Toronto Fixed
12-14-05 | 03:54 PM
#1051
Thread Starter
Have bike. Will travel.
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,157
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From: -=Toronto=-
Bikes: '06 Orbea Orca, '03 Rocky Mountain Vertex 70, '05 Surly Steamroller, '06 Fetish Fixation
I know most of you guys have posted your T.O. rides at some point in this thread, and probably in the show-your-bike thread, but they are all scattered, and who really wants to go searching around for that stuff. Plus I'm bored. It's cold, and I need some bike lovin' from my computer.
Let's have a nice localized show-your-bike, and maybe a pic of yourself. I bet I have seen you guys around town at some point. I'll go first
My Fixie:
And the schmuk who rides it:
Let the games begin!
Oh, and while we're already doing stuff that people hate, let's go around the room,
and say something about yourself, and a hobby that starts with the first letter of your name
-->barrrrfff
Let's have a nice localized show-your-bike, and maybe a pic of yourself. I bet I have seen you guys around town at some point. I'll go first
My Fixie:
And the schmuk who rides it:
Let the games begin!
Oh, and while we're already doing stuff that people hate, let's go around the room,
and say something about yourself, and a hobby that starts with the first letter of your name
-->barrrrfff
Last edited by Sirrobinofcoxly; 12-14-05 at 04:03 PM.
12-14-05 | 04:20 PM
#1052
Me talk pretty one day.
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,073
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From: Toronto
Oh ****. This is going to get embarassing.
12-14-05 | 04:37 PM
#1053
Jonnys ilegitimate Father
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,994
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From: toronto
Bikes: too many too list
Originally Posted by darkmother
Re: Framesaver...I wonder if that stuff is really required. If it is that toxic, why bother? I used to just squirt some chainsaw oil in the tubes and let it run around inside. The stuff is so viscous it coats the inside of the tubes pretty well. Honestly, in all my years riding steel in the winter, as daily transportation, I never had a rust problem with any frame I have owned. I've even disected them after the frame failed, to see if there was any rust on the inside, and I never saw anything more than surface oxidation.
12-14-05 | 05:05 PM
#1054
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 8,192
Likes: 1,131
No face shot but here is my Colnago conversion:
12-14-05 | 05:13 PM
#1055
Thread Starter
Have bike. Will travel.
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,157
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From: -=Toronto=-
Bikes: '06 Orbea Orca, '03 Rocky Mountain Vertex 70, '05 Surly Steamroller, '06 Fetish Fixation
Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
No face shot but here is my Colnago conversion:
Nice! I totally want an all black stealth bike.
12-14-05 | 05:39 PM
#1056
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 873
Likes: 0
From: toronto
Bikes: sannino track, nishiki olympic conversion
uhh.. some shenanigans at the ride for heart last summer...
12-14-05 | 06:14 PM
#1057
Me talk pretty one day.
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,073
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From: Toronto
Gokiburi, I was hoping you'd be the big motherlover, but I'm guessing not. What's that sweet bit of red and white goodness you're on?
12-14-05 | 06:22 PM
#1058
Thread Starter
Have bike. Will travel.
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,157
Likes: 0
From: -=Toronto=-
Bikes: '06 Orbea Orca, '03 Rocky Mountain Vertex 70, '05 Surly Steamroller, '06 Fetish Fixation
Originally Posted by eyefloater
What's that sweet bit of red and white goodness you're on?
12-14-05 | 06:27 PM
#1059
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 873
Likes: 0
From: toronto
Bikes: sannino track, nishiki olympic conversion
Originally Posted by eyefloater
Gokiburi, I was hoping you'd be the big motherlover, but I'm guessing not. What's that sweet bit of red and white goodness you're on?
the red and white is the sannino which i've been chastised for riding in this weather.
you should see it with fenders!!!!
12-14-05 | 07:07 PM
#1060
cab horn
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 28,353
Likes: 30
From: Toronto
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
I'm in the midst of acquiring cash to buy an IRO frame. Although I might just cave and buy a Fuji Track.
12-14-05 | 08:59 PM
#1061
Shiftless bum
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,693
Likes: 1
From: Ottawa, Ontario
Bikes: Apollo fixed winter bike, Gazelle Cross, Baboe Cargo bike, Linskey Rouleur Road, Bridgestone Picnica, Tern C7, 2nd gen Strida
Originally Posted by gokiburi
the red and white is the sannino which i've been chastised for riding in this weather. you should see it with fenders!!!!
you should see it with fenders!!!!You owe me a case of Black Black for the beater frame.
12-14-05 | 09:57 PM
#1062
team mascot
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,264
Likes: 0
From: Canada - Toronto
Bikes: gt gtb & marinoni pista special.
I hope to meet all you guys someday.
Anyways, here's me at warden and warden on our way to lake simcoe:
and
This is my first fixxie I'm trying to build up thanks to raygunner.
and I think i'm going to drop by Cavern Cycles tomorrow for the first time whoo!
I'm excited.
Anyways, here's me at warden and warden on our way to lake simcoe:
and
This is my first fixxie I'm trying to build up thanks to raygunner.
and I think i'm going to drop by Cavern Cycles tomorrow for the first time whoo!
I'm excited.
12-14-05 | 09:59 PM
#1063
Me talk pretty one day.
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,073
Likes: 0
From: Toronto
Damn, that's a fine-lookin' frame ...
