Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

Buy that Miyata if it is your size. $30 is a decent price for that kind of thing. good fixed project

I agree. Plus that's a freakin awesomely obnoxious shade of yellow, and you have a few pirate friends that love conversion projects.

good karma

the cranks alone are worth that much,

except that they are 110 BCD, you can find mtn rings up to 46, and Salsa still make road and fixed rings that size.

Hey poop, your headset got mailed today, so it should be here next week. Also, who's doing this Sunday ride with RPC? It's one of the few weekend days I have off for a while so lets all dress funny and ride gears!

im leaving for the weekend now. i love you guys.


just sayin.

team LSD GO@!

RPC ride on sunday? are we crossed? Rocks would like to meet up on WOD , and may be we get Struddleboy to come out and play again? too?

need activities tonight dam it all !!!

I thought you were doing that on Sat. Cool, maybe we can combine the two.

good karma

the cranks alone are worth that much,

except that they are 110 BCD, you can find mtn rings up to 46, and Salsa still make road and fixed rings that size.

YAY 5000

I thought you were doing that on Sat. Cool, maybe we can combine the two.

I'll ride Sat afternoon too, but early on sunday would be better for long haul

where is the RPC going?

Tomorrow morning I'm doing the Ghandi Kick's Your Ass Up A Mountain Metric (oh yes, you know the one).
Sunday I was thinking of doing this Hilly one I got from the PPTC library. It's 40mi+ starts just west of the the 495/395 interchange near Springfield.

guy from B more coming to buy my motorcycle at 11, so will miss kicking Ghandi's head around like a soccer ball.

Why hills on Sunday? I was thinking of distance on WOD, a nice return ride to Perciville

I just got a geared bike, so I'm up for some long rides either day this weekend, or both. I'm cleaning everything and putting it together tonight, so hopefully it'll be ready to go tomorrow.

Big ups to Shane for letting me borrow some tires. If anyone is bored tonight I'll be sitting around having some Red Stripe and assembling bike crap, feel free to stop by. 2 02 six-ate-zero tutu-ate-won

Ah, I think I'm going to be homebound today ... just ate a huge plate of spaggetti for tomorrow's little solo excursion into Maryland and the commute today sucked ...

<rant> Went to work, hit every red light in Georgetown and then flatted on the Custis. Was late to work. When I left, my new tube flattened again! I inspected it to find that the peice of glass I thought I had extracted in the morning had actually just broken and there was still a peice stuck in the tire!</rant>

But ... Mike and Spud are at Malcom X park I believe.
Zack is building his wheels.
I bet other's are playing bikes too - to coin Ryan's phrase :)

I'm not supposed to be advertising this, really, but if anyone's interested just PM me and we'll chat about it:

I work in a small experiential bike shop that serves my immediately local community (in MD - close to metro, though). There are stands, most tools that you'll need, and used parts if you need something. I can't let people come and raid it for mutant bikes or whatever but if someone needs to use a stand or have another pair of hands with a project hit me up. Our business slows down dramatically in the fall & winter, meaning lots of time to play with my bikes (and friends' bikes :D). Oh yeah it's free.

Most of you already have what you need, but there have been some folks posting lately that are just getting a first build together...

Have a great weekend.

Ok, so what's up with this weekend's rides?

Saturday - possible long distance on W&OD
- RPC's Ghandi's Kick your ass ride
Sunday - Laps'n'cheese? regular time, regular place?
- RPC's hilly 40-mi from Springfield
- also possible long distance on W&OD

so who's planning on doing what? I'd really like to do the W&OD, especailly if we do it today, as I think it would be cool to stop in Ashburn and take a tour (and samples) of Old Dominion Brewery (could make it a pillage?) Although I'd be up for doing that tomorrow too. Also, I've never been to Laps'n'cheese, and I was hoping that this Sunday could be my first.

I'm doing whatever the group decides or whichever one leaves earlier in the day. W&OD is nice, but RPC usually has some cool stuff up his sleeve too...

