Rides and Races - Boston rides

Ride & after party Thursday as a slightly belated birthday celebration for yours truly.

THURSDAY APRIL 5
Help Robin celebrate being 25 yrs (and 10 days) old!

BIKE RIDE
7pm - meet at Central Square (Mass Ave. & Prospect)
Ride will be leisurely and canceled if it rains hard.

FOOD & DRINKS
8:30pm - meet at/ride finishes at RIVER GODS in Central Square.

Come to one or both. I'd love to see you!

robin

Who is down for a ride tonight?

I was thinking bunker hill and then some........

ps deer island ride looked fun

howler: i'm down for a ride tonight; preferably on the early side.
also, eva stabs: will that thursday night ride and party be replacing the normal 8pm thursday night ride from csc?

earlier is better for me also. what time were you thinking?

i was thinking around 7 or so. meet up at the csc?

ok 7 sounds good, I'll see who ever shows up

I'll be there. I got off of work early and my class got cancelled tonight.

Ride & after party Thursday as a slightly belated birthday celebration for yours truly.

THURSDAY APRIL 5
Help Robin celebrate being 25 yrs (and 10 days) old!

BIKE RIDE
7pm - meet at Central Square (Mass Ave. & Prospect)
Ride will be leisurely and canceled if it rains hard.

FOOD & DRINKS
8:30pm - meet at/ride finishes at RIVER GODS in Central Square.

Come to one or both. I'd love to see you!

robin

Damn it... River Gods is literally 2 blocks from where I used to live on River St. I miss passing by it. I'm sorry I can't make it.

sad...i'm sorry too, luke! how's maine treating you?

Ok. WTF is going on with this weather? I really thought we were done with this.

yeah, wtf?

i woke up from a nap and it was snowing. i'm kinda disgusted right now.

it is going to be a fun ride home tonight.

Boston, a moment of silence for a fallen cyclist: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/11520365/detail.html

Then, we need to find out the cab company and organize a protest.

so ****ed up

Boston, a moment of silence for a fallen cyclist: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/11520365/detail.html

Then, we need to find out the cab company and organize a protest.

-sadness-




watch yourself, folks.

oh my god...do we know who this is?????

i'm so sad. please, everyone take care of yourselves...

Did you all see this?

Marathon Monday Ride- ride the course!

http://rushinrevolution.com/marathon/marathonride.htm

http://rushinrevolution.com/home.htm

and the route map: (its a large file)

http://rushinrevolution.com/marathon/marathon_flyer_print.jpg

BEER
BEER
BEER
Lauren loves MEAT!
BEER

ride today! 4pm at CSC, leaving around 4:30. ride out to hull, roughly 20miles roundtrip. "training" ride for the race tomorrow.

ride today! 4pm at CSC, leaving around 4:30. ride out to hull, roughly 20miles roundtrip. "training" ride for the race tomorrow.

What is the deal with the race tomorrow?

from bostonfixed.com:
"hitchhikers ride to the galaxy: 6PM copley place" but might be "on dartmouth st. about a half block up from copley towards columbus ave"

That ride on the Marathon course/day looks like fun. I'd do it but... I'll be in Hopkinton to run the race on foot instead. The beer afterwards will be happening as long as I'm able to stand up.

i am totally down to ride the marathon course. i want to do it fast. yess.

Lauren loves MEAT!

morgan is DRUNK. sorry kid. i'm staying veg. let the verbal abuse continue!

What is the deal with the race tomorrow?

registration at 6, race starts at 630. start is at "copley place,behind neiman marcus,across the street from the back bay t station". direct quote from the person throwing the race.

the route aaron, danny, morgan, and myself took today
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=838661
from CSC to where we split up. good ride guys!

yo, i'm going to ride to quincy tomorrow morning to check out long island. i'll hang out at the csc around 11am if anyone want's to come.

sorry i didn't come tonight, i worked this morning at 7 am and had to go look for apartments and it's my friend's birthday.... so i was pretty beat.


so if you're down meet at the csc at 11am. this will be an easy ride.

yo, i'm going to ride to quincy tomorrow morning to check out long island. i'll hang out at the csc around 11am if anyone want's to come.

sorry i didn't come tonight, i worked this morning at 7 am and had to go look for apartments and it's my friend's birthday.... so i was pretty beat.


so if you're down meet at the csc at 11am. this will be an easy ride.

are you sure you want to do a 20mile ride with a race later that afternoon? i'll do a quincy/hull ride sunday; it could be the second in the series of long sunday rides

ah sh*t. the route saved is also all the stupid riding i did right before and after the ride. just subtract from where you guys broke off i guess.

