Rides and Races - DC Pirates' Pillages and Plunders

Sweet!

workin late. i love waiting for something to be done so i can take two minutes to put it on the internet.


fu_kin copy desk keepin me late.

Any suggestions for good falafel?

That's the same question that got Ryan mixed up with us! Ha! And yes, Amsterdam Falafel on 18th st.

WORD. Maybe I'll hit up Amsterdam Falafel for dinner before... SNAKES ON A PLANE.

Will I be the only person riding gears tomorrow night?

I'm in for Snakes On A Plane. But I can't wait for the sequal "Kangaroos On A Cruise".

So, I'm the dude who hasn't been able to get to the internet for two days because of (1) girlfriend borrowing computer when her's died and (2) being wicked f-ckin' busy.

Thank you for the Fall from Paradise Pillage - Ryan, I'm super glad you're ok. Root booze is on me next time. You all are the best friends a pirate could ask for.

I have an extra ticket for Snakes On A Plane if somebody wants it, umm whoever posts first, just to avoid confusion.

Kalani, no you won't be the only one geared, and don't worry about that anyway. We aren't exclusive at all it's about fun.

Rottentomatos.com (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/snakes_on_a_plane/)says Snakes On A Plane is 78% fresh. I'm worried, is this movie going to be good, cause that's not what I paid to see.

oh no... this movie can't be good, that would be terrible.

Don't worry, it won't be.

just heard from a coworker that its amazing.

but amazing in the same way that evil dead 2 and skyscraper and class of 1984 are amazing...

To interrupt this ryand/baldy gabfest...:)

FYI there's a story about the treacherous WOD in the Post. Rumble strips and speed limits. Oh joy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701613.html

"Half the people out here aren't wearing helmets," Cluck said. "It just frosts me."

Frost you! Laters.

thanks for the story LBK

I'll take the ticket baldy. I was about to order mine off of fandango anyways. Cuanto cuesta?

great story. and by great i mean who wants to go do sprints on the trails?

edit: Elbeekay, you can interrupt any gabfest anytime. it will give me more to do at work...

I'll take the ticket baldy. I was about to order mine off of fandango anyways. Cuanto cuesta?
$9.50 + $1.00 convenience + $35 cause baldy wants to rip you off.
no really, it is $9.50 plus $1, so $10.50.

Kalani, it's all yours.

Granted I'm a little biased on the subject, but the W&OD hasn't ever seemed that bad to me. Maybe I just ride on it at odd times or something.I wonder if it doesn't speak to a larger problem, like the way the average DC area cyclist is treated and therefore reacts. What I mean is that there is such an absolute lack of enforcement of and concern for bikes in traffic 'round here. I mean we've all tried to ride in a bike lane in downtown right? Doesn't work so well. Perhaps if we weren't made to feel like we needed to be on the defensive all the time then we wouldn't seem to be on the offense when we are someplace like a trail.

I don't know, I'm all screwed up on cough syrup...

$9.50 + $1.00 convenience + $35 cause baldy wants to rip you off.
no really, it is $9.50 plus $1, so $10.50.

I reported you to a moderator for slander. Jerk.

When photons and I went out to vienna the trails were pretty unpacked. at least they were nothing like they were in that photo.

edit: Elbeekay, you can interrupt any gabfest anytime. it will give me more to do at work...
Gee, thanks ;)

Re the WOD: I hate how all those horses are always getting in my way. Pony rage!http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2006/08/18/GR2006081800078.html
It's been congested with squirrelly riders on the weekends for a long time. Obviously you want to avoid Saturday afternoons on the Mt. Vernon during Cherry Blossom season. It's definitely not packed with commuters in the AM like they wrote. Those recent accidents are tragic tho.

It's a *mixed-use* trail. I see the point of people out there with their families and running into 30mph weekend warrior pace lines. Cyclists are supposed to yield on these trails. It's easy! 1) slow down 2) "onyerleft" 3) wait for them to inevitably swerve left 4) pass when clear..tadah! On your way after maybe a 5 second delay. And if it's unacceptable, then I think we/you/they belong on the street. Nice as the WOD would be just for biking, it's not just for bikes. If only people in cars saw the street that way. Share the wha?

Right you are. I gotta' say, if you are doing the 30 mph weekend warrior paceline thing you probably do belong on the street and not a trail. Good point LBK. Just like everything else, some cyclists are just buttholes and should be forced to ride behind the ponies.

I'm gonna' go get coffee now. Yay sick day!

