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I won't go into the details, but I'll just say I'm the only one who will be able to pull in an income in my house for years, possibly forever. It's on me. Sacrifices can be made, but you have to have something to sacrifice in the first place. I don't have a car or house to sell and I doubt...

Not to worry, Toronto traffic actually moves slower than the speed of an average cyclist, so car drivers will find that conflict is a moot point. ;) (I'm only half joking there. I consistently find that a bicycle is hands down the fastest way to get around the core. It really is that jammed up...

That's part of it, but I mean, I see even stuff like potholes that get filled in and they look like the road has frikkin' goosepimples a day later. Or someone lays down tar snakes and two weeks later the snakes are all ripped out and spread over the road like so many tar turds. I mean do the...

I think for guys stuck in dead-end labour or crappy office jobs, trades are a winner for sure, but I'm kind of in the middle, not sure if I've got a career doing other stuff or not. I was actually let go in July, but like you I decided the hell with it, I'm going to take a few months off and...

Quite a few GTAM guys have pushed trades for a while. I guess it fits our demographic here. Well trades is an option I've thought of sometimes, but most of the guys I know personally are in IT/programming or law (I don't know why I know so many lawyers, but I can assure you that knowing a lot of...

Yes. It's not about a comfort zone though, it's about not being able to pay for food or basic rent on an apartment in this town for the two or three or even four years it would take to get up to speed (and I don't mean a masters, just an apprentice wage back to what I used to make). I've been...

Really, this is not some harbinger of the end of the world. - I doubt they will actually expand the sidewalks on many streets, if at all. That costs way more money than just painting in bike lanes. - Delivery trucks will simply park in the bike lanes, just like they do now. Pretty sure...

Face's hard work is saving us all money.

Hahaha, I hear that. Man, has anyone noticed the quality of the patch jobs has just gone to complete **** in the past year or so? I'm not sure what's changed, but I'm seeing patches now where they haven't even bothered to try and get it flat. It's so bad that some of the patches have the...

I hear that. That's one of the bigger reasons I looked away from trades work. Hearing that there's now a required pre-apprenticeship period in some trades doesn't make that situation any better, either.

Well, they're a hell of a lot more tempting at $145 than they are at $225. Apparently they're sold at CostCo for even cheaper, $135. Some mixed reviews, but the bad ones seem spurious. http://reviews.costco.ca/2070-en_ca/100003129/natures-window-thermo-chip-heated-gloves-reviews/reviews.htm

Yep, today was just fine. Even managed to avoid most of the rain.

Wonder what the difference is. Could be minimal and they're just a repackage, could be huge with different manufacturers and quality.

You idiots! You're supposed to lock yourself in the fridge. It's the only way to know for sure. Do it for SCIENCE!

I'm actually MOST interested in battery power gloves for my deep-winter bicycle riding. I'm currently using heavy ski gloves, but they aren't cutting the mustard anymore. So I may well look at those.

Nicely done. Much appreciated.

Sounds about right. Were there that many fifteen years ago? Anyway, even if we're forgettong one that won't change much. I guess I'm not super-sure on there being more dealers, but it feels like there are a lot more of those bikes on the roads in Toronto. Of course that could just be my...

Like others here it was a natural progression from a bicycle (which I also still ride). Worked up to mopeds and eventually full size. Weirdly, for me driving a motorbike is easier than driving a car, though a car does take less though overall... not sure I'm explaining it well. Other than that...

Man, it feels like everyone is selling Ducatis nowadays. There sure are a lot more of them than there used to be.

Cycled across downtown today and whoof... that was some January cold.