Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

what time for burritos? Iforgot I need to go purchase some tubes and a patch kit prior to meeting.

what time for burritos? Iforgot I need to go purchase some tubes and a patch kit prior to meeting.

about 6ish BB on MSt

so y'all think you can eat a burrito? The burrito bandits challenge you to a burrito eating contest! choose your fastest eater, for a head to head burrito eating demolition derby!

The winner gets to take a picture of the loser and write "worlds worst burrito eater" on it or something.


as long as I don't get sick AGAIN, me and a few other bandits will be at the frostbite, we should have gang patches on or bags, you'll see us, and we'll fight!

oh, not this again......but i do like the idea A LOT!

from the chicj\ken wing feast lunch in chicago, i would elect rincewind

btw: who from NYC are crashing at my place... if any

I need to inform my parents on when they need to return to brooklyn

I know that one of you really wants this BAD BOY (http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/bik/122948998.html)

Does anyone know anything about Miyata track frames, there is an enormous NOS one on ebay that I am thinking about bidding on....

as usual, my photos are where my photos go... http://flickr.com/photos/chimblysweep/sets/1772270/

thanks Spud for the pillage and the Champagnolo(tm)

see y'all at critical mass. and at 12:30 sunday on HP.

i was riding down u st last night around 9pm and saw a guy at the intersection of of 13th riding a red ss/fixie. he didn't seem to know how to ride it very well, was wearing hightop basketball shoes with no socks, no gloves, a huge coat that wasn't condusive to riding, etc. seemed out of place.

it looked like a nice bike...possibly schwinn, red, nitto drop bars with white tape on the ends. seemed kinda odd...

who are you headphase?

just a lurker on the forums.

thought i might chime in as it just seemed odd, didnt know if anyone was missing a bike.

as usual, my photos are where my photos go... http://flickr.com/photos/chimblysweep/sets/1772270/

thanks Spud for the pillage and the Champagnolo(tm)

see y'all at critical mass. and at 12:30 sunday on HP.

nice photos, i'll take some at the next pillage and at HP.
Champangola was good, i still have a bottle i think we'll have it for CM.

oh, to jonny christoph emily and peter and the other AWOL/vacationing pirates: we all laugh at you haha ha haha haha ha happy new yarrr :)

I don't remember this picture. Must have been a good night.
http://tinypic.com/jsowud.jpg

i was near K st. today saw what looked like a really nice white bob jackson and then a few more blocks down a blue bike with matching blue rims. they both looked very nice. do these belong to anyone on here?

Ninja and I recruited a couple more people from tonite's CM to join the pirates, they say they will meet us at HP sunday.

Keep laughting brother spud ... esp while I'm cruising bike shops in Tokyo

btw: HK & Japan HEART! (http://www.okashiland.com/pp/okashiland.asp) Chimbly.....'s bike

WTF?? :eek:

WTF?? :eek:

good i'm glad i'm not the only one who was thinking each of Clink's posts makes less and less sense.

ride recommendation... today i hit up the national arboretum. it has a 3.5 or so mi loop that has great hills, very little traffic, and some cool views of the city. Entrance is on R street just east of Bladensburg Rd, open 9-5 every day.

WTF?? :eek:

glad i'm not the only one that doesn't remember that pic!

So there was some talk of a noon thirty ride tomorrow, starting at Haines Point. We still on for that?

yup!

hey, im new to the DC area and havent been on this forum in a few months due to a holdup getting online access to the house in NOVA i'm living it. (I know, wierd right, thought this was a big city...)

anyway, i love pirates, work full time for apple courier inc and am hopelessly obsessed with bikes, boats and the life styles associated with them...

I've met a few good people in the messenger community but would love to do some group riding that wasn't necessarily so competition oriented as the alley cat scene. I was also wondering about the CM's around here...

I guess more than anything i just wanted to say hi.

