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NYC native: JA is still killin it. obviously not like he did when he was 16, but he still gets the itch just like the best of us, and still goes out and murders truck yards. he......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

anon (): that brake shoe is called a WHEEL ADAPTER... UNION PACIFIC RAIL CAR REPAIRER...

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By) by EvilGentleman

Jesus: Not a very good bike, considering a good Montreal Police budget. They can afford good performance hybrids, Scott or Specialized, w/stronger wheels, disk brakes and much more, instead they buy cheap stuff. Montreal Police has......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

anon: Scott, urgent, contact me. I am stuck in Hutchinson, I am from Florida and I believe my life is in danger. I keep reaching out for help but its slow coming. I am disabled, use......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Gary Sparkes: hey sam ross my mate has spoke to crozzie and the wheels are in motion good luck...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

antblack: Chinese Handball!!!! On the Bounce! Big Wheels, go carts made out of old metal roller skates, a 2 by 4 and a wooden milk crate, and chuck sticks using the chains off peoples garbage can......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Alan Taylor: James, I think you misunderstood David, think of a cartwheel and The Crescent would be the outer rim with Boundary Road being opposing spokes, Princes Ave being opposing spokes, Mond Rd being a spoke opposite......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Hi Alan, I agree with Rob, please keep trying... and I am keen to know what your response to me is.... my email is msi31309@bigpond.net.au if you don't have any luck here. Norma, my dad didn't......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Hi, Rob, I was just meaning to take a back seat to let others jump in with their memories etc knowing an ex work colleague is on this board - Hiya Bob. Cyril, my uncle (Bill Caufield)......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Hi, Rob, I was just meaning to take a back seat to let others jump in with their memories etc knowing an ex work colleague is on this board - Hiya Bob. Cyril, my uncle (Bill Caufield)......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Michael Waugh: Directions: Recalling since '75, west of the SAPI mill about 5-10 km I would say. There was a small post office/store. Dirt road went north over the railroad tracks, just beyond it turned to the......

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

mary anne Massaro: wow makes me remember my brothers and I on the old scooters made of milk crates and rollerskate wheels....

in response to: Things Change by jack

jack: actually i brace my legs on the steering wheel and then lean out the window and take a picture....

in response to: Brooklyn\'s Row Houses by jack

Stan: A. Weinstein Yes, I remember the candy store. I would go home for lunch (Albany & Lincoln) and come to school via Lincoln place. I'd stop at the candy store with my penny. They had a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

paul: i am 44 and just bought a board today - about 30 years after my first. reason: i have to learn to ollie (maybe more) - that did not exist when I skated and I......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Cameo: Ask any tow-truck driver... 90% of the vehicles stuck in ditches in Southern Ontario during the winter are SUV's... High centre of gravity, heavy vehicles, and 4-wheel-drive inspiring over-confidence in drivers. ...

in response to: It Will Be a Long Winter by Elicar

stepha: the roller rink!!!!! wood wheels, wood floor, i remember, also- the empire chevrolet dealership at empire, utica and remson, art deco interior. anybody remember where a chinese restaurant named 711......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: Washington Baths, Tilyou's Steeplechase Park [the fan blowing up the skirts , the giant slide, the spinning circle, the round ticket with George's face on it] Wonder Wheel's sliding car, Nathan's fried shrimps in......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

Tex Re: Someone who made it out: That is really a very honest and telling story about the lives of a lot of youth in Hutchinson. You are to be commended on getting out of the situation and developing a better life.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: I still come back and look over this article every once in a while. This time, I followed a link on Wikipedia leading here. The memories have begun to fade, yet that last shot, the one......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

Trek 9800 OLCV: Stolen last night off my porch (along with my wifes bike) - if you manage to see it around town please let me know. Queen + Carlaw area. Funny thing is I was walking my......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Jaydee: If the newest buses are wheelchair accessible, why are there no wheelchair users travelling on them?...

in response to: Fredericton Transit by CE

METRO: ONLY REAL KINGS KNOW ABOUT THE STEEL WHEELZ...

