Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

Y su madre tambien--- un itcher del vientre.

Hablaré de su mamá detrás de su bici de la pista.

Chimbly,and anyone else needing directions to Tink's,I'm posting Gmap links to the Yahoo group.

Hablaré de su mamá detrás de su bici de la pista.

should we pick you up on the way to RFK?

Anybody want to go ride in circles around 4:30?

RFK loops?

anyone wanna ride to tink's with me? meetup time and location?

the ever-lost-in-VA,
julie

RFK loops?

Well, I was thinking Haines, but if you really wanna do loops around RFK during rush hour...OK

Never mind. Work just called and Re's frame was delivered! WOOOOHOOOO!

thats hilarious, i'd love for my boss to call and tell me to come to the shop: a bicycle frame arrived.

[QUOTE=chimblysweep]anyone wanna ride to tink's with me? meetup time and location?

the ever-lost-in-VA,
julie[/QUOTE

I am in. Name the place and time. VA scares the **** out of me.

should we pick you up on the way to RFK?
Sorry Can't. Emily just graduated and we are going out tonight.

congrats to Emily!

Let's meetup at 4pm at the Key Bridge, VA side, by the marriot hotel.

i'm thinking relaxed pace, for sure. lots of water/food stops, nobody gets dropped. savvy?

I'm all for a relaxed pace and frequent fuel stops; see you on Sunday morning!

I'm all for a relaxed pace and frequent fuel stops; see you on Sunday morning!

woot! see you there.

aight y'all
the first beer's been opened

let the fairwell to freedom begin

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OK, so, lessons learned:

DON'T carry your lock in the back of your pants while playing bike polo incase you take a backwards fall
DO try to carry the polo ball between your mallet and your front wheel
DON'T drink grenedine straight

OK, so, lessons learned:

4 square is a game best played when drinking
(preferably in the company of good friends and in beautiful weather)

thanks for coming out this weekend people
it meant a lot to us

we'll see you around.

~ t27

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Woooo****inHooo! Thanks for a great ride folks. Sorry I had to head back ahead of everyone but I made it back just in the nick of time to roll in to the theatre and do my first scene shift in full Power Ranger regalia. Helmet and all, sweet! Just under 3 hours back, ouch.

Sorry I had to head back ahead of everyone...

Dude, why'd you take the Metro back? Lame.

We are 100-Mile (or 120-mile) Pirates. Money ride. You guys kept me going. Woot!

Yeah dude, the metro. Really lame. You missed all the excitement in Purcellville after you left! 100 Miles, insane. Anyway, some photos:

http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/pc/8x6pc7.jpg
Talking Smack.

http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/pc/8x6pc10.jpg
Lots of traffic on the trail.

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Herndon Stop.

http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/pc/8x6pc12.jpg
Impressed girls.

http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/pc/8x6pc14.jpg
Purcerville, VA

http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/pc/8x6pc16.jpg
They threw us a party!

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Herndon Take II

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Coldstone - Vienna

http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/pc/8x6pc29.jpg
Well past 100 mark.

http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/pc/8x6pc31.jpg
The Final Milage.

after the movers left, i went to laps and cheese. i'd like to thank all the pirates who showed up for laps and cheese this sunday. which would be me.

anyway, there was a washington post sunday source section reporter who's doing a story on fixed gear riding. he stopped me and took photos of janie and i and we chatted. he might come on wed to get more photos for the story. It will run some sunday in the next month (after i'm gone) so y'all better read your sunday papers...

5 pirates. 100 miles. by my calculations that's a half a millenium.

great ride, glad everyone could make it out.

thanks for letting my dad tag along for part of it, he had a great time. he said you all seemed very nice, so i didn't bother to correct him.

and baldy, i believe that you didn't take the metro back. but our surveillance cameras say otherwise.

http://www.geocities.com/brserker/metro.jpg

EDIT: all this metro nonsense started out as a bit of good natured ribbing because steve had to rush back from purcellville in order to get to work on time. steve gets it, but i'm not sure the sarcasm was obvious over the interweb.

we wouldn't ever call steve lame for riding the metro back, steve's lame for running down innocent pedestrians.

Nice

your next John...

Do we have a plan of attack for Mayhem weekend or is it every pirate for itself?

P.S. Oh man, my signiture block is getting cut off. Weak, Bikeforums, weak.

What is this "Mayhem" you speak of?

And big props to Baldy for making it 100 miles on a pogostick.

So before Chimbls last stand, or whatever she calls it I am thinking about going to do laps at Hains. Who's in? A few laps. Groovy times?

What is this "Mayhem" you speak of?

Mayhem weekend is the collective name given to the three races that will take place this weekend. Baltimore on Saturday, DC on Sunday, and Richmond on Monday. This is all I know about it, and I'm not even sure it that is entirely right. Hopefully some of the other pirates know more than that. I don't see that much mention of it on the Alleycats thread and DCBCA.org doesn't go into details.

the triple crown last occurred in 2004. in 2005 John Dinn pulled together a last-minute mayhem, but the baltimore and richmond races didn't go down. the idea is sat in baltimore, sun in dc, mon in richmond races.

registration info is up for the Baltimore race on Sat. i haven't really been keeping track, seeing as how i'll be gone by then.