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what kinda boats?

didn't anyone get check the link in my last post? Chimbly's 3 Rick... Renshaw????

hey, julie here.
CM is first friday 6pm at Dupont. This Friday's had 9 people show up. We need help.

Pirates ride just about every week. Today at 12:30 we'll be at the tennis courts on Haines Point. C'mon out. We ride, we drink, we ride some more. Today's ride is more ridey. Evening pillages are more drinkey.

Polo is coming up this Wednesday at 7pm at 14th & K.

The pirate rides are not competitive, though some people like to ride really fast and drop the pack.


hey, im new to the DC area and havent been on this forum in a few months due to a holdup getting online access to the house in NOVA i'm living it. (I know, wierd right, thought this was a big city...)

anyway, i love pirates, work full time for apple courier inc and am hopelessly obsessed with bikes, boats and the life styles associated with them...

I've met a few good people in the messenger community but would love to do some group riding that wasn't necessarily so competition oriented as the alley cat scene. I was also wondering about the CM's around here...

I guess more than anything i just wanted to say hi.

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Today at 12:30 we'll be at the tennis courts on Haines Point.

Looking forward to this. Anyone showing after 12:30 should ride counter clockwise to find us (an ol pirates trick I've learned). Any and all welcome! I'm planning to ride for a couple hours. Followed by the grilled cheese special. Looks beautiful and no winds outside! Out cat.
LBK

Chimbly, my parents are at my place, so please knock when you go to pick up the polo mallets and see if you hol don to them until I get back, thanks!

Looking forward to this. Anyone showing after 12:30 should ride counter clockwise to find us (an ol pirates trick I've learned). Any and all welcome! I'm planning to ride for a couple hours. Followed by the grilled cheese special. Looks beautiful and no winds outside! Out cat.
LBK
bestest ride ever, thanks for a great idea LBK!

well didn't make this one (obviously), but I def. want to come out and meet everyone. My buddy and i started a bike 'gang' in the town i used to live. We rode on sundays at 1pm and i was just thinkng about how much i missed those rides. It was really laid back, did about 30 miles total and stopped half way through to talk shop and eat chip-whiches.

When I first started it there was 3 or 4 of us that would meet, ride then end up back at my house where I would show peeps how to do simple maintnance on their bikes. By the time i moved there was about 30 of us, we had monthly meetings, petitioned the city for bike lanes and bike path funding, lead group rides for people that didnt ride much so they could feel more comfortable riding on busy streets, had a bike recyclery and were looking for store fronts to start a co-op bike shop. It was really amazing.

now i would just love to meet a group of people to just ride/hang with on the weekends. Is the sunday ride a weekly thing?

chimblysweep - did you do one of the check points at the Rico alleycat? You look really familiar...

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/38438631@N00/sets/1794646/
Haines pics are up.

Good ride! Great weather (for january)! Cool peoples! (except for drive-by snarks from roadies) Who could ask for more. I'm all for making weekend ridey-rides a regular thing. Here's to the pirates, cradle to grave!

When I first started it there was 3 or 4 of us that would meet, ride then end up back at my house where I would show peeps how to do simple maintnance on their bikes. By the time i moved there was about 30 of us, we had monthly meetings, petitioned the city for bike lanes and bike path funding, lead group rides for people that didnt ride much so they could feel more comfortable riding on busy streets, had a bike recyclery and were looking for store fronts to start a co-op bike shop. It was really amazing.
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This is awesome. Well done, and how cool that things gelled and grew hair like that.

You should come meet/ride/hang w/us. I think they sell chipwiches at the haines club house even, if you don't do grilled cheese. Which don't make no sense to me but to each his/er own. Yeah, and lurkers should come out too. Lurkers need to start participatin.

Spud,

Hey! It's Amanda! I finally signed up!

Spud,you ar esuch the man!

Here's to the pirates, cradle to grave!

couldn't have said it better.
you all are more than just my pirates, you're my family.

i love it.

Spud,
Hey! It's Amanda! I finally signed up!

hey Amanda,
there is something familiar about 'mannakai'...
so youre racing this weekend, right?

