Every February Toronto cyclists gather at the frozen Dufferin Grove Ice Rink for our annual Icycle Race. Pros spend weeks drilling tiny little screws into their tires to grip on the frozen slippery surface.
There are categories for men, women, and “rubber” (no studs).
spiky tire:
a very supportive (cold) crowd packs the boxes as well as gathers around the edges of the rink.
you usually put more screws on the left side of your tire for cornering like this:
Celeste on her unicycle won the rubber race. it’s always so entertaining with non-stop wipe outs!
for more photos go here.
by Kathleen from Toronto Canada.
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Renee-Boston // Mar 1, 2011 at 5:54 am
AWESOME!!!
2 Samantha - Springfield, MO // Mar 1, 2011 at 9:30 am
that looooksss liiiikkkeee soooo muuuccchhh fuunnn!!!!!!
3 Marie NYC // Mar 1, 2011 at 10:12 am
So fun! Thanks!
4 canada-toronto // Mar 1, 2011 at 4:31 pm
wow looks dangerous and fun!
5 Mir Lada // Mar 19, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Hi, finally finished edit of a tone of great photos from the 2011Toronto Icycle Race at Dufferin Grove. Please see http://mirlada.smugmug.com/Event/110212-ICYCLE-RACE-2011 and you can buy prints too!
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