Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

Unless people want to get some miles and or drinks during the day Mons - Wens.

hooray for miles and/or drinks mons-wens!!

polo wens, but miles mons or tues'?

and, can't blame you on bein busy. some pirates gotta spend time with the mrs. some with the jr.s

it'll be good to see you whenever you can make it out!

I am in town, upper NE almost to mt rainer. I would love to ride with you all but my schedule bites. What little time that I could ride with you all is the only time I get see the Mrs. Unless people want to get some miles and or drinks during the day Mons - Wens.
Congrats #4000

hooray for miles and/or drinks mons-wens!!

polo wens, but miles mons or tues'?

and, can't blame you on bein busy. some pirates gotta spend time with the mrs. some with the jr.s

it'll be good to see you whenever you can make it out!


Thanks. On a side note are there any freak bike builders in these waters.

I am in town, upper NE almost to mt rainer. I would love to ride with you all but my schedule bites. What little time that I could ride with you all is the only time I get see the Mrs. Unless people want to get some miles and or drinks during the day Mons - Wens.

Yes please, I'll have some miles and drinks. My schedule bites too. And so does my neighbor's, his friend's, and Spud's too. We should all get together and call ourselves the Happy Mondays. In fact, I am planning a little PG Tour ride starting right in Mt Rainier Monday the 28th. Meet at Bunker Hill Road and 32nd street at 6:30pm. We'll venture to places related to the original Exorcist tale, the Battle of Bladensburg, John Smith the Explorer, the indegenous Nacochtank, a preserved church Marcus Garvey is said to have spoken at, so much more....and end it all at Franklins Restaurant in Hyattsville where anarchist brewer Chuck will talk your ear off about Peak Oil if you give him the chance while we eat good food and drink his fine house-ales.

I used to live at 3701 34th st, place was built in 1901! 9 years before Mt Rainier was municipled into existence. I speculate if it was an original farm structure or something. Go check it out, it was remodeled after I was ushered out but it's still a quant boxy thing. A creek runs right by it, but is covered over by the sidewalk and sideyard. The same creek downstream is the famed Dueling Creek of Colmar Manor, where policy wonks of yore used to shoot eachother in duels. I still ride up there often...(or off'en)...for Glut! The finest food market there ever was. -at 34th and Bunker Hill RD.

Thanks. On a side note are there any freak bike builders in these waters.

I met Kingpinjoel while he was on a tall ride. He's cool and he too, like many here, takes a fine photo.

shhhhhh.
Mo's sleeping.

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Friday's CM ride on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tink20seven/sets/72157594227124333/)

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I didn't get many shots

So polo this week yes?
Who wants sum...

Well, I'm back in DC for the week. Polo Wednesday! Anybody wanna ride tomorrow (Tuesday) or Thursday?

Deuce: have fun in Hawaii with the nicest girl I will ever introduce you to. And dude, don't go chasing waterfalls.

heal fast ryan
Thanks Spud. Nothing more than some bruises, ripped jeans (again) and scabbing on my ass. Ha.

ryand, give me a ring if you get the chance. I wanted to check on base bags and crash pads from reload.
Oh, yeah. I can help you with the customizing. It is easier to do it with the back off and roland is using a programmable embroiderer. But you can def DIY it. I will help.
Wil you also see if they sell buckles?
I didn't get your message until I was on my way to the bus. Sorry. I am going back up this weekend and again two weeks after that, and again on labor day weekend(helping somebody move this weekend, snakes on a plane and tattoos two weekends after that, and the following weekend going to visit my sister)
They are pretty good about answering your questions though, but right now they are super busy, he said it would be like six weeks to have a base model bag made up.

I owe some thanks to spud for meeting me in arlington and helping me out with the lockring wrench... it was a little loose before.

The standard chainwhip is way too small for my 22t surly cog!!! the thing is massive and weighs half a pound!

Anyway, spud taught me how to trackstand... YES!!! it was very nice. I came to a trackstand stop for the first time at a stoplight on my way into work today... now I'll have to start to learn to run them!

Bike polo still on for Wed? I'm hoping to make it.

Yes polo in on this wednesday.

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haha I was hoping for that graphic again. I love it!

thanks. i thought it would be funny to make.

Would anyone be interested in an Ice Cream Pillage? I broke the idea out to Steve and Re at Hains on Sunday. Either hit all the Maggie Moo's Ice Cream joints, or maybe alll the Cold Stone's or maybe any Mom and Pop places that make Handmade Ice cream. It would have to be a daytime pillage cause they don't keep bar hours :)

OUCH!
I have enough trouble getting up Woodburn/Hogback Mountain with a triple. Can't imagine it fixed.

I'm considering doing it w/ a flip flop. Maybe 45x15 on one side, 45x18 on the other. Dunno yet. I don't ride w/ brakes so just going w/ the smaller gearing for the entire ride would make the descents a PITA.

