is it just me or does that squeaky-clean picture of Igor remind you of viggo mortensen inh eastern promises:

http://www.kino-govno.com/trailers/3432t.jpg

Happy real birthday, Shamil!

Err! Does anyone have a short (60ish mm) 1" threadless stem to sell/trade? Puhleeeease? Bueller?

That's exactly what I was thinking but was too lazy to post. :)

re: operator.

I think it's ironic that Rob gets called a troll (which we all know he is ;)). Then he posts something somewhat trolly and you guys get your panties in a knot again. HAVE YOU NOT LEARNED?! :P :twitchy: :crash::D :love:

Yeah, rough part of town! Folks like me live 'round there :p

Who are those masked people?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/sp...s/06masks.html

And check out bikesnobs blog for some hilarious comments

3 posts in a row.. yeeaaAaaAH!

For the cross-curious amongst us, I strongly encourage you to come out to the Midweek Club's tuesday night practice sessions in Centennial Park. They start up on Tuesday, Sep 2nd and start at around 6:30. The vibe is super relaxed. The whole idea is to give everyone practice working on whatever skills they need and there are always lots of people around with lots of great advice (besides Craig Fagan, ironically, who is a total ******.. right Keith?).

Come on out on whatever ride you have.. don't think you need a CX bike to come out to a cross race for a good time. I started out on my MTB and Keith actually rode about half of last year's races on his 29er.

http://www.cyclocrossontario.com/node/721

HAPPY BIRFDAY SHAMI!L!!!!!!! :bday::bday::bday::bday::bike2::beer:

When it comes, it come gratuitously. Said yo' momma. SNAP.


TOfixed has to be the best community around here, I concur wholeheartedly. Between the useful advice, piles of help, and bits and bobs people happily throw around, its like family.

And operators a s00pertr077!!! He makes little kids cry all the time, and I love him for it ;).

re:cross: My trail rig has turned into a monster, but Im feeling pretty game this season. Unfortunately I work nights a lot so I may be deuced on the practise sessions. However you all know I drop a line before I head out, so for you schedule challenged, we can form a random group and iron some stuff out/teach each other stuff. And thx much for the cross updates som, keep'em coming!

Commando FTW

I'm probably gonna start doing some morning sessions in my local park too.. but I'm talking really early, before I go to work.

whats your local park? BTW you and I were in cyclesolutions at the same time the other day, but i didnt realise till keith looked over and yelled, "Dammit! Did Wes sneak off already?" (or near equivalent). Belated hi!

Nice. I have a hybrid that might work ok for that. I'm definately gonna try and make the trips out.

^ Make sure you puts knobblies on. The other day I saw a dude with one of those two-tonne electric bikes and hybrid tires up by the sewage treatment plant... he wasnt having the best ride :D

Incidentally I may have some extra, worn but still usable knobbly tires lying around. Goes for anyone, just ask, Ill look. (best for borrowing if you wanna try XC, if you love the sport, buy new ones and gimme back my worn ones :P)

Define 'sessions'...

I'm thinking of stepping up my rides to work, as I've been wussing out and only riding to Main/Danforth to get the GO most days, I've started using Eglinton GO and that adds a few more miles in.. I just can't bring myself to get up early enough to ride the full distance (I like to schedule 2.5 hours for the full 50k).

edit: I have some el-cheapo knobbies around at home too if anyone wants (Kenda's that came on my Canadian Tire bike) - I've no longer got a 26" wheeled bike, so they're useless to me.

dont know if any of you guys have seen or want to see this

http://current.com/topics/77037582_sigur_ros

sigur ros live at the museum of modern art in ny.

*emerges from pile of garbage and cast off clothing, gasping for air*

Anybody have a recommendation on cheapie yellow-lensed glasses? My pair is gooooone =(.

I did that on Saturday when coming back from my parents place (close to rouge hill station) ... I can't convince myself to ride lawrence to kingston road anymore, ****ty road to windy road w/ 80k/h traffic .. i hate it ... i'll ride it going northeast but not coming home ... i'll either go to scarborough or danforth station

I don't use yellow lenses, but have the red-ish tints in my nashbar glasses that I really like. I have Ryders too but drunkenly scratched my red lense up and my sunglass one is starting to be annoying to wear with a few scratches at eye-level. The nashbar ones work and were cheap as hell at the time, YMMV. Try Home Depot, they've got some reasonable safety goggle things with various styles/tints.

Yeah, Kingston Rd. is 'ok' but it can be a hassle, I like to switch it up and turn off on Eglinton and weave through (Danforth Rd, Warden or Pharmacy) but Eglinton can be a busy road too - I refuse to go into the 'death zone dip' near Leslie/Sunnybrook. Rouge Hill is a nice ride-start point though, I like the path there and it's never been busy when I'm on it, at least it makes getting to Guildwood a bit more scenic than the boring old Kingston road route.

Appreciate the offer man thanks. It's also gonna be my winter bike so I think around that time I'm gonna be looking at a pair of knobbies anyway. That bike has got 25mm tires on right now so that's not gonna work for snow, cx or anything other than pavement really.

At the risk of pointing out the obvious, Kensington is totally where it's at for sunglasses. The pair I buy (Big Elvis Glasses) cost me 4.50 or something so I don't even mind that I'm on my 5th pair of the summer.

They did a great job on the waterfront trail from Port Union. When it all finally gets connected across the Bluffs years from now it will be a fantastic trip downtown. I live up near the top of Port Union, and find this area to be excellent for relaxing rides. Even going north from here to the area beyond the zoo towards Hwy 7 is easy and relatively traffic free.

PM me and they are yours, also Cyclesolutions was having a tire blowout last I was there, some decent offerings.

And yeah thats hella obvious. But I didnt think of it, so thanks :D

1) charlie ride = hell yeah

2) igor's ***** = hell no

3) i'm participating in the multiple sclerosis society's bike "tour" (pfft only 30 or 55kms) on september 7th... if anyone is interested in making a pledge, you can do so online at https://msofs.mssociety.ca/2008bike/...=2&PID=1047043

4) 9 more days = camping-by-bike!

5) glasses and much more = http://www.rotblotts.com

OMFG YOURE GOING CAMPING BY BIKE?!?!?!

I cant get the goddamn time off to do so! I am green with envy and curious as to the route you planned.

*sniff sniff* I love you guys...and thanx to my homey on facebook who posted me as being 40!!
still got 5 years b4 that! punk a55!
well still gotta work tomorrow...so hopefully can drink copious amounts of liquor on friday evening...(and not get the spins) I drank with my cuban neighbours last weekend and they kept pouring rum shots...then someone gave me two beers and a shot of rum_butter? schnapps? was all down hill from there...

may be in for friday, but im running on broke.

heads up, heading to don soon, will likely be at loblaws parking lot at 3:00. if anyone wants to join up, let me know and ill meet you.

not down the front of your shirt?

How far does the path go? i've ridden that path with my little sister, it's like 50 feet from my parents house ... does it end around the sewage plant still? i thought that's where it ended, but if it's longer that's sweet

Yes, it still ends there, but it's easy to hook up on some back roads to Guildwood, or just take the Highland Creek trail, if the bridge is fixed yet. Or, you can go the other way down Lawrence to the Rouge Beach park, then take the bridge into Pickering and ride the conservation area.