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

Brad: Great shots. I especially like the last one with the shadow of what appears to be your front wheels and fork....

in response to: Riking My Bike Over the Williamsburg Bridge by serlingrod

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......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

106!!: well well.... i guess us cycling types need to band together to protect one another.... a few years ago my girlfriend bought me a new bike for my bday!! i was my first new bike......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

TimmoGraf: I have had 2 bikes stolen(one parked in front of a police station). Now i have a fixed wheel bike with Mavic wheels.It weighs 19 lbs. Tips I use now. 1. I put mud to cover up......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

suki: just as an update one of them is an 2003 specialized bighit Dh and the other is a 2004 specialized hardrock pro with 24" wheels...

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

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......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

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,......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

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......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Pat: I have a Buddy Bike for sale. I added all sorts of toys to it...saddle bags on either side of the rear wheel; another longer bag on the top of the rear wheel for my......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Tony T: Reading through all of these posts brings up a mixed bag of emotions. Like many here, I left Bushwick years ago (16 years ago actually). Japan is my home now, and it is a far......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: nice shots indeed! There are so many places to explore in that chunk of brooklyn. how many wheels were you on that day? two or four or none? ...

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

CartLegger: My condolences from Brooklyn. I just got off mine on the way home from a lovely sunset ride, and had a warm fuzzy moment scaring people out of the way on the Brooklyn Bridge. Man,......

in response to: Yet Another Bike by Sonia

CartLegger: Beware, adventurers. There is security. Make sure to go on a Sunday afternoon, as the fewest 18 wheelers prowl the street hunting down bicycles to eat. ...

in response to: Where Redbirds Sleep by CartLegger

Do the Hutchinson.: Yes, it is a great adaptation to that great 70's hit. EVERYTIME I drive I get behind some old fossil who is driving 10 to 15 Mph under the legal posted limit and randomly hitting......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Bass Girl: LOL @ "Do the Hutchinson"!! I have seen the dude who cruises around in his electric wheelchair pulling another electric wheelchair behind him! It's attached with a bungy cord, no less. LOL!!!......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Do the Hutchinson.: I would like everyone in Hutchinson to think of the 70's hit "do the hustle". Replace Hustle with Hutchinson and you have "Do the Hutchinson". This what I think about everytime I am behind someone......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

CartLegger: guess you woulda have to have seen it with wheels on! ...

in response to: Retro Ghetto by Jayce

Darter: Yea, a pebble can stop a very small wheel. But if you had had 70 mm soft wheels you maybe would have just noticed a little bump sound. Smooth as a Buick. Keep skating. ...

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

EvilGentleman: It would be a barrel of fun in the home of a chronic drunk, just imagine how long they would spend climbing before giving up. I'm picturing a cross between a roller coaster and a......

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I see it mentions just about every kind of wheeled transport except... **motorcycles!**. Maybe the bikers have reserved the beach nowadays?...

in response to: No Escape by jack

John: The front wheel is smaller than the back wheel?...

in response to: What\'s Wrong with This Picture? by Cameo

: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......

in response to: Laundromat Graf by CE

Rick: The wonder wheel next to the warriors throw up is bomb as fuck...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jack: tim, i remember seeing manhattan the way you saw it and remember it. but you and i, (probably the two old farts here) we'll drop the farts, the two older gentlemen, ahem, grew up......

in response to: Hippie Days by Tim Coakley

jack: yeah, peter is from brooklyn, like me, and we are uncivilized, according to british standards, because as a nation we had lost that victorian elegence and charm. when we broke away from our mother......

in response to: Timeless Grace by Guy McLaren

jack: whatever type of car she is, someone put the steering wheel on the wrong side. good grief, next thing you know, English people will be driving on the wrong side of the road, tsk,......