"hitchikers ride to the galaxy
6pm registration
always bring your towel..."

hmm, i may actually bring some kind of a towel.

hence the point of my passing that along...

How do you plan on getting into Long Island? It's restricted.

howler, what's with you and bunker hill?

hey everyone, crossposted from http://www.bostonfixed.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=73

ok, jessica isn't quite sure how to post on any of the numerous biking forums, so she sent me this e-mail regarding her idea for a ride along the marathon course the day of the boston marathon:

"I am trying to get together a Marathon Day ride. It is one of my favorite
rides and I want to continue the tradition since Mully is now in Chicago. The
details are as follows:

The Boston Marathon is on April 16th and starts two hours early this year. The
group starting from the Cambridge area will meet between 6:00 and 7:00 to
head out to Hopkinton. I will plan on picking up additional riders at
points along the way. Also, we might be able to work out train schedules so
that we may meet people on our way back into Boston.

The group will have to leave Hopkinton at 9:00 (or perhaps a little earlier
depending on group riding ability). My goal is to complete the ride back
to Boston and see if we can make it onto Boylston Street before the police
kick us off the course for good. :) The marathon course is about 26.6 miles
but the ride is close to 30 miles in each direction. Please note that it is
not illegal to travel on the course (by any form of ped power) before the
wheelchair racers. It is just that the police are in a bad mood and like to
take it out on the obvious target: cyclists."

i will most likely be doing this ride, fixed. i've got no problem waking up in the morning and getting in what should be a solid 55-60mile ride. the one thing is that i propose that we move the original meeting spot from cambridge to christian science center; though from cambridge might be a shorter ride since i really have no idea where hopkinton is.
post here if you're interested in this or have any contributing ideas. plus, spread the word.
thanks.

i know, i didn't plan on getting onto long island, just wanted to go check it out

I don't get why a 26 miles course is gonna take us 60 miles?

because we wouldn't be going straight from the finish to the start to the finish. some people don't live right at boston common so it might take them some miles to get to where we'd be meeting up and then get from the finish back to their place.

well, it won't take you 60 miles if you live in hopkinton (which is almost as far out as 495, past framingham). if not, you gotta get out there somehow..

so the Boston Marathon starts in Hopkinton and comes into boston and that is a ~26 mile trip... and we would be going out to Hopkinton and riding back in which would be almost 60 miles right??

and we would have to ride 26-30 miles out there and start heading back to boston by 9am!?!

and this has been done before with handcuffs being involved?? I mean I'm all for bending the law and maybe exchanging words with officers or being told to scramble but ya know I would hate to see the inside of a car again in this life time.. (i'm usually not concerned with these things but you mention it like cops have been a issue in the past)

this was just posted on bostonfixed.com http://rushinrevolution.com/home.htm.
I am up for this ride.

morgan, for the most part: yes, thats the plan

go so we are crossposting like nutz here but: yeah I'm in and I think we should just do the RushinRev ride

yeah, (ughh all the crossposting!!!) i'm gonna do the rushinrev one (plus it starts right around the corner from me)

wednesday, meet up at CSC 2:30, ride to wherever. so far it's danny and myself, anyone else want in?
also, tomorrow (tuesday), around 3:30-4 anyone want to ride?

i may be able to wednesday

Wednesday Cyclista ride 8pm at central square (across from starbucks). After the ride we will be hitting up some mit free swing dancing. Guys are welcome to come, dressing in drag is optional.

sweet. looks like i'll be doing 2 rides wednesday.

anyone up for today?

looks like you're stuck with me, dood!

today's ride:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=851980