Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

way fun, great idea booger. we should do that more often. how about a bagged lunch hour of power next time so we can just ride to a park and eat, no worries about where to eat, what to eat, or waiting for food. by the way, fantastic choice of foodery.

Good idea! Hour of Power: Bag Lunch

we can totally rock it with a picnic basket too...

Yarr maties! Back in town, ready for the Fall from Paradise Pillage tomorrow night. Already got the tire changed because of a flat today (love that glass in Adams Morgan!)- can't wait to see all of you.

Welcome back Deuce!

pillage is on tonight, rain or no rain. 7pm, sherwood by the fountain. dont let a little water go ****in up your chirstmas.

poop- i tried callin you last night, went straight to vm. i left a message.

I've been waiting for tonight! Fall From Paradise Pillage, hmmmm....heathen sounds of Iron Maiden and Slayer!

With my canine sidekick, I'd walk and ride the region and fantasize about giving a tour, to share the history abandoned. Now, among you, surfaces this perfect facility to carry it out. So here it comes, the PG Pillage: Port Towne History Bike Tour!

Discover the gems of this region, the legends and the history. The tour thus far includes sites related to "The Excorcist", Explorer John Smith and the Nacochtank, Dueling Creek/Blood Run dueling grounds, The Battle of Bladensburg. The tour includes current goods and establishments such as the Anacostia Tribuitary Trail System and local operations/bussiness like Glut Food CoOp, Anacostia Watershed Society, and Franklins Restaurant micro-brewed ales.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y145/MichaelTurner/PGpillage.jpg

I'm baaaackk!

My eyes are bleeding from sifting through 20-odd pages of Pirateness. :eek:

Tink:Congrats to you and the missus! :)
W95/Spud: Well done.
Spud/Booger/Duece: Heal up fast.
New folks: hello and huzzuh.

That's all I can remember for now. C'ya all tonight at Sherwood.

welcome back. i'll meet you tonight, because i am pretty sure i haven't done that yet. :)

gahhh. can't make it tonight!!!

I was riding my fixie on Sunday, and was wondering why my chain popped off so often... I loosened my front chainring, then re-tightened it in the star-pattern... still did it... so I look carefully, and my rear cog is going up and down. I need to see why the craap it's doing that... cross threaded? I shure as shiite hope not... aaahhh!!! so I'm going to spend $30 on a lockring wrench, but that takes weeks. Anyone want to help me wrench on wed or thurs evening?

It's ridable... I don't think that riding it will hurt it any more than it already is... if it's f'ed it's f'ed either way.... just sucks to have that involuntary skid sometimes more than others.

gahhh. can't make it tonight!!!

I was riding my fixie on Sunday, and was wondering why my chain popped off so often... I loosened my front chainring, then re-tightened it in the star-pattern... still did it... so I look carefully, and my rear cog is going up and down. I need to see why the craap it's doing that... cross threaded? I shure as shiite hope not... aaahhh!!! so I'm going to spend $30 on a lockring wrench, but that takes weeks. Anyone want to help me wrench on wed or thurs evening?

It's ridable... I don't think that riding it will hurt it any more than it already is... if it's f'ed it's f'ed either way.... just sucks to have that involuntary skid sometimes more than others.

jesus god. stay off that thing, we like having you around rocks. i'd come take a look myself, but i'm going to chicago. pm if its still messed up on monday and i'll ride over and check it out.

ALL the rest of you, i'll see you tonight!

jesus god. stay off that thing,

haha yeah, I'm not actually riding that anywhere... using the gears for the time being. have fun in chicago!

it's out of comission until I can get a wrenching crew (or person) with lockring wench.


edit... I'm not sure what a lockring wench would look like, but I can imagine! no really I meant wrench, with an 'r' in there.

I'm not sure what a lockring wench would look like, but I can imagine! no really I meant wrench, with an 'r' in there.

http://www.recumbent.com/ugly.jpg
like that...

rocks, you should ride the gears over tonight, its been a while.

I'm not sure what a lockring wench would look like, but I can imagine

Photoshop challenge?

Photoshop challenge?
nah, ive had enough google image things i probably shouldnt be caught looking at on accident experiences today. maybe next week...

raynd ftw

I know I should come ride... but I've unfortunately got lots of 'work' to do tonight, of all nights... doesn't happen often, but sometimes ya just have to spend your evening making sure your ass doesn't get fired by working at home.

edit: read: I promised my boss a big package couriered to him tomorrow, and I've got zip right now...

edit edit... ryand, I KNEW you'd post something amazing!!! I love the eyes... ape? dog? haha

google images man. it gets me through the day. google images and caffeine.
today i had to resort to my ipod to get me in actual work mode. first time in so long...

so what days do there rides go down?

keep checkin the forum for updates on rides. tonight is one. meet at 7pm at sherwood(park at 14th and k, by the fountain)

no super tight scheduled rides, just whenever we can get together. also every other wednesday is polo at the same park.
(not tomorrow, but next week)

edit: ps-welcome.

gahhh. can't make it tonight!!!

