Rides and Races - Boston rides

yeah, it's not very far at all. haha. oh well, it's not like there aren't other places to ride.

rob where you riding tomorrow? give me a call.

I want to ride today. Rob, Greg, did I miss it? I think Henry and I will be riding this evening either way. Call me if you haven't left. six1seven407one one 76

rob called me last night but i haven't heard back, i think the plan was early morning but the rain might have put a damper in it. in any case i'll ride tonight.

Henry is MIA and Pete gets off at 5:00ish. Does he have your #?

Sorry to flake out today guys. I blame Henry for everything.

you should have been arrested along with me

A handful of us are going to see Rutt's band play tonight at Charlie's Kitchen, 9pm, 21+, $5. Here's the lineup: Hallelujah the Hills, Hands & Knees, Keys to the Streets of Fear. Probably some riding involved at some point.

And if only I cared enough to get the pic of Henry in the skinsuit off my phone...

me, greg, and lex were throwing the idea of getting a race together on sunday (8/27) 6pmish.. low key, 7-11 alley cat?? drink slurpees real fast and ride even faster?

anyone into it?

i work until 5, so i'd be down...

I'd be down for racing.

yeah.. still working out the details, and wanted to see if people would be down..
would be sunday meet up at brigham circle at 530ish... race at 6? thinking of having 5 different 7-11s around the city.. locations will be posted probably like day before the race....

anyone into helping out would rule..PM me please!

Why not?

EDIT: I mean "sounds fun" not "I can help." I would if I could but I may not even be here. Gosh, I suck today.

yeah.. still working out the details, and wanted to see if people would be down..
would be sunday meet up at brigham circle at 530ish... race at 6? thinking of having 5 different 7-11s around the city.. locations will be posted probably like day before the race....

anyone into helping out would rule..PM me please!

the only 7-11's that I know of are at comm ave and harvard ave, on comm ave & washington, on beacon st right off of washington, another one on beacon about 2 blocks towards coolidge (same side of street) and another one on brookline ave across the street from the jocelyn diabetes center, and another one at beacon & park drive and......

this could get funny if you picked 7-11's in obscure locations

the only 7-11's that I know of are at comm ave and harvard ave, on comm ave & washington, on beacon st right off of washington, another one on beacon about 2 blocks towards coolidge (same side of street) and another one on brookline ave across the street from the jocelyn diabetes center, and another one at beacon & park drive and......

this could get funny if you picked 7-11's in obscure locations
There is one at tremont and st james/kneeland, another one hidden near winthrop square, I forget where that one is. Another one in brighton on washington street across the street from oak square pizza. one at audubon circles[go away from fenway by the best buy towards beacon, cross beacon and its on the right. Thats a nice hidden one. its by some BU dorms. They are hidden everywhere.

or conversely, pick 5 of the the 7-11's on beacon - there have to be at least 40 between downtown and newton

the only 7-11's that I know of are at comm ave and harvard ave, on comm ave & washington, on beacon st right off of washington, another one on beacon about 2 blocks towards coolidge (same side of street) and another one on brookline ave across the street from the jocelyn diabetes center, and another one at beacon & park drive and......

this could get funny if you picked 7-11's in obscure locations

There's one in Beacon Hill, on Charles St. doesn't exactly look like your typical 7-11

Give somerville some love. Cedar and Broadway.

The track was so much fun tonight. Most fun I have had in a loooong time.

**** yeah it was! Hooked like crack!

just to point out, someone already did a 7-11 race, and i believe they were talking about doing it again around the end of the summer.

http://www.myspace.com/boston711race

alright, this Thursday is WithNail's last thursday ride before he heads off to Chicago. in true Loud spirit, I'm making this Thursday's ride a 6-pack ride. if you want to participate, bring a 6 of your favorite brew and be ready for good times! we'll meet at the regular location and divy everything up and take off from there.

for the race...we were thinking somewhat well known 7-11s because we need people there to hand out slurpees and **** so its not like 15 kids running into a 7-11 and all that..so they will be well known, but still spread out. i mean we'll say where they are, just not street names.

maybe $2 to enter to help pay for slurpee's? we'll have people outsdie the 7-11s with big gulps and shot cups..
maybe speical secret prize for winner?
(7-11 t-shirt anyone????)

I'm in

ughhh dont know if anyone is still "on" this thread....just wondering if people still meet at the MIt track on thursdays?? any other fixie gatherings in bostonia this summer, fall, eternity..??

going away shindig at headquarters for me, saturday night.

this is also cara's house, so come say goodbye to me if you know me.


I'm thinking tons of IBC, and a buttload of posi.

I'm gone to philly on sunday.

