Rides and Races - Boston rides

Oooh... Nice. One of Sam's bags?

I got a weird flat today myself. I'm sure I had my tires up to full pressure because I'd just rebuilt them, but we were headed down Atlantic Ave and I pinch-flatted the rear on a raised granite crosswalk. Of course I haven't had a flat in about forever, so I decided to roll light today and leave the bag at home. Luckily Jacob bailed me out as I executed the world's slowest tire change.

Then I neglected to tuck my laces in on the left shoe and they got wrapped up coming down Bowdoin St. Yoinks! Let me tell ya, my new shoes have some mighty strong laces. Stronger than the little loops that are supposed to hold them to the shoe. :/

Reminder people: Tomorrow night at 8 at the Squealing Pig we say goodbye to Trevor. He's going to get sh1tfaced and smash some wheels for us.

He can smash my wheel all he wants. I already smashed it up in Chicago. Anybody want to build me a new one?

I'll probably be late (perhaps quite late) for the gathering. How long will the party last?

I'll be dropping by tomorrow, but I haven't ridden in a week (got my wisdom teeth removed last week) so I doubt I'm in the mood for racing or anything. I can't even drink or eat pie.

stickyfoot, I'll build you a new wheel if you get me the parts, I just finished a nice new front for myself (dura-ace road hub laced to a 27-inch CR18, long story) if you want to inspect my worksmanship. And I'm building up a spiffy new wheelset at the moment anyways. I'm waiting on a tensiometer, though, because I'm getting real tired of tensioning by pitch.

I don't know how late or how awesome I'm going to get because I realized I'm supposed to be setting up a video link with South Africa in the morning, I'll probably wrap things up by midnight or so at the latest. I will smash your wheels though.

wait so this is going on tonight... or thursday night?

yup ... wheel smashing fun

Thursday.

So where you goin' Trevor?

Dublin to party with the leprechauns and learn the secrets of search.

I'll be working for a certain well-known search engine, email, and maps (among other things) provider whose omniscience I must now fear as a mere toady in the corporate ranks.

Search? Why would I ever want to use that function?

What are the chances we could push this back a bit, like, say, to 9-ish?

Umm.. sure, whatever. I'm not exactly on a tight schedule.

You know what, f*ck that. Let's stick with the original plan. Sorry Rob, we'll just drink without you for awhile. Eight it is, people.

yeah f*ck that ... Rob your always fu*cking everthing up. Got to hell. heeheeheeheehee. All kidding aside ... The Hub just got in some sweet vintage style Merino wool jerseys ... I'll have mine tonite and they are $60 if anyone would like one.

Oh... really? I might be into one of those. Is there a selection or a catalog or some junk or just one style?

Fine, 8 it is. (But just to mess with you, I'm showing up at 10 now.)

One style ...

http://www.portlandcyclewear.com/i/chad/CustomFontStyleTheHub_w.jpg

The print ....

full shot to see the rest of the jersey ... diff. print and color obviously

http://www.portlandcyclewear.com/i/chad/TrekBicycleonMalemodel_w.jpg

let me know if your interested anyone, everyone.

Hey, does anybody know a good way to bike from downtown to Quincy, near the Braintree T stop? I've never ridden that far south, so I don't know what the road quality is like, etc. Oh, and the better the route I find, the faster I can make it to Trev's send off!

dot ave?

the red line allows bikes on off peak hours.

Dude I want the black one. I'll take a small, please. Bring it tonight, if you can. I'm wearing my Chicago T-shirt today.

there all black and I'm bring a bunch up with me ...there is new shipment coming in today. I will have plenty. takers? takers?

Why doesn't Jesse just sponsor us? We'll all be rolling in uniform after tonight!

the red line allows bikes on off peak hours.

I'll be coming back during off-peak hours, but I'll be riding down during peak hours, so I'll still need to get down there. It's only 9-10 miles. If I had a good route, it wouldn't be too much effort.

Hotness, I'll take a large, I think. (Maybe bring a L & XL... I have abnormally wide shoulders so a lot of times a L doesn't fit.)

As for getting in and out of Quincy, it's probably not an optimal route, but either 28 or 138 (Blue Hill Ave) is a pretty straight shot once you get over there. I really like 138 other than the small bit of climbing through the Blue Hills (it's really pretty easy though).

