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Comments about red bikeThere are 100 comments about "red bike"
bikeguy: Uncle Jacobs is getting a lot of negative reviews here as a stolen bike shop. Look, if you're going to sell used bikes in the world capital of bike theft then you're obviously going to...... twice robbed: hundreds of bikes are stolen from the bike racks infront of the uoft athletic centre every year. The University administration should be ashamed that they have not attempted to address this issue by providing a...... EvilGentleman: Heh, I used to do 50 km/h on flat roads on my clunky old $99 mountain bike from Canadian Tire. I could peak at 58 to 60. Mind you, I could only keep that pace...... Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is...... Some Guy Ya: Hi folks.
I got sick of my bikes being taken back in 92. So since then, I've been keeping it inside. I still have my 1992 Ironhorse. Lovely bike. For the first...... jeeff: ha! igor gets caught red-handed and the city celebrates. people are even posting about it on craigslist. a couple links:
[[http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/07/17/6181516-sun.html]]
[[http://www.ibiketo.ca/node/2353]]
[[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/07/17/bike-theft.html]]
... serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to...... Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on...... Joe : Bill,
I suspected that your name was Franklin, but thought that you may be June's brother. Obviously I did not know June's family real well, but I did know her and she was considered the most...... Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila, Yes my dad was the youngest. He always used to spend his time on Barton Grange Farm with his mate Steve Ratcliffe messing around with cars and motorbikes. He was born when the...... Stasia: Just out of curiosity, what is the HA's stance on getting involved in domestic disputes? I have two friends who are being stalked and harassed by some loser who shows up at their houses...... James cashan: hi norma ,
yes i remember brian,may know your brothers by face,we would get anywhere from 1 to 2
hundred people down at tarzan bridge,crossie was a regular face at our shin digs and would often...... EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been...... Ben Baillargeon: Let me tell everyone the number one way to stop bike theft!
Don't be stupid for one without critisizing anyone, but if you love you bike bring it everywhere you go! seriously i ride my norco...... Nelson: Had my bike stolen April 13 at Dufferin Mall. It's a yellow, with blue and red, Giant
AtX 890 mountain bike, 19.5" frame. The only thing they left was the cut lock. I reported it to...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew
Thanks for adding Dom's photos.The frontage of the Rialto cinema is very little different from when it was The Globe picture house. Even the Large door to the right of the main entrance is...... jane: bike world Ltd is one of the leading bike distributors.We are Legitimate registered Company under licensed number(RC43215).We ship via FedEx or DHL, and your ordered items will get to your door step within 48 hrs(Two...... anon (host86-160-86-25.range86-160.btcentralplus.com): fred talked to us today he asked us for a drink he was quite scary but we felt a little sorry for him, he has no teeth and lives outside spalding train station in the...... Joanne Amorello-minor: Hi Mary, hi Rob, hi Marissa,hi Norma,hi steve...
as much as I would like to go to the mosslands I cannot as I live in Portsmouth!but I shall listen anyway...you never know my wish may come...... Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned!
Vicarage Road
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Two Churches, Liverpool Road.
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The Band Stand
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The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down...... Gary: Much of what I read here reminds of comments about what gentlemen the German officers were in restaurants after they had invaded France! Listen here: The Hells Angels, each and every...... Genny: Oh dear, all these tales of sadness and I have my own to add.
My previous bike was stolen last year from where it was locked in front of the Canadian Tire on Yonge St. and...... Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??:
Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban
Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan
The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring
festival in February 2007.
But officials said the kite-makers...... gwendolyn (jillgwenward@hotmail.com): so sad to read about all the thefts as i was there myself last fall with 2 different bikes and just had my beautiful (and recovered from last year) specialized stolen again. sigh. guess i'll...... Bec M: I had my beautiful Trek mountain bike stolen from University Ave on a Friday in July, during business hours! So many people walking by all the hospitals there on University Ave and still nobody saw...... Peter S: I have bought a couple of brand new bikes from Uncle Jacob, and have also had good experience with getting repairs done by them at very reasonable prices. So he is definitely a legit...... SS12: I also saw this asshole who busted a lock at Ossington station and his "girlfriend" rode away on the stolen bike while he dropped the lock into a garbage bin.