Would anyone be interested in an Ice Cream Pillage? I broke the idea out to Steve and Re at Hains on Sunday. Either hit all the Maggie Moo's Ice Cream joints, or maybe alll the Cold Stone's or maybe any Mom and Pop places that make Handmade Ice cream. It would have to be a daytime pillage cause they don't keep bar hours :)

in!

assuming i'm in town. date/time?

Would anyone be interested in an Ice Cream Pillage? I broke the idea out to Steve and Re at Hains on Sunday. Either hit all the Maggie Moo's Ice Cream joints, or maybe alll the Cold Stone's or maybe any Mom and Pop places that make Handmade Ice cream. It would have to be a daytime pillage cause they don't keep bar hours :)
I am definately in. Oh my god best idea ever.

miles+dairy+heat=vomiting

miles+dairy+heat=vomiting

Can anyone validate or dispute this claim? Cause I really don't want to disable the entire gang!

miles+dairy+heat=vomiting

sounds like a wager to me

ice cream is worth vomit.

Hey Peter,
I believe there is a cannondale in your posession that needs to be picked up. You around later on today to do so? call me.....


ha! I hope you were able to retrieve it outta the sewer grate I parked it in.
thanks very much DC people!

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It looked like I was on a clown bike but it handled beautifully!
thanks again Jeff

miles+dairy+heat=vomiting

A multi colored wave of puke rolling thru DC. I don't see a problem with that at all.

Oh yeah, bon voyage Spud...

I love Tink's pictures! My 'I Luv PG' shirt is tight! PG side represent in Critical Mass, young, making that junk crank.

Wednesday, I will spy for a polo game after that free play (The 70 Bus) I'm seeing at 6:45 at 9th and G NW. I'll take up a polo stick if it's still going, either way, I'm coming around after this play.

I'm ready for Ice Cream pillages! If I get sick, I'll leave. I know of a young place in Mt Rainier, MD, near 34th and Rhode Island Avenue. It's run by a entrepenuer who sells a single scoop for 2.30. But I buy that shhh everytime because it's hot out and she's runnin a local independant operation! She was in the washington post a few weeks ago.

Would anyone be interested in an Ice Cream Pillage...It would have to be a daytime pillage cause they don't keep bar hours :)

I want in. And Coldstone is open until 11:00-ish on weekends.

Quick question for you DCers:

How much of a factor is the winter season in beating up on your bike? I'm coming from San Diego where we don't really have seasons so I didn't really need to worry about having a beater or taking any extraordinary measures in caring for my bike.

Any advice for a cyclist moving to a place with seasons?

Quick question for you DCers:

How much of a factor is the winter season in beating up on your bike? I'm coming from San Diego where we don't really have seasons so I didn't really need to worry about having a beater or taking any extraordinary measures in caring for my bike.

Any advice for a cyclist moving to a place with seasons?

Other than bouts of real cold and some my least favorite weather, rain when it's near freezing, the winters are pretty easy to deal with around here. Just make sure you have enough layers for riding in cold weather, and that your gloves/shoes/hats are up to the task.

edit: we don't get a ton of snow here, so salty roads are rarely a big issue. Typically we'll get one or two big storms each winter, with the snow melting within a week or so:)

Any advice for a cyclist moving to a place with seasons?

under armour. plus one of those windbreaker vests with a mesh back.

kalami79–

Keep your stuff oiled and clean. Keep your self dry and layered.

yeah, i moved from the tundras of upstate, new york, to the barely existant winters of philadelphia, and now to here. after living in upstate ny for nineteen years, i dont think i'm gonna ocmplain too much about a dc winter... hopefully its as mild as i expect, but under armour is always a good thing.

as far as pillages go, one week from today (tuesday, august 15) is going to be the return of noah deuce to the pillaging world. lets welcome him back from hawaii in style. any suggestions on places to go?

Any advice for a cyclist moving to a place with seasons?

Roll up one pant leg to mid-calf in the winter. Roll up both pant legs to the knees in the summer.

as far as pillages go, one week from today (tuesday, august 15) is going to be the return of noah deuce to the pillaging world. lets welcome him back from hawaii in style. any suggestions on places to go?

Scream for I-Scream if you can do it Tueday the 15th! Ice Cream Pillage! AAAAAAAAAAAA! I can anytime, it's an off day for me! Can yall do it Tuesday?

Scream for I-Scream if you can do it Tueday the 15th! Ice Cream Pillage! AAAAAAAAAAAA! I can anytime, it's an off day for me! Can yall do it Tuesday?

Tuesday the 15th is the Scurvy Dog Noah Deuce's Triumphant Return From Paradise Pillage....


...but that has nothing to do with not allowing ice cream. anybody want to welcome him back from paradise with many scoops and possibly some vomit due to dairy and hot weather?

Quick question for you DCers:

How much of a factor is the winter season in beating up on your bike? I'm coming from San Diego where we don't really have seasons so I didn't really need to worry about having a beater or taking any extraordinary measures in caring for my bike.

Any advice for a cyclist moving to a place with seasons?

Has anyone been around here more than a couple decades? I swear it used to snow more. I mean, even with climate change, shouldn't we even get sparse storms of crazy loads of snowfall. What up with that, Dirty?

