Though Guinness is a perfect drink for the winter time, IMO. Hoegaarten is good, too. I love a splash of (ruby) port in my Guinness once in a while, too... mmm, Guinness...

Mmm, port.

VeloNews covers the Toronto Cyclocross race

broke a spoke on the way home from work tonight.
any suggestions on where i should go to get it looked at?
who's good at tensioning?

Keith at Cyclesolutions on Parliment or Phil and John at Cycletherapy. I have handbuilt wheels from both that are indistructable. The one Phil built is a rear fixed wheel I've abused for 2 years and is still perfectly true. And Keiths work is very well know for being top top quality.

went for a ride tonight, met up with some longboarder friends and raced them down russel hill rd. we were hitting 50-55km/h (GPS) which means on a 42:16 gear ratio thats 160 rpm-ish...

that's funny, i "raced" some skateboarders down russel hill maybe 3 weeks ago

i was riding by them and one of them said "wanna race?", i said "yeah let's go", and 5 seconds later all i heard was "you win!" from way behind me ... i was on my road bike but i guess it wouldn't have mattered .. i'm sure we both got a kick out of it

didn't he used to have a spicer frame or something? i remember him riding a nice oversized frame last time i saw him. actually last time i saw him he had a bike in your shop with a broken frame i believe. what luck...

Rode east last night, going east up York Mills from Yonge definitely sucked as much as I thought it would, but I didn't walk it at least The wind did a good job of kicking my ass most of the way south/east, but damn .. spinning high with 80GI available is scary quick (35mph down that hill Wilson toward Yonge - 145rpm?) - the difference is there's still plenty of "go" in her, man I love that - can just keep feeding it to the thing and I don't spin out. I love that work, the hill up from Bayview on York Mills was really nice to hit - the one from Yonge is just a bit too much for my comfort, I gave it what I could be bothered, then let it sag and just mashed the rest of the way (thank Dog for clipless/foot retention)

tdot-miele: What say you? I can ride east to Yonge-ish with you if you want company on Wilson. Other than some hairy pothole-ish areas, it's decent enough. Lemme know, else I'll be flying straight south down Keele.

Blargh. I never knew tool chests/cabinets were so expensive. I went to Canadian Tire looking for something to help tidy up my 'bike room', but wasn't really prepared to spend hundreds of dollars on something with a few drawers in it. *sigh*

Wes... check out the pawn shops, tools and such are some of the first things to go in tough times.

anybody know if/where these are available downtown?

It is getting tough out there, isn't it? Everything has slowed down at my work, my friends in finance have all lost their jobs, my friends in retail are praying they don't lose their jobs and my friend in real estate is hoping she gets laid off with a severance package. The one friend who is doing well is a pharmacist, go figure.

*continues scrambling to live paycheque to paycheque and pay off student debt*

Was riding east myself last night, the wind the past few days has been murderous.


I just recently secured a steady 9 to 5 handing out welfare cheques, with the way things are going it looks like one of the few jobs with guaranteed job security at the moment

i've seen them at urbane before, they have a little piece of cardboard that you take them out of, setup by the pedals, toe clips, etc, on the left of the parts desk

rob(steelwool owner) might be interested in this:

https://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/bik/916587272.html

that and my friend in the repo business... hes making a ****ing killing

In regards to my new sig, I am absolutely dumbfounded at the misinformation that gets tossed around these forums.

You mean it's not the cold?

FFS, that goddamn steelwool is still locked outside of BoW; I just passed it again tonight. I don't want to sound like a dick, but if the owner had previously left the bike in the shop for two days, how did the staff not have his contact info to call him to unlock the bike?

Keith, if you need me to, I have some time tomorrow morning, so I can run over, grab the frame and wheel and bring them to you. I'm afraid that what's left over will get jacked.

well the ride back from brampton to yonge and eglinton area only took 2.5 hours!! Wish i would have seen these posts about Finch being a deathtrap before though hahaha You guys weren't kidding!! Between the semi --trucks and the crazy 90KM/h drivers it was interesting. But i gotta tell ya... the roads outside of toronto are AMAZING!!! They're sooooooooo smooth in comparison and there's way less lights; so you can get a nice cadence going for once! Once you pass kipling or so it's very noticeable. And ya there's no way i could have ridin that GI fixed... it was on the single-speed. But it's like people north of steeles have never seen a bike before hahaha But on the plus side i did get a good view of "Wild Water Kingdom" on the way by...

And ya, when i finish building my rear wheel i'll be dropping down to my 42 chain ring... based on all the advice i've heard on here

If you had mentioned Yonge & Eglinton, I would have suggested you take Finch -> Albion -> Weston -> Eglinton ->Yonge. Its pretty safe, and you skirt the 401 / Wilson / Albion / Weston interchange by going through a park along the Humber river.

The roads outside of Downtown Toronto can be really nice, but it still depends on where you are. Take a ride along Humber College Blvd to see what I mean (P.S.: I hope you don't have fillings in your teeth)

i'm usually panting cuz of my rediculous GI anyways so i have some room for jaw bounce.... it's the nut and ball bounce that gets me everytime haha there's something to be said for riding a "fatter" saddle sometimes hahaha due to the lack of a decent front light, at night the dips and doodles can catch me by surprise and not leave enough time to post

yup - urbane has em; $2.75 each i think. it's one of those things that doesn't cost much but adds and nice finishing touch to a bike.

i have to say there is a certain security in having next to nothing - at least it can't be taken away from you!