wow... you can ride at 80km/h on snow on a bike???


:P

my good friend had a byline on the globe's first story on the incident... i mentioned to him on tuesday night that the general consensus was their reporting was far better than the star -- maybe that had something to do with them doing follow-ups.

but seriously, apparently the cyclist is/was in a drug-induced coma, he told me. no surprise he can't remember much.

$550 was the price quoted for me when I shopping around locally.
Alternatively, I found Phat Moose Cycles to be the cheapest located in Ottawa.

Sweet, I'll give 'em a call tomorrow.

I know that section by the hospital well, its a really hairy ride even in the best of weather!

I live around Ossington & Harbord and ride up Ossington to Davenport, Davenport to Old Weston Rd. then Old Weston to Keele. so far thats the best way i have figured to get up there with the least amount of hills. Sometimes i ride through Prospect Cemetery on the way home if i don't feel like dealing with traffic.

It looks like I'll just stick with my regular tires for now unless we get hardcore snow and ice.

thanks for a the detailed responses and general niceness!

The contact patch on the MTB slick, worn as it is, was close to an inch. I can see how the road slick would function waaay better than the MTB slick in getting to the pavement better. My issue was a combination of the not-so-thin slick and the lion's share goes to my idiocy on the brakes....hitting the front indeed.. I deserved to go down. :lol:

Keith .. what time does stuff happen on Saturday at Broadview? I'll most likely be able to pop out for a bit to see some of the setup and such.

I would guess we will be there by Noon at the latest.

Do you still have the michelin slicks TJ?
I can't say I was too impressed with mine the other evening. Perhaps you're right about the width, or perhaps ice is ice and it doesn't matter.

Yup to the Michelines... I call surface area, same way my mom's old dodge colt with 8 inch all seasons never got stuck in Montreal, but the step dad's VW needed digging at least a few time a year. Like a boot vs a snowshoe.

Surface area (math formula) in contact with friction surface coated with friction negation material. hmmm Math geeks on bikes?

u=fn

yea yea engineer man .... make it look soooooo simple. :lol:

Factors affecting the friction between surfaces

Dry surfaces

1. For low surface pressures the friction is directly proportional to the pressure between the surfaces. As the pressure rises the friction factor rises slightly. At very high pressure the friction factor then quickly increases to seizing
2. For low surface pressures the coefficient of friction is independent of surface area.
3. At low velocities the friction is independent of the relative surface velocity. At higher velocities the coefficent of friction decreases.

Well lubricated surfaces
1. The friction resistance is almost independent of the specific pressure between the surfaces.
2. At low pressures the friction varies directly as the relative surface speed
3. At high pressures the friction is high at low velocities falling as the velocity increases to a minimum at about 0,6m/s. The friction then rises in proportion the velocity 2.
4. The friction is not so dependent of the surface materials
5. The friction is related to the temperature which affects the viscosity of the lubricant

Bike GEEEKS! Show your work

so

ice = -fun

(no I can't do math for a damn)

UPDATE

Cabbie charged with assaulting cyclist - CBC

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/sto...i-bicycle.html

After investigating for a week police have now charged taxi driver Sultan Ahmed of Maple, Ont., with criminal negligence causing bodily harm, dangerous operation of a vehicle, failure to stop at scene of an accident, obstructing a police officer, aggravated assault and assault with weapon.

Oh YEA BABY!!!!
It made no sense to me how one pins someone to pole using the back of the cab if the driver is being robbed.
Via the trunk? Glad to see reason prevailed in this instance.

Wow! My cycnical self who thought if he'd be charged at all, he'd be charged under the HTA steps down.

I wonder if his friends beat him up to make look "robbed", or if it was an authentic altercation? I sooo can't wait for the full story. You can bet Beck drivers are under standing order to be as good as gold out there.

I am glad that they charged him and I hope that the cyclist pulls through.

Anyone want to go halfsies on a Dodge Ram with me? They are 2 for 1 now. America is ****.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j1...chEz/dodge.png

Why don't they have 2 for 1 bikes? Come on Trek....

... and you know they are still going to make money with that deal. Give them Billions to keep them going? I just don't know.

Yeah me too after the door prize leading to a cyclist's death and a 100$ fine for the driver...

It seems the cab driver got what he deserved. I mean hitting a guy from behind, then leaving the scene, then reporting THREE hours later and changing his story... The cyclist may have done something, but he lost a leg for Christ's sake...

Jesus christ. From the article on the cabbie getting charged, posted in the comments section

For every bit I may be disgusted with that cabbie, I can't help but feel that I hate this person about 10 times more...

I'm impressed by most of the comments page though....generally calling for cab driver to be charged with attempted murder.

At least we can take some sollace in the fact that Lacroseguy doesn't know the difference between "to" and "too"...

Lacrosse is also wrong

He's probably Rob Ford's demon spawn or something

Hrmm. Does anyone know if any local shops have a 26" rim built to a track hub?