Even if he is caught red-handed,...... QQbiker: The cost right now is in the range of $300. Problem is that's for the device itself and doesn't cover monthly service fees, registration, etc. if you need someone to track it for you....... HushUp: For the person who thinks that someone should ask the side of the 'Gang Member' on why they shot and killed my son's friend - It's obvious you have no clue what it's like to...... S.: It's unfortunate when you can be considered naive for thinking a bike locked up on your enclosed front porch is safe. I will check Uncle Jacob's. Again, naive. I've been there before but did not...... EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible.
Reminds me of this guy...... 99¢Dreams: Car vs bike has never been a fair fight. But c'mon guys, the city was designed for HORSES, aye? Those early bikes had it rough on the cobblestones, though far less deadly. ...... CE: It's close to the Quartier Latin but it's actually in the seedier [[6798:red light district]] within the Quartier des Spectacles. I ate there on my first visit to Montreal and seem to remember my...... ffox88: ... (cont'd)...
I, too, have a lot of built in frustration towards the thieves, the police, the used bike shops that buy stolen wheels. I've been up at night imagining how to catch them in the...... ray: I cannot believe how awful it feels to have a bike stolen. I had locked my bike on Avenue Rd (outside WholeFoods) last week and went inside to ask about the...... Louis Le Grand: I just had my racing COPPI bike stolen, last saturday. Went to visit my aunt at Soeurs St Joseph, in Lachine, west of Montreal. Asked the security man if possible to let the bike in,...... Elektric: My red Trek mountain bike just got stolen a few days ago. And I was actually planning to go to Igor's to buy a new bike because I'm just so sick of getting...... anon (blk-7-137-224.eastlink.ca): The Hells Angels are a motorcycle club, dedicated to the sport of touring on their bikes hence the MC(motorcycle club).Not every member has a criminal record or has been involved in criminal activity.There have been...... CartLegger: Looks to me like a faulty traffic policy, like a city built for the benefit of cars, not people.
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This accident--which happened at the corner of Knickerbocker Ave. and grove St. in Bushwick, Brooklyn-- involved...... Mama Mia: Wife,
I hear ya...when I was readin the comments...I was crackin up! Almost scarey what people believe out there. You;re right though, Harley is the preferred bike (warranty is a beautiful thing too, lol)....... Wife of an angel to be!!: Mama Mia,
I told my husband about these comments people were making he had a good laugh!! Especially the comment about having to kill to become a member, what a joke! As for the required...... Mama Mia: Wife of Angel to be...I wish your husband luck prospecting. Thanks for the comments also, I felt like someone had to put a lil light on the subject.
And Miguel...the bike HA's own have...... CE: I just ate their the other day during a bike ride to VSL to see how the redevelopment of the street was going. I'm still alive.... Ya. My cute Pink bike got stollen today from Bathurst/Harbord area.: Question... Is Uncle Jacob the same thing as Bike Pirates? I live in the neighborhood and the only bike shop I know around there is Bike pirates. Anyways - my bike disappeared off the steel...... realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:...... Corinne: I had my brand new Fuji Crosstown 3.0 stolen on June 18th from outside the Hudson Bay Building at Yonge and Bloor. I owned it for 3 days. They cut right through the good cable...... CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16...... sara: I lived in kensington (A St.) from birth until I was 9. I still have fond memories of being a kid there. I haven't been back to that neighborhood for many many years. Unfortunately the...... zinzee: For those of you looking to move here:
I live in Bushwick off of the Jefferson L. I'm one block from the L train. I really do enjoy the neighborhood. I did get...... ANOTHER ARTICLE: The same individual has posted new WARNING signs along the Bow River in Calgary:
WARNING:
So long as the CALGARY DROP-IN CENTRE is allowed to harbor drug addicts and chronic criminals it will be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO...... CE: I actually like the blue skyscraper in the background. It's quite an interesting building compared with most of the other skyscrapers in the city. I'll have to take some pictures of it since...... sirhcbre: I agree with a lot of what has already been said. Here are my two cents:
-Profiles would be nice but shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants one, they should be able to create...... :peru: haha someone just linked me to this
i did that as a commission for net net, the piece reads NET2(squared - because im a square) you can get a better flic kof it here:
http://celphexploitedart.com/portfolio/netnet.htm
my trick with...... Cleveland: It's safe to say that at the rate things have been changing for quite sometime now,we knew Cabrini would not last very much forever.Its kind of hard not having any resentment toward the city and...... jeeff: there's a big difference between regular bike clubs and biker gangs like the hell's angels. you're doing normal bikers a big disservice by blurring that line. the hell's angels who moved into the...... Troy: I also have recently aquired one of the more modern versions of the buddy bike, it's missing the right (or passenger) peddle crank but is in pretty good shape. Two of my co workers playing...... Ringo: Jesus's Friend
When the HA or any other bike club has committed as much SIN or caused as much horror in the world as your average brand of Christianity has, then you'll have something to shout...... Tyfoid Kid: The third one with the mangled wheel, that's what happens to most abandoned bikes here at the U of Minnesota. Every year the Facilities guys cut hundreds of bikes loose from where they've been...... Micah: My friend recently got her stolen bike back, hurrah! She was biking along on her regular bike and she saw someone going along on a recumbent and she looked closely and it was hers!...... Peter: wow, 100x as many bikes would be on the road here in nyc if they offered free/public air compressors! awesome!... colavitos ghost: well, euclid avenue's not in wonderful shape right now. however, things are looking significantly better than they were five years ago.
good stuff:
1)the rta is redesigning the roadway itself to improve public...... Sirhcbre: I need to get on my bike more too before summer ends. Most of the exploring I've been doing has been around Metro stops. I went out to Bois-Franc on my bike last...... colavitos ghost: i love running red lights on my bike. for me, half the fun of riding a bike is the fact that i don't follow the same rules as the schmucks driving cars. and...... pennybike@aol.com: The Barret model I have is made with the Schwinn frame, with 5 speeds. It does not have the quick release for the front forks or the seat post. ...... EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,...... Rob: Thanks Rick for your mini review and google search and paste for the words “buddy bike.” But as the owner of the above bike, let me clear a few things up:
Regarding the bike pictured:
It is...... Rick Paulos: Every thing old will be new again.
First invented and sold in the 1890s.
They were called Sociables in the 1890's.
They used to make 2 or 3 wheel versions.
Regarding the bike pictured:
I own one too. ...... jeeff: and on the same subject, i was once walking back to a friend's house with a half-dozen other people and as we came near we saw someone hanging around by the schoolyard fence across the...... Nicole: My father was a very important member of this biker club, and not only are the people who are a member wonderful but they are considered to be a part of my family. the bars...... Get out of your car, buddy: Metaphorical. I was thinking that was a lot of kms for someone to put on their bike, and to be riding around Markham. Didn't seem sane to me. Turns out it was...... Elicar: In 1998, I was working at Bay and Elm. A girlfriend of mine went for a walk and saw a man who appeared to be homeless picking the lock of a bike in front of...... Peter: linear parks can be problematic? how about {riverside park}? its one of my all-time favorite parks in {nyc}... not only have i spent countless hours lounging about in it on sunny days, watching the river...... RonO: I worked at this plant from 1980-1984 when we were working 3 shifts and building 300,000 cars a year. At that time GM was manufacturing the X body car which was highly in demand because...... Cameo: I live in the area... Sure there is a little spilled concrete on Bathurst street here and there... It's annoying to ride up there on my road bike. And sure, the windows in...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Hi Jack, I go by Cat or Catherine....but I didn't take these great photos. Maybe it's because you think I'm a femme fatale you've parsed that into thinking I'm Mata Hari. Alas, not. I wasn't...... Peter: GIANT SKY-EYE & PROBOSCIS!