in response to: Timeless Grace by Guy McLaren

Micah: Oooh. Though not to be confused with the Devonian Gardens outside Devon, near Edmonton. A nice couple-hour bike ride out west of E-town will get you there and wow it is nice! ......

in response to: Calgary 01 by Cyberia

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......

in response to: Abandoned Bikes by JayEastsider

Jon: its just because they have irrigation units that consist of a really long, straigt sprikler on wheels that rotates around a central pipe....

in response to: PacMan from 35,000 Feet by Tyfoid Kid

Peg Maass Labiuk: We found a Buddy Bike at a scap metal yard here in Victoria, BC. It's yellow and has an original "Buddy Bike" seat, decals, and head tube badge. We want to restore it......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

susannah: GGP: If he's trying to point out beauty- he should say so. It seems to me he's just trying to portray the obvious. I'd like to put the challenge to him to take......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Sorry to hear about your bike. I have lost a few back wheels and a car stereo over the years, so I know how it feels. When parking a bike overnight in Montreal, the best......

in response to: Laundromat Graf by CE

EvilGentleman: Long live the urban wheelbarrow!...

in response to: Storm Drains + Trolleys by Selig

EvilGentleman: Ah yes, this was put up this summer on Pierce Street, a little residential lane that runs between Sainte-Catherine and de Maisonneuve a half block west of Guy Street. I turn down this lane on......

in response to: Eco-Quartier Graffiti by CE

jack: pic 1- yes, yes it's asphalt. pic 2- i got them this time, they think i'll sit on that stool, they have to get up pretty early in the morning to get me, i'm bringing my......

in response to: August 26 2006 Vancouver by hool

fuzzytank: [[http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071106WABbodiesJK.2971a35.html]] and the wheels were once a cable car to the top of pilchuck...

in response to: 5 Days After They Shot 2 Ladies by fuzzytank

naj a la plage: that first pic is breathtaking. what are those gear/wheel contraptions on that one rock? looks like the entrance to the batcave....

in response to: 5 Days After They Shot 2 Ladies by fuzzytank

Cosmo: EG, I just realized one possible motivation for the signs on the wall: perhaps the drug store has had trouble with kids parking their bikes on the sidewalk, blocking the way for the disabled......

in response to: I Assume You\'re Not Blind by Cosmo

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Most exsqisite, I must say! Here is the EvilGentleman take on all this: 1 - The guard is doing overtime. 2 - The farmer is going into town to get his grandfather's new dentures. 3 - The child......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Um, I think you mean Dorval, not Laval. Say, do you have a driver's license? If you do, maybe we could take turns driving while the other shoots pictures. There are so many pictures I......

in response to: Montreal Signs 2: Beaconsfield, Kirkland, DDO by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: [[img:14331]] Our old cameras, as taken with my current camera. Kodak DC280 2MP $810 in 2000 Used as primary for both me and my wife from August 2000 to July 2003. Sent for repairs. Came back for duty as......

in response to: The Cameras of Citynoise by ksedge

EvilGentleman: Possibly. But I remember seeing a white Cadillac convertible complete with chromed running boards and chrome and white spare tire covers (you know, for the 2 spares that sit above the running board between the......

in response to: You\'re In Calgary When...#2 by ksedge

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. ......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Stéphane: Hey There. I live above the Art Photo Studio. The people you happened to photograph in front of the window are the owner (the man in the wheelchair) and his neice....

in response to: Street Shots by urbanghost

I.T.U.C.: Pure gleaming perfection on two wheels......

in response to: Desalvo Bike by steelisreal

elaine: i like that idea. it's nicer than dogs with eyes the size of saucers, cartwheels, windmills etc....

in response to: Test Box N.F.D. by Peter

EvilGentleman: Chris, I can tell you from experience, that while the majority of police try hard to do a decent job, cases of police overstepping the bounds of the responsibilities entrusted to them by the citizens......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

jack: it's the inside cars on the wonderwheel that are exciting. they are on a track and as the wheel turns the cars slide from the inside to the outside and swing outside the wheel.......

