[quote=Flimflam;6336952]I'm doing the Hairshirt this year as well [QUOTE]

Whats the turn around point for that ride? I know it leaves from Square 1 but do they turn back in Niagara on the Lake or Niagara falls?

It's a looped route, rather than go there, turn around, come back. It goes past Hamilton on Hwy 5 IIRC, then hooks a bit deeper into the Niagara region, goes to the ... West(?) end where Welland, etc. are, then goes all the way up the Niagara Parkway through the Falls and around NOTL and back to Toronto. I didn't ride the full "going there" route, but rode from the Falls using their route - all was nice and well. Both times I went out there for fun I used the same basic route to both go and come back as the "coming back" is on the link below. There are some killer cherries at Cokers Lane/50 Rd (right before the escarpment climb, too!) or if you catch it later in the summer, pears :)

I still have the basic cue notes I made based/copied from the hairshirt route online: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dff3tbwb_4c8dgtx

L'il Overhauler

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Yay Spring!

The crate will be retired next week when my proper racks and bags come in
New tires as soon as the street sweepers roll :)

The crate must live! Seriously, L'il Hauler gone grown up. Have you thrown those new Michelin tires on there yet?

[QUOTE=Turd Ferguson;6338384][quote=Flimflam;6336952]I'm doing the Hairshirt this year as well it goes all the way to niagara falls and if the day is hot enough you can let the mist cool you off...

well i guess iherald isn't riding the hairshirt so i needn't impart any wisdom about it. i'd love to do it again this year but i fear i haven't put enough training miles in yet. in my experience you should be able to do a 100km ride painlessly by mid-april if you don't want to suffer. or be mitch. either one... joining the randonneurs is a good idea as they will teach you to ride sensibly and know your own pace.
if there was enough interest in riding as a group i could be motivated....

i almost bought a pair of those at the show but i don't have and 94 bcd rings. does anyone sell them?

i think we have some at MEC... but there kinda craptacular

holy carp.. http://www.cracked.com/video_16019_v...ting-1979.html

A BIG YELLOW CIRCLE


re: 94bcd chainrings: http://www.salsacycles.com/chainrings.html / http://www.blackspire.com/qs/product/83/5948/263225/0/0

94 is the last gen 5 bolt. Rings are still pretty easy to come by. I set mine up with 2 ENVY DH rings as I am only using em for SS. You can still get ****mano rings and most of the aftermarket ring makers still make em in 94.

Wes, say it ain't so!

http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/605627115.html

T'aint me.. That's Mike.

taint, haaaaaaah

Oh really? Did you even get a Roger or did I have you guys mixed up?

Yeah, we both got 'em. I got a 57 and Mike got a 55.

ps. disc brakes (and tacos) rule!

so much for the zen approach: instead of flipping out on a driver this morning for cutting me off i gave her the 'kill 'em with kindness' treatment waiting next to the window at a red light... "hi there, nice day isn't it, gee you look stressed, that's a shame etc".

felt great, until i started pedalling again and realised my back tire was completely flat. crap. stopped, and looked in my trunk bag. got a wrench and pump, but levers and patch kit are attached to the other bike. crap again. called work to let them know what happened and started on my walk of shame. in non-walking shoes. such is life.

look out bike joint, here i come!

Did you know?

After about a year of use or so Crank Brothers cleats work with Time Atac pedals. Get out there and hurt yourselves, kids!

Ya, that's my listing. I wish I could keep it but aside from school I've got the Rob Roy commuter to worry about and the Jamis mountain bike. Cross season is a way off and unfortunately the lowest of the current priorities. In a few years when I'm rich and powerful I'll probably re-buy the thing. Oh well.

*sniff* dude , such a sad posting full of longing and regret.

Bump... scratchy chrome fork: matching paint or attempt to polish?

Have you seen theses?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/3...dac3544232.jpg

Anyone have friends who ride in Boston?

nice day for riding

funny how once you get used to the cold 5 degrees is glorious, the sun doesn't hurt

I hear that. This morning was the first time I've rocked the cycling cap instead of the toque in months.

Indeed.... hosed the Pake down, lubed it, summer shoes, no gloves, cap not hat.... oh yes.
SPRING ... you can feel it. WOOT WOOT!!

NOTE: do not get fully sucked in, as we ALL know there will be at least one more storm.

My normal commuting route takes me down Beverley through the UoT campus and east onto College. I take that route specifically because of the corner. I can take it way too fast, cut left around oncoming traffic, cross the streetcar tracks, avoid the manhole cover and take the rest of the turn hard enough to clear the snowbank filling the bike lane/car parked in the bike lane. It's just a fun corner to take really fast and add a bit of flow to.

So ... today I'm coming up to the corner w/ a car behind me, I start the turn and my front tire goes completely flat (stupid glass). Holy crizzzap on a stick was that ever intense. I couldn't ride it out straight because I'd go straight into oncoming traffic, couldn't stop because of the car right behind me, still had to avoid the wet streetcar tracks and manhole cover, etc. Thank you, cyclocross season and limited experience in the Don for giving me the bike handing skills to somehow make the turn at speed and pull off to the side after the corner. I don't how I didn't throw the tire off the rim because it sure as hell fell like I was about to, but oh well - I'll take what I can get!

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