anybody know if/where these are available downtown?

http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.c..._2025_18219826

It is getting tough out there, isn't it? Everything has slowed down at my work, my friends in finance have all lost their jobs, my friends in retail are praying they don't lose their jobs and my friend in real estate is hoping she gets laid off with a severance package. The one friend who is doing well is a pharmacist, go figure.

*continues scrambling to live paycheque to paycheque and pay off student debt*

Was riding east myself last night, the wind the past few days has been murderous.


I just recently secured a steady 9 to 5 handing out welfare cheques, with the way things are going it looks like one of the few jobs with guaranteed job security at the moment :(

i've seen them at urbane before, they have a little piece of cardboard that you take them out of, setup by the pedals, toe clips, etc, on the left of the parts desk

rob(steelwool owner) might be interested in this:

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/916587272.html

that and my friend in the repo business... hes making a ****ing killing

In regards to my new sig, I am absolutely dumbfounded at the misinformation that gets tossed around these forums.

You mean it's not the cold?

FFS, that goddamn steelwool is still locked outside of BoW; I just passed it again tonight. I don't want to sound like a dick, but if the owner had previously left the bike in the shop for two days, how did the staff not have his contact info to call him to unlock the bike?

Keith, if you need me to, I have some time tomorrow morning, so I can run over, grab the frame and wheel and bring them to you. I'm afraid that what's left over will get jacked.

well the ride back from brampton to yonge and eglinton area only took 2.5 hours!! Wish i would have seen these posts about Finch being a deathtrap before though hahaha You guys weren't kidding!! Between the semi --trucks and the crazy 90KM/h drivers it was interesting. But i gotta tell ya... the roads outside of toronto are AMAZING!!! They're sooooooooo smooth in comparison and there's way less lights; so you can get a nice cadence going for once! Once you pass kipling or so it's very noticeable. And ya there's no way i could have ridin that GI fixed... it was on the single-speed. But it's like people north of steeles have never seen a bike before hahaha But on the plus side i did get a good view of "Wild Water Kingdom" on the way by...

And ya, when i finish building my rear wheel i'll be dropping down to my 42 chain ring... based on all the advice i've heard on here

If you had mentioned Yonge & Eglinton, I would have suggested you take Finch -> Albion -> Weston -> Eglinton ->Yonge. Its pretty safe, and you skirt the 401 / Wilson / Albion / Weston interchange by going through a park along the Humber river.

The roads outside of Downtown Toronto can be really nice, but it still depends on where you are. Take a ride along Humber College Blvd to see what I mean (P.S.: I hope you don't have fillings in your teeth) ;)

i'm usually panting cuz of my rediculous GI anyways so i have some room for jaw bounce.... it's the nut and ball bounce that gets me everytime haha there's something to be said for riding a "fatter" saddle sometimes hahaha due to the lack of a decent front light, at night the dips and doodles can catch me by surprise and not leave enough time to post :(

yup - urbane has em; $2.75 each i think. it's one of those things that doesn't cost much but adds and nice finishing touch to a bike.

i have to say there is a certain security in having next to nothing - at least it can't be taken away from you!

man, i am never coming home... :(

Cyclist's leg severed in hit-run

Nov 14, 2008 06:37 AM

ADRIAN MORROW
Staff Reporter

A cyclist is in hospital after his leg was almost severed by a car police say might have been a taxi early this morning.

Police were called to Dovercourt Rd., in the Queen St. W. and Ossington Ave. area, around 2:30 a.m. where they found a man bleeding heavily from his right leg, said Staff Sgt. Vince Tso.

The victim was taken to St. Michael’s Hospital in serious condition. Doctors were working to re-attach the leg.
"He’s in surgery right now. He received massive trauma to his right leg, as well as injuries to his pelvis," said Sgt. Tim Burrows.

Police are searching for a Beck taxi.

In another incident, the driver of a Beck cab reported being assaulted by a cyclist. Police are investigating both incidents, but don’t know yet if the two are linked.

Anyone with information on the incident can contact police at 416-808-1900, or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

Police Interviewing Cabbie Following Bizarre Incident West Of Downtown

Friday November 14, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff

Was it a hit-and-run? An attempted robbery?

Police are still trying to iron out the details of a bizarre incident early Friday morning. A cyclist was taken to hospital after his leg was reportedly severed in a collision with a cab near the intersection of Dovercourt Rd. and Dundas St. It's believed the cab backed into the man, hit a pole, and took off at about 2:30am.

However the cabbie apparently contacted police to tell them that the cyclist had tried to rob him, and that he fled in fear. The injured man was taken to hospital where doctors worked to reattach his leg.
Investigators are looking into the circumstances, whether to lay charges, and if they do who they'd lay them against.

Witnesses apparently heard two men yelling around the time of the incident. Anyone with information in the case can contact police at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

wow. that's crazy! how do you sever someone's leg by running them over? streetcar track? so, do you think some desperate jerk tried to rob the cabbie and got run over for his efforts or did a careless cabbie run a poor cyclist over and is trying to cover his butt with his defense explanation?

on a non bike note: eagles of death metal ****ing rocked it last night! and so did an uncharacteristically rowdy toronto crowd! woo!

i've had the whole week off(not that I wanted it off, freelance isn't fun sometimes) so I ran out of tasks like, 2 days ago. i'll go pick it up! gimme a mission! please! yesterday i achieved a 5 star review on every song on medium in guitar hero: world tour. i'm bored. c'mon!

If you pinned his leg up against the pole the cabbie backed into, that outta do it. The pole has a small enough surface area to act almost like a blade with so much weight (car) behind the impact. (Especially if it's one of those metal ones for street signs, more so if it's one of those square ones. Craziest thing I've heard of in a while. I'll be staying tuned to this one.

Now... day 2 of the Great Basement Cleanup, now that the waters have gone I can sanitize it.

your mission is to ride out to whitby and back on the water front trail or 20 rounds of disc golf on the island

Yeah, that was my thinking too. That sucks.

I got cut off very badly yesterday by a Beck taxi near the Mental Health Centre and I was pissed-off and still thinking about it when another Beck taxi cut into my lane at Spadina. Pure coincidence of course but still, what jerks.

I suppose it is part of my anti-taxi agenda that I am thinking the cabbie called 911 to make up a story about getting robbed in order to cover his ass but we will see what happens.

i'm surprised the title of that isn't "cab driver survives vicious robbery attempt by cyclist"

2:30 am in front of the drake is one of the best spots I can think of to get into problems with a taxi in Toronto.

i'd say next to king street between bay and york at rush hour the drake after last call is the worst cab zone in the city. u-turn central.

+1 That whole stretch to Gladstone can be insanely tricky. Mod club on College has been my second trickiest spot, barring Union (on Front) at rush hour.

I see them as a mixture of jerks, goons and sharks. The sharks are the really hungry ones in a game of survival of the fittest. When the city bumped the number of licences to 5000 or whatnot, things must have got that much harder for them. So yeah, yesterday in the rain I was forced out of a bike line and into the curb by #323 Diamond, got a flat and a pinched rim out of that. All I can say is, heck no I won't be calling 911 if I ever see one of those little trunk lights flashing.

Hello,

I came across this forum and have found it really useful in helping me put together my first Fixed gear bike. Just wondering if anyone can recommend a place in T.O. where I can find a good cheap 165mm crank.

Thanks in advance,
FW