in response to: Coney Island by sally

Tyfoid Kid: Never been but that shot of the Wonder Wheel is pretty much what I had in my minds eye...

in response to: Coney Island by sally

elaine: well, i like it. love the wonder wheel, tho....

in response to: Coney Island by sally

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......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

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. ......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

18 Wheeler: If the animal was already dead(hopefully from natural causes) then I don't have a problem with it. If it was puposefully frozen to death then I hope whoever it was gets hit by a bus......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

R.: I just had my bike stolen from my supposedly 'posh' building - the bike was in plain view of the front door of the condo at all times. One swift clean cut through my......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Grange: Got me evil , had a crash yesterday morning . Girl thought she was in barrie , problem was she was about 100 km away from there .79 yards when she left the road to......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: jack, do not forget June 11, 1958. That was the immortal day when Eddie Cochran released Summertime Blues. The day the music died was still a year in the future, so Buddy Holly, the Big......

in response to: A Little Taste of Screwed & Chopped to Metal Classics by Arthur Mercadante

Tyfoid Kid: Yeah it's got wheels but they're made to roll over nice kitchen tile, not sand and rough asphalt. I figured out that it's one of those things that holds those plastic trays full of cups......

in response to: Kitchen Thingy - A Long Way from Home by Tyfoid Kid

jack: its nice but the wonderwheel in coney is scary....

in response to: Night by Stephanie

chiamattt: I woke up one night during my final year of highschool because I heard someone running up and down the side of my house. I went upstairs and looked out my window to see a......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

Oscar: does it have wheels?...

in response to: Kitchen Thingy - A Long Way from Home by Tyfoid Kid

EvilGentleman: When I was 12, I lived in Cornwall, Ontario. I remember locking my bike up and going into the local Mac's Milk convenience store, and when I came out, my bike was still there, but......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

Peter: i would like driving in the snow more if: a) i had something more nimble/grippy to drive than an absurdly heavy rear-wheel-drive stationwagon (terrible in the snow- hello fishtails!) b) if the snow ever happened to come......

in response to: You Have Failed by torontofreelance

EvilGentleman: Ahhh, driver education. I remember my first time behind the wheel. Everything was fine, till I reached the end of the block. I managed to do a 140 degree right turn into an empty lot......

in response to: You Have Failed by torontofreelance

elaine: something for the left field cyclism on citynoise, i thought. i don't usually include people, but i got talking to them, and the recycling of a wheelclamp seemed worth a mention, but i love the......

in response to: Re: Cycle / Rickshaws by elaine

Peter: no, i think its operators are out putting trash in its back-end. note the *two* steering-wheels. {nyc} {garbage} {trucks} are made so you can drive them from either side. i think it makes collecting the garbage......

in response to: Garbage Truck Eyes by Peter

grange: I see its wheelchair accessible for handycaped acorns too....

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

EvilGentleman: 25 - Being stuck behind an 18-wheeler in winter, causing your windshield to fill with salty spray every 5 seconds. All this leads to: 26 - Having to refill your windshield washer fluid reservoir during winter......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

Rodney: Biking is awesome and you don't need a hi end bike to do it. Changed my life in many ways, helped me shed excess weight and has almost become a Zen trip for me. Pity riders......

in response to: I just started bike riding by Tim

show respect - trash has its place : Careful to "Litter do I know" Your confrontations could lead to action not just at the scene, but both in Crimminal and Civil court. And in the end no one comes out the winner. Picture a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

James: The move he made to dump her bike, the foot against wheel and pull on seat is a move taught to cops, so I doubt if he was charged for anything. Why did he......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jono Cono: That's a great story, well written. I used to skateboard as well and I know the feeling of hitting a small pebble or your wheels locking up on your for some reason due to......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

skip: Screw the biker, I'm in 'frisco and deal with these jackasses all day. Yea..he shouldn't of blah blah blah. I get excited when I see news reports of 2 wheeled morons earning their Darwin Awards.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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?......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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