EG: a gas-powered chop-saw? that sounds rad. i saw the {nypd} using steel-sawing chainsaws once to cut bikelocks. it was like a hot knife through butter.... Paul B: I have a like new Buddy Bike that my girl and I ride often. To say the least it's a blast. We took it out one day to ride along the Cape Cod Canal and...... Selig: sweet trackbikes... i'm painting mine red and calling it the suicide royale.... EvilGentleman: Interesting shots of the skeleton of the old porn theatre (was it the Eve or the Picadilly? I can't remember. Never went in one of those places in my life). It really helps to illustrate...... moonbean: people: 4th Feb 2006 - 10:52 GMT
hum let me see UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA,and the best you can come up with is bike courier?let me think a office job good money,or freezing my ass off,rain pooring on...... people: PEOPLE,the driver has a car,and a hot girl,it show he is an educated person,leah is just a low life carrier obviously she is the ignorante one
I dont know where to start about this.
Its true that...... To Driver's Brother! Doing Damage Control.: I'm sure other people have said this before me, but really should your brother be glad it wasn't worse! He could have been seriously injured. Lock your car doors! If it had...... mtb4ever: I've read through many of these postings and am astounded at some of your comments. On the subject of what started the whole thing - littering. Mad Max actually said, "So he littred big...... Litter did I Know: If any Driver/person/biker throws litter on the ground/ out their window into to my path, I am always ready to regift it to them. I don't need to throw it at them but if they...... Viceroy Snuffleupagus: This forum discussion is an excellent example of discursive disintegration by virtue of anonymous expression. I'll explain, as this message board was an opportunity squandered. Sure, an argument can be made on behalf of...... Mad Max: I cant believe all you people favour that stupid woman who instigated this whole thing. If you drive in Toronto you know how difficult and stressful it can be in traffic. The last thing you...... the new guy: I just moved to Toronto this past fall. I have lived in Vancouver, a small college town in the U.S. midwest (Iowa City, IA) and most recently, Edmonton. Having only ever visited Toronto...... timmy: I saw the "knob grabs the messenger's wheel" photo on flickr in one of the bike groups, but it got removed pretty quickly, likely in deference to hool's copyright, but it's gone viral all over...... Six : I would and have given people there garbage back when they drop it. I almost always do it politley( ok a little sarcasticly, but its funny for people to look like such idiots for so...... protestarmy: I found and posted what is attributed to be the couriers version of this story. I found this on Spacing Wire. It presents a slightly different angle on the whole keying of the car issue....... Lefty: I see a few comments about how this guy beats his woman. I don't see how, from the pictures he looks like he's having trouble whipping a hundred pound woman while she's got her bike...... Eric the Yellow-bellied: Eric: "I know many people (women and men) who would have attacked that bike riding zealot"
So its not just you that's tough behind the keyboard, now it's your acquaintances too? Heh, what a shock that...... Old Kensington Dog: Quote: "RE: reality check: 2nd Feb 2006 - 22:58 GMT
RE: the commments on biycycles and autos being invented at the same time... Wrong... bicycles have a far longer timeline."
Actually, "reality check", I am correct.
The...... Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general:
-The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with...... get it right!: Uncle dirt: 2nd Feb 2006 - 21:15 GMT
"the girl should have her own vehicle (or the next vehicle she owns) keyed."
The woman DID NOT intentionally key the guy's car. She was wearing the bike lock...... get it right!: Jeremy - vancouver: 2nd Feb 2006 - 21:02 GMT
"the courier bears full respomnsibility for creating this confrontation and then escalating it by keying the guy's car. Tossing food is one thing but vandalism is something...... Dan: I can't believe I read this far...
Because of the notoriety of this blog entry, its not surprising to see so many trolls coming here. I have to believe that a lot of the angry people...... Red Jenny: nice to know that throwing food and damaging someone's car can get you physically assaulted and your bike smashed. She let her temper get away from her, but what he did is so much worse!...... JimboToronto: I can't believe the hatred spewing from the tiny pea brains of the cargoofs.
Cargoof Matt says,"That dumb courier got what she deserved. They selectively follow traffic laws, and then all of a sudden they're environmentalists?...... anon (CPE000129ff6803-CM0014f8633a9e.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): Good for her! It is all about being a pig and not caring or respecting our precious environment. Littering is totally NOT cool! If this girl is a single mom and working very hard as......
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