The Dirt One front brake

I know a real dirt-tracker has no front brake, but on the road its a different story...

So, a juicy Beringer 4 pots caliper is what she needs.

Then a spacer for the brake rotor

All right.

The very low profile license plate light s

So, move back the license plate was quite easy (link), 

the tricky bit is now light it up with "invisible" wires...

...looks like it is possible after all!

Light test.

Dont know what appened with the camera, but the light isnt that blue in reality. 

Bicycle Mechanics in the Greater Toronto Area

Looking for a bicycle mechanic in the Greater Toronto Area and the surrounding environs? Look no further than this list. If you know of any bike shops not on this list, please add their name, address and contact info in a comment at the bottom.

Ajax-Pickering
Bay Cycles & Sports 980 Brock Rd 905-837-1433
Northern Cycle Bikes & Boards 889 Westney Road South 905-619-8875
Pedal Performance 1050 Brock Rd South 905-837-2906

Aurora-Newmarket
Spoke O Motion 17915 Leslie Street N., Units 5 & 6 905-853-9545

Beach
Cycle Solutions (Beach) 615 Kingston Rd 416-691-0019
Enduro Sport (Beach) 2254 Queen St. E. 416-916.0831
Freds Sports 1044 Kingston Rd 416-698-2849
Pollys Recycle 1292 Queen St East 416-461-4312
Velotique 1596 Queen St. East 416-466-3171

Bloor West
Bike Place 3096 Dundas St. West 416-766-1085
Broadway Cycle 1222 Bloor St. West 416-531-1028
Browns Sports & Cycle 2447 Bloor St. West 416-763-4176
High Park Cycle & Sports 2878 Dundas St West 416-614-6689
Maple Leaf Cyclery S4 - 128 Vine Ave 416-604-0065
Newsons Bike & Skate Exchange 612 Jane St 416-762-9976
Queens Bike Shop 1537-A Queen St West 416-538-2140
Racer Sportif 2214 Bloor St. West 416-769-5731
Set Me Free (High Park) 381 Roncesvalles Ave 416-532-4147
Sweet Petes Bike Shop 1204 Bloor St. West 416-533-4481
West Side Cycle 213 Roncesvalles Avenue 416-531-4648
Wheels of Bloor 2007-B Bloor St West 416-762-9119

Danforth
Cyclemania (Danforth) 281 Danforth Ave. 416-466-0330
Cyclepath (Danforth) 1510 Danforth Ave. 416-463-5346

Danforth-Riverdale
Benjamin Sports 393 Donlands Ave 416-429-0493
Biseagal 388 Carlaw Ave, Unit 101D, Center of the building 416-466-2212
Cogs Cycle 1 Howland Rd 416-465-7677
Warren Cycle Works 890 Queen St. East 416-466-6958

Downtown
Bikes On Wheels 309 Augusta Ave 416-966-2453
Cycle Shoppe 630A Queen St West 416-703-9990
Cycle Solutions (Cabbagetown) 444 Parliament St 416-972-6948
Cyclemotive 156 Bathurst St 416-916-5551
Downtown Cycle 368 College St 416-923-8189
Dukes Cycle 452 Richmond Street West 416-504-6138
Europe Bound (Front St) 47 Front St East 416-601-1990
Europe Bound (King St) 383 King St West 416-205-9992
Mike the Bike Alley next to 213 Augusta Ave 416-595-5596
Mountain Equipment Coop 400 King St West 416-340-2667
Parts Unknown Alleyway next to Segovia Meats on Augusta St -
Set Me Free (Little Italy) 653 College St 416-516-6493
Urbane Cyclist 180 John St 416-979-9733
Velotech 882 College St 416-536-1489
Wheel Excitement 249 Queens Quay West, Unit 110 416-260-9000

Guelph
Winterborne Bicycles 180 Southgate Drive 519-826-0556

Inglewood
Caledon Hills Cycling 15640 McLaughlin Road 905-838-1698

Kitchener
Brauns Bicycle & Fitness 27 Scott Street 519-579-2453
True North Cycles Limited 79 Regal Road, Unit #15 519-585-0600

Maple
Maple Cycle and Sports 2563 Major Mackenzie Dr 905-832-2453

Markham-Stouffville
Boyds Source for Sports 21 Ringwood Drive 905-640-6657
Cyclepath (Markham) 29 Main St. North 905-294-8955
Wheels N Boards 4560 Hwy 7 905-470-1630

Metro North
Bayview Cycle Centre 3335 Bayview Ave 416-225-2633
Bicycle Depot 829 Albion Road 416-741-1452
Bike Depot 7043 Yonge St 905-881-7474
Cyclepath (North York) 5330 Yonge St 416-512-2538
Cyclepath (Woodbridge) 90 Wings Rd, Unit 24 905-850-4481
Pedal Performance (Woodbridge) 8633 Weston Road, Unit #2 & 3 905-850-4099
Silent Sports 113 Doncaster 905-889-3772
Star Cycle & Sports 2111 Jane 416-249-0676

Milton
Spokes n Slopes 89 Ontario St North (Hwy 25) 905-876-7676

Mississauga-Brampton
Bike Zone 501 Lakeshore Road West 905-278-5573
Canadian Sportrent 1651 Lakeshore Rd West 905-855-7208
City Bikes 1080 Walden Circle #77 905-855-0404
Cyclepath (Mississauga) 20-1170 Burnhamthorpe Road West 905-848-4481
Gears Bike & Ski Shop 176 Lakeshore Rd. West 905-271-2400
InVita Sport Ltd 2325 Matheson Blvd, Unit 3 905-624-6614
MBS Tandems 2964 Keynes Crescent 905-824-9364
Re-my Sport 222 Queen St. South 905-821-1077
Skiis & Biikes 1970 Dundas St East 905-896-1206

