More Definnitions
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: city riding/and the bike
Lets talk about Blocking or Blockers. The easy way to describe this action or person is to picture a football game. You are the the running back with the ball, shooting for the hole in the defensive line. A slim opening which is there long enough for you and the blocker in front of you to get through.You shoot for the hole with the Blocker leading, in fact protecting you from the initial danger. The Blocker can be another cyclists, a car, or motor bike. You only need to follow long enough to get through the stinky situation, once through you can explode into your own independent riding path.

Lets remain on the football Field Idea and I'll introduce you to term Linebacker.Picture your self running with the football and a big defensive player is coming across the Field to tackle you. This defensive player has their head down and the timing is perfect for a collision. Downtown Toronto you have many pedestrian crossing the streets with their heads down, and running. These individuals are your Linebackers
.They usually are only looking for the cars and don't see you so they start their short sprint and since you are in the curb lane they don't see you right away. You see them from the very beginning of their adventure so you are really in no serious danger. I have never been hit by a Linebacker but, have scared the "Shot" out of many Linebackers.

Mood:  chillin'
Topic: city riding/and the bike

Mike the bike ( cycling terms and their definition)

An easy one to start with would be the word "Roadie".This would be a person male or female who rides a road bike.

Another word is "Drops"which describe racing style handle bars on road bikes or the bikes that roadies ride.(Not all Roadies ride drop bars though).

More words like "chunky" and "pie" don't describe heavy people and food, rather the gear on the bike "chunky" describe a racing type gear and a "pie" would be a hill climbing gear and resembles a pie because it's the opposite.


I have all kinds a terms, words, phrases . It could be a language of its own. Picture this you are riding along King Street, Queen street, or any main street in Toronto and as you ride the people you see and the situations you incounter, all have there own special name or tag.

An easy example would be the word "Cabie", Most people know it means a taxi or taxi car driver.

I would like to introduce the word "sheild". This word can describe a person, a car, or some objects. Its an action word most if the time. Picture this you are riding along an object like the ones I mentioned comes in between you and a car and prevents the car from hitting you.
Sheilds protect us like in Star trek, sheids would go up during a scary times, and offer protections from the assault.
During the Gulf war there was another type of sheild called the "Hunam sheild"
So sheilds protect things, so when you ride, sometimes you require protection.
This is a very useful tool when trying to get around very fast, If someone blocks, on come traffic for you then thats one less calculation you have to make.
Street cars make great"sheilds"Their sizes and the fact that they are very predictable.Don't get lazy and take things for granted, you have to cosentrate more when you ride like this. Timing plays an important roll since many of the objects which will be "sheilding" you are infact moving.

the first
Mood:  cool
Topic: The first
This is my first entry and I know it will go well. My life is very crazy right know. The bike season has been very busy for my little company and I hope I am able to keep this blog going. It would be a good displine for me, something I could do on a schedule.
Well here goes ,.....good luck!!!!

mtb