I had a 7-year old girl take a spill directly in front of me last Sunday on the W&OD. I ran her ass over. no really, it was kinda scary, 'cause I thought I was going to, but I just clipped her bike with my pedal as I bailed out sideways. She skinned her knee and was crying... so I showed her my bloody knee from trying to trackstand, and she started lauging at me. So I started crying. It was awful.

To interrupt this ryand/baldy gabfest...:)

FYI there's a story about the treacherous WOD in the Post. Rumble strips and speed limits. Oh joy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701613.html

"Half the people out here aren't wearing helmets," Cluck said. "It just frosts me."

Frost you! Laters.



What the Cluck?

The W&OD isn't that bad during commuting hours, and I do end up training on it in the morning--it's about the only chance I get. I think a big part of the problem is that for every experienced and skillful rider on the trail there are at least 10 dolts on psuedo TT bikes or hybrids w/ aero bars, swerving to and fro like drunks rolling out of a stadium parking lot after a Jimmy Buffet concert.

Tuesday Garden Plunder: Meet at one of our's garden, then ride to eachother's veggie gardens, collecting the night's booty for grilling into the night. What say you all? Who's got a garden? I want to see your garden and eat it's contents. I have a plot at the Brookland Community Garden (7th and Monroe St NE) putting out eggplant and green tomatos. Corn, beans, and squash to come.

Tonight, I'll be at Selam -1524 U Street- to support a dj friend. She'll be spinning bangra beats and I'll be dancing real hard only if i'm brave enough. It's free! She's early like 9, then it's other djs.

Thanks for the offer, Ryan. I probably would have said yeah to that before finding out about my friend's thing.

Thanks for the offer, Ryan. I probably would have said yeah to that before finding out about my friend's thing.
anytime (blood brothers)

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awwww tink thats cute.

youre coming tonight yes?

baldy, I saw you riding down 14th street earlier. I was walking up it on my way to pick up ryans bike. I yelled to you, but you werent paying attention.

thats because baldy hates freedom and pedestrians. derrr.

And especially free pedestrians...
Wait, I mean, I was sick in bed. What are you talking about. Yer crazy...
Sorry I didn't hear ya, see you tonight right?

I just gave blood. I tell you all this not because its cool to save peoples lives, but you can get drunker, faster. Just an FYI the blood banks are low.

well next time, im throwing a rock at you. :)

i'll see you tonight.

Baldy really must be crazy on the Tussin, cause I just got a myspace request from him.

Baldy on myspace... oh man somebody take away that medicine.

I'm not allowed to give blood. Fresh tattoos or piercings withing six months equals no give blood. I haven't been able to since I turned 18.

Hey, I was on myspace before it was cool. Hipster.

edit:
http://www.stephaniepiro.com/loser%20geek%20small.jpg

Oh, sorry. I meant after it was cool, and then nobody cared anymore...

well next time, im throwing a rock at you. :)

i'll see you tonight.

Perhaps The Rock?

Perhaps The Rock?
http://www.centerstagewrestling.com/media/wallpaper/rock_wall.jpg

ohmygodchris.
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seriously dude.

babychris for the win.

"Sure you can wear a bandanna and an eyepatch, fly a jolly roger and say "ARGH MATEY" all you want, but that doesn't make you a pirate any more than walking a track bike makes you a cyclist. I suppose if you rolled some drunks, or snatched someone's purse then rode away you could call yourself a bike pirate. A LAME bike pirate, but at least then you'd be stealing something, and not just co-opting the fashion of a group of people who made plunder on the high seas a lifestyle."
–Mattface
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=220596

dc poseurates.

I'm back too - albeit too late to see the invite on the 9:45 Snakes on a M'f'ng Plane ride!

Do you guys remember the original date for the Popsicle Pillage? This Sunday - or should we hold off ...?
http://www.geocities.com/rpc180/popsicle_pillage.jpg

you guys talk a lot of ****ing ish!

Rancid...Rancid...Just a quick question before I toodle off to bed. Which one of you interesting folk were down by The Black Cat tonight? Also how was the movie? O.K. that was two questions...oops.

I think Denman was down there after the movie. Which was indeed, the best film ever.

im down for the popsicle pillage.

snakes on a plane = fantastic.

best commentary of the night = nathan.

kalani, nice meeting you.

im down for the popsicle pillage.

snakes on a plane = fantastic.

best commentary of the night = nathan.

kalani, nice meeting you.

As I was exiting the train tonight, I noticed someone left rubber snakes on the Metrorail.