Zip car is limited to 150km

a) I don't know how often Keith gets on here these days.
b) He plans on getting a lift with Barry to most/all the races, so Barry's probably the person to ask. He has the Angry Wagon though, so there might be room depending on whether the whole famn-damily is racing.
c) I'm not sure if he's racing as it's also Crank The Shield this weekend.

She drove to St. Catherines in one on Saturday. Not sure if it's zipcar or autoshare that she uses.

pfft. Might as well ride then.

Those metal plates all over the road at Yonge and Bloor sure are fun when you hit them in a rainstorm...

As far as I know correct. I have a sus corrected fork on my bike.

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Hehehe, you've got to love the "Lance Armstrong Stinkeye"

Some M3's are pretty quick, in fact I'd guess there are a number of sandbaggers who should be getting a M2 or even M1 license, not M3. I was told the guy who won the Toronto Crit M3 cat was Elite 1/2 the year prior so go figure.

I will be riding my first CX come Oct 4 in Guelph with my converted Jamis touring bike. If the other riders are anything like this years RR season it should be a challenge to say the least.Wondering if I should leave the pannier rack on the touring bike?

Absolutely. And put a little stuffed animal in it peaking out.

Barrie? Correct me if I am wrong but this sunday is Valley Cross in Hamilton no? Barry is at Crank so I will be driving. Taking you is no prob at all and as long as someone racing for the team doesn't need a lift, the 2 of you will be no prob either.

Did Puppy Pedal, A charity ride for Guide Dogs Canada, yesterday. We had a 50km day of epic Canadian Shield mountain biking up in Gravenhurst. Part of the route was Torrence Barrens Conservation Area. This place consists of almost all granite...what a fantastic place. We raised $2000 for the charity and 40 or so folks who came out all had a great day and finished with a smile. I highly recommend making the trip up to Gravenhurst for those who like the off road action. Buckwallow one day and The Barrens the next...I don't think you could do any better.

Pannier cat is watching you... ride? *shrug* seemed funny to begin with...

Almost got a serious creaming at Queen/Palmerston today, heading west. A white minivan with a couple of youngish girls in the front decided against stopping at the red I was stopped at... I was trackstanding in the curb lane but nearer the center line as they screeched their tyres trying to stop/then deciding to just carry on past me. Pretty unsettling, takes a fair bit to actually scare me these days but this did it... no more than a foot to make the difference. No drama, just ride on I guess.

Thanks for the tip exhibitx, I'll give that a try once I have chance to go at it again.

CX looks like a crapload of fun, I really can't get another bike before I get a touring rig (which I'd rather not switch between touring and 'cross) - would love to try... Maybe I'll get another brake and a freewheel for my Rob Roy, that's what the damn frame was made for after all, heh.

Nice job, K - congrats.

Speaking of charity, does anyone here do or want to do the CN Tower climb? I've done it for the past few years so if you want to head I'm game. I'll be competing against my previous time trying to break my record.

Hey can anyone tell me the best way to get through the ravines from North York (Don Mills/Leslie and Sheppard area) to Downtown???
I've never attempted the ravines so I would get lost and I don't want to take the TTC to work. I'm house sitting for my folks, miss downtown

I believe you can get on the Don trails at leaslie/lawrence. Further north I can't help out. Scroll north on the map and you can see how the trails run from lawrence south of gerard,

Nice knee socks Wes. Need some short shorts as well.

embrocate.

Thanks!
Yeah, I've been looking at the map and I just can't figure out what to do around the Bayview/Pottery/DVP area .... at that point I want to head west onto roads while avoiding bayview because the cagers tend to be kinda ... in a hurry right around there. I'm heading to Dundas and McCaul, basically.

You can cross Pottery and continue south to the Gerrard bridge.

Depending on your comfort level in traffic, you can shoot straight down Leslie. You just need to watch your lane placement as you go under the 401. It's the fastest southbound route. I used to ride it daily when I worked at Steeles and leslie.

Using the park system, you enter the southbound stretch just north of North York general at the southeast corner of Leslie and Sheppard. Once you're on the path, head south where it ends at Duncan MIlls. On this route there are some wood bridges that get very slippery when wet. If you live south of Sheppard, you can get on this via Havenbrook or Manorpark before it crosses under the 401.

Go west on Duncan Mills, south on Valleybrook turning left onto Lesmill and on south to York Mills. Go west on York Mills over the bridge and taking an immediate left at the light onto Scarsdale blvd. If you time your turn onto York Mills right, it's often easiest to move left right away and ascend the bridge in the left lane. From Scarsdale you can go west on Bond or further south, but you'll eventually head west to Leslie. You can go across Rippleton park to Banbury or just head down Leslie at this point. You can either go in at Edwards Gardens' but I usually just head down Leslie and enter the park system via the Wilmott creek entrance off of Leslie (sort of in the dip before the last climb before you descend to Eglinton on the right). It's not marked. The path down from Edwards gardens was pretty munched the last time I was through and the hill down from Leslie, you're supposed to walk your bike.

Leslie and Eglinton is an ugly corner with a right turn lane that people will squeeze you in and a vanishing right lane as you do the exhaust inhaling climb West up Eglinton. That's why I enter at Wilmott creek. Once you're in Sunnybrook park you can head over and ascend to Broadway. You'll head south, then turn right then left into a parking lot on your left. There's a metal bridge that crosses and a path that ascends to Broadway (spin baby spin). Head west across Broadway. You can go the whole way crossing onto Montgomery, south along the community centre, crossing Eglinton at Lascelles. Head south, left on Kilbarry, south on Russel Hill Road and there you go pretty much. This will take you to the Davenport lanes or down to Dupont as you prefer.

This route is pretty much the one marked on the city bike map. It's a nice ride and the park is sweet once the trees start to turn. Watch for people walking five dogs, moms with double wides walking three abreast (not kidding) and the other vagary hazards of the multi-use park system.

[edit] Waa, too long to type that. I'd suggest jumping out the park system a little earlier and heading
West on Broadway. Once you're down Russell Hill Road, you can jump over to St. George (right on Dupont, quick left) and head south to Dundas, left to get to McCaul. You can make it a little quicker heading south on Sutherland from Broadway, west on Moore, then down Inglewood to St CLair and then west.

Wow, thanks a lot for the detailed directions! Much appreciated!!!

looking for jobs as a new grad is an exercise in depression.

Tell me about it, but I've had a lot of time to work on my disc golf game

Check your old fork, measure the for its "axle to crown" length.



Non-corrected forks have a axle-to-crown length of around 400mm +-10mm
Suspension corrected forks are longer, obviously.
I think a 100mm susp.corrected fork's A2C length is around 470mm.

It is okay (in my exp.) to run an 80mm corrected fork on a bike designed for 100mm.
Your BB is only a bit lower and your steering will be a bit zippier.

Hooray for rigid SS MTB's that run in the street.

Hey, I've been meaning to try that climb for years now but never have.. I think I'd like to try for it this year. It's in October right? Count me in!