing in traffic....

Is it one of those "face the same height as truck bumpers" jobbies? I always found that particularly disturbing.

We saw you on the stretch between the bridge, and where the Eastern trail connects back by the beaver pond. After we left the spit we went back through cherry beach and got our turn with the tailwind all the way back home :)

Pretty much. Maybe I will have to get a flag on it..... I'm still getting used to the kick start so once I've got that down, it will help hopefully.

its still in the shop, have a few people coming to look at it this week.

and the sugino 75s are up for grabs

the wheelset and a couple other things are gone.

we paused for a moment just before the bridge and saw a hawk showing off for a photographer: it lifted off towards the east and hovered in the wind for a lingering moment. as we started to leave i told him that it was "his lucky day", to which he responded with a story about seeing three crows earlier in the morning acting strangely - when he took a closer look he saw that they were eating a snake... to quote brad: if that's not some sort of omen, i don't know what is!

we also saw a pair of merlins or pergrines feeding at cherry beach.

30km/hr tailwind? spin, baby, spin!!

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/wes/set...7605009245163/

Edited with better quality (not from Flickr) versions.. http://www.somnambulant.net/misc/ocup2/

Proof that I have way too much fun at O-Cups.

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ha! nope, got rid of the green wheel a little bit ago aaaaaaaaaaand more importantly - i'm feelin' a little sluggish these days and rarely reach anything resembling a breakneck pace. ;)

Any of the regular riders in T.O. finding the air a little pollen rich this last week or two?

Either I'm feeling extremely crappy (sore throat, swollen sinuses, raw fibre-glass in my lungs) due to allergies (which normally I don't have a problem with) or I'm harbouring the nastiest respiratory infection ever.

It doesn't hit me immediately after a ride, but the next morning I feel like death till I get moving again.

I had a strange really rapid flu (I think) last week (fever, aches & pains, fatigue) for two-three days & now I feel fine except for the above mentioned complaints.

Just wondering.

Dave G.

"CALCULATOR WATCH!"

I had way too much fun, too. So much, in fact, that the guy behind me in the pics + 2 other people passed me as I borderline bonked on the last lap.

BTW posing for Wil may be my new favourite race activity. I may start taking requests.

Sudoku at Hardwood?

Haha nice pics guys, looked like a lot of fun.

gutbucket: not really, could be remnants of your cold crap still, I've had a bit more allergy-type stuff, runny nose kind of gack, but otherwise just fine so far.

What did really suck was heading east in any fashion yesterday, holy crap that was some fierce headwind, heh. I went across the lake to the valley and did some paved riding in the valley and hit the Beechwood Drive hill a couple of times for good measure - by the time I left the east end the wind wasn't strictly in a tailwind, but it was nice nonetheless - I treated myself to some Chippy's after catching a bit of rain heading home.

Yes. Seasonal allergy meds in effect.

Word. Eyedrops in full effect. The rain is helping though. Unfortunately my lungs got filled up with dust yesterday at the race, so I've got a bit of a gunky cough today.

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/pol...POYYZ/caon0696

Morning Sinus Clearing Operations , itchy eyes, sniffles etc. etc. As lifelong allergy sufferer, despite loving the weather changing and the coming of spring, I suffer every single year, and the past two weeks have been killers.

Hey who wants a link to legally dl the new NIN disk?

Guys...for real some awesome pictures!!!!!! Makes me jelous.... I gotta fix this bike....damn !

*shudders at the thought* that only happened to me for a couple years when i lived on a farm as a kid... when we moved out we discovered the house was insulated with asbestos!

oh yes please!

No, eh? i don't know who it was then - it appeared to be a tall guy on a black/green iro; he sprinted past me then did a u turn and yelled something out. maybe it was a post work blurry-eyed reverie.

Pollen will be done soon. I've felt like I have gravel behind my eyelids for the last two weeks. Much better than grain dust anyday though.

TJ, a link PM'd would be appreciated.

And good pics folks...

Oh goddamn. Any ideas?

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dont sitdown?



or



lots of ky?


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[Random fact about my future modeling thing]
here are the numbers i just got on the phone *predicted amount, that i don't believe*
250,000 per job
5 jobs
thats 1,250,00
- living expenses
- 50% agency fees

oh yea thats in euros
hahahahaha *faints*

or i could make nothing lol (i still think its a particle joke... so im not believing anything till im on the airplane) (i leave next monday, so i will get to do 1 set of sprints :D )

heheheh, my first thoughts exactly.

It turns now so I guess it will just be a little bit of elbow grease to get it out but darn, I kinda liked that seatpost.

Public Service Announcement: Check your carbon bits for cracks/cuts/etc regularly. :)

Man that looks un-good, fark :(

i dunno, maybe use it as a letter opener?

what kind of frame is that? the seat tube cluster looks just like my schwinn...

Holy crap Jet... How did that happen?