Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

another avatar for peter. if you're into snot bubbles that is...
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After Mass Grillage! The butternut squash harvest is in. Let's grill em tasty-like kabob-style after Critical Mass this Friday night starting 8:30-9 at 2336 2nd Street NE! From Poopncow's: East on Rhode Island Avenue short several blocks then left on Lincoln RD pass through the dark crypt of Glenwood Cemetary ooooh, then right at Bryant Street 2336 is the first rowhouse on the right -a corner rowhouse at 2nd and Bryant NE

When is redemption boccelunch ryand?

I ride rain or shine Friday, 6pm Dupont Circle -Critical Mass.

The Squash Grill can happen rain or shine too, thanks to the covered porch -one of human's finest inventions.

Anybody good with derailer adjustments? I put together a road bike for a friend and I just don't know what I'm doing when it comes to making the rear derailer work.

8th turns, my friend. 8th turns.

It's just all sorts of messed up, I don't know where to start.

Anybody good with derailer adjustments? I put together a road bike for a friend and I just don't know what I'm doing when it comes to making the rear derailer work.

I didn't do a good job, but I did it once. I think I put the shifter all the way to one gear, probably the least-tension-on-cable-gear. After placing the derailer in the spot the cable was set at, I tightened things up. I never had my hardest gear since. I think a little more machine/tinkering would make it better.
Now, come to my house Friday!

Who's having any Halloween fantasies? Some friends are in the mood for Wizard of Oz characters. I forget why I said I'd be the Scarecrow. But imagine a flock of Flying Monkees on Bikes, bat wings and all! Led by a Wicked Witch of course!

Anybody good with derailer adjustments? I put together a road bike for a friend and I just don't know what I'm doing when it comes to making the rear derailer work.

agreed with what was said before, but a little more in-depth:

have the chain on the smallest ring in back, largest ring in front. adjust the small screw located on the derailleur itself until your chainline [including chain on/underneath derailleur] is absolutely straight. however you need to be careful to ALSO adjust it with the chain on the smaller front ring and larger back rings, since presumably you want to be able to ride it on all gears smoothly. you just kinda gotta eyeball it.

hope this makes sense.

also: if you're using friction shifters, forget all of the above... you fine-tune that sh-t on the go.

It's just all sorts of messed up, I don't know where to start.
http://parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=64

or

http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html#rear

The derailer cable is all slack to begin with... do I just pull the slack through until it's decently taut?

The derailer cable is all slack to begin with... do I just pull the slack through until it's decently taut?

yes, preferably with a wrench or vise grips or something similar. the "at rest" position on a derailleur [i.e. with no cable tension] should be on the smallest ring. however, no matter how hard you pull the cable when tightening it, you'll always have a little slack. hence the adjustment screw.

it's much easier to do this with friction shifters, btw... is that what you have?


edit: i didn't mean wrench, i meant pliers. suffice it to say you have to pull tight.

The derailer cable is all slack to begin with... do I just pull the slack through until it's decently taut?
Put the shifter into the highest gear (= smallest cog on the cassette/freewheel) screw in the tension adjuster screws at the shifter and the derailleur. Push the derailleur inward so it lines up with the smallest cog, pull the shifter cable until tensioned and then tighten the bolt that holds the cable at the derailleur. THEN you set the limit screws. THEN you do the fine adjustment with the tension adjuster screws.

I'm doing the only responsible thing I can today, which is cutting out of work 3 hours early to watch the Mets game and drink creamers. Woooo! M-E-T-S METS METS METS!

Anyone who is interested is invited to join.

THEN you set the limit screws. THEN you do the fine adjustment with the tension adjuster screws.

THEN THATS what I didn't do. And now, I'm enlightened. You know, I don't, you share, Kalani Knows, we know, we share, THEN we're all going forward.
Sounds like a good time to eat Squash this Friday night at the 2336 2nd street NE Squash Grill.

imagine a flock of Flying Monkees on Bikes, bat wings and all! Led by a Wicked Witch of course!

