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07-13-08, 12:03 PM
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Oct 18, 1918. You can make it out in the script on the bottom of the photo - more easily in the original.
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truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
07-13-08, 12:14 PM
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This doesn't make any sense but it seems like it's wider now than it was when it first got built.
07-13-08, 03:50 PM
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anyone up for a don ride tomorrow? i want to break in my new bike
07-13-08, 04:14 PM
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Hands down the best ride of the year so far:
https://www.stridemaps.com/maps/view/146#
Starting at the Aldershot GO station, it's literally about 5mins before you're in the countryside. Like birds chirping wind in the grass countryside. Not that long, but up the escarpment 4 times (~740m total climbing) the hardest being the loose gravel climb up Kelso makes up the difference. The hill down bell school line from top of Kelso is a sweet, sweet reward for the slog up the hill, you lose about 120m in 2mins. I just tucked it and hit 64.3 on L'il hauler
The scenery is awesome, the roads are good (with a few fun offroad sections thrown in on sections of the bruce trail and through Kelso), the traffic was light and considerate and the lake at Kelso is nice for a lunch stop/swim.
Lucky I broke my camera on the way out, or I'd have had to stop every 3mins because of the scenery.
Awesome ride. Highly recommended.
https://www.stridemaps.com/maps/view/146#
Starting at the Aldershot GO station, it's literally about 5mins before you're in the countryside. Like birds chirping wind in the grass countryside. Not that long, but up the escarpment 4 times (~740m total climbing) the hardest being the loose gravel climb up Kelso makes up the difference. The hill down bell school line from top of Kelso is a sweet, sweet reward for the slog up the hill, you lose about 120m in 2mins. I just tucked it and hit 64.3 on L'il hauler
The scenery is awesome, the roads are good (with a few fun offroad sections thrown in on sections of the bruce trail and through Kelso), the traffic was light and considerate and the lake at Kelso is nice for a lunch stop/swim.
Lucky I broke my camera on the way out, or I'd have had to stop every 3mins because of the scenery.
Awesome ride. Highly recommended.
07-13-08, 04:52 PM
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https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/753651242.html
anyone have a cinelli frame lying around?
this dude will give you $100 for it.
anyone have a cinelli frame lying around?
this dude will give you $100 for it.
07-13-08, 04:53 PM
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Do you have a copy of the course? I'm going back for sure.
We didn't go offroad too much. Just a couple of shortcuts and detours for scenic purposes. I don't know the bruce trail very well, except to say it's not very predictable terrain wise, so I kept it to a walkable distance just in case it turned into a rock garden or bog. The one section actually shows as a road on google and on my paper map... although in reality it's just a survey trail.
You can totally go around kelso on pavement and still catch the big downhill, which is what I had originally planned, but after lunch break and a swim I decided that I wanted to see if I could actually make it up with the full on touring setup.
We didn't go offroad too much. Just a couple of shortcuts and detours for scenic purposes. I don't know the bruce trail very well, except to say it's not very predictable terrain wise, so I kept it to a walkable distance just in case it turned into a rock garden or bog. The one section actually shows as a road on google and on my paper map... although in reality it's just a survey trail.
You can totally go around kelso on pavement and still catch the big downhill, which is what I had originally planned, but after lunch break and a swim I decided that I wanted to see if I could actually make it up with the full on touring setup.
07-13-08, 05:42 PM
w/presta heart valves!
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...and where on the climb did you barf?
07-13-08, 05:55 PM
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https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/753651242.html
anyone have a cinelli frame lying around?
this dude will give you $100 for it.
anyone have a cinelli frame lying around?
this dude will give you $100 for it.
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Originally Posted by operator
truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
07-13-08, 06:11 PM
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if you must know, i could feel the wine i'd consumed at lunch rising in the back of my throat by the time i got halfway to the top of the cliff ridge in kelso, after riding up from the beach. however, with the rough trail and a hybrid (avec panniers), i had to walk; so i was able to catch my breath in time...
but really, it was probably one of - if not the - best/hardest rides i've done yet.
but really, it was probably one of - if not the - best/hardest rides i've done yet.
07-13-08, 07:36 PM
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Do you have a copy of the course? I'm going back for sure.
We didn't go offroad too much. Just a couple of shortcuts and detours for scenic purposes. I don't know the bruce trail very well, except to say it's not very predictable terrain wise, so I kept it to a walkable distance just in case it turned into a rock garden or bog. The one section actually shows as a road on google and on my paper map... although in reality it's just a survey trail.
You can totally go around kelso on pavement and still catch the big downhill, which is what I had originally planned, but after lunch break and a swim I decided that I wanted to see if I could actually make it up with the full on touring setup.
We didn't go offroad too much. Just a couple of shortcuts and detours for scenic purposes. I don't know the bruce trail very well, except to say it's not very predictable terrain wise, so I kept it to a walkable distance just in case it turned into a rock garden or bog. The one section actually shows as a road on google and on my paper map... although in reality it's just a survey trail.
You can totally go around kelso on pavement and still catch the big downhill, which is what I had originally planned, but after lunch break and a swim I decided that I wanted to see if I could actually make it up with the full on touring setup.
