Rides and Races - Gainesville!

A-he-he-he-he-he. Clearly you've been stalking my roommate...

tell that dude to get some toeclips

tell that dude to get some toeclips

We've finally got him to ride platforms instead of SPD pedals with no shoes... so it's a start. He's pretty stubborn. It's a tense household.


hello

Hey, how's it going?

pretty good, moving back to gville on monday, been in my hometown finishing some business and saying my buhbyez

Heya Mike -- did you sponsor When Bikes Attack last weekend in St Pete? If so, I won your u-lock bag -- by getting hit by a car.
It was worth it, though.

so im back in town, bike ride?

sorry to do this, but does anyone have an extra fest pass?

Heya Mike -- did you sponsor When Bikes Attack last weekend in St Pete? If so, I won your u-lock bag -- by getting hit by a car.
It was worth it, though.

Yeah, that was me! Glad to hear you're doing alright. Did you get the orange one or the pink one?

so im back in town, bike ride?

Yes. (http://gccfla.org/gcf/index.html)

yeah i'd love to do those rides, it just sucks i don't know very many people here yet. my gf is going to trvel over here but will only be able to make the sunday ride. add in the fact i dont have a good mattress yet and im not even getting the sleep req to do much of anyhting physical.

Yeah, that was me! Glad to hear you're doing alright. Did you get the orange one or the pink one?

Safety orange, yo!

Is anyone from Gainesville going to Talloween? If so, can I catch a ride with you? I'll help pay for gas and drive and all that jazz.

Also, I will be in your lovely city this afternoon and evening and tomorrow until I go to Tallahassee--if anyone wants to ride or hang out, let me know! Otherwise I'll be jamming big at a coffee house working on papers most likely (vacation during the school year is so not vacation...)

kristin's bike was recovered a couple hours after she made the initial post on myspace. stoked on that.


anyone else going to the alleycat in jacksonville on the 17th?

I'll be finishing my MTB next week. Any one here own a mountain bike who wants to tear up the trails?

Gainesville, where'd you go?
I come back to escape snow and ****e roads
and hardly a bike is about?

Maybe I just ride too late.

me: 80's blue wrapped in bike tube miyata 512 comp ss, bullhorns, matching blue railed coda seat.
you: on a bike? near a bike? thinking of bike?

Ghost town right now. Wait a week or two.....

ha
a week or two and i'll be back in sunny detroit freezing my ass off and biking in rootbeer slushie spilled all over the road


and snow.

need ride now!

Just a heads up: an alleycat is in the works for Gainesville.

Believe it.

(yessssss)

I miss booze cruises. Where did everyone go?

That's three I know of so far then.... Whatever Brad's talking about, I think Stubb's is up to something for early March, and April 6th will be an utterly epic race.

edit: Unless Brad is also talking about the one on April 6th, as I just remembered he works with Dan now.

edit: Unless Brad is also talking about the one on April 6th, as I just remembered he works with Dan now.

I'm not planning anything; I just heard it from Sir Daniel.

Hey all-

this is pretty last minute to be getting on the forum.....

but anyways:
http://www.thekickstand.org/download/apocaleap.jpg

We're setting up an alleycat called the Apocaleap Year that will benefit The Kickstand [The Kickstand is Gville's new community bike shop (we're not technically open yet, just organizing, setting up, fun(d)raising, etc.].
Check out the website http://www.thekickstand.org/
There should be some pictures....

The whole bike-weekend is going to start Friday with critical mass and a show at the Wayward Council with some Minneapolis bands - Hangun Man, Webby Moore, and Jammy Dodgers. Then Saturday 12pm - 8pm there's acoustic music, bike-oriented workshops, a swap meet (bring yo ****! trade/buy/whatever), free bike repair, and other shenanigans all at the Kickstand. Food Not Bombs will have food for donation before the race, 3-4pm, and after the race, 7-9pm.

After registration at the Kickstand we're sending everyone there to hang out till the start.
The race is going to be around 20 miles, probably a little less. Each checkpoint presents an opportunity to win raffle tickets. There's a playground challenge, graffiti contest (it's legal... 15 min. max), track time trial, and some other crazy stuff. People that are racing to win will be able to skip the longer activities but obviously won't win any raffle tickets at those checkpoints. Top 3 male and female will win a bunch of raffle tickets.

There's also two costume contests: most apocalyptic and best helmet. Winners receive raffle tickets, of course.

We're going to raffle all the prizes off at 9pm before the show at the Kickstand (we're not sure who's going to play yet). We've gotten around a grand in prizes with more on the way....



woooooooooo

i'm so stoked for the apocaleap year. I was talking to some friends in jacksonville and there should be a good number of people. hopefully they won't get lost like they did at manifest destiny.

i'm so stoked for the apocaleap year. I was talking to some friends in jacksonville and there should be a good number of people. hopefully they won't get lost like they did at manifest destiny.

I love when people get lost in a grid system. It make me feel good.

(Alright, I'll be fair, parts of that race were outside of the grid.)

whos attending critical mass on friday?? it'll be my first, and im looking forward to it!

Hey guys,

My bike got jacked on campus tonight:( so i was hopping some of you could keep an eye out for me.

here is the low-down:
-gray scattante XRL road bike with black carbon fork
-24 spoke wheels (lacing is 8X3 raidal, campy bora knock-off)
-mix of 105 9spd and cannondale components

call me at 352-246-1286 with any leads.
Info leading to recovery will be dully rewarded.

Thanks
-Andy

anyone know if there's any weekly polo pick-up games?

if not in gainesville, in st. augustine?

http://66fixed.smugmug.com/photos/323701065_uhPow-X3.jpg

anyone know if there's any weekly polo pick-up games?

if not in gainesville, in st. augustine?

NW 6th park on Sunday evenings, I believe. You can ask Jim at Chain Reaction if you're interested. They play on a grass soccer field. I tried to get some games going in a parking garage a few times but people are hard to organize in this town and I couldn't get a good consistent turnout. Lame.

Well crap. I went to Gainesville High School. Graduated in 2007. I was even into bike racing back then. Had no idea there were people on the track every weekend. It's so far removed from the main campus, though.

Now I'm at UF.

What kind of things are people doing this semester in G'ville? Still at GHS on Sundays? I haven't had time to check out the Kickstand, though I plan on it.

On the off chance you check this (I know I do only once every other month or so) we got kicked out of GHS, so don't meet up there anymore. There's a bunch of kids riding around campus (as you've probably noticed) but I don't know who any of them are. It seems despite the increase in people on ss/fg bikes, the amount of organized crap has decreased. Why knows why....

It's getting to be a little cooler out, and a good bottle of wine in the bag on a nice night ride could be fun.