You catch the ol' frozen *****slap from Mother Nature as well?

A healthy mix of snow, to hail, to rain. This weather is bull****.

yeah... not to mention the potholes that surprise you because you can't really see thanks to the rain/hail/snow.

Lately, the potholes seem to lie in wait, only jumping out on me at the last second

potholes arghhhhhhhh!!! theres sooooooooo many more now...its sickening...cant remember the last time I had a pothole free ride! is it just me or are the streets lookin extra chewed up this year?

As they haven't been "fixed" but "patched" over the past few years ... yup extra crispy road surface. Watch out on Bloor east of Yogne, the yellow line has a pavé lip in it from two off height paves, that juuust might grab your wheel. Almost took me down at rush hour as I ran the line, was sketchy as hell for a second or two.

yeah, yonge between eglinton and lawrence is just brutal. It's a wonder my wheels are still in one piece.

Bloor is ridiculous all year long.

pffff... I do it everyday it's awful. I'm even more nervous these days knowing there is a crack in my rim.

For fun go east on Blythwood just north of Eglinton... a mine field of a street.

I raise you Rushton Rd, between St. Clair & Vaughan.

I read something in the Star a few days ago about you call a number and within 3 days the City will come and patch up any pothole.

again.. "patch" not fix..have you seen them patching.... shovel black road crap into hole, hit hard with shovel, drive away.

Not saying that the post isn't a Thomson, it definitely looks like one, but that logo looks to be 'shopped on...

I think I pulled it off the garmin photo stream, so I don't think so, but who knows. I thought it looked a little weird to.

from vande velde's bike: https://cdn.mos.bikeradar.com/images/...4da-798-75.jpg

It is, compare to stock photo:

while I was out enjoying this beautiful day I stopped at bikes on wheels and urbane to pick up some stuff. During my visit to bikes on wheels I got to check out the marinoni pistas. the fork on the '09 can only be described as fugly and while I was busy trying not to puke all over myself I also noticed that they are $350 more expensive than last year! sucks!

also, anyone here ever shellac cork grips? got any tips?

is the 09 fork the one that's curved? the straight blade ones are definitely way better looking

Open can of shellac, and dunk the grip in until coated, remove, dry and repeat 4-5 times. Or brush on.

my vote would be to brush it on after they're glued to your bars. you could always put some masking tape on the bars to catch any stray shellac. i think there's some pointers about this on the rivendell site. i've shellaced cloth tape - it can't be that different.

Relevant factoid...shellac is made from bug poo. " The More You Know".

Ride from Yonge & Finch to Yonge & Bloor, safe route?

Yup, mostly downhill too since the city gradually slopes towards the lake...the ride home might suck though...

I've done cloth as well. Only tips are to make sure no drips hit the frame, and to make sure you check after applying a coat to make sure no drips are on the grips. Cork grips look nice.

yeah it's a pretty nice ride, just watch out around the 401 ramps, a lot of last second turns and things like that

Not my favorite. The area at the 401 is awful, especially coming south under the bridge as cars come flying down the off ramp at 70 and try to get into the left lane too fast, and going north isn't fun as you need to cross the westbound onramp lane south of the bridge, then get across the eastbound onramp going under the bridge. Drivers don't seem to like it when I take the lane there. Eglinton to Lawrence is a crappy stretch, full of potholes and crappy road, aside from that Bloor to York Mills is no problem and north of the 401 is fine as well, mainly that sheppard to Yorkmills stretch is full of drivers in a hurry to get on/off the 401. The ride north is basically all uphill to Sheppard.