OK ALL, bike shopping tomorrow, kalavinka and depot and cycle...something. COmmunter bikes are free locked everywhere here, this is nutz

NYC crew is arriving Sat, thanks spud for playing booking agent, but next time, book something other than the smellest of the guys :P

hey Amanda,
there is something familiar about 'mannakai'...
so youre racing this weekend, right?


Yup! Are y'all doing anything before the race?

anyone else work downtown and ride during lunch hour? hit me up. while it's over 50 degrees i'm back on the lunch hour haines point kick. you should join me.

anyone else work downtown and ride during lunch hour? hit me up. while it's over 50 degrees i'm back on the lunch hour haines point kick. you should join me.

Bah, today doesn't work for me. I had a random project thrown at me, and can't get away.

BTW, I put that new stem on, it makes the benotto an entirely new bike!!

Yup! Are y'all doing anything before the race?

hey ,check the midnight frostbite thread, Chimbly had posted a list of events!

See you all Fri ... late or Sat.

I'm picking up the mallets, and i'll see you folks at sherwood at 7, RAIN OR SHINE.

i got a rather disturbing phone call from a fellow pirate asking whether the game was on for tonight, since it's (*EEK!*) gently raining. I remind you that pirates are hearty and polo is funner in the rain. I also remind you that we recruited two new people who should be coming and cannot be let down.

thus,
see you at 7pm at sherwood.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimblysweep/sets/1828015/

NEW RULE: tink is not allowed to drink alcoholic beverages from glass bottles at polo anymore. why? because, even though he didn't show up for polo last night, his presence was felt, in that glass from his bottle-breaking last week flatted spud this week.

spud, care to elaborate? who's a ******lips?

ps - in case i haven't told y'all this lately, you rock, pirates.

Dear Pirates,

I hate my knee. I have had to dock my ship in port if you will. The pain got so bad on my ride a few days ago that I road home with one leg. Being a good pirate I yelled, Yar! at everyone that looked at me funny.

I plan on resting it till Sat. I don't think I will race, but plan on representing anyhow.

I hate being landlocked.

NEW RULE: blah blah blah
alright now, give me a break here
what have I become?
pirate public enemy #1? :p
listen that glass could have come from anywhere!
How do you know it was from me?
Damn that freakin tree that got in the way of my bottle throwing skillz
For real this is a big city we're talking about here.
Ya'll need to reckognize the dangers.

http://www.mythopoetry.com/images/broken_bottle.jpg

but still -

spud,, sorry brother. Getting a flat is good for you. It builds character n stuff.

Dyno,, you're the man with the plan. Thank you for the presence of mind to bring the dustpan. Way to be prepared right?

tink,, no more 40oz on the playing field without hand knit 40 coozie and breakage protector.

the rest of you's,,, carry on. nothing to see here. move along.

frostbite and such... discuss

why don\t they make bike shorts in brown? brwon is the new black, isn't it....discuss

will be back in the USA by Fri Morning!, so call me if you need anything *in the afternoon(

Hey, Pirates!

Thanks for a great time last night!
Hope to see you all again soon!

Amanda

pnc - tired of blaming your Brooks? :p

high mileage pirates,
okashii and i will be on HP tonight starting aroun 530. call or ride the wrong way to find me.

WILL THERE BE hp ACTION THIS weekend, my legs are rubber from not riding for 3 weeks.

WILL THERE BE hp ACTION THIS weekend, my legs are rubber from not riding for 3 weeks.

Only if you wanna go puke in two rivers.
I don't know what rubber legs have to do with that.

I was so inspired by LBK's perfectly framed over-the-head shot (http://static.flickr.com/42/84040412_928bc7b2be.jpg?v=0) that I made this DC Pirates wallpaper (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=86431380&size=o). I was also inspired by the fact that I have expensive Adobe software that has sat fallow for far too long. But be fore-warned it's designed for 1024 X 760 resolution.