https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD1LHejil6M

Screw the clinchers.. 50mm tubs for $398! The 'words' are a little garish (and apparently under the clear coat), but for that price and <1500g I might be willing to ignore them. I also didn't realize before that the motobecane carbon frames ship without the decals applied, which is kinda cool. Not really that interested in those though anyway.

jet sanchez / op: you thinking of ordering anything? I saw you post a couple times in the questions/suggestions thread.

Quiet day, anybody ride in the flurries this morning?

piece of warm footed cake.. I was somewhat concerned of the icing sugar dusting over black ice but with the skating rink at the end of my street it was smoovvvvvvv

i rode this morning, plows hadn't come through the streets i take into work so it sucked, almost all jagged re-frozen slush

a lot of ice under fresh snow, i spun out a few times but no falls

not looking forward to the ride home when it's the same except with traffic

hit up the main streets ... much less ice

+1

Main streets + taking the lane is the recipe. Or sorta "secondary roads" that are well travelled but typically have lower traffic speeds (eg. Harbord, in my case). On my way in I generally take College and ride well out into the curb 'car lane' (since the bike lane is totally useless right now). Harbord I straddle the divider between the two lanes or the bike-lane divider.

My question: how does the city manage to RE-plow streets with like 0.5cm of new snow, but apparently can't plow the bike lanes?

No diss for Shapelike's fitting services as he's helped me a bunch in the past, but does anyone know of any shops/coaches/etc that do full fitting sessions with some sort of powermeter/spinscan/etc? Having some sort of quantitative element to bike fit interests me.

edit: I found a couple places.. Enduro-sport seemingly the closest.

I just let Mike 'measure' me...


It does seem like bike lanes are a great place to put snow .... new political ammo.
You want us to obey the law ...act like vehicles, but then marginalize us ONCE more when snow comes...Wake TF up Toronto City Counselors!!!! hmmm to the City of Toronto Email list!!!!

has anyone seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSwig1tgUtY

Po-po is wack!

There will be a guy coming to town shortly that does awesome fittings. I know this guy...he is from Germany and works for, among others, TUNE components. He did one for Andrew Randall last time he was here to much praise. He does full bio-mechanics and SRM data analysis. It takes a full 6 hours and he will be doing appointment only at La Carrera.

They came down harbord and did the bike lanes yesterday. It's still better to ride in the main traffic lane though IMO 'cause the bike lanes just don't have enough traffic to keep them clear. I got to the supermarket (dundas/landsdowne nofrills) on Sunday after work to discover that what was once well used bike racks are now a big pile of snow and ice. I guess I should've bought enough groceries last time to last until March...

you didn't bring a shovel? pfft.. rookie.

cavernmech: thanks for the info! perhaps I should stop by and see Nadir.. although I'm afraid to know how much a 6 hour session with a foreign guy will cost if a 90minute session at Enduro Sport is $200.

That is fantastic. I wonder how fast 4 racing types could get it going?

$400...$200 if you buy a bike. He is extremely well regarded in the fitting world. Philip Moeller is his name and he is originally from Freiburg. I have known him for many years and he is the $#!t when it comes to bike fit.
Edit...I made a rhyme...YAY!

Only one way to find out

I say we get an old caddy and do it up right!

We do fittings here too, free with any bike purchase. It's very comprehensive- a thorough standover check, followed by a seat height adjustment (as long as the post isn't frozen)

There's nothing like moving into a new location w/ no lights, heat, internet access, etc.

Seriously, good times.

Okay, my fingers are going numb so I guess it's time to go back to organizing/milling around the space heater.

Edit: My student line of credit application went through. Looks like I'll actually be able to afford school). Woot.

Mike...over educated..AND knowledgeable of bike bombs...be afraid be very afraid.

Dude, you guys only moved downstairs, how could it be you have no lights heat water etc? We're you guys looking when you spent the last X weeks moving stuff?

Better to get an old honda for lightweight!

The one in the video is an '82 buick regal limited. I've got a '78 regal sport coupe that you can have if you want it... just gotta go pull it out of my folks back yard.

Yes! **** I'd love to try that out

Jerry-rigged fluorescent tubes do not a pleasant retail environment make. And there's a new forced air furnace that's been installed but still needs to be inspected before we can fire it up. Cable connection needs to be run again so in the meantime I'm sneaking up to the old space to check email, etc.

Wee ...

Can we pace the Worlds with it?

Go team!

https://www.ontariocycling.org/web_pa...ng.php?id=1457

"Felt Lightweight 7075 CNC Aluminum Seatpost Clamp with Titanium Bolt and Scandium Nutbar"

ps. why won't the wind calm down? :'(