Rides and Races - Boston rides

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Eric... didn't... win... I'm so disappointed. I like how the picture is name "commuter".

i was fine with the rubble. although the pole in the middle of the sidewalk didn't help. :)

so alex...if that celebratory blitz happens...do i get that hat you were going to hook me up with to pay me back from destroying my back wheel, my jacket, and my knee at the december blitz?

perhaps.... so, march 10th work for the celebratory blitz?

holy **** that's incredible.

so who's riding critical mass tomorrow??

so who's riding critical mass tomorrow?? Where and when again?

Crit Mass meets at 5:30 at Copley Plaza. Riding probably starts shortly thereafter on a cold day, but could linger a bit. Maybe I'll show up for a few minutes, but I have a work thing at 6:30 in Cambridge so I won't be staying anywhere very long.

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Eric... didn't... win... I'm so disappointed. I like how the picture is name "commuter".
this reminds me of someone...

pshhh girl, he's a LIAR. Couriers aren't their own bosses.

I have a story to tell tonight! It involves angry people and COPS.


LIA!!!!! no R....

perhaps.... so, march 10th work for the celebratory blitz?


that works.

I really hope we have more people this time.

holy **** that's incredible.
eric's skids are pretty fantastic. he's kinda killed any reason to have a skid competition at the schlitz blitz. now it's more of eric demonstrating that he can skid further than we have street for, he hits the fence, and then alex, who is eric's only real competition, challenges him again and ends up blowing up his tire by skidding over a pile of glass...

so who's riding critical mass tomorrow??

I'll be going for a little while...

Who's going to the Team Gigantic race tomorrow?

eric's skids are pretty fantastic. he's kinda killed any reason to have a skid competition at the schlitz blitz. now it's more of eric demonstrating that he can skid further than we have street for, he hits the fence, and then alex, who is eric's only real competition, challenges him again and ends up blowing up his tire by skidding over a pile of glass...

That's why we need to move the sprints and skids to Southie, where there are actual straightaways long enough to get going. Anybody in for a Southie Sprint Series this spring?

That's why we need to move the sprints and skids to Southie, where there are actual straightaways long enough to get going. Anybody in for a Southie Sprint Series this spring?

Don't try and change the location because you don't live down the street anymore... you son-of-a-*****. haha. I'm psyched for the race tomorrow, by the way.

i will def be doing critical mass... i don't do bad weather, and today is gorgeous

you don't do bad weather? gee buddy you're living in the wrong city. at least it's not seattle, i guess.

please direct all complaints to http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=268684

Whoops. I fell down. And it's cold.

Whoops. I fell down. And it's cold.


that was you?! hahahai just looked back and i saw a whole pack of kids on the ground

that was you?! hahahai just looked back and i saw a whole pack of kids on the ground

Yeah, then my hub was loose and I fixed that, and by then I lost everyone. I lost feeling in my toes and just recently got them back. Tomorrow is wool sock day!

That was my first Critical Mass, and it was pretty fun. Better turnout than I expected.

yeah where did everyone go when my bro and I broke off there where 10 people left in coolige corner.

i went home to drink beer....

and speaking of which... where are the ragers tonight?

we all ride together...why don't we drink together?

i went home to drink beer....

and speaking of which... where are the ragers tonight?

we all ride together...why don't we drink together?

I plan on getting fully drunk tomorrow night.

so who's riding critical mass tomorrow??

damn. i only looked at the date of the post and not the time and thought that cm was tomorrow (saturday) I would have been there tonight if i had realized it was actually today. oh well

for real though, anyone want to drink? greg party at your place?

i'm already kinda drunk... i want to play guitar hero with you all.

for real though, anyone want to drink? greg party at your place?

i'm already kinda drunk... i want to play guitar hero with you all.
i'll drink!!!

actually maybe not, I need to go out to something now. crap.

scott, the other wheelbuilding book i have besides the brandt one is by gerd schraner. seeing that my hubs won't be in for 1.5-2 weeks, you can borrow it if you feel the need to consult another source. i have both books for some reason.

i was torn between the two.

but the bicycle mechanics fourms told me to get the one by brandt.
after i'm finished with it, i might take you up on the offer if i'm not a pro wheel builder by that point.

are you cutting and threading your own spokes?

uhhh...

threading them maybe...cutting?

this is why i have the book.

I'm about to attack my [stuck] seat post. Wish me luck. I am armed with a lubricant, hacksaw and a drill.

haha i didnt check this for a while... might be going to the publick house in a bit though, not sure. our friend scott who lives in like foxboro came in after work and we're doing something once my roomate gets back. we could just get drunk(er) tomorrow at the otherside.

haha i didnt check this for a while... might be going to the publick house in a bit though, not sure. our friend scott who lives in like foxboro came in after work and we're doing something once my roomate gets back. we could just get drunk(er) tomorrow at the otherside.


agreed... lauren just offered her house for an after party. :) shhhhh, i didn't tell you this. P.S. she lives only a few blocks from the other side.

Its always fun to see people get progressively drunker over bikeforums... YEAH! see you guys tomorrow.

guy on a bike, im drunk on a bike
haha, WHAT?!



listen like, luke, dude././.....

luke dont make me dooooo this.,,..,.,


DUDE!

i actually forgot why i was doing this.,.... these mus be a reason...wait... progressively? drunk? listen... i'm goinjg to sit you down one day before you leave the town that calls you home, and make you drink a whole lot a bottle of whiskey......

you can't get away THAT easy/.... woah woah har de har what? listen.... it's on duem w


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agreed... lauren just offered her house for an after party. :) shhhhh, i didn't tell you this. P.S. she lives only a few blocks from the other side.

no ****ing way! my girlfriend only lives there and all.

uhhh...

threading them maybe...cutting?

this is why i have the book.

I hope you're not going to try to cut/thread your own spokes. It's much more practical for anyone who doesn't build 100's of wheels a week to just buy pre-cut spokes to the right length. You barely even save money doing it yourself, you just don't have to keep every length in stock. Plus, unless you have a friend with the uber-expensive machine to thread them, you're looking at quite the investment.

ahh ha, thanks jacob. I had all intensions to buy pre cut and threaded spokes for one reasons.

i didn't even know you could buy them uncut and unthreaded

I'm also not up to par with my wheel building lingo, the word I was looking for was .....LACING.

You guys, scott specifically, are ****ing rediculous. Have fun for me tonight kiddos.

ZOMG this is the begining of my last week in Boston. Lets hope for good weather and tons of bike rides!

Phil's spoke cutting/threading machine is over $3000, just as an example of the cost involved. Most places don't have these things.

Who's ready to rip?

rip butts

You guys, scott specifically, are ****ing rediculous. Have fun for me tonight kiddos.

ZOMG this is the begining of my last week in Boston. Lets hope for good weather and tons of bike rides!


the weather looks mild this coming week, and i only work till 4ish, so lets ride bikes every night! also my bike is temporarily blinged with a 16 spoke shimano front wheel that landry's lent me while they get me a new axle. I'll post pictures of what my bike looked like after meeting some black ice while attempting to go to work on thursday morning when I get back to boston.

guy on a biek, I'm drunk on a biek.










I ****ing win!

CHEATER!!!!!\\\\


i',m so guy on a buike


four minutes?!!!

so close!

guy on a bi4ek biek biek biek
I live in Somerville.
No Fair.

luke you'r a heqter...we had morem to druikn k....dude i',m SOOOOOO wasted

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Oh scott :)