Sunday's race in dc is 3pm at malcom x park.

Oh right, I do remember seeing the flyer for GhettoBlaster whatchumacallit, now. I didn't put it together at the time that that was going to be this weekend. I guess the absense of flyers for the DC and Richmond races means there aren't going to be any.

Hey I gotta' go to Olney, MD on thursday and while I could do the train/bus thing...well yo know the rest. Anybody got any route suggestions? Pogostick friendly, of course.

Pogostick friendly, of course.

in maryland you gotta put a brake on that thing or you're gonna get pulled over by a segway cop. and no, i have nothing useful to add.

I almost hit a segway cop in dc last weekend. He looked at me then told someone driving by in their car, "Hang that thing up. Your in the city"

In other news I told the big fat woman in her H3 that she could go f(ck her self after she almost hit me today. She the got stuck at the next light. I yelled some more. She left and got stuck at a light. I yelled some more. She gave me the finger. I almost hit her with my ULock. I love the city.

Segway cops? That's worse than NY's f***in' scooter cops. Do they get a tax write-off for pocket protectors? Group specials on tailoring for nipple-high pants? Will the nerdification of our police force never end?!

1) Is the triple crown this weekend? (May 27, 28, 29)?
2) If so, where can I get info about the Baltimore and DC legs?

and um...how does one become a pirate?

1) Is the triple crown this weekend? (May 27, 28, 29)?
2) If so, where can I get info about the Baltimore and DC legs?

per chimbly's post:

Sunday's race in dc is 3pm at malcom x park.

wish i could make it, but i'll be in philly this weekend. i don't know much about the baltimore leg, but there's a cryptic note about it on the www.demoncats.com calendar. basically an email address. is it me or are these things getting more and more like raves? meet me under the key bridge at dusk on the summer solstice for more info. don't bring anybody!

and um...how does one become a pirate?

an excellent start would be to come out to the pharmacy bar in adams morgan tomorrow night at 8pm to wish chimbly a fond "see you when the pirates make it back to chicago."

Also, this was posted in the Alleycats thread.

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Dirty, how did you find out about the race on Sunday? I didn't see any details anywhere.

"see you when the pirates make it back to chicago."

That sounds like a proposal for a cross-country fixie tour. We're like the Big Fix http://www.fixhistio.org/), but with pillaging and no cute sick kids.
...
I'd still ride to Chicago for Chimbly.

She the got stuck at the next light. I yelled some more. She left and got stuck at a light. I yelled some more.

I always hope that the jerks that almost hit me get stuck at a nearby light, but I never get that lucky.

yup, tonight, drunkfest. come see what my subconscious has been hiding, to be revealed only after about 1/2 bottle of bourbon. 8pm, Pharmacy. Haters not welcome, except Hater dave, who really isn't a hater anyway.

gil - you coming? i have a book of yours.

ALSO. i seem to have been unable to finish the alcohol stock in my fridge. if you're around at 730 or so and want to help save some alcohol from the most shameful fate known to man, c'mon over. the stash includes:
1 steel reserve (I'm looking your way, spud.)
5 schlitz cans
1/3 of a box of "good" white wine that i tried really, really hard to finish last night, but clearly didn't realize the vast quantities still held within.

wolverine, alls i know about the race is what i plagiarized from chimbly's post. there's a thread about the series here (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=198202)

Haters not welcome

believe that

http://www.chappellecenter.com/seasontwo/episodes/images/211_3.jpg

i also just got my first assignment that involves flying back to dc - for the morning of june 13. so, night of june 12... pillage, anyone? ;)

Ha! I gots to give Poop a ride to O'Hare that day. Need a lift?

i also just got my first assignment that involves flying back to dc - for the morning of june 13. so, night of june 12... pillage, anyone? ;)

Some one, I am not saying his name, but he is very handsome pirate has a birthday on the 13th. So maybe....

Pirate Pillage to the Witching Hour

I'll be there tonight,but any drinking will be minimal. Sat was enough for awhile. Too much cheap *** rum at my boss's party;you all missed a good one.

Chimbles,keep it,that book was for you.

Won't be making the race on Sun. Gotta do the biker thing for Rolling Thunder. Also,word of warning;be careful around downtown. Gonna be alot of wannabe bikers who don't know how to ride and are lost running around. Stay off the parade routes.

Poop,my Dyna can still dust your Bandit. Deal wit dat. :p

HEY guys, look over here!
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Oh serendipity, if in fact that is your correct spelling. Who would have thought that we would have run into what are most likely DC's only tall bike fabricators while wishing Chimbly a fond farewell. Dirty, I expect to see the Main-Mast Special (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_%28sailing%29) rolling out of the shop as soon as possible.

so, did last night really happen?
drinking randomly at 27th & Q? tall bikes? falafel breath? shots? newspaper reporters?

that was epic.
thanks for the drinks, thanks LBK for the *awesome* picture, thanks to everyone who came out, and thanks in advance for reading the Sunday Source.
i love you all.
i'll see you on the 12th of june.

ps - seems it was Red DiMartini who posted to craigslist. mystery solved.

Bon Voyage Chimbley! Me and PNC will see ya in a couple weeks.