double-fixed flip-flops are good if you ever plan on running your bike on the track and street too.. that way you can try and get 2 ratios that are street AND track friendly while still fitting in the dropouts.

also, food for thought: my quando hub has treated me just fine. Nearly 2 years of daily commuting, year round, plus some longer distance rides outside the city and it's still going fine (*knock on wood*). I've had it rebuilt once (with Phil bearings, ironically enough), but I think that's expected for a bike that got parked outside for about a year and was ridden through the winters. YMMV, however. Personally I'd be ****baked about my bike getting stolen if I had phils or something on my fixie. That's the whole point of this bike.. I can lock it up and not be overly concerned. Again, depends on what you plan on doing with the bike and how paranoid you are. :)

I think the best thing about fixed/fixed hubs is if you strip out one side, the hub is still good to run fixed gear. Try telling that to my suzue basic flip flop... As far as switching gears on the fly goes, I never do it. Like, ever... especially not in this town.

Meh its the first week. Nothing too important happening usually. First week classes are basically optional. Especially the 9am ones. If you are posting during class in March, then we'll have to just ride over there and make SURE you pay attention Mister. (I have no idea how that would even work)

Danhalen -

you're image is very disturbing..

Ugh so I go to get a 'cupping' of 'americano' this afternoon and the so called 'barista' 'pulls' me a 'cafe crema' instead of an 'americano'! Unforgivable! Not only that, but I have to stand there while she pushes the button on their machine 5 times while she tries to fill up my cup a shot at a time. Oh well, I'm sure if she had made me what I ordered she would have added boiling water to the shot afterwards, destroying its balance, so maybe I should be thankful. /snob

And so goes my PATH system coffee adventure. There must be something in the air down there. Anyone know any decent coffee shops near union station? I'm dying paying 2.50 a cup for these crappy americanos.

No Coffee Time around?

Oh, you should try coming down to 1 Yogne, and try to find a good cuppa.

You mean THIS one?

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/9333/dandogbq1.jpg

it's bearded as well? Frrreakkky

reminds me of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--JIiZOgKY0

Good ****ing game.

Yeah that beard is the culmination of my superior Photoshop skills (said with extreme sarcasm). Basically it started as a really funny picture of my dog wearing this stupid dog raincoat thing my mom bought for her. The picture is really funny if I find it I'll post it she looks so pissed off in it. Anyway, the grey beard area is where my dog's head was. Instead of actually attempting to cover it with something which would blend with the background I just used the paint tool to make a ZZ Top-esque beard to make things more umm realistic I guess. And yes that is my head (with a pencil in my ear you may notice as well) if anyone's wondering.

Inevitably someone will probably ask "why" so I'll just field that one now too. My friend and I were having a photoshop contest of sorts.

I see you lost.

hahahahhahaha oh man I forgot about that one. That safety picture shows some evidence of some quality rolling... OOhhh that one has a double meaning. I'm so witty.

Ouch!

Actually her picture of her with the Backstreet Boys looked pretty seemless. She probably beat me on execution but in wackiness I totally schooled her.

hahaha

Ouch. Watch out for hail while riding home.
Those little ice pellets really hurt.
My under eye lids are all bleeding now.

I got a tailwind heading home east, should take me all of 20seconds to cover the 5.5 km :lol:

The tailwind kicks ass today. I rode from Parklawn to Strachn along the lakeshore ~4:30 and I was averaging about 40kms/hr with little effort :)

When I carved right onto The Esplanade off Church, it was like hitting a solid wall of air. it's gonna be a blast home, still Easterly?

Sort of South East, but maybe that was just the wind tunnel effect down University Ave.

You should really put some Aloe on that Burn!

if anyone here has big feet, this might be a deal for you. although with the winter we're having i'm not so sure they're nesessary. i would probably jump on them myself but i just bought a pair of shoes.

it doesn't get any easier, you just get up it slower.

It's a little steep given you can get a pair of exustar's at MEC for $79. While not sidis, a season of toronto salt will make sidis not like sidis..

if you can make it out to st lawrence market i think there is a rostery in the basement. not even a starbucks near by? always good in a pinch.

Those look like climbing boots.

I'm more freaked out by the cleat position and the fact that they're screwed right into the bottom of the shoe... :P

Full snow grippyness, for when you really must put a foot down.
Or, *shutter* walk/push through it, because that sucks. *sigh* I wish we had snow.

*edit* is it me or do they not look terribly comfy at the ankle?

Think Blue Mountain still let us ride the hill, they are desperate for funds..:lol:

Nope, they closed their doors last week until it gets colder.