Just printed up and cut flyers for Corporate Shakedown on 9/9. Nice design thanks to helpful bikeforums reader. Anyways, I can pass out some at CM Friday, but am wondering if anybody is headed to New York or Philly for races anytime soon. Would happily bring you some flyers cut and paperclipped together ready to be spread around.

Bring some to the party at my house. More than likely lots of bike kids.

epicshakedown:
Withnail was talking about going to NYC this weekend, try PMing him.
I'll have the spokecards done for ya soon, just haven't had the chance to finish.

yeah yeah...so anyone meeting at the MIT track anymore (aka today 8/24/06)??????

uhmm.. epic, I just moved up from philly and will be going down next weekend for the naccc if you have stuff you want distributed down there..
also where does critical mass meet on this friday?

Yeah, reminder:

The 1st Annual Loud Beer Ride:
tonight @ 10pm, Christian Science Center fountain
bring a 6 pack of beverages of the alcoholic persuasion unless you're edge, bring a 6 pack of something for yourself/other edge kids.

Why? Because Withnail likes to ride bikes and drink, and he's leaving for Chicago soon, so lets give'em what he wants! Lets just hope its not raining out.

hoooraaaay beeer! (or root beer... but mostly beer) Let's do this guys.

I wanna come but I might only be able to make it for a 5 pack. Is there a guestimated route for the first half hour or so?

nope, thats half the fun of a 6-pack ride. I'll PM you my cell number.

**** you ****ers

not sure if the sleven slurpee race is still going to happen...
need some people to do some checkpoints...(PM me if you wanna do one)
ill post the checkpoints tomorrow.
tour de brainfreeze

WELL..

we'll meet at the brigham circle 7-11 (mission hill) at 530ish, and depending on how many people show up race at 630ish. you'll find out the CPs when you get there....

and the prize for the winner will be better than cash.
and it should be fun and who cares who wins, we'll drink tons of slurpee!!

I'll be there at 530.

show up today at brigham circle at 530 with $2 to enter, and enough extra cash to buy the first slurpee. we will race at 630...

Thursday night was good times. Will have to join other rides like that.

The word is getting out about Corporate Shakedown (Cambridgeside Galleria/Memorial Drive pond, reg at 230, race at 330). Should be a good day for all things bicycle. There will be a crit at 8PM that night (details coming later) and a film by one of Boston's own at the Coolidge http://www.doubleyellowmovie.com/ Plan on spending the day going from Corporate Shakedown, to possibly a bbq, to the crit, to the midnight movie.

I talked with a few people who were into road riding and mentioned the arrowed routes all around Boston. These definitely make riding the roads outside of town much more fun, as you don't have to be constantly looking at a map and figuring out what unmarked road is what. Here are those cue sheets, some have arrows, some don't, go down to local rides and choose region:
http://www.crw.org/CueSheets/index.htm

Finally, I figured this would make some people's day:
http://www.somervilletheatreonline.com/chucknorris/index.html

word

yuk yuk yuk

yuk yuk yuk


see you in chicago.

**** the rain..!

Did the race happen? I completely spaced and had other crizzap going on.

only 6 people ending up showing.. and 2 of them were going to work check points..
instead of 5 check points we decided it would be best to just race to the final one (brigham circle to long warf) and then drink one big slurpee once we all got there. it was pouring rain and bombing huntington was tons of fun. needless to say greg beat everyone there, but not by much. but he still had a 22oz slurpee to drink. which is where he lost.

besides being totally soaked, it was a lot of fun. and we want to do it again only with more people, and maybe in the rain too

ahoy boston. i will be moving back to boston for a few months for a paid internship! Don't have a place to live yet (side note, anyone in allston need a roomate for 6 months, holla back). But I start the 11th and will be up for sweet rides like all the damn time. Here's to 6 months of riding bikes, eating pie, drinking, et al.

i need someone to take a room at my house, like yesterday... know anyone still looking? the person who was supposed to move in had a family emergency and can't take the room. it's a one year lease. must be Awesome.

oh, and i have nine stiches on my chin now... today sucked.

**** man, thats not in line with your "eh, gonna need a stich or two" comment. and I don't know why I was so confused when you called last night, I was kinda off-point all evening.

Guess who did a faceplant after colliding with a pedestrian downtown? This guy! So fear not, Transplant, you and I will both be sporting cool chin scabs for a while. No stitches for me, but the cellphone-sized scrape on my elbow makes up for it.

I'll be in Seattle this weekend. Trying to decide if I should take my bike or give my shoulder and knee some time to heal up. Thinking about riding Kangamangus with Rithem next weekend. Any interest in that from you dudes with road bikes who aren't afraid of some friggin mountains?!