Not sure if anyone's seen the Globe article today, but I found the link from Martino's blog.
Family, friends mourn death of avid young cyclist

i'll be there tonight, i did'nt know charlie but i feal that its important to come out and show my respect. hope i'm welcome see ya all there, i may or maynot get a chance to print up some leaflets

****, dude! If you need anything when you get back, even if you just need someone to do some running around for you or whatever, just get my number from Toby and holla at ya boy!

Dan: - That's wrong! I bet he can still drive.

PS. Good job on the interview - /all

I'll be there tonight with all haters of Freedom that are in the city right now & two guys from MTL that I met last night who are currently sleeping on my living room floor / couch. Looking forward to seeing all you guys / gals.

Dan, booouuurns! Heal up soon man. At least this will give you a chance to learn no-handed pop-ups to one-handed bar spins?

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OMFGYAY Wizards announced D&D 4th Edition!!! Let's all hang out in Shamil's basement and play pnp!!!
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:lol: /me looks for gold 20 sided die...

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/markco...s/20-sided.jpg

i'm starting to feel like the only person that hasn't been damaged around here lately *knocks on wood*. i prescribe some knackwurst and warsteiner. heal quick buddy!


p.s. last night while playing mexican train (the best dominoe game evar!)my tube randomly exploded scaring the **** out of all of us.

take it easy dan. if you can't ride, why not take the time to build up a new bike?

Heal up quick....and get home. D&D in the basement @ 41 years old..... ah no... it was geeky enough in high school let alone now.. :lol:

pffffffffffffffffffft....watch it or ill buss your head open with my +20 to damage potspoon...;)

Unreal dan, heal up quick.

Simpsons warcraft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuIOwy65kTs "is this Wall st journal online?"

Leeeeeerrrrroy Jenkins! http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...43693602998196 just saw this this past weekend... I'm new to the interweb :)

See you tonight for the ride.

That's terrible DAn, I'd invest in a good computer/console and a stack of video games...yeah mmmm

I really don't like doors open in traffic, but left lane door openers are the worst, sometimes for what they're doing. A messer down in H-town once took to the left, lane splitting toward a left hand yielding turn around a driver stopped in the left lane. The guy opened his door & buddy caught it in the middle of a hockey stop trying to avoid it, walked away uninjured. But the bad part was that the old man driving didn't see him in time and couldn't stop the action that had necessitated opening the door, getting rid of a complete mouthful of extremely used chaw...all over buddies bare legs....buddy almost puked on the man, but unfortunately held back

ugh I really hope a can get out of work early today.

anyone wanna PM me their number so I can meet up with you guys if I miss the start?

ps: that sucks Dan... heal up fast. :(

curses, I won't be able to make it out tonight as I'm stuck in Brampton.
Keith, could you save me a card as well?

Thanks.

You can borrow mine.. ;)

Nerds!!!!!!!!!
:lol:

"You enter the lair of........... The air is thick with hopelessness and despair. Your warlock shutters as he passes under the archway marked with dark symbols, does your band dare continue?"

ha ha....thanx man

see TJ is a born natural at it...

I knew he would release his inner DM someday! ;)

I have played far too many campaigns in my day....spent high school physics class creating band characters.

thanks for all the kind words guys! i like the new bike idea! i kind of have a hankering for a fancy pants modern light bike. at condor they said they might sell me one of their rapha team track frames. and i'm going to have an excess trip budget. hmmm. then i'll get a trainer and ride it in that until i can support weight with my shoulder. hmm... something to ponder.

i'll take you guys up on the offers, i should have you guys over when i get back! woot!

keith can i ship my bike to cavern? the front wheel is out of true but i think it's fine otherwise. i can't carry it now or ride it anyway though so i was thinking of getting a bike store to box it up and just ship it home.

german healthcare rules. i didn't wait at all, not even for tests they actually kept a close watch on me and i made friends with everyone they were so nice. they held my bike for me in emerge. the food was good! aside from the pain, the ambulance ride was actually pretty cool. intravenous pain killers rule.

the cops came to the scene and took real statements. i got copies of the driver's contact info and insurance numbers as police documents. the police also came to hospital and waited for me to be more lucid before confirming my statement and cheching if i was ok. and get this: the driver's insurance is supposed to pay my medical bills because she was at fault. I have travel health insurance which will cover it otherwise but still! makes sense. and i was treated as a vehicle.

i love berlin. it's such a drag that i can't ride here anymore because it's beautiful. there are bike lanes everywhere and the traffic isn't bad at all. it actually moves. beautiful city. i could live here (after learning german).

sorry for my weird sentence srtucture, it takes so much longer typing with one hand! auf weinersen

haha wood

i love you

Go for the Rapha Team! I am glad you were treated well in Germany. My Aunt had a massive heart attack while visiting her son in England last Thurs. and they took very good care of her as well. She is a nurse/prof/dean and might write a book about the experience. Unfortunately she should have stayed at arms length to do the research ;)

*with fingers, peeling the carrot*

You can for sure ship yer bike to the shop. No worries there.
Extra travel $ now and that is the "danpositive"TM way to look at it. Hell ship 3 bikes back here if you so wish! I will have em all up and ready to ride for you. I also have a stationary trainer for you to use if you feel so inclined.
I too have had some experience with the German health care system. A buddy had a mild heart attack when I was there a few years back. I accompanied him to the hospital where the staff was great. The cardiologist was an awesomely tattooed and pierced Goth woman who was very helpful and genuinely seemed to care about the patient. I thought at the time how our Western society would never allow her, a highly trained and capable professional, to work in this field because of her appearance. Sad but true.
Enjoy the rest of yer time there buddy...take care. And I also second the flaxen haired freulein to massage away the aches and pains. Works wonders. :rolleyes:

Sorry about your luck Dan!

unfortunatly i wont make the ride tonight. just leaving work now in the west end coupled with up all night with food poisoning... (stay away from amato's on dundas west) i'm unfortunatly not gonna make it in time. i really wanted to break in the new to me road bike i just built up too. i did run into Matt on the street yesterday, its funny how its easy for some to recognise people from thier tattoos... especially for me since i work for a tattoo/bodmod website.

Safe riding guys!

My ego is so bruised. I bit it going over some tracks and ended up going to the inamorata's place for Thai food and ice packs. A couple minor contusions and a profound sense of embarassment. My head may also have bent someone's rim.

Anyway, glad to see so many out. Nice ride all.

cavit8, I heard about someone skidding along on their helmet, that must've been you I guess... I saw someone go down on the tracks on .. Ossington? but that didn't seem so bad.

Good ride, was glad to have a brief chance to chat to Thoby and both Mr and Mrs. Prinsep - I actually ended up putting the front wheel on Charlies' fixie for Thoby at the start. Apparently I looked like I knew what I was doing, heh.Bummed I didn't get a spoke card, it happens.

Was fantastic to see such support, even Olivia Chow MP made it out. Ride on.

it was good to see everybody tonight, albeit under negative circumstances. it made me think we(i) need to get out for more group rides. the dim sum and kensington meetings need to come back. mattrennick- nice to meet you outside teh interwebs.

This is a bit redundant, but it was really good to see everyone out there for the ride. Charlie's family seemed really happy in seeing all of his friends coming out in support. At first count, I think there were nearly 150 people!

Cam - just wanted to check in to see about the fall, but I'm glad it was mostly your ego that suffered the road rash. Hope that Thai food was paired with a good beer or two :) Heal fast.

If folks didnt get one and want one we can arrange for more. Or T.J. did post up the images so you could always make one up. If the demand is such that we need to do another run we can. Sorry I didnt get more lammed. My bad.