PS: Anybody does that Ghandi Ride fixed gets free beer (root or otherwise) from me.

Countdown is ON!! I started at 10 this morning building up my motobecane frame into a gearie, and my new old gearie Raleigh is to become my fixed! I need spacers though for the chainring... the chainring bolts don't tighten down far enough!!!
I should have both done by the end of the weekend, but the geared motobecane is my primary objective of this morning... time to run some shifter cables! (challenging, since the shifter braze-ons were brazed-off) KLUGE project, ahoy!

You need different chainring bolts dude. Cheap as hell at the bike shop, I don't think I've ever heard of spacers for 'em. See you tomorrow?

absolutely... but the real question is where? I think laps'n'cheese, I've got to get Lebowitz his frame, too.

the spacers are part of the assembly for a multi speed crankset, you use them to space out the different chainrings and they are great for frankensteining, but with the all the interest recently there are a loads of steel single ring bolts floating around shops these days. Funny, cause they used to be rare so everyone automatically started squirreling them away and then realized they are not rare anymore.

Met some nice richmond kids at ranier maria show last night.

I am free this weekend and would like to ride some more.

What are these rides?

call?

202-four nine one four seven zero seven

Yes, I'm going to come to laps and cheese for the first time too!

Anyone getting a later start today on a ride?
lebowitz@ngpsoftware.com
202-641-4339


absolutely... but the real question is where? I think laps'n'cheese, I've got to get Lebowitz his frame, too.

I walked outside today and thought ... this could end in tears.
I made it to Rock Creek Park and a little damp rain was falling, I figured, "let's see how it is once I get to MacArthur."
I make to MacArthur and its misty droplets ... "not bad, lets see how far on MacArthur I can go."
To River Road, same conditions - "okay, now I'm used to this, lets keep it up!"
50 miles later - I turn onto 13th St NW and the skies descend upon me! I felt like it was a congratulations and welcome home sprinkle ... timing rules - I definately feel it was some new age destiny crap to go on this ride today.

Total time 3hrs 45mins avg 17.0mph - yeah hills, who got p0wnd? joo did 4 sur3!



Sunday ride plans look like an election with 1 republican and 3 democrat candidates - and you know how that never turns out well for anyone. Bearing that in mind, I am dropping my ride plans and will head over to Haines. If there's some after Cheese plans, I'll go along with those.

Just incase anyone wants to get in on discounted tickets for the game at the end of The Soccer Pitch pillage, I'm going to be ordering my tickets soon. If anyone wants in on the discounted price ($20) let me know by tommarow 8:00 pm and I'll tack them on to my order.

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Sunday ride plans look like an election with 1 republican and 3 democrat candidates - and you know how that never turns out well for anyone. Bearing that in mind, I am dropping my ride plans and will head over to Haines. If there's some after Cheese plans, I'll go along with those.

Bummer, I was hoping for an earlier ride cuz I have some crap to do in the afternoon. So early W&OD? 9:00 AM roll out from the Key Bridge? End at Haines around 11:00?

I am taking a weekend off from the farmers market,
So when and where is laps and cheese. The east potomac park loop, but do you rally somewhere? And when do you all meet?

took a little longer to get things squared away today, wetness and all.
looking to just be a bum right now vice squirting a metric in like that RPC guy ;)

what to do tomorrow is up in the air
I'll call RPC and see if we can work out a pre hains ride or a post hains ride. I was hoping to get in 100 miles between today and tomorrow, but it looks like a metric type of thing now.

early ride to end at hains for laps and cheese does have appeal. that and a post hains ride down to mt v or to ice cream on the WOD?///

wow... I've built two bikes today, ran to the LBS to pick up some short chainring bolts and bar tape (damn that's expensive) and a new tire to replace my poor gashed conti. Now the tires on my gearie match!!

