That is strange, it has been ages since someone threatened to beat me up. Months almost ;)

6 O'clock, Jet...across from The Cavern.... you've had it. :lol:

Here is my route:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=710660
I get regularly messed with on the section of Shaw that has a grass median, on the section of Wellington and Niagara between Strachan and Bathurst, and then occasionally along front, usually close to Spadina. This past year I have probably had 5-6 people threaten to physically assault or kill me, during my commute to work. I'm not a violent person.

That grass median section of Shaw is wacky. With parking their is barely room for one. Open your car door too quick and it might get cleaved off. And a school zone to boot, nothing like yellin' about how your gonna kill the biker with Mom and Johnny walking to school. With Front (especially Bathurst and Spadina) you are getting all just off the Gardner ppl, suburbanites with no clue about sharing with riders. Where's your office?

I work in the eastern half of union station, right at bay and front. I call the section between spadina and bay 'The Gauntlet'. No rules apply here, and anyone in a car or on foot or on a bike will be guarunteed to do the most unpredictable stupid maeneuver with no warning. There are lines of cabbies waiting like wolves to pull a U turn from a parking space to catch a fare across the street, or pull out in front of you just to pull back in so they can be at the front of the taxi stand. And right now there is crazy construction going on closing one of the lanes, nevermind the delivery vans parked everywhere and the terrible road surface. Also the peds swarm across the streeth whether you're speeding towards them or not. Safety in numbers I guess.

I should really just go down to Queen's Key blvd and head east

this is so true!

danhalen - i sent you a pm

Odd, I would have figured your route would take you along Queen with all those threats. I had a naked guy chase me on my bike right by the mental hospital and at the 7-11 on Queen near Jamieson (it has been paved over now, likely for condos, the gentrifying of Parkdale continues unabated) I've been 3 or 4 times threatened and one time this vagrant grabbed my bike while I was on it and tried to run off with it. It was very bizarre, I think he was on crack or something. Anywho, yeah, Queen is always nuts but man, I love that street.

I would suggest a new route then..one that has you drop as straight down on Union as possible. Ossington/Shaw to Harbord, east to university(fast with many lanes to play in and nice long lights), to rip straight down, driven on by city dwellers.... Hope ya Jammin' too.

I used to take bay street south but its the most brutal road during rush hour. I wish they would just take away those 'bike, taxi, bus' lane signs because they are a ******** tease and nobody follows them and police don't enforce it. Plus who the hell wants to share a lane with taxis and buses, and then have cars suddenly merge right into you to make a right turn? Stupid city planners. I've given university a try, but on most days, shaw is the best street ever to go south on. Its just the occasional f*cktard who messes with me that ruins it. I'm sure I'd have more incidents on University simply because its so much busier.

Union then, which one carves past Queen Park? I alway get them confused. I meant the one where hospital row is. If you get splattered there you're set. I ride down the left side when I ride it, super visable and no turns with the exception of Adelaide I think.

University starts south of Queen's Park and heads downhill to the lake. Its called Avenue road north of Queen's Park. Union isn't a street its just the train station.

:lol: Bay and university...of course ...sorry dude, I don;t know half the names DownTown, I just ride 'em on my travels. I love rippin Spadina, right down the middle, but that's me. For Avenue Road I'm right aligned until I hit College, then I get over to the left generally...no hard and fast rules mind U. I would recommend avoiding that section of Front like the plaque though during rush hour.

And Queen's Park Crescent between College and Hoskins. I find Avenue/Queens Park/University to be a good quick route down from the North. I used to ride that route all the time when I lived west. You can hammer and get every light from Dupont down to Front. Plus because it is a 4 lane street in most places, less boneheads are likely to get bent out of shape because you are taking the whole curb lane.

I usually take up that whole bike lane on Bay unless there is a cab or bus wanting to get by, but we all know that we are faster than cabs/buses, so it doesn't happen often. A couple of times a person in a car has honked at me and I just point up to one of those signs that depicts the bus and cab and bicycle and keep right in the middle. Bay is nice now that it has re-paved, a few years ago it was unrideable.

I wish the cops would enforce it because a lot of cars use that lane and it really screws things up. Better yet, they should let us cyclists write tickets; I could write up 100 a day just on Bay street.

Super Exciting Sighting...Toyota has a 4x4 test track right near the lake, down here at Queen's Quay and Yonge. Bit east of Yonge behind all the parking.... I'm doing a lap after work. MTB's Yo! I don;t know how long this track is gonna be there but this sounds like a night time fun fun fun! I'm guesin' it's autoshow related. I don;t even know how watched it is during the day...I'v eseen two truucks moving on it....then drive away.... to get more test pilots? Plenty of time for a few laps it would seem.

for any of you veg-o-matic vegans out there i conjured up a simple recipe you may enjoy: sweat one diced onion, 3 cloves pureed garlic and some shredded carrot (about a cup) in a good amount of olive oil. add 500g or so of chickpeas and sprinkle with corriander and some 'zatar' (middle eastern spice, a mix of sesame seeds, sumach and thyme), deglaze with a little water and bang it in the oven and cook until most of the water is gone. a tasty appetizer if you're not in the mood for meat.

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Who will be post 20,000?

those are risky words my friend. didn't you read my post about sweetbreads?

I didn't write that. :) You and pyze should be our head chef for our first annual bikeforums cook off...!

Aw a bit too early, that's like 260 something more posts to spam.

In that case it shall be ribs, ribs and more ribs. And tofu ribs for the veg crowd. And beer. And corn on the cob, maybe some homemade slow cooked beans, slaw.. And then more beer. I won't be drafting anyone the next day on the ride though.

So is the rule v-brakes levers work with canti brakes, or the other way around? Or not at all.

Thanks for the stem JW, works great. All three bars fit in no problem. Now have a cruiser, flat and bullhorn bar set with levers and only takes about 2 minutes to switch out.

Tried the track .... too much snow, can't build any speed. If it was dirt it would rock.

I think V brake levers will work with cantis, but if you run V brake calipers you HAVE to use V brake levers.

That sucks. I was thinkin' of heading down and trying it out.

what kind of sweet breads******************************???/////

Money Shot - A little bike porn I took today.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...y/IMG_0671.jpg

^^You at work tomorrow?^^

Got my wheels :) they look so nice omg lol, I need tires though.

Hey Keith, what do you have in terms of 16t 1/8 cogs, any Dura-Ace?