that one of the coolest ideas i've heard of in a while. i like anything than break people out of their blind routines and begin genuine conversations.

lol @ alllll byyy myseeeellff

I met a buddy of mine at Donlands/Danforth and we rode over to Main via side streets, both of us thought each other had taken a photo when that first flash appeared right in front of us... Gotta say, that's the first time I've ever seen a snowstorm with thunder/lightning in my life - and I used to pride myself at looking out of the window.. I just got in after the second rumble and didn't hear more, but there were more apparently.

Sidestreets were tricksy, I kept sinking through the hardpack with the 28c in the back, and it made things very squirrelly but lots of fun - I could've passed as a giddy schoolgirl no problems

I've got to get me some goretex pants and booties, I've got the jacket (albeit camouflage, but whatever) - I split the arse out of my rain pants landing a toboggan off a ski jump and they were only cheapo plastic basic service ones I was issued with (AND camouflage too), heh - people seem to give me odd looks when I'm in the camo stuff, bleh.

Just going to have a bite and then head back out for some snow fun

Sorry to hear about the bike/set-up clown.. hope it shows. I have heard Vesuvio's is good eats, but that's not the point.

Don't know where the online hook up is for it, but there's a group that does this type of stuff. SMS-based random meetups - they went to Yonge/Dundas and did a similar "freeze" thing IIRC. Very cool stuff, great vid.

Yeah that was wicked. My first thought was

"X-men"

Some of their other parnks kind of suck. But this one was great.

*cue theme from welcome back kotter*
just got home



spot the bike...

Haha, shamil 4tw

Well, this should be interesting.

Ok who did it? I shoveled the sidewalk.

wow. 3nd worst road rage evar. The other two were when a guy got out of his car and lunged and tried to grab me... and also when a driver grabbed my arm as they drove by on the right (I had signaled and moved into the center lane to make a left).

So, some homeboy in a giant suv yells at me as he goes by. Cuts me off and starts driving through the snow bank so I can't get by. Speeds up. Slams on the brakes causing me to nearly run into the back of his monstertruck. I roll up to his window, he starts yelling at me. I tell him to relax and go to work and he responds with "yo I don't gotta work". Then he drives off again. When he catches up with traffic (approx 10 seconds later) and stops, I catch him and I stop behind him as I can't get by (this of course happens at least a dozen more times). When he starts moving again he nails the gas in an attempt to snowjob me.

What a ****.

The worst part? His license plate was covered with snow so I couldn't get it.

Seriously, I ride very civilly and within my limits. I don't do anything to intentionally piss anyone off. Yet this **** keeps happening. All three of these incidents happened on Harbord Street as well. I think I'm going to go back to my 'no Harbord' rule.

*sigh*

Humanity is ****ed.

Those westenders..... Dundas wasn't bad except for the bad stretch through Regent park where the plow hasn't touched anything. Had to take the lane a couple of times with nary a beep.

If your daddy saw you driving his truck like that he'd kick your ass.

Sometimes I think I should go with my gut feeling of '**** everyone, I'm going back to bed'.

Somebody give Wes a hug!

So, are the roads really that bad? They don't look too bad out my window, guess I'm gonna find out post coffee.

Seriously. That's actually the worst part about idiots like that. 50 minutes later and I'm still totally on edge and full of adrenaline. *deep cleansing breaths*

The roads aren't really that bad, considering. Just have to take the lane occasionally. The smaller side streets are obviously still pretty messy though.

wes i admire your calm; i would have pulled a traffic jammer and thrown a giant slush ball in his window...

Yeah, well, after that one guy tried to beat the crap out of me I've been somewhat scared of provoking someone into violence. You never know what's going to send somebody over the edge. I think I might have been less calm than my story led you to believe, however. I would have just let it go, but he kept up the BS without any provocation from me. I think me smiling and waving in his back window probably enraged him even more.

Well, karma will catch up to him I suppose.

The roads were a mess: Vaughan was plowed once last night, and likely again early this morning, but the city didn't salt, so there's a nice layer of slushy ice. Drivers were surprisingly patient this morning. No rage from people going down St. George, nor any from people behind me at Beverly & Queen, while I was waiting to make a left. Side streets are a wash, though. I was riding on a sheet of ice all the way down Duncan to King.

Guys, I'm pretty set on getting a decent fixie, now that I know how they handle better for city riding (from riding my conversion), especially in inclement weather like this, what would be a good starter frame or complete bike? I want something which can take 700x32 cross tires, so I was looking at the Surly Steamroller. Other bikes I was looking into are:
Jamis Sputnik
Cannondale Capo
Kona Paddy Wagon

Any suggestions?

Wes, sorry to hear about your bad experience this morning. Harbord tends to attract ******-bags for some reason. ...you could have keyed his truck

take a look at the bianchi ss cross frame, the san jose.

Courteney Cox has bought Jennifer Aniston a $12,000 Chanel bicycle.

The actress bought her ‘Friends’ pal the expensive pushbike after she expressed an interest taking up cycling.

A source close to the star said: “Jennifer said she wanted to start bike riding because it’s such good exercise. So Courteney sent her the new, ultra-chic Chanel bicycle.”

The bike features eight speeds, weighs 36lbs and comes complete with a quilted leather seat and saddlebag emblazoned with the famous Chanel ‘CC’ logo.

The source continued: “Courteney only sent Jennifer the bike two weeks ago but she already loves it! She goes out riding all the time.”

No wonder it's so expensive, it's super light!

I built up a pretty sweet at the shop the other day. Specialized Tricross SS. Tons of tire clearance but it has V-Brake mounts. The IRO Rob-Roy is a decent frame for the dough...brake mounts again tho. I don't think any of the bikes you mentioned, with the exception of the Steamroller, will handle a 32c cross tire. If you want to be able to run fenders, stick with a SS cross frame.

Anyone who is willing to use their vehicle in the way Wes mentioned would go bonkers, and prolly run you down, if you keyed his car.

I think what we all need, in light of the dodgy weather and the of mouth breathing sucker-chumps on the road, is a scotch night.

My new "when I start a band" name

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And that's what i looks like...£6,200