Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Chi: No NOS 1/4Mile Preemptive Strike: Friday Night

There are alot of people coming into town this weekend. What is going on. Lets set some stuff up or give them ideas of things to do.

Skylark?

That is kinda what I was thinking, or the california clipper

That is kinda what I was thinking, or the california clipper

Can't go wrong with either. Most people are staying with you, right?

just a couple, but the guys at velocity are going to be in for the night and was wondering what to do.

It's going to be nice-ish. Let's get hammered on the lake front!

skylark and time trials on the bus route!

skylark and time trials on the bus route!

Yes! Let's get more people arrested!

Time trials and bus routes just GO together, rolls off the tongue.

I like the idea of a non-bar because then I can come.

+1 to the bus route.

bus route is asking for trouble. there's been an increased presents of "authority figures" down there the last few times I've used it to cut through town. I ain't no square, but I'm not in the mood to deal with drunk kids who thinks it's fun to be a smart ass to cops, and when they get arrested for tresspassing on federal property, their friend thinks it's a good idea to lie to the cop and tell them their wife works for the FBI (or was it secret service) to try to "make" them let the guy go.

Oh, and there's construction there now too.

whoa lighten up. i was actually kidding, just couldn't resist since someone mentioned the skylark. speaking of which, i'm all for going there for $3 baskets of tater tots. yum.

those tater tots are the ****ing ****. I love those damn things.

or going to the lakefront so gorn can join us ...

skylark, then lakefront.

or, if that dosen't jive...

lakefront, then skylark.







yay for this weekend!

i am in for most anything i think i will bring my stuff for class since i will be in it from nine to twelve noon i should be heading downtown for the race - who is meeting where beforehand?

hey [165] read the whole title ... we're referring to friday night. not saturday afternoon.

ya ya - i know. i have school on sat AM tho...grrrrpoop

Man, down here getting a "Lake-FRONT! Lake-FRONT!" chant going is pretty much how every party comes to an end, whether it's 3am or 9pm. Sooo nice to just sit out there and knock some down, 'specially if there's a moon.

howevah... The bike cops have started rolling the path, I don't know how late they go but I definitely saw them at like 7:45 the other day. I wasn't here last year, but I know a bunch of people who got ticketed out there in May. Any seasoned lakefront swillers got good beta on this?

thermal sights

lakefront, then skylark.

I vote for this order...beer doesn't get any colder sitting in a bag at the skylark.

i second the honorable orphan from bucktown.

where on the lakefront?

The Point.

The Point.

AKA checkpoint #2 of the MNG?

<-- wasn't there

I don't know what it's called...the long narrow breaker near North Ave Beach?

mm.. the point is good for a CP, bad for hanging out. if the fuzz comes, our only out is to swim.

the last time a group of us went to the lake we were at this awesome area with the big step stones.. i want to say it was just north of lincoln park. at any rate it's tricky to find, so let's just meet up somewhere inland and ride as a group.

I was thinking Promontory Point, but north side would be easier for me.

the rocks are right by that house thing off the lakefront trail. lincoln park sounds about right.

the point is in hyde park. there are tons of places near southside we can go along the lake. i vote for the southside, not because i live there but because the police and people presence is not as great. even my mccormick place there are a few good places.

you all know you end up following me anyway.

The point also offers a convenient 1/2 mile (ok I'm guessing here) track, but the problem is it's close enough to LSD that the man sees you before you see the man. There's that whole section south of McCormick where there are the giant step things down to the water, but I'm always paranoid at night that the exact spot I pick to go over the edge is going to be right where somebody decided to get it on.

What say we meet on the north stairs of the Field Museum at 9:30 and go from there...?

why does everything have to start so astericking late?

at 9:30 the nyc boys and i may already be at skylark full of tater tot love. and skylark burger love. yum. meat and onion rings and coleslaw and tatertots and bell's on tap.

The area we were last time was just north of Fullerton, there is that little bridge at Fullerton then some gravely path then the rocks.

South side is generally empty and peaceful.

9:30 at Field sounds good.

Cardstock, are my sunglasses still in your car from ages ago? Can you bring them? Thanks.

okay maybe things seem late since i get up at 4-5AM every morning.

why does everything have to start so astericking late?


i'm kind of with you, actually. earlier lakefront + earlier skylark = equals food in me hungry belly and less
crowded. plus, i'm astericking old.

Name the time, fogeys. (emicolon)

i am with joe and val..........I have been putting in some pretty late nights and it looks like work is going to be late and early tonight and tommorrow. And there will be no sleeping in on saturday for me. 7:30 - 8 on the steps with some sidewalk chauk for those who are late?

7:30 - 8 on the steps with some sidewalk chauk for those who are late?

I am there.

there there there.

Confirm: north steps Of the Field Museum at 7:30?

Roger Dodger That Is A Big 10-4 There Little Buddy!

tango charlie delta, rendezvous y'all at the goldstar, then the field museum, then the quarter mile, then the afterparty, then the after-after-party, then the track. Holy crap that is a lot of bicycling going on.

over and out.

tango charlie delta, rendezvous y'all at the goldstar, then the field museum, then the quarter mile, then the afterparty, then the after-after-party, then the track. Holy crap that is a lot of bicycling going on.

over and out.

Why not cap off the after-party with some madd ill turnablizm YO!!

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That's where I'll be. He won the DMCs at 15!!!

subject-verb agreement, yo!

Superfluous interjections, dude!

Superfluous interjections, dude!

...are all the rage.

Just to clear it all up: the red "x" is on the north stairs. The green arrow is the lakeshore path, southbound. Those coming from the south will have to navigate for themselves.

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See you tonight...

OK here's the plan. This is an early nighttime raid. Primary targets are two nuclear fuel depots Here...and here. The west approach is protected by hardened gun emplacements here, here and here. Following the guns is a wide trench filled with alligators and toxic waste. We'll be dropping onto the east side of the grounds via a high-altitude parachute drop. Avoid hostiles, as there is a gala event in the museum at the same time. Take out the targets and return to the LZ for extract. Oh, and wear your standard-issue spy tuxedos in case we have to blend in with the partygoers.

Any questions?
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