Grant hasn't mentioned it but you might also want to go to his place of employ: Sporting Life on Yonge Street south of Lawrence (that is the nearest subway station). With American dollars, you can walk away with some great deals on modern things (there are two Sporting life stores: one huge general sporting goods one on the east side of the street and then Grant's one on the west side of the street one block further south with bikes when in season.) Sporting Life is a Toronto institution, offering top brands at comparatively interesting prices. Unfortunately, I don't think you will find much vintage stuff.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
> Scott,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> How about I stay at your place while you're here? ;-)
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Rode in -16 celcius to work the a.m., luckily it's a sort commute.
\r?\n> Spring
\r?\n> is late
\r?\n> here, to make the understatement of the year...
\r?\n>
\r?\n> As Paul mentioned, Bicycle Specialties is the highlight of the
\r?\n> tour de
\r?\n> Toronto.
\r?\n> Home of mariposa, and Bike Barry's fab collection.
\r?\n> http://www.bikespecialties.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> For a more "eclectic" experience, try High Park Cycle, on Dundas
\r?\n> StreetWest, in the
\r?\n> first block west of Keele street. He's on the north side of the
\r?\n> street.Looks (and is) a junk shop, totally wacky owner, who will
\r?\n> drive you nuts,
\r?\n> but you
\r?\n> may find a few very unpolished gems. There was a white Pogliaghi
\r?\n> track bike
\r?\n> hanging
\r?\n> there last week, as well as a De Vlaeminck with panto parts
\r?\n> looking very sad
\r?\n> and
\r?\n> under appreciated.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Grant McLean
\r?\n> toronto.ca
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\r?\n>
\r?\n> > Hi all,
\r?\n> I'm off to Toronto at the end of this month for 5 weeks and wonder
\r?\n> if there are any listers from there who can guide me to
\r?\n> interesting bike
\r?\n> shops. I also would love to ride and wonder if there might be an
\r?\n> extra 57cm
\r?\n> bike
\r?\n> to ride...
\r?\n> Scott Smith