I'd love to do Haines and a trip to Mt V or somewhere on the W&OD, just because I live out there and it'd give me the feeling of not going home alone ;)

haha... but yeah, there seems like there's lots of interest in a haines point ride, but also I was wondering the same as Red... where and what time do people usually meet? I think I recall a 10 or 11 start time with cheeses afterward?

double post

O.K. I'm calling it. Tomorrow at 9:00 at the DC side of the Key Bridge. Ride out the W&OD for a while and turn around and go back to Haines. I gotta work in the afternoon so I gots to get some time in early. See ya there.

Awesome, some initiative, I've shown 0 so far. 9am it is, g'town. I'll meet you there.

Lebowitz, this kinda throws a monkey wrench into my bringing you the frame for Laps'n'cheese, but my fiancee is coming back tomorrow afternoon.

9am? You guys are killing me. It's sunday, for chrissakes! I'll be there if I can get my ass out of bed, though.

I guess if we have no lives, and I do notm, we'll have to be there at 9....
lets get back in time for cheese

Roadie - or geared.... choices choices choices

I switched my pedals to the fixie, and taped its bars. I'm running 42/17 with the option on 42/16. My knees were bothering me towards the end of the week, so I'll try spinning like crazy trying to keep up. Not riding (much) today was hmm... boring. I went stir crazy.

Roadie - or geared.... choices choices choices
Isn't your roadie geared?
:p

Ah, just washed the c'dale down tonight after the wet roads of Maryland. I think I'll take her for a spin tomorrow along with you guys near G'town ... provided I can get up early enough. Its freaking 12:30am already ...

You'll get up and you'll like it!

3 am! Hopefully I'll be there at 11 for laps and cheese if you guys are back in time as well.

Hey guys, I'm heading up. If I dont make it on time I'll be on the Mt.Vernon trail booking it up there. call the cell. its the ol' seven othree 424 six7six5.

Don't worry about it, we'll work something out I am not in a rush


Awesome, some initiative, I've shown 0 so far. 9am it is, g'town. I'll meet you there.

Lebowitz, this kinda throws a monkey wrench into my bringing you the frame for Laps'n'cheese, but my fiancee is coming back tomorrow afternoon.

wow...

went to bed at #4980 and woke up #5039
damn this thread is crazy

sunday pirate love

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/TinkTank/legendary-thread.jpg

Well that was a downright pleasent ride. Thanks everybody.

and i didn't have to punch anybody, that was sweet

meeting strudelboy at Citibikes 6pm for a 20 w the work crew, come on out if u have legs left.

ms150 was great. more of us should do it next year.

highlight of day 1: being bumped into a fence crossing the finish by babychris.

highlight of day 2: our awesome fixie(5) + recumbant(1) paceline doing 15 miles in 40 minutes. (followed by a 30 minute break so we got to pass all the same people all over again)

highlight of day 2: our awesome fixie(5) + recumbant(1) paceline doing 15 miles in 40 minutes

Iheard it was only 14.3 miles loser.

Also congrats, sounds like it was lots of fun.

yeah, i also head the ms150 was only 150 miles, but it ends up being something like 159.6 or something. plus day one we had about a 4 mile detour because we are awesome and missed a turn.

yesterday's ride left me with a SCORCHED line across me bum, where my short shirt rode up and my low biking shorts rode down. OUCH. My legs are also feeling painful right now, but it's a good sort of pain.

yeah, i have sunburn on my left thigh from having to roll my shorts up so they didnt rub my missing skin on day 2 of the 150.

yeah, i also head the ms150 was only 150 miles, but it ends up being something like 159.6 or something. plus day one we had about a 4 mile detour because we are awesome and missed a turn.

Just screwin with ya 'cuase I care. You guys rule.

First I hold you tool... twice, now you try to screw me. Does your girlfriend know about this?

She paid me to do it.

PS: if we're gonna' have this conversation we should move it to a fixie culture or IRO won't email me thread instead of this one;)

how did the I <3 DC Pirates shirts fare? :)