It should snow a significant quantity (6-24 inches) a couple times in the winter. Even when it snows around here, most major roads are cleared by chemicals and plows by the next day. We lose shoulder room sometimes, but usually no ice and snow is left on asphalt after a couple days because of melting. If it snows, and then stays really cold, then the ice lasts longer on the asphalt. Snow chemicals haven't influenced my bike more than year-round road dust and my own neglect.

It can get so cold that it hurts your bare skin. Those are the days you'll where a week's worth of clothes all layered on for a few hours.

Welcome to this side, Kalani. Look forward to meeting you!

We should have a "Hello Kalani, We Will Show You a Good Time" pillage as well. When do you get in town?

Tuesday the 15th is the Scurvy Dog Noah Deuce's Triumphant Return From Paradise Pillage....


...but that has nothing to do with not allowing ice cream. anybody want to welcome him back from paradise with many scoops and possibly some vomit due to dairy and hot weather?

Yeah, I was thinking Noahs Triumphant Return would incorporate Pillaging For Ice Cream, because he sounded interested in the Ice Cream Pillage too. The 15th is definately for Noah Deuce though, whatever it calls for no doubt.

boomboxmike: i agree.

yeah, i do remember a few sweet blizzards as a kid. 3 feet of snow, no school for a week, it hasn't been like that in awhile...

as far as gear, my best advice is to keep one bike clean and have the other be a crappy weather bike. for a lot of people this is their fixed gear. although some of us have stupidly purchased nice fixed gears that we don't want to ride in crappy weather, creating an excuse to have a second fixed gear. it's a slippery slope.

Ugh, no we can't do have this pillage while I'm on vacation (14th-18th)! If y'all be nice 'nuff to wait, here's the deal, I've got the locations, its gonna be tri-state, its gonna be a Sunday afternoon. Its gonna be awesome.

Dammit, I even made a spoke card! :eek:

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Thanks for the advice. I get into town August 15th and will have myself and my bike settled by the end of the week.

As far as a beater goes, I intend to build up my first fixie for as cheap as reasonably possible, so I guess it will kind of be my beater. Hopefully I can stick to that and not get all caught up in it. I will be a "starving student" after all (with a small fund set aside for pillaging, no?).

Um... welcome to DC, come for popsicles the 20th. RPC- that spoke card is fantastic. We will wait for you on the icecream/posicle pillage for sure.

Kalani- where are you going to school? And where will you be living?

The 15th is still the Noah Deuce Pillage, sans ice cream. He's getting back from Hawaii, so lets brainstorm for something fitting...

Starting up at GWU in a Masters program. I'll be living at the graduate campus housing they're offering this year: The Hall on Virginia Avenue, right across the street from the Watergate.

Where are all you Pirates located?

Where are all you Pirates located?

we're all over, i live on capitol hill and work right by the gw campus. perhaps a lunchtime ride is in order? we usually meet at 14th and k nw, a real short ride away.

i'm nearby at 14th and n, but unfortunately work in georgetown aka i can't get lunch for a good price.
(except for this delicious vegan chinese place on M street, lunch special $4.50)

i'm probably going to move into a less expensive apartment come january (when my lease is up) so when the time is near, i'll probably be posting to let you all know that i need help with neighborhoods and moving.

my awesome coworker krissi offers this H-Street NE tip...
"ALSO -- please pass along to your pirates friends that the Argonaut (on
H Street) is all nautical/pirate themed -- and has great beer and sweet
potato fries!"

her cousin's a bike lover in town for the weekend. y'all doing any riding I could hook her up with?

I will be in Philly once again this weekend. Sorry.

my awesome coworker krissi offers this H-Street NE tip...
"ALSO -- please pass along to your pirates friends that the Argonaut (on
H Street) is all nautical/pirate themed -- and has great beer and sweet
potato fries!"

her cousin's a bike lover in town for the weekend. y'all doing any riding I could hook her up with?

i'll probably be trying to get some miles in one of the days. have her cousin sign up for a bf account and we can work something out. do you know if said cousin needs a bike?

any other pirates wanna do miles sat or sun?

Up for miles here, roadie gearing though, cause its my last chance to burn off some calories for vacation...

Saturday 3 choices:
CC - 40 Hilly - 9:30 - Howard County, MD
CC - 44 Hilly - 9:00 - Loudoun County, VA
CC - 65 Flat - 9:00 - Oak Ridge Park, MD

Sunday I'll be pairing up with Cap Hill bikes again - 35 miles, B-pace, 9am, usually to Bethesda, but there is a hilly and faster route that will go into Arlington. Last time we ended at Haines Point at 11:15am, just in time to see some other Pirates going round for Laps and Cheese :)

perhaps a lunchtime ride is in order?

Pirate Hour of Power!

Up for miles here

rpc- if you ever said you WEREN'T up for miles, i think i'd shiv in my pants and die. seriously.

so, whats the deal with the mallets? are they still at peters? and who is bringing them tomorrow?

mallet this !!!

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z0mg pez!