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cavernmech 10-11-08 04:31 PM


Originally Posted by somnambulant (Post 7644957)
If you buy a Jones or Niner on an impulse-buy I'm gonna hunt you down. ;)

Unlikely he gets a Jones on an "impulse buy"...don't they have like a 6 year waiting list or something ludicrous like that? 29er's are the utilitarian bomb. I am setting up my "beater" Kula fixed w/ fenders and my old Schwalbe Little Alberts. Sliding dropouts rock!

Also I will be sorely disappointed if a couple of you B.F. kids don't make it out to Cedarvale tomorrow....it's Bathurst and St. Clair doggoneit.

cavit8 10-11-08 04:38 PM


Originally Posted by elTwitcho (Post 7641915)
Super helpful thanks dude

Fixed the image links on that thread.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=414050

I'll be there at Cedarvale. I have my airzound all charged up.

iherald 10-11-08 07:38 PM

I'm thinking of doing a ride into Hamilton on Monday, riding down on the waterfront trail. But I had also hoped to ride up the 'mountain' one time this year. Does anyone know a route from down by the lake to a reasonable road (not too many cars) that I can do the climb?

kylehutton 10-12-08 12:53 PM

anyone up for a ride tonight?

some major issues i need to get my mind off of.

Flimflam 10-12-08 05:20 PM

Just got back into town so missed the CX, won't be able to make next weekend either as my parents are still around until Saturday evening (unless you plan on Sunday :))

Fall colours in full effect, went to Ottawa on Hwy7 and looked very nice with its calendar-ific scenery.

Montreal was lovely, my folks didn't take to it much but I enjoyed it a great deal. Gave me an instant difference in feeling (Ottawa feels different than Toronto, Montreal feels WAY different than anywhere I've been over here so far). Reminded me in places of the towns/cities in the UK.

*Really* want to ride out that way, riding up Mont Royal looks like one hell of a climb :)

pyze-guy 10-12-08 05:41 PM


Originally Posted by kylehutton (Post 7650241)
anyone up for a ride tonight?

some major issues i need to get my mind off of.

I should be later, like 11ish once I`m finished marking, and the turkey has settled. Let me know what you are thinking and if it works i send you a message.

kylehutton 10-12-08 05:52 PM

thanks dude, but i'm just finishing up a mickey of vodka and then am just going to practice backwards circles in the school yard.

became single kind of out of the blue last night.
so if anyone knows of someone who's looking for a room mate, and is ok with really awesome bulldogs, let me know.

pyze-guy 10-12-08 05:54 PM


Originally Posted by 32flavours (Post 7628812)
Does anyone have any leads on a reasonably priced rigid SS MTB? The kicker is that it has to be pretty small, 14" max, probably better if it's even little-er. I'm looking to build up a winter commuter.

I was at Cogs on Gerard today and they have a used, older Norco 'girls' mtb for $80. Looked to about 14inches, in decent shape and good for a winter beater/commuter. A nice doublebubble pink as well.

tuz 10-12-08 07:20 PM

Nice ride with my gf in the Pickering-Whitby-Oshawa region. Lovely day. We unexpectedly came across a beautiful MTB trail. Boy do I have poor handling skills :p

map

Hey Flimflam did you ride up the Camillien-Houde? Man that one is brutal.

kergin 10-12-08 07:42 PM

is anyone going to the bike show this saturday?

pyze-guy 10-12-08 08:12 PM


Originally Posted by kergin (Post 7652490)
is anyone going to the bike show this saturday?

I would love to, but agreed to work 2 jobs that day. For the best I guess as I don't think the wife would tolerate a 6th bike even if one of them is hers'.

somnambulant 10-13-08 07:04 AM

Does anyone want to ride this morning? Mountain or road.. I just want to get out there.

zippered 10-13-08 07:45 AM

was considering riding cheltenham way, but since it's almost 10:00 i doubt that'll happen. must ignor the stiffness in my bones and go somewhere though. high of 25 today!


the past couple of years we've all met up in the line up before the bike show, but we haven't made a good plan to meet up *after* for show & tell...

Flimflam 10-13-08 08:58 AM


Originally Posted by tuz (Post 7652345)
Hey Flimflam did you ride up the Camillien-Houde? Man that one is brutal.

I didn't take my bike this time, but was my first time visiting. Next time I'd really like to take my bike there though :)

I'm going to try and make it to the bike show, but my folks fly out that night so I don't know how pressed for time I'll be.

32flavours 10-13-08 10:36 AM

Bike show! Bike show!

Thanks for the tip, Pyze-Guy. Cogs on Gerrard you say...

shapelike 10-13-08 05:04 PM


Originally Posted by 32flavours (Post 7644707)
Way to be tall enough for normal bikes, jerk.

Team up with Meghan at Cycle Therapy? She could keep an eye out for something that fits her and tip you off if a sale could be negotiated.

shapelike 10-13-08 05:07 PM


Originally Posted by cavit8 (Post 7645046)
What size frame are you looking for?

~18" ... I'm looking for a decent rigid steel frame if possible. If it's "road" bike then something with a 54/55cm top tube and a long-ass head tube would be rad.

shapelike 10-13-08 05:09 PM

Keith, you bad mother****er - another top ten!

shapelike 10-13-08 05:10 PM

PS. Danhalen!

32flavours 10-13-08 05:13 PM

You mean quadhalen. How'd you do?

shapelike 10-13-08 05:16 PM

At ... ?

32flavours 10-13-08 05:40 PM

The... race...?

somnambulant 10-13-08 06:43 PM


Originally Posted by 32flavours (Post 7658933)
The... race...?

He was in chemical valley (Sarnia).


Originally Posted by shapelike (Post 7658724)
PS. Danhalen!

guh?

somnambulant 10-13-08 07:30 PM

ZM Turkey Cross, Cedarvale Park, Toronto

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/...7f11e4f402.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/...52d8bd881d.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/...9d1a842e29.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/...7626ec265c.jpg

More: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wes/set...7608009011665/

pyze-guy 10-13-08 07:52 PM


Originally Posted by 32flavours (Post 7655848)
Bike show! Bike show!

Thanks for the tip, Pyze-Guy. Cogs on Gerrard you say...

Yup, was outside on Sunday.


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