those are pretty cool looking.

with race season coming up, I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a good club to join for road racing in the Yonge+Lawrence area (or within 10km)

Lapdogs (based out of Dukes) and the Darkhorse Flyers (Hello Velo) seem like the best options so far. Just looking to do a bunch of club/skill rides to get some experience, as well as some races.

If you are fairly new to Road Racing you may want to consider The Midweek Club. They do their own weekly series with an emphasis on new riders/skills improvement.

It sounds like a good fit, except that it's at the other end of the city. Then again, I could use the extra kms to get in shape.

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I plan on doing that series this year ... get my roadie scum on, etc.

Hrm, where is the Midweek Club?

YIKES!!! How long has that been going on? Send me the frame deets and I will snoop around for ya.

https://midweekclub.ca

Tahoe Blvd and Buckhorn Gate, Mississauga

I wanted to do the midweek club too, but it's too far for mondays and tuesdays at 6:30

that sucks man.

recently i keep hearing about frames cracking/snaping/breaking.

this may be my greatest fear after getting a girl preg.

I've heard good things about this program from a guy at work.
Mike... which ride is that?

It happened tonight. I was sprinting up a hill in the drops and heard the tube go, then my bike turned into a wet noodle. I'll contact the rep, send him some pics and start the RA process. The frame's a Devinci - do you guys sell those at the Parliament St. location or should I talk to Maki?

PS. This was my first time breaking a frame. It sounded like a loud tick when it broke - nothing dramatic at all. The bike's handling made it plainly obvious that something was wrong though. I'm glad the top tube held!

PPS. These pics make it hard to tell but that break is on the down tube about 4" away from the head tube. The crack originated right at the cable stop. Yaaay, stress risers.

How old is that frame?

You can look on the bright side that everyone is bound to have a catastrophic equipment failure at some point, and you got yours out of the way without wrecking, so you're not due for disaster for some time hopefully

My philosophy is that frames are like shoes. The same pair of shoes wears out many times faster when worn every day than if rotated between several pairs. I think that many bikes are necessary. This spreads the wear and tear.

It's an '06, used as a commuter almost every single day since I got it (including winters) ... plus two cyclocross racing seasons, plus two rides to Montreal from Toronto, plus mountain bike trails, road rides, etc. etc. It saw a lot of use and went down swinging.

That said, I've contacted the rep and this should be covered under warranty.

Was it a new frame?

got my 1st fixed gear about a week ago, when is the next ride?

Yep.

Nice!

What the ****. Mike, if we ride this weekend, do you have something else (exile aside) or do you need to borrow? I sport a 54TT so if you needs, just LMK.

wow, that sucks. Why would it just snap like that? Was it a lemon, or have you been riding it downhill 24/7 or something...?

I've got a Rob Roy frameset kicking around somewhere in town that I'm going to track down this week and hopefully build up (expect a visit, Keith). That'll give me a singlespeed road/CX bike to hurt myself on for awhile.

I've been looking around a few shops in my area and haven't found what I'm looking for, Anyone know where I could buy a decent track frame/fork for about 300? I was thinking Urbane Cyclist but haven't checked them yet. Any ideas?

+3 today woooooooooooooo, see you all out there

legs meet tights with no thermal anything involved, ahhhhh