Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

one more thing - that yahoo group is an opt-in. make sure you receive and reply to the email that asks if you really want to join (LBK, dynarider - this is you guys)

also, make sure you set your spam filter to accept email from dcpirates@groups.yahoo.com

if you didn't get a reminder email for today's event, you're not on the list yet.

Wow, what a mallet smashing good time!

Rince, great idea with mallet fabrication, you crazy Germans!

Did we get any pictures of the endo's and headon's? :D

EmMw, the toilet cleared this morning, you're off the hook..... :)
please email or burn me a CD of all pix!

yarrr! it was great. I hope you all are recovering well, i'm bruised :(

I can't move I am so stiff, but what a good time. Thanks again Poopncow for the drink and food.

Oh, my sweet, sweet knees. I am limping.

Thanks for the ride home, p'n'c. Much, much appreciated.

And now we've got some pictures!

the entire set is here (http://flickr.com/photos/52472039@N00/sets/1114090/)

http://static.flickr.com/25/51379246_f7c059aa58.jpg?v=0

:p

Its amazing that no one endo'ed into the fountain! Or maybe Chimbly did and we just didn't see it.
What an initiation for L, first the stairs, then the endo against (but not into) the fountain and then deciding to out run the pack on the way back! :eek: Was it L or EmmW that commented on the literary significance of the night?

That was me. Sometimes I do that.

(The literary significance meaning that getting together with some friends and eating food and drinking quality malt beverages and putting together mallets from random stuff and then playing drunken bike polo is the kind of stuff that people write novels about, and there we were, doing it. And that's pretty ****ing cool, being young and reckless and wild and enjoying everything.)

That was me. Sometimes I do that.

(The literary significance meaning that getting together with some friends and eating food and drinking quality malt beverages and putting together mallets from random stuff and then playing drunken bike polo is the kind of stuff that people write novels about, and there we were, doing it. And that's pretty ****ing cool, being young and reckless and wild and enjoying everything.)


...and Sasquatch was eating a burrito.

...and Sasquatch was eating a burrito.

WT.... are you rattle canning in an enclosed space again? :eek:

The Frederick Burrito Bandit's are issuing a challenge to the DC Pirates. you choose the events, we choose the location.

We will lose, but we'll be better fed.

rockville is kind of in between DC and Frederick...

ahem, WE'LL choose location. JERK!

i know i'm late on this. sorry, had to work yesterday.

y'all, i had a lovely time on Sunday. I don't remember winners or losers or even what the hell happened to those chain reaction kids, but i do know it was somewhat magical. i'm still finding bruises in strange places (on my upper back?) but i had a mad good time. bliss.

so... i proposed a halloween idea above... lemme know what you think, or plan something else, i don't care.

I like the Halloween idea of yours....

I liked your idea chimbly, but i'm not sure i can make it, the rest of october i'm pretty busy with work, maybe i can meet up towards the end of a pillage, or midway if it passes Georgetown/Arlington.

Tink suggested we try bike polo next time on little 16" kids bikes (from chain reaction), i think training wheel(s) would be fun/useful too on bikes that small.

oh and if anyone talks to network1 regularly, chimbly?, let us know how he is or if he needs anything.

if by "network1" you mean Ben, who never comes to the forum...
he got in an accident on the way to the polo field. his glasses sliced open his face, sending him in a cab to GW hospital for 8 stitches. he's doing ok, but could use a little cheering up. perhaps a mid-week drinking meetup?

yeah i saw him afterwards, but was curious how his recovery is going. yeah mid-week could be good.

important:
seems we're missing a polo mallet. we're down to 5.

did anyone take one home with them after the funness on sunday??

important:
seems we're missing a polo mallet. we're down to 5.

did anyone take one home with them after the funness on sunday??
No worries! p'n'cow has some of that tube left (RIGHT?!?) and I have some more clubs... ;)

three cheers for Rincewind's engineering marvels!
huzzah for our mallets!

yes yes three cheers for Rincewind.
our newly appointed "chief engineer forever"
his design proved more than adaquate for the evening (and likely another!)

I really want to play again sometime soon.
Next Saturday (22nd) ??

I would be more inclined to play again on a week night.

Game? Sure, anytime !

There is about 5 ft of PVC material (enough for 8 mallets!) left. I was intending to make a Burrito launcher out of it to use on the Frederick crowd.

Go ahead, launch burrito's at us, WE'LL EAT THEM!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA VICTORY WILL BE OURS!!!!

I had a thought of a bike Tug-Of-War...... And how many beers you can chug while one hand track standing... but as I said the games are your call, but please remember we are at most 6 strong.

polo is three per side, so you would have a full replacement after we shame the first string to death in the first game :p many of us ride geared too so trackstand chugging would probably be too easy for you.

Go ahead, launch burrito's at us, WE'LL EAT THEM!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA VICTORY WILL BE OURS!!!!

I had a thought of a bike Tug-Of-War...... And how many beers you can chug while one hand track standing... but as I said the games are your call, but please remember we are at most 6 strong.

"you will lose, but will be well feed" INDEED!

and since you started to think about games, we've been thinking about the look on people's faces if we were to decend on the "RIO" off 270 :D
EmmW would love this!

haha, I think this should be billed as "The Battle Of 270" The burrito bandits are stoked, I started informing them tonight. we may have a mountain bike or two in our mists, maybe something for them?

figure out some dates and I'll see what my lads think.