I will bring all sizes

Does anyone know if a new shop took the place of Garage de Velo? I have a flat, and of course all my supplies to change the damn thing are at my house, which is far away from my job.

I think revolution cycles moved there.

Revolution moved from Green Street in JP to GdV's Atlantic Ave spot.

Thanks so much!

Now, if you see some poor soul walking a bike through downtown, shake your head and quickly look away. I'm going to have to train myself that constantly carrying a wrench, tube, and mini-pump in my bag is a good idea, not a pain in the ass.

Oh ****s! It's chilly out there! How serious are people about riding after the shindig? For that matter, is there even anyone who hasn't already left the house other than me? The cost of living right down the street, I guess.

The good news (I think) is that my videoconference is off... I'm still not sure I want to get sooper messed up.

Not at all serious.

Yeah it's cold as balls. I'm coming down there, double wrapped. Riding afterwards? I dunno...

Sorry guys - I'm incompetent and got dropped before we even hit Mass Ave. I was late through one of the lights on Huntington and there was a car...having flashbacks of last month I slowed up and never caught the "peloton" again. Then you guys weaved through that set of cars, and I lost sight of you. Oh well. Did I mention it's cold as balls?

In case I don't see you again Trevor, good luck in Dublin (heh, I said "dub")! Maybe I'll make it over to Ireland and demand some hospitality.

Thanks for everyone coming out. I was feeling mighty foamy, so I had to bail.

Anyhow, I'll be around for a few more weeks, so maybe we can get together again or something.

Naturally the offer stands for anyone wanting to see olde Dubline, drop me a note and we're on, *****.

-Trevor, wearing his spiffy new Hub jersey which will henceforth represent east coast bike culture in the land of tweed and the sheep.

Oh, and hey, what was I saying. I knew this had to be like the most popular fill in the blank:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=64343903&context=set-1389861&size=l

That was a blast. But rithem pulled about six too many Msngrs in intersections and freaked out a bunch of people.

henceforth represent east coast bike culture

trevor, please, its culchah.

good to see folks.

That was a blast. But rithem pulled about six too many Msngrs in intersections and freaked out a bunch of people.

Whereas I got home and found my tire was flat and that I'd just come down with acute sleepitis. Sorry to miss what was undoubtedly a fun ride.

If anybody's around on Thanksgiving Day, I was thinking of taking a longish ride. Let me know if you're interested.

I wiil be in andover for a t-day 5K photo gig but I might be able to swing a ride around 11 or so, not sure what the plan with the fam is yet. btw/ it was fun as **** last night I was pretty fukced up

i'm going to be in the macy's thanksgiving day parade down in new york holding up the big bird balloon otherwise i'd be down.

i'm going to be in the macy's thanksgiving day parade down in new york holding up the big bird balloon otherwise i'd be down.

Sh!t, dude, that's what I want to be doing instead! Bummer for me.

I'm going to be in LA, where it's 40 degrees warmer than it is here. Booyakasha!

Oh yeah, rithem, I checked out the copy cat photo yall did - that was awesome.

Now I'm super-****ing late to class, mother****ers!

That was a blast. But rithem pulled about six too many Msngrs in intersections and freaked out a bunch of people.

it was fun, until i got a flat tire just before copley.

having to take off my gloves and feel around for that damned piece of glass was not fun.

I'm going to be in LA, where it's 40 degrees warmer than it is here. Booyakasha!

Oh yeah, rithem, I checked out the copy cat photo yall did - that was awesome.

Now I'm super-****ing late to class, mother****ers!
Our photo was the original.

Yo, rithem! You tell Jesse these jerseys are the joint!

I just came from downtown wearing nothing but a long-sleeve synthetic under and that thing on top and I was warm the whole way.

Well, pants too.... And I had some wool gloves on.

But it was cold. My ears went numb and it's officially below freezing.

Our photo was the original.

Yesssss, that's why I said his was the copy cat. Wanna start somethin?

Yo, rithem! You tell Jesse these jerseys are the joint!

I just came from downtown wearing nothing but a long-sleeve synthetic under and that thing on top and I was warm the whole way.

Well, pants too.... And I had some wool gloves on.

But it was cold. My ears went numb and it's officially below freezing.

thank this guy:


http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/delainemerino/DELMERIO.JPG

but I'll foward your regards to the Hub. Glad you likeit!

When are the smalls arriving? Goddamn, why do shops only stock for big people?