do us proud and ride it fixed! i'll be thinking of all of you riding the dvp tomorrow. first time in a while i haven't done the ride.

Any thoughts of when. I thought I might go out a little later this evening as it doesn't seem to be cooling down much.

No plans. Currently I'm just sitting inside with a fan blowing on me whilst playing some video games (Forza 2).

Hey Somna,

I thought I saw your bike parked outside of the Chapters @ Richmond and John. It was a tall Urbanite with a Brooks saddle, drops with red bar tape... But it had clips and straps. Are you rockin' clips and straps?

a) neither of my brooks saddles have ever been on my urbanite
b) I haven't had red bar tape in over a year, and currently I'm rocking my flat bars
c) nope.. still going clipless

:D

Fixed it is.

You will not regret it. Take lots of water and try not to embaress any OCP's.

Well, okay then. I guess it wasn't you. :o

I should have checked the missing seat binder bolt... ;)

hahah.. indeed!

Hell you’re a young whipper snapper N/P (ha ha) I’ve never done it so I have no idea.

Nice job & sweet ride.

That'd be my coworker's bike.

Vancouver is a nice city but damn are there a tonne of crack/smack heads! Its an epidemic downtown. I already met a BFSSFG member (lyledriver) and hopefully will be going on a ride tomorrow.

PS. Go Sens!

Me on the go train: let's see who wins

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Holla at me if you see me on the IRO in my sig on the Heat Stroke ride tomorrow. See ya'll out there.

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is that a usb memory dingdong hanging around your neck?

Hey Matt... great set of picts on your blog... wish I hadn't missed the fun. Your blog post about hitting up the Leslie Street Spit has me wanting to take a roll out there... I totally forgot about that place. Thanks for the reminder!

Nice day to ride the Don, did my 75km in just under 2:40. Was great to be considered a VIP as I got a nice lunch after, salmon, chicken roast beef, and some pasta. Protein and carbs, yummy.

Best part was the roadie who had his crank fall of his $4000 bike 0:30 seconds in. I also observed that although I was getting smoked on the decents, on the flats and all the climbs I passed 90% of the riders. Seems the full kit/gear riders like to gear way down on the climbs. Weenies.

Missed you out there, but did see 4-5 riders on fixed bikes. We are truely gods among mortals.

but were you riding fixed and smoking at the same time? now that would have been hilarious as you passed the roadies...

fun ride. it was entertaining when roadies smugly sail past me on descents, only to see the horrified looks on their faces when i smoke them on the climbs.

there was a guy on a kelly green track bike who got off and WALKED up a hill. for shame, dude.

lol, poor dude! While I've never done that myself I have seen the agony of folks that chose the wrong gearing for themselves or their terrain, seen guys come to a dead stop after they've lost all the momentum , then onto their feet for the walk of shame

Yeah, that always happens. Got passed by pretty much everybody on the downhills, but passed almost everybody on the climbs and I suck at climbing. Also had a couple wobbly roadies in front of me at the hairpin after we exited at Jameson at the end of the ride. They unclipped and took the hairpin wide and slow, so I took it tight and passed them on the inside.

By far, this was the coolest bike setup I saw today.
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BTW, anyone see that woman down on the DVP South? When I passed, the cops and medics were there and she was covered up w/ a piece of plastic and her ride partner was cradling her head. Hope she's ok.

Had a good ride up the Humber with Brad/Tams today too. Lovely day for it. Totaled about 65k. Hope everyone had fun on The Other Ride. :)

To be fair, if that's the same guy I saw walking up to York Mills, I asked if he was ok.. he said he had a mechanical (flat, I think) and was walking up + hopping on the subway. He passed me on the way back south (I was riding with the wife at a slower pace for the ride), so I guess someone helped him fix it.

Next year - gonna do it fixed!

This guy? Not a $4000 dollar bike, but pretty sad nonetheless...

EDIT: Left crank arm? One legged intervals up the don!

Only the serious cs geeks do that. Mine is an mp3 player :P

Saw 2 incidents with ambulances. Ride for heart = ride and watch the F out. Had some moron kid swerve into me right at the very end just when I thought I got away without an accident.

2.5m wide lane with speeds < 3kph, barriers on one side, curb on the other = disaster waiting to happen when occupied by nubs who can't ride a straight line.

P.S I loved the little kids on bikes

Alright so I'm going to be stripping my Jamie Roy soon, because I hate decals. I'm taking it down to baremetal, pinstriping with (hopefully) glow-in-the-dark pain and then clearcoating it.

The question is could I smooth out the welds at the joints? I've asked a few metal working persons and they all say the same thing "It should be fine, but I wouldn't do it without the manufacturer sayings its ok" So i'm going to call Tony on monday and ask. But if there are opinions for you guys I'd love to hear them too.

Oh and what size cone wrenches do I need to repack a campag record hub from the early-mid 90s

Fun ride! I'm just over 3K kms for the year now :)