12-14-05 | 10:04 PM
#1064
team mascot
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,264
Likes: 0
From: Canada - Toronto
Bikes: gt gtb & marinoni pista special.
Thanks eyefloater.
Post a picture up of your bike! I want to see it.
and thanks for all the help so far!
Post a picture up of your bike! I want to see it.
and thanks for all the help so far!
12-14-05 | 10:27 PM
#1065
Me talk pretty one day.
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,073
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From: Toronto
What bike? I just hang out on these forums ironically - I actually can't stand anything related to cycling.
12-14-05 | 10:35 PM
#1066
cab horn
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 28,353
Likes: 30
From: Toronto
Bikes: 1987 Bianchi Campione
Originally Posted by sr20det
I hope to meet all you guys someday.
Anyways, here's me at warden and warden on our way to lake simcoe:
and
This is my first fixxie I'm trying to build up thanks to raygunner.
and I think i'm going to drop by Cavern Cycles tomorrow for the first time whoo!
I'm excited.
Anyways, here's me at warden and warden on our way to lake simcoe:
and
This is my first fixxie I'm trying to build up thanks to raygunner.
and I think i'm going to drop by Cavern Cycles tomorrow for the first time whoo!
I'm excited.
Bikeophile's been MIA for a while hope he's doign alright.
12-14-05 | 10:48 PM
#1067
team mascot
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,264
Likes: 0
From: Canada - Toronto
Bikes: gt gtb & marinoni pista special.
Originally Posted by eyefloater
What bike? I just hang out on these forums ironically - I actually can't stand anything related to cycling.
but... if this is true...
zomg I think i'm going to file for suicide or something.
12-14-05 | 10:49 PM
#1068
team mascot
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,264
Likes: 0
From: Canada - Toronto
Bikes: gt gtb & marinoni pista special.
Originally Posted by operator
Can't wait for a massive group ride.
Bikeophile's been MIA for a while hope he's doign alright.
Bikeophile's been MIA for a while hope he's doign alright.
Oh well.
12-14-05 | 10:55 PM
#1069
Shiftless bum
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 2,693
Likes: 1
From: Ottawa, Ontario
Bikes: Apollo fixed winter bike, Gazelle Cross, Baboe Cargo bike, Linskey Rouleur Road, Bridgestone Picnica, Tern C7, 2nd gen Strida
Originally Posted by sr20det
Yea, I've been meaning to ask bikeophile about those frames he has and also about the level hubs.
Oh well.
Oh well.
12-14-05 | 10:59 PM
#1070
team mascot
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,264
Likes: 0
From: Canada - Toronto
Bikes: gt gtb & marinoni pista special.
Originally Posted by cavit8
I think Rob's just changed jobs. He's still hopping aroudn though.
*I may be wrong but I'm under the impression that the user bikophile was the owner and creator of bikeophile.com *
12-15-05 | 01:30 AM
#1071
Me talk pretty one day.
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 2,073
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From: Toronto
Thursday / Friday might not be the best days to ride:
The Toronto area is expected to receive 15 to 20 centimetres. The storm is expected to hang around until Friday night.
This storm is unusual . . . because storms often "hit and run," but "this storm is slow moving," said David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada.
Making conditions worse, winds gusting up to 60 km/h will produce hazardous driving conditions tomorrow evening.
The blowing snow will make visibility almost nil.
The cold won’t let up either.
The long-range forecast is for frigid temperatures right through Christmas, with temperatures dropping to near —13C on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
This storm is unusual . . . because storms often "hit and run," but "this storm is slow moving," said David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada.
Making conditions worse, winds gusting up to 60 km/h will produce hazardous driving conditions tomorrow evening.
The blowing snow will make visibility almost nil.
The cold won’t let up either.
The long-range forecast is for frigid temperatures right through Christmas, with temperatures dropping to near —13C on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
12-15-05 | 02:02 AM
#1072
Fix Turns My Crank
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 501
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From: Land of the Rising Sun
Originally Posted by eyefloater
Thursday / Friday might not be the best days to ride:
where i am coming from...
12-15-05 | 02:58 AM
#1073
been ridin?
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 598
Likes: 0
From: toronto
Bikes: serotta cti
hm..i know exactly where that warden/warden is.. lake simcoe is a nice place to ride to, i do that too (but just go straight up bayview, i'm on bayview/finch)
sd
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12-15-05 | 08:04 AM
#1074
Jonnys ilegitimate Father
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,994
Likes: 0
From: toronto
Bikes: too many too list
Originally Posted by sr20det
I'm so confused. Changed jobs? does that mean no more www.bikeophile.com
*I may be wrong but I'm under the impression that the user bikophile was the owner and creator of bikeophile.com *
*I may be wrong but I'm under the impression that the user bikophile was the owner and creator of bikeophile.com *
12-15-05 | 09:03 AM
#1075
Get the stick.
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,543
Likes: 1
From: Toronto, ON
Bikes: 12 Y.O. Litespeed MTB, IRO Jamie Roy fixie, Custom Habanero Ti 'Cross, No name SS MTB, Old school lugged steel track bike (soon)
Originally Posted by cavernmech
It is the carrier solvent that is toxic. The remaining protective goo is not. I know what you are saying as far as a "need" to resort to this stuff. But I have seen quite a few steel bikes with chainstays full of rusty pinholes in my day....not terribly common but it does happen. For most people spray oil or the like is probably sufficient....but if you are on a super sweet ride perhaps the extra effort is worthwhile?