I was riding my fixie on Sunday, and was wondering why my chain popped off so often... I loosened my front chainring, then re-tightened it in the star-pattern... still did it... so I look carefully, and my rear cog is going up and down. I need to see why the craap it's doing that... cross threaded? I shure as shiite hope not... aaahhh!!! so I'm going to spend $30 on a lockring wrench, but that takes weeks. Anyone want to help me wrench on wed or thurs evening?

It's ridable... I don't think that riding it will hurt it any more than it already is... if it's f'ed it's f'ed either way.... just sucks to have that involuntary skid sometimes more than others.
Is it really just the cog that's moving up and down? It might be a bent axle...

Is it really just the cog that's moving up and down? It might be a bent axle...

That's kinda what I was thinking. Also you can get a lockring wrench locally instead of waiting so long. If nobody gets to ya first I can take a look this weekend.

It might be a bent axle...

uh-oh... brand-spanking new IRO hub? possible.

of course, it's more probable that I messed something up... but I'd feel better about my skills if the axle's bent, even though it'd be a bigger pain in the ass than just f'ed up threads.

so good pillage last night.
complete with getting hit by cars, passing out on aquaducts, fire department evacuating buildings, and sleeping on roofs. very epic. oh, and i cant forget, boomboxmike's ultra metal mix of epic proportions.

and i say that is all we say about last nights pillage. anybody that wasnt there shall never know.

thanks to lebowitz for getting me fuzzy. thanks to shane for getting me WASTED. thanks to ryan for knowing how to take a hit. thanks to the dcpd for not taking me to jail, even though there were at LEAST three occasions when you should have. thanks to the rest of you for a great evening.

flickr:
http://static.flickr.com/70/216844791_a1f46e15bd.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtyphotons/)

does anybody have a photo of lebo's hat? i want one of those, that **** was hottttt.

anybody that wasnt there shall never know.


Gotta say my first pillage was eventful and fun. Looking forward to seeing the 10,000 photos that were taken. Mike the beats were much appreciated

deuce nice to meet you

:eek:

It's called a Buff... i swear that was the only pattern that Nashbar had when i ordered it.
appears that they are out of them now http://www.buff.es. I was wearing in pirate style last night

does anybody have a photo of lebo's hat? i want one of those, that **** was hottttt.

Dude, I'm totally gonna rock that **** sooooo hard.

pirates, i need your help!
my phone got ran over by a car in SF sunday and i lost everyone's number, including Spud, who should be here in a few hours!

please, send me your #,
and especially Spud's
if you have it.

much love,
julie

better your phone than you or your bike. good luck getting spud's number.

thanks for the hookup, pirates. we're all good. spud will hit chicago in about 4 hrs.

Last night was great, man Ryan, I don't care, I'm telling everyone about Nathan's cookies!

Nathan brought cookies! So rich in butter were they, that eating one little cookie was like eating half a stick of butter. Such a fatty flavor coupled with the flavor of butterscotch, left a most rum-clamoring delightful essence among the palate.

The Argonaut at 15th and Maryland Avenue NE is nauticly designed, spacious, dark, decorated with globes and old used wooden furniture. A pitcher of Heineken was 16$ and a BLT was 8. I liked the feel of the place, but wouldn't be able to eat there much.

H street hill is cursed, say I. Listen to Slayer's 'Angel Of Death' on that hill at your own risk.

I had a blast, everyone. It was fun hanging out with you all. I'm glad last night was as good as it was, it easily could've been tragic. That moment really sucked.

Shane, you hooked us up while busy busting your butt for all those customers. Thank you.

boomboxmike, youre my blood brother for life.

So glad to see you guys. Its always better when you get to take care of friends. I must say you all gave me something to laugh about into the wee hours.

its always our pleasure to stop by the lion and harass you for root beers, birch beers, and alcohol for those that drink.

ps- good bar food.

Hmm, birch beer. You workin tonight Shane? I've worked up quite a thirst not being at work all day...

he is indeed working tonight. wanna meet up at the lion when i get done at CB? i can take my girlfriend's awesome raleigh 10 speed im working on. and by awesome i mean wow i have some work to do.

edit: by take the 10 speed i mean if i dont get to bring my bike home with me tonight.

Sure, give me a call

oh, by the way. baldy, dont you have some sort of snakes on a plane post to make? it does come out this friday dude.

OOOh... right you are. I'm gonna go look at movie times right now...

this time im pre-ordering my ticket, so if anybody needs me to order theres you can simply pay me back.

hey, if either of you (or anybody) is doing something solid tonight, give me a call/pm/whatever.

im going to city bikes and then to get dinner at the red lion. steve is gonna meet me at the red lion. im tryin to get home by 8-8:30.

hmmm... citybikes... I need to find someone with a lockring wrench in stock.

I bought a wrench there... Ryan, sorry man can't do the Red Lion. Thought I was feeling better, but I was wrong. Just ask my terlit:cry:

...SO... SNAKES ON A PLANE, FRIDAY, GEORGETOWN, 9:45. Tickets at fandango.com

Meet at Sherwood at 8:00, ride a bit and end at what will surely be the film that defines this century!

You can borrow my lockright wrench if you want. I live at 17th and T NW and will be around tonight. PM me. :D Also, I'm in for Snakes on a Plane

hmmm... citybikes... I need to find someone with a lockring wrench in stock.

can't we go see invincible instead?

You bet.