ya rode this weekend both mornings, down the lakefront.. so high park's all snowed out.. coudln't go..crashed on the snow on 28mm tires on the lakefront path.. then went on the road (very very few cars). beautiful days, good weather. it's too bad vacation's over now.

sd

[QUOTE=somnambulant]
Well, I guess someone else in TO has a dark grey spicer. I didn't think it was shiznaz, but I wasn't certain.QUOTE]
Thats Emilio and yes.......he is a newbie.

ahh.. cool. I was wondering if it was someone we knew or not!

I rode for the first time in over 3 weeks this morning. I figured I'd give myself nearly 3 weeks of healing since I broke my rib before I got back on again. Didn't bother me much (except for my lunch jabbing me right there from my bag), but man I feel like a sack of **** in the saddle after being away even for only a few weeks!

hola everyone! akema****e omedetou..happy belated new year from japan... haven't done ANYTHING bike-related over here..but been meaning to.. saw 2 fixies, one in osaka and one in shizuoka.. former was taped up and had some kyoto loco spoke cards and tennis balls.. the latter was a vivalo which belonged to my friend's boyfriend. it was locked up outside with the flimsiest of chains..only in japan. suntour superbe pro throughout..with rusting chain tugs, a rear brake plate and a lever on the drops.. pics soon. i'll hopefully have a nice miyata conversion waiting for me when i get back.. thanks cam and keith. can't wait to dig into some buns. ;)

How's the snow over there. BBC has shown some horrendous dumps.

I think I'm about to take a horrendous dump as well.. it might even make the BBC. ;)

Hey, where do you guys get your buns? I was looking for this restaurant I heard about on the CBC a few months back, I believe it is called Mothers, or something like that-but I can't find it. I think it is around kensington mkt. somewhere. I've tried the place across from Swatow on spadina, what else is good?

darkmother: I've never been there, but this is what you're looking for:

Mother's Dumplings
79 Huron Street,
Toronto, ON M5T 2A8
Tel. : 416-217-2008

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/200...odfeature2.php
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/200...ver_story9.php

also: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006...yWhitehorn.htm

Cool, thanks man.

somnambulant, is that your urbanite?
Mother's Dumplings is pretty damn cheap, pretty much the same prices for all hong kong styled cafe's. 5-6 bucks for a full meal and drink.
If your real stinge try going to most chinese bakeries and pick up 6 buns for 3 bucks.
also, you guys should try Korean BBQ if your not vegetarian.
I live in scarborough so I am absolutely CLUELESS about dt.

In the spring you guys should take me on a sightseeing tour of downtown.

See, there's some days you post something... look at it and think, "there's an easy lob, but who would be lowbrow enough to take it".... :D

DM - we often get our buns at Kim Moon bakery on Dundas.

Bah, the only riding i've done lately is on the bus, to finch (lame).

i haven't been so regular myself lately.. as for snow, it's been really bad in parts of northern japan (we're talking about 2 meters of snow) like akita and niigata. lot of older houses collapsing under the weight and killing people, mostly seniors. a lot of train service disruptions too. but it hasn't been too bad in the rest of japan (tokyo, osaka, kyushu region). it's been chilly with only a few patches of sun. it was really warm in shizuoka (smack dab between osaka and tokyo) the other day though. they've got a nice keirin track there but everything has been closed the last 2 days for a national holiday.

Dude, I'll always be there for you. :P

sr20det: nope, not my urbanite. But just thought I'd post up a local.. especially since he also says:
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/arti...fixedgroup.htm

here's the group's url: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torfix/

do you guys know anything about this?

Well, FedEx showed up today while I was at work. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be the proud owner of a brand spankin' new frame. *joy*

sweet. I'm looking forward to checking it out! The pictures I've seen look pretty nice.

Side note: I'm watching the debate (streamed off the CBC site) right now and if I hear "accountability" one more time I'm going to ****ing scream. It's Canada's "Now, more than ever ..."

They were on the board for a bit and had a website with some of their group rides before, apparently, one of them bought a smart car. His handle was Aerofix and the group used to do monthly fixed rides. I was going to go to one and decided to sleep in instead.

Some of the names that I recall were Jeremy Whitehorn, Alan Thwaits and I think Phil Piltch.

Shiznaz rode with that group, ask him.

hey you guys found my bike! i'm new to this list but not to fixed riding. yes the toronto fixed group exists and does monthly rides and such so there are people in the t-dot riding fixed as a group. nothing crazy, no alley cats, no one handed trackstands holding a beer just riding i guess. i'm glad to have tapped another source for fixed riders in the city. who's interested in riding on the weekends?
yes shiznaz did ride with us once i think last year but i think i scared him off with a crazy pace; we should take 2 on that one...

you can get buns in the buns/bakery shop on spadina between queen st and dundas/college.

also a very good buns/dimsum place, all they do is takeout/standing room only, on baldwin st. east of beverley, just south of u of toronto.

sd

[QUOTE=jeremywhitehorn] who's interested in riding on the weekends?
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For sure, I'd love to. Keep us posted.

moi aussi. I'm out of town this weekend though.

Somebody is quiet! I bet a new ride is being built as I type this. :)

Nice weather for it too. Post pictures.

mmm.. bike pr0n.

*sigh*

My frustration level is currently right up there. FedEx fubared my delivery rather nicely. Instead of delivering the frame this morning (as per my phone call w/ them last night), they left the frame off the truck today and sent out a letter in the mail informing me it was going to be returned back to the sender since I hadn't been there to pick it up on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd attempts. Here's the funny thing, there were no 2nd, 3rd attempts ... and apparently I was talking to someone who doesn't even work for FedEx last night because that conversation did absolutely ****-all. Now they're saying it will show up at my work sometime tomorrow between the hours of 10am and ... oh, let's say 6pm.

At least it will end up at the shop so I can start working on it as soon as the rest of the parts come in.

- eyefloater

ugh.. fedex is the ****ing worst man. They always find a way to bungle things. Actually, I think all mail delivery type services are pretty craptacular. I mean, it isn't rocket science damnit!

holy... I'm pretty pissed off about USPS rite now...
I've been waiting 3 weeks for 5 different things to come. NONE of it has arrived from the states yet.
something better get to my house tomorrow or I'm going to go insane.