DING!!!!!! That is a awesome idea!

hey guys, i think poop, joel and i are coming up with a manifest for a halloween scavenger hunt race. are you all interested? it would be sunday the 29th of october.

Yep I'm interested. Now please post a lot so we can get a new page. I can't take the snot bubble much longer!

the rules would be points for best costume, points for best time, and points off for amount of time late. there will hopefully be more challenges than you can finish, and points would vary per challenge.

http://www.isdsgn.com/images/ghostrideyourwhip.jpg
perhaps one of the challenges?

please I'm challenged enough today... yuck

ghostride the problems away pete. ghostride them away.


seriously though, i've thought of a couple of good ideas for the hunt/race.

PLease go away snotty child, please.

i'm tryin baldy.

PLease go away snotty child, please.
Still there!

edit: Ok, maybe not!

WooHoo! Thanks Rincewind!

is it just me or does rince know exactly when to say it?

Hey Poop, since you can't use dcfixed at work...a handfull of us are going to College Park bikes around 5. In,Dun,dun,dun, cars. wanna' go?

i'm just gonna skitch and scream "**** your cars" the entire time.

Hope yer all studied up on yer NWA lyrics cuz it's gonna' be an old fashioned sing along in the car!

i'll be singing along from outside the car.
you said tape deck right? cause i'll bring my ipod so we can listen to mc chris as well.

Hey Poop, since you can't use dcfixed at work...a handfull of us are going to College Park bikes around 5. In,Dun,dun,dun, cars. wanna' go?
also, since you can't use dc fixed i'll post my sweet lookin "moustache" here too.
http://static.flickr.com/88/261519766_ab1ff86ebe_o.jpg
see, now you're laughin. it's staing until sadie hawkins. it will then be slightly over 2 months old.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/TinkTank/spud.gif the 'stache

My phone just died ... again. Trip to CPk is a good idea, we can also hit proteus and IKEA!!!! wahoo! Actaully, I would not mind driving, and have racks, plus ideas for trades with larry (i.e. Redcay and Lemond....if I were only 10% taller.....)

i'm glad basso isn't on that list.


or i'd have you in the guillotine.

Why is it that the more you want it, the mor eit grows on me?

I think that the best thing to do is to find some bike to distract my attention for the Basso with :)

....if I were only 10% taller.....
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hahaha! i was on the phone with my boss and i just laughed because of this.

where can I get a pair of these? are they SPD?

My phone just died ... again. Trip to CPk is a good idea, we can also hit proteus and IKEA!!!! wahoo! Actaully, I would not mind driving, and have racks, plus ideas for trades with larry (i.e. Redcay and Lemond....if I were only 10% taller.....)

So it there not polo tonight?

polo? (http://dcfixed.com/vanilla/comments.php?DiscussionID=43)

Polo is still on for 7pm at the Rush Rink (12th & D SE)

or at least, that's where i'll be

i won't be, getting jumped by some 'cyclist' driving a (support?) van cause Tink made a mistake today...

On second thought, I don't think I can make bike polo tonight, it would really ease my schedule for the coming days if I got some things done tonight.

Polo is still on for 7pm at the Rush Rink (12th & D SE)

or at least, that's where i'll be


Did it go on or was it rained out?

12th & D SE? Not Sherwood anymore or was this a one time change? What is at 12th & D SE?

Rush Rink is at 12th & D SE

Sherwood is no good for polo, finally everybody realized this and we've moved/moving to a new location.

Calling All: Cabaret Pillage - Sunday I'm meeting Shane at the Red Lion around 6:00 and then were riding to NE to Palace of Wonders to see Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey: http://trixielittle.com/

Join us....if you dare.

p.s. Drinking NOT mandatory (but encourged)

Sorry about not showing up to polo last night, things ran a little late in college park, then i was busy playing bikes at home. Plus when we came back it was raining. I still love you though.

Sorry about not showing up to polo last night, things ran a little late in college park, then i was busy playing bikes at home. Plus when we came back it was raining. I still love you though.

Also he bought a sweet bike last night. Little details...