Oh this is going to SOOOO mad silly fun, we ride anything on peddles & 2 wheels (not just FG and SS,,,there is a mixtie too :) , so bring it on! Savvy?

tink! where are the polo pictures?

my personal favorite

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/TinkTank/51379246_f7c059aa58.jpg

we are some hard lookin pirates!!!
big up boys and girls - hope your bruises are healing up nicely!
>> photo set from my camera (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57138474@N00/sets/1126286/) <<

hey LBK!!
let me know if those shirts have come in.

and the rest of you lot!...
we need to find a catchy phrase/slogan to put on the back of the shirts.

discuss...

thanks for the hot picture of me on my ass, tink. thanks alot. too bad these photos still don't explain the four bruises on my left shoulder blade... but we'll take these as the explaination for the legs-covered-in-bruises.

c'mon pirates, practise makes perfect! when's the next match? can we do like 9pm thursdays or something?

Indeed,polo was much fun. Big props to Poopn for the food and hospitality. :) (BTW,did you pass me going up Mass Ave when you were taking the girls home? Thought that looked like your rig with a bike on the back.)

Big up to Chimbly,for playing on a fixie and giving the boys what for. ;)

Some highlights: L nimbly avoiding a faceplant when bumping into the fountain.
EM nimbly avoiding a faceplant while trying to coast on her Pista. :p
Tink and Spud's after collision ballet.

Suggestion for next time: we need to make the ball more visible. I've got a can of florescent orange spray paint and a roll of glow-in-the-dark tape;whichever y'all think would work best. The mallets were spot-on;German engineering at it's best.

Oh,and I wasn't a bit sore in the am. Guess that's cause I didn't fall down. :D

I'm weeping that I missed those polo good times. Next time ? Thursday of this week being thrown around?


hey LBK!!
let me know if those shirts have come in.

and the rest of you lot!...
we need to find a catchy phrase/slogan to put on the back of the shirts.

discuss...

The shirts are in. Tink, I sent you a pm with my email for sending me the image, so I can at least start on the fronts. did you not get it?

PS. We'll be glowing, people!!! How exciting is that??

PS. We'll be glowing, people!!! How exciting is that??
VERY EXCITING!!! :D

sounds like Thursday works for most folks. let's just do a couple hours of play, at sherwood. byob, in paper bags or water bottles if possible.

8pm!
8pm!

PS. We'll be glowing, people!!! How exciting is that??

Woo Hoo! seeyall tomorrow night!

thanks for the hot picture of me on my ass, tink. thanks alot. too bad these photos still don't explain the four bruises on my left shoulder blade... but we'll take these as the explaination for the legs-covered-in-bruises.



not even this one?: http://static.flickr.com/26/51906160_89bd4c6075_b.jpg

Hey that was too much fun! Thursday ? but why wait til 8?

whoever's got the 6th mallet, please bring :)

Now to figure out a number on those Fredneck Bunch

I will try to make it, but I will be fasting all day. We will see. Later the better.

Hey that was too much fun! Thursday ? but why wait til 8?


So is anyone showing up early, get some practice in, find some snacks and drinks? I'll probably head in and find some food earlier than 8...

so, what's our rain plan? right now they're saying 50% chance. show up and we go to a bar? rain date?

ps- i work till 930. i should be there by 935.

hmmm, hard rain? if its light i think we could play it out.

ok, we're on tonight, rain or shine. if it's rain, we'll find a bar. if it's not much rain or shine, we're playing.

if i get to sherwood at 930 and y'all aren't there, i'll call peter to see where it's at.

If it's raining,I'm going to wimp out. I came down with something Mon night and it's hard enough kicking it while commuting in the damp.

And where's the representin'?
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=145301&page=1&pp=25

We're in 4th place behind the vikings,robots,and ninjas. We can take those punks.

things are looking up - 20% chance of rain tonight. see you there, dyna!
http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/fcst-hrly.html?locid=20009&from=36hr_topnav_undeclared

things are looking up - 20% chance of rain tonight. see you there, dyna!
http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/fcst-hrly.html?locid=20009&from=36hr_topnav_undeclared

Oh hell,I'm gonna have to slick out of work early now. Got a new set of tires for the polo bike. ;)

Oh hell,I'm gonna have to slick out of work early now. Got a new set of tires for the polo bike. ;)


polo bike...is that hipster slang for beater bike? :p

October 26th, 8pm. Location to be determined:

Halloween Haulass Hide-n-Seek

emilymildew and chimbleysweep are organizing a scavenger hunt (see, the clues hide, and you have to seek them. get it?)

Teams of three or four, $5/person entry, winning team takes all.

What will you be finding? Clues in places, clues from your brain. Points awarded for costumes (the more outrageous the better).

More information to be posted.

(xposted to the dc bike pirates calendar on yahoo.)

____________ october 26th _____________
>>>>>>>>>> team mumra <<<<<<<<<<
http://web.syr.edu/~daparker/mummra2.jpg
.........................- winaRRRRRRs -..........................

great idea mildew,
its on!!!