07-13-08, 07:46 PM
Call me The Breeze
Yes, but I want to do it on my road bike too, so I'm going to revise it to accommodate that at some point.
07-13-08, 08:54 PM
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Here's the course:
https://www.ontariocycling.org/web_do...ical_guide.pdf
It wasn't a very long loop but you got a MONSTER climb on Applebee line and then a harrowing downhill on Bell School Line. That climb is insane. The switchbacks at the top are so steep!
https://www.ontariocycling.org/web_do...ical_guide.pdf
It wasn't a very long loop but you got a MONSTER climb on Applebee line and then a harrowing downhill on Bell School Line. That climb is insane. The switchbacks at the top are so steep!
07-13-08, 09:15 PM
Don't smoke, Mike.
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In yet other news, I just finished Michael Ondaatje's "In the Skin of a Lion". There's a mention of the first vehicle to cross the Bloor Viaduct was a guy on a bicycle who jumped through the barricades and raced ahead before the planned VIP motorcade got across. I went to the Toronto archives and found this, which is my new wallpaper.
07-13-08, 09:17 PM
oOooo, five bucks
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bah mushy brakes, rubbing front brake rotor, and a slipping rear wheel.
apart from that, i love the new bike. now to fix the problems, and hit up the don! I hope dukes will fix up the mushy brakes for free as i only picked it up today, and dont have any more fluid (not enough fluid, and/or some air in the brakes... that would be my guess)
apart from that, i love the new bike. now to fix the problems, and hit up the don! I hope dukes will fix up the mushy brakes for free as i only picked it up today, and dont have any more fluid (not enough fluid, and/or some air in the brakes... that would be my guess)
07-13-08, 09:43 PM
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Copyright and reproduction statements intact no doubt.
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Originally Posted by operator
truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
07-13-08, 09:50 PM
don't TAZE me, bro!!!
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hey, would anybody happen to know where one could get bike parts (fork crown/BB shell) engraved or pantographed here in TO? found a couple places online that were close and did jewerly engraving, but was wondering if there was someone that specialized in bikes or whatnot.
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07-13-08, 10:03 PM
freed psycho. RUN.
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my dad has an engraver. i could borrow it, you can put some wavy initials in it.
To the guy that took my bike, i could tread your guts out. I miss that thing more every damn day. I am going to engrave a penis into ever single tiny part of every single bike I own, and lock them to immovable objects with diamond chains soaked in hellfire.
The kona pedals on my ironhorse are awesome, if peeps are in the don this week holla atcha boi, i could use a good session hurting myself on the catwalks.
in other news, I HAVE A MINT TWENTY FOLDER, BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! MOST AWESOMEST COOLNESS!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! John from DSR is teh pimp for selling it, and even pimper for selling to meee.
To the guy that took my bike, i could tread your guts out. I miss that thing more every damn day. I am going to engrave a penis into ever single tiny part of every single bike I own, and lock them to immovable objects with diamond chains soaked in hellfire.
The kona pedals on my ironhorse are awesome, if peeps are in the don this week holla atcha boi, i could use a good session hurting myself on the catwalks.
in other news, I HAVE A MINT TWENTY FOLDER, BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! MOST AWESOMEST COOLNESS!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! John from DSR is teh pimp for selling it, and even pimper for selling to meee.
07-14-08, 05:34 AM
Don't smoke, Mike.
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07-14-08, 06:14 AM
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wanna have a bike gang? Well you better get licenced. https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/753976227.html
Shotgun Mystic!
Shotgun Mystic!
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07-14-08, 08:38 AM
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david gilmour writes novels with toronto/muskoka references.
i also love in the skin of a lion!
i also love in the skin of a lion!
07-14-08, 09:23 AM
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actually i'm reading a crime novel at the moment that's set at broadview and danforth and has vivid descriptions of the east end and the financial core - "buffalo jump". the writings a bit chiched but an easy going summer read none the less...
07-14-08, 03:54 PM
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Dan, I have a 15 and 16 bmx cog and spacers if you want.
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07-14-08, 04:53 PM
oOooo, five bucks
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gah
went for an awesome ride today, in the don with my misfits. i love the bike.
buuuuut my rear wheel slipped forward, and when i went to tighten it i found all four bolts had been stripped! WTF? i pay $1405 to buy a new bike, to find the brakes are running low on fluid (they said i was wrong) AND they have stripped the bolts???? i had to walk home because the rear wheel slipped in the dropouts and the rear tire was rubbing on the chainstays.
To go back and let them try and solve the problem? or fix it my self? as it stands it isnt ride able and its not 48hours old yet
went for an awesome ride today, in the don with my misfits. i love the bike.
buuuuut my rear wheel slipped forward, and when i went to tighten it i found all four bolts had been stripped! WTF? i pay $1405 to buy a new bike, to find the brakes are running low on fluid (they said i was wrong) AND they have stripped the bolts???? i had to walk home because the rear wheel slipped in the dropouts and the rear tire was rubbing on the chainstays.
To go back and let them try and solve the problem? or fix it my self? as it stands it isnt ride able and its not 48hours old yet
