Toronto Fixed
dam this is fun !
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calm down or your head will
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In retrospect I have decided to impose a donation to the Bike Messenger Emergency Fund to gain entrance into the free stuff room. Everybody wins.
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what up Keith...what up TO-fixed massive
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Bob Marley (PBUH)
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Originally Posted by duppy.conqueror
what up Keith...what up TO-fixed massive
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one of my favorites, after Mr. Brown.
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<----shamil
So I says to Mable I says
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wtf. I just body checked a mini-van that pulled an unexpected u-turn going through an intersection on campus. Bike is ok save for ripped bar tape.. I have a scrape on my arm and busted knuckles. Dude was very apologetic.. I left a dent and a scrape, he didn't want to exchange info. Fine by me. I think I got him worse than he got me.
I thought karma was set to rain it's love down upon me?!
I thought karma was set to rain it's love down upon me?!
Dances With Cars
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You are alive and well, good to hear? Sounds like Karma has already has my friend.
Wes, if there is any justice, the cycling gods will now rain massive karma down upon you and smite all your enemies.
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Originally Posted by duppy.conqueror
<----shamil
Originally Posted by somnambulant
My recap of yesterday, from 4:30pm:
-leave work, front wheel is missing from bike
-curse humanity
-leave work, front wheel is missing from bike
-curse humanity
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
Yer frame is here....I will have it ready in a couple of hours
Shiftless bum

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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 jet sanchEz
Was it a QR or did the bum have an allen key? I've noticed a lot of bikes locked up with missing wheels, front or back, lately. It is that time of the year; Toronto gets inundated with vagrants and things go missing. My co-worker bought a Canadian Tire bike (against my advice, but whatevs) and his front brakes were stolen. Those things are 12bucks a pair! Crazy.
Keith, I'll be by saturday morning. I still think we should have a bike swap. We could join the guys across from your shop
hockey tape makes great rim tape. what kind of Canadians are you?
Dances With Cars
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um..... the non-hockey playin' variety?
I ride in the snow and ice instead.
I ride in the snow and ice instead.
Originally Posted by cavit8
Yes, this is depressing. I may have to got some more lockage instead of my mini-brute through the rear triangle. I have a locking front skewer which, frankly, anyone with two vice grips could rip off. 

I was eating some pho the other day and I rode the Roubaix down and locked it up (within eyesite) and sure enough, a guy stopped to check it out. I like to think he was just admiring it but he was there for about 3 minutes, which made me a bit nervous but then he continued on. He then came back about 15 minutes later and stood looking at it for another 3 minutes or so. I was with 4 friends and I am not a small guy anyways, so I continued to give the guy the benefit of the doubt that he was just checking out the neat bike and yeah, he didn't touch it but it is still a bit nerve-wracking having nice things in this city sometimes.
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Originally Posted by cavit8
Yes, this is depressing. I may have to got some more lockage instead of my mini-brute through the rear triangle. I have a locking front skewer which, frankly, anyone with two vice grips could rip off.
Keith, I'll be by saturday morning. I still think we should have a bike swap. We could join the guys across from your shop
Keith, I'll be by saturday morning. I still think we should have a bike swap. We could join the guys across from your shop

You think the bike theft is bad? I had a customer the other day that had his tube stolen...not the wheel or tire...just the tube. How much crack does a tube get on the street these days anyway?
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Originally Posted by cavernmech
If you want a cheap saddle and post, those are your guys...sketchy scammers one and all.
You think the bike theft is bad? I had a customer the other day that had his tube stolen...not the wheel or tire...just the tube. How much crack does a tube get on the street these days anyway?
You think the bike theft is bad? I had a customer the other day that had his tube stolen...not the wheel or tire...just the tube. How much crack does a tube get on the street these days anyway?
I had my snowshovel stolen by a crackhead...wonder how much crack he got for that.
I had a guy in a few weeks back whose wheel got ripped off while he was standing next to the bike. He came out to unlock it, look a call on his cell and while he was turned the other way talking, someone just flipped his QR, grabbed the wheel and took off. He turned back around and was like - 'tF?! - didn't even see who did it.
cab horn

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From: Toronto
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-decide to take street car home, no idea what cash fare is. Get on, ask if it's still $2.50. I only have $2.50. The price is now $2.75. I start telling the driver that I don't have enough and my front wheel was stolen, I don't even get through the sentence and she tells me not to worry about it and get on. Slight glimmer of hope for humanity.
-call Mike to regale him with my tales.. he gets all macgyver on me and suggests electrical tape until I can get to another shop. ghetto fabulous red electrical tape does the trick.
Not to mention the bike shop charged me $6 for rim tape for one wheel.
So I says to Mable I says
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Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
Was it a QR or did the bum have an allen key?
dam this is fun !
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ooohhhh noooooooooooooooooooo I hear the beat of little wings
Dances With Cars
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Dude that so sucks




