i humbly request that this memorial ride happen on a sunday or monday so's i can attend. if the consensus is otherwise i will of course be there in spirit...

he was a friend of ours and an animated fixture here (not to mention nemesis of cabbies everywhere) on the BFSSFGTO since it's inception - long story short, he was struck and killed last year near calgary while out on an epic bike tour from the northwestern US to toronto. this was last year this time; after he passed away there was a memorial ride organized for him and his family by some of the guys here.

search for some of his posts - you will be entertained.

He was crossing Canada after a long ride from Vancouver to San Francisco then Van to Toronto when he was struck and killed by a motorist who drifted onto the shoulder of the road at Brooks, Alberta

His blog is up here: http://thedoublecross.blogspot.com/

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i think that's a great idea. i wasn't there last year because i was coming back from a trip out east -- missed the ride by two hours.

I'm obviously in. And yeah, I'm pretty sure Thoby and their parents live in the UAE.

Damn, the beaches used to be so cool.

There used to be a Coney Island style amusment park complete with pier out there.



i'm in for a ride for charlie, never knew him, but we should keep his memory alive for sure.

Well that was a pretty nice ride. Caught flimflam along Queen E, giving a tow to some guy on rollerblades, then rode all the way out to Rouge Hill & back. 75km round trip. Kingston rd is really very nicely paved after Birchmount, but watch out, because between Victoria Park & Birchmount, the road looks like it hasn't been paved in 15+ years...

Oddly, there were more than a few cyclists around Kingston & Lawrence, some riding real high end rigs - Look, etc...

A ride for Charlie would be nice.

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word...im down...friday eve or weekends are good fuh me.

I say let's do both!

Thanks so much to all of you who've volunteered to help me out with my research (especially without confirming that I'm not doing some sort of crazy electroshock torture thing first!). I'm not sure if I'll need all of you, but I have certain exclusion criteria (i.e. musicianship) and am usually only in the lab during work hours, so I'll do first come first serve based on those factors. I'll get back to all of you in the next week or two. Woo.

Darn, all those years learning 'Stairway to Heaven' come back to haunt me. Now I can't be in a study, and I suck at guitar.


I'm currently in the upper Ottawa Valley visiting family for a few days. I went for a cool flight in a friend's plane last night before getting ripping drunk at a great outdoor concert. I've found I can do a lap of the town on my track bike (~10km) without having to deal with a single car most of the time. Pure heaven. I even took a blast down some bad dirt logging roads today - kind of a challenge at speed on a fixed gear.

Wasn't sure if you recognised me there kergin ;) My buddy/brother-in-law and his girlfriend and I were out, once he let go in that traffic I just had that "race the streetcar" urge ;)

How was the donut? Sorry I flopped on it but booze/incidental happenings/booze happens.

I'm definitely in for the Charlie ride, keep us posted.

didn't go! Rob was out after you, and I'm not one to go in with Roadie scum alone :P Maybe next weekend?

i'm sure this has been asked here before but a question to you tech guys: is there a simple way to convert files in itunes to windows media files for upload to a non ipod media player?

never met charlie but i would be up for a ride for him.

only if everyone would be ok with that (not sure if you wanna keep it to just his friends or not)

If the itunes files are bought through the itunes music store with DRM, then you have to strip the DRM using some software - jhymn, I think. Otherwise, you can simply point Windows Media Player (assuming version 11) to listen to folders, like the itunes music folder. Now, if you don't let itunes sort your music under its own directory, then you would have to point media player to the folders where you do store your music: C:\music, for example.

http://www.ventanafilms.com/pageFILM14.html see what a real film maker did with my footage.

I'm pretty sure I'd be down for a Charlie ride.

i hate trying to diagnose a creak

If I don't have my daughter this weekend, I'm in... Sunday?

anybody need a winter beater?

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/784005829.html

can I make a dirt jumper out of it?

Pfff, no fender eyelets. Otherwise perfect for Feb. riding in Toronto.

Charlie ride, this Sunday is no good for me, and after missing the ride last year I would hate to miss this year as well.

Yeaaa, headset installed tomorrow, should have the new ride ready to go Wednesday. Woop woop.