having a coffee and hitting the trail. well, im going to attempt to, i have an inkling my bike may be a little small all of a sudden. anyone wanna come? im just going to troll around, nothing fast.

Awesome, sounds ideal (damn those early starts though ;)) - I think I might at least hit up the Lake Wilcox run tomorrow, I've been meaning to go back up there since last summer. Are you going? I'm not riding the Friends for Life ride, does that even matter for these?

Passed 1000km this morning, that's 3 weeks and one day of riding the Rob Roy. Decided that was a good milestone to properly clean/lube the chain :) Still need new pads though, gah.

Great link there Cam, I sent that one over to my Dad - he'll appreciate that :)

Early finish in Whitby this afternoon = taking those tailwinds to full advantage for heading west methinks, was brutal going east this morning at times.

No? Just wear a helmet, bring food/tools and don't ride like a ****** - a lot of the people in the group will be novice cyclists and spook easy. That being said, a lot of people in the group will be experienced riders who are great to ride all day with. Overall it's a really friendly bunch and you should be able to find some people to ride with at whatever pace you find comfortable.

Get the new pad FF, they make a world of difference.

From the Rapha Continental ride blog.. this is like the automotive equivalent of 'lil hauler:

http://www.rapha.cc/continental/images/scapuss049.jpg

:D

Holy crap the headwind heading East is brutal. Oh well, my commute home should be funsies.

Nerdsgirth- I have a pair of brand new Tektro dual pivot road calipers (short reach). Want?

http://www.irocycle.com/ <-- new website ... free coffee mug offer if you send a bike pic in.

Ill Hustla!

Canada Post just brought presents!!!

I`m running out to work, but 10 silver hubs just arrived at my door....sexy. Total cost $363 Can. Sweetdeal all:D

I`m going to get them organized tonight/tomorrow morning and then we can arrange to meetup.

wooo!

stoked!

Anyone here have a Wii + Mario Kart? I'd love to play it. Just sayin' is alls. :)

Also: wow. What a difference with the IRO website!

Awesome! :)

ooohhhh yyyyeeeeaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm planning on (hopefully) picking it up this weekend.


also, should we have a wheel building party soon?

Our Canadian homeboy Svein Tuft is kicking ass and taking names at the Pan-Am Road and Track Championships right now.

He was doing track racing in the velodrome in Uruguay earlier this week: he got gold in the individual pursuit race on Monday, the points race on tuesday, and then the Madison race on Wednesday.

Then the road races started today, and he got gold in the individual time trial!

His new riding system is unstoppable! [/fairly obscure internets reference]

Speaking of madison racing, this video from Forest City still boggles my mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxOoflyZnLQ

That would be a bylaw infraction rather than a HTA infraction I think. Also, since speedometers are not legally mandated equipment (like they are on cars) how would you know you were going over 20? I don't think they could ever get a conviction on that if you took it to court. As an aside, I love how when you're riding along the lakeshore trail through Ajax there's a list of bylaws posted along the trail one of which being "no obnoxious or annoying behaviour" I'd rather get a ticket for that than for speeding! :p

As far as an actual speeding ticket goes, the law is "operating a motor vehicle in excess of the limit" or something along those lines, the key word obviously being "motor" Anyhoo, are they gonna take away your bike license?

haha. The "original" L'il hauler was my buddies old Ford ranger that we used to use to go mountain biking and camping.

There will be a wheel building class at CBN on Queen w 18th and 25 of May. If anyone needs?

I LOVE THOSE BIKE ELECTRIC PIECES OF ****

i race them (gives me something to strive for) and have yet to be beaten (they slow off lights :D ). but in reality, i want to toss my ulock in there front wheel each time i see them (mind you they beat cars)




you kick ass


any way possible (with out me sounding like a dink... can i still say that?) that you could bring them to MEC tomorrow (see this is where it gets bad) along with those bars :D ? i'll give you chocolate AND $$$ (best combo infact)

Highly recommended - I enjoyed the class a lot... even if I wasn't the best student.

When are you heading to Vancouver?

I'll be there around the last week of May and the first week of June depending how long it takes to get up the west coast.

You have a bike with you? :)

I am pretty sure I still have a brand new Veloce around here...I will try to find it.

I'm not going to build a wheel, but I'd like to learn how to true one. Are there clinics on that?

I may make it out for the one tomorrow. Anyone else going?