Newmarket
BikeSports 47 Main St South 905-953-1609

Oakville
Boomer Bicycle 1140 Winston Churchill Blvd 905-829 4744
Cyclepath (Oakville) 507 Speers Rd. 905-338-0783
Oakville Cycle and Sports 105 Cross Ave., Unit A5 905-844-4394
Orillia
Recumbent Trikes - Canada 1415 Cunningham Crescent 705-326-6958

Oshawa-Whitby
Bicycles Plus 423 Bloor Street West 905-436-6040
Impala Bicycles 1818 Dundas Street East 905-434-4530
Maca Over Limits 1280 Northmount Street 905-432-3502
Oracle Cycle Works 1621 McEwen Drive, Unit 5 905-434-1409
Rentabikecase Inc 337 Richmond St. E. 905-448-0311
Triketrails 1621 McEwen Drive, Unit 5 905-434-1409
Richmond Hill
BikeSports (Richmond Hill) 10133 Yonge St 905-737-8415
The Bicycle Spokesman 10212A Yonge St 905-737-4343
Scarborough
Bicycle Warehouse 1360 Kennedy Road 416-321-2521
Winning Cycle and Sports 4271 Sheppard Ave E., Unit #8 416-298-1773

Toronto North
Cyclepath (North Toronto) 2106 Yonge St 416-487-1717
DOrnellas Bike Shop 1894 Lawrence Ave East 416-752-3838
Don Mills Optical 170 The Donway West , Suite 404 416-449-9619
Enduro Sport 94 Laird Dr 416-449-0432
La Bicicletta 1180 Castlefield 416-762-2679
Rack Attack 127 Laird Dr 416-424-1201
Sandys Cycle Shop 115 Laird Dr 416-467-1035
Skiis and Biikes (Don Mills) 896 Don Mills Rd 416-391-0654
Spokes And Sports 1889 Avenue Rd 416-787-6238
Sport Swap 1440 Bayview Avenue 416-481-7927
Sporting Life (North Toronto) 2665 Yonge St 416-485-1611
Sporting Life Bikes 2454 Yonge St 416-485-4440
The Bike Smith 36 Brooke Ave 416-802-2165
Trek Toronto Bicycle Store 2063 Yonge St 416-481-8735
V�locolour 45 Cranfield Road, Unit 6 647-501-8166
ZM Cycle & Fitness Ltd 2055 Dufferin St 416-652-0080

Toronto West
Chain Reaction Bicycles 4231 Dundas St West 416-234-5300
Daial Cycle & Sports 555 Burnhamthorpe Road 416-620-6900
Dukes Sports & Cycle 3876 Bloor St West 416-233-2011
Sporting Life (Sherway) Sherway Gardens 416-620-7750

Uptown
Bathurst Cycle 913 Bathurst St 416-533-7510
Bicycles at St. Clair 625 St. Clair Ave West 416-654-6187
Curbside Cycle 412 Bloor St West 416-920-4933
Cyclemania (Ossington) 863 Bloor West 416-533-0080
Dave Fix My Bike 254 Christie St 416-944-2453
L & J Cycle 1144 Davenport Rd 416-656-5293
La Carrera Cycles 106 Harbord Street 416-538-1203
On the Go 975 Bloor Street West 416-532-6264
The Bike Clinic 349 Harbord St. 416-588-2400
The Bike Joint 290-1/2 Harbord St 416-532-6392

Skateboarders in the Bicycle Lane

With the recent death of skateboarder Ralph Bissonnette, 28, I would like to briefly touch on the topic of skateboarders on the roads and in bicycle lanes.

Bissonnette was deliberately struck by a cab driver, Adib Ibrahim, 43, who appeared in court yesterday.

Video footage shows Bissonnette traveling in the curb lane, close to the passing lane, gesturing at the cab driver to go, but according to witnesses the taxi suddenly veered into Bissonnette’s lane and even mounted the curb of the sidewalk. Witnesses say the taxi struck Bissonnette then drive over his lower body.

Bissonnette died shortly after around 6 PM. The incident happened near King and George Streets, just east of Jarvis St.

According to police Ibrahim "lost his cool" and decided to punish the skateboarder by hitting him. Second-degree murder charges are laid where homicides are intentional but spur-of-the-moment and unplanned. A conviction carries a life sentence with possible parole after 10 years.

Police are looking for additional witnesses. Witnesses should call Detective Sergeant Terry Browne at 416-808-7403.



I personally dont have a problem with skateboarders using bicycle lanes and the right side of lanes the same way cyclists do. Same goes with rollerblading. The police however say it is strictly illegal and punishable.

The problem is that legally skateboards and rollerblades belong on the sidewalk, but if youve ever used either on a busy sidewalk you know its safer to use the road instead. Pedestrians can change directions at any moment without warning, people can come out of doors in a hurry and accidents can and will happen. Its the same reason why bicycling on the sidewalk is illegal (unless youre riding a childrens bicycle or coasting) because there is a danger of hitting pedestrians.

Evidently the laws need to be updated and more bicycle lanes added. Bicycle lanes really should redubbed "alternative transportation lanes" or alt lanes.

What I do have a serious concern about is old people on mobility scooters who seem to have lost their marbles and are riding their mobility scooters in busy traffic. That to me is a public menace and an accident waiting to happen. (Its as if they are senile and dont know theyre not in a car...)

In the footage below you will see an elderly Toronto man cross multiple lanes of traffic in his mobility scooter and then go the opposite way into oncoming traffic on the far side of the street. That is a public menace! (No cyclist or skateboarder would ever do anything that stupid.)