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Old 04-29-06 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by operator
Yes picture of me!
What was all that video shooting for?
For a MOVIE of our ride and there are two pictures of you. #1 page third picture click on it and click the all sizes icon top left corner the pictures go HUGE. Cavit8 and you waving.

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Old 04-29-06 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by STEEKER
OK I put up some pictures from the Critical mass ride https://www.flickr.com/photos/steeker/

Hey great job i didn’t make it out but i see what i missed. very tough for me to get downtown on a weekday.
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Old 04-29-06 | 09:55 PM
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Thanks ,and I know what you mean , I have to book off work so I can go to the rides but it is worth it
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Old 04-29-06 | 10:07 PM
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Good shots, Steeker. Operator, you're ****ing gorgeous. And I think that's Dom's ass in the one shot.
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Old 04-29-06 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by eyefloater
Good shots, Steeker. Operator, you're ****ing gorgeous. And I think that's Dom's ass in the one shot.
Thanks ,,,,,,,,,Dom ? the Big Pink opee(guy with pink hat he works in the LBS)
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Old 04-29-06 | 10:38 PM
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/steeker/137213401/

^ that one haha

For a MOVIE of our ride and there are two pictures of you. #1 page third picture click on it and click the all sizes icon top left corner the pictures go HUGE. Cavit8 and you waving.
Haha, sweet I want to see it when it comes out. must've been cool. One guy did a take from with the camera set on the ground. That would be cool to watch.
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Old 04-29-06 | 10:59 PM
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Next CM I'm busting out the handlebar tripod. That should be good for some mayhem.
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Old 04-30-06 | 12:02 AM
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Honey? Does this bike make my butt look fat?
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Old 04-30-06 | 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by STEEKER
I am just south of you on VP I rode the downtown core Kensingtonmarket twice and the lake trail home great day / sucks about your flat
I'll bet we passed each other in the market without realizing. I'll be there again today, supposed to be even nicer. Then I'm gonna try and track down an adapter. Neither Active Surplus nor that place on Bloor & Butt Rash have one with the specs I need. If Radio Shack doesn't have it I guess I'm out of luck.
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Old 04-30-06 | 07:06 AM
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I wonder about a lot of the commuters questioned in that survey.. Unless they magically only chose the most hardcore riders or something. The majority of people on road bikes? I don't know about that. The vast majority ride every day? Maybe they do, but only weather permitting. If it's raining or Winter I see FAR less people out there. etc, etc, etc. But I guess at least it's a sign that some major media outlets are paying some attention to cyclists for a change.

I saw a guy yesterday on harbord. Looked like he was maybe in his 50s (grey hair, etc). Dirty clothes. Big "construction worker" boots on platforms (with the standard "heels on pedals, toes pointed out" stance). And he was riding a Look framed (or at least a frame with large Look logos) fixie (potentially a single speed I guess). Is it wrong that I automatically assume it's stolen?

Anyone riding today?
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Old 04-30-06 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sr20det
a note to anybody:

don't EVER ride through wilket creek park trail (linked to edwards garden)
its the same as riding your bike through a beach.

and I finally found a good route to get downtown quick. my time today was around an hour and a 1/2. I'm aiming for around hour or so by summer vacation.
It's been like that since last spring when the Don crik overflowed. You should have seen the washed out bridge and all the deadwood piled up. Must have been quite a sight in flood. There is some sand in spots but it's a reasonably easy pick through. I generally just use the south end and climb out of Willket to Leslie (i.e. pothole boulevard).

I may be heading out to the Westend for a bit so if anyone wants to hook up downtownish, post.

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Old 04-30-06 | 08:46 AM
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[QUOTE=operator][
^ that one haha

no this one ---> https://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...7219510&size=l
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Old 04-30-06 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Bent
I'll bet we passed each other in the market without realizing. I'll be there again today, supposed to be even nicer. Then I'm gonna try and track down an adapter. Neither Active Surplus nor that place on Bloor & Butt Rash have one with the specs I need. If Radio Shack doesn't have it I guess I'm out of luck.
I had on a skull helmet and a red/silver messenger bag //// there use to be a place near Church and Queen that had electronic parts of all kinds we would get telescope motor parts there ( I forget the name)
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Old 04-30-06 | 09:53 AM
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I thought that area was just camera stores and pawn shops? I'll explore if nothing turns up at the Shack.

...don't remember a skull helmet, but I'll be sure to say hello. I'm usually on a black Puch.
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Old 04-30-06 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Bent
I thought that area was just camera stores and pawn shops? I'll explore if nothing turns up at the Shack.

...don't remember a skull helmet, but I'll be sure to say hello. I'm usually on a black Puch.
they used to be on Church /north/south of Queen I have not been there in awhile but it might be woth a check.
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Old 04-30-06 | 12:15 PM
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What exactly are you looking for Joe?
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Old 04-30-06 | 01:07 PM
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Anyone know what the hell is going on with Toronto's trail networks?! The waterfront trail is still shut down past the CNE and now the enterence to the Don MUT (my favourite when it's quiet) is shut down until May '07. Looks like I now have to use the road all the time...
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Old 04-30-06 | 01:17 PM
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This is likely the reason behind the Don closure:
https://www.toronto.ca/waterfront/newsrel032706.htm

Not sure what's up adjacent to the CNE. Sort of looked like reconstruction the last time I was by there.
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Old 04-30-06 | 01:55 PM
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Just got the May/June issue of Canadian Geographic in the mail, and Toronto's Critical Mass was featured in the back pages. Anybody recognize anyone in the pictures?
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Old 04-30-06 | 02:06 PM
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Post them.
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Old 04-30-06 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by gboy
Just got the May/June issue of Canadian Geographic in the mail, and Toronto's Critical Mass was featured in the back pages. Anybody recognize anyone in the pictures?
is there an online link to the pictures or just the mag?
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Old 04-30-06 | 02:12 PM
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Well, there's this link, but unfortunately it's only an excerpt from the magazine. I could scan the rest of the pictures in, I guess?
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Old 04-30-06 | 02:44 PM
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Here's the scan.
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Old 04-30-06 | 02:51 PM
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Bigger.!

Edit: What exactly is your avatar showing gboy? Something looks weird with your thigh.

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Old 04-30-06 | 03:24 PM
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I gave up on scanning the Canadian Geographic article, software doesn't want to cooperate anymore; check any Chapters/Indigo, they'd probably have the May/June issue on the stands by now.

About my avatar - yes, it's my leg. I think I took the pic a couple week's after my bike/car collision in October, so my thigh was probably bruised slightly. A more recent pic, a few months after the third (in a span of three months!) car/bike collision (no stiches for the first two collisions, then about five on the underside of my right knee for the last in December). Yes, I'm very accident-prone.
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