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I think I'm in, as long as it's pretty relaxed. Being a girl I hate to go out to a bar and be sweaty.. :D

Er wait.. I can't :( I have to have dinner with my parents, I forgot about my birfday.
bring your parents along.

whos going for pretzles in the rain tonight?

tony, maybe you shouldnt give excuses like that. when they are that lame, sometimes its best to keep your mouth shut

Gotta get those ends somehow.

i'll be there


whos going for pretzles in the rain tonight?

sweet. me too.

Max (and everyone else), still on for the Friday Beer-stravaganza? My almanac tells me Friday night's weather will be appropriate for two things: bikes and Belgian beer. Belgian bikes and Belgian beer? I wish.

Max (and everyone else), still on for the Friday Beer-stravaganza? My almanac tells me Friday night's weather will be appropriate for two things: bikes and Belgian beer. Belgian bikes and Belgian beer? I wish.
you own a belgish bike, so get on it. i am down what time? 4:30?

you own a belgish bike, so get on it. i am down what time? 4:30?
After some careful research, it's been discovered that Stella is just a mid-grade French road bike company. I won't tell if you won't. As to ride time, I'm a working stiff, college boy. How 'bout 6?

Also, check your inbox, I'm sending a pm.

six is fine, i work as well mr. also we should go to belgium for this: booze and bikes (http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=2006/sixdays)

31st...costume pretzel ride? I'm gonna be a mother****ing snake on a mother****ing plane ...on a bike

Im pretty sure I can do the Friday ride. Six would be good for me

Yeah!! Let's get a good turnout going. Good ride, drinks, ahhhhhh.

So its official:

6pm meet at love park.
short ride then to the bar to imbibe oneself with beer!

so love park at 6pm corner of jfk and 15th.

short ride followed by happy hour somewhere to be deterimined before the ride.
come out first ride this friday

So its official:

6pm meet at love park.
short ride then to the bar to imbibe oneself with beer!

did you decide what bar. 6pm is cutting it a little close for me to get home from work and changed into my drinkin' clothes.

If I know what bar you are at, or a route, I can meet up with you and drink my face off.

There was mention of Grace Tavern on 23 and South. Owned by the fine folks that brought you Monks, Fergies, Nodding Head and home of reasonably proced beers and one kick-ass burger. Seriously, freakin' good burger. Except last time I was there, it was last Friday night at 9 and the cook back there must have been smoking rope.

Soooo... want to go there and smoke some of that rope?

...or we could push it back 30 minutes for Kevin? I have no preference. I'm all for getting as many folks to commit to this bike-a-drink-a-thon as possible.

So confusing, posting to a page within a page within a page within a page. Whew, this sh*t's like fractals or something.

...or we could push it back 30 minutes for Kevin? I have no preference. I'm all for getting as many folks to commit to this bike-a-drink-a-thon as possible.

So confusing, posting to a page within a page within a page within a page. Whew, this sh*t's like fractals or something.


Hmmm.... if you wait for me you may miss the "happy hour" time at most places. Plus, if we want Ashley involved in this, he doesnt get OUT of work until 6pm. I would say to just keep doing what you are doing and let the stragglers (like me) find our own way. hahaha. unless there are MORE people who need the extra time as well. I dont want you guys waiting up for little ol' me.

Its funny that you decided on Grace Tavern since thats pretty much my neighborhood bar... well, except for the Sidecar (which has PBR on tap). It sounds like you are going for GOOD beer, so Grace would be the way to go. I have Maxxx's number, so I can just call and find out where you are if I am running late.

I am down with this at 6, oh yes. Or whatever time, really.

Hmmm.... if you wait for me you may miss the "happy hour" time at most places. Plus, if we want Ashley involved in this, he doesnt get OUT of work until 6pm. I would say to just keep doing what you are doing and let the stragglers (like me) find our own way. hahaha. unless there are MORE people who need the extra time as well. I dont want you guys waiting up for little ol' me.

Its funny that you decided on Grace Tavern since thats pretty much my neighborhood bar... well, except for the Sidecar (which has PBR on tap). It sounds like you are going for GOOD beer, so Grace would be the way to go. I have Maxxx's number, so I can just call and find out where you are if I am running late.
kevin, who invited you anyway? just kidding. but yeah you can call me and i'll let you know where we are if plans change. and even if we waited a little bit, its not a big deal because happy hour doesnt start until you get there anyway.

and ashley too

Awwwww. So happy.

Chances of my presence at thrashin thursday: 35%
Chances of my presence at fermented friday: 85%

Awesome!

Chances of my presence at thrashin thursday: 35%
Chances of my presence at fermented friday: 85%
um ricky before you come to friday's ride, you are bound by law to come to thrashing thursday.

Chances of my presence at thrashin thursday: 35%
Chances of my presence at fermented friday: 85%

Chance of showers & thunderstorms between 8pm & 2am tonight: 90%. Yuck.

Fermented Friday?!? You have officially won the Thursday Awesome Olympics. I hereby nominate the name to be put into record.

Chance of showers & thunderstorms between 8pm & 2am tonight: 90%. Yuck.
check the weather again. only 10-30%

weather.com as of 3:45 tells me rains starts at 10pm. Boo. I'll be out on the Schwinn again if this is the case. Prepare to be beaten by a 29 year old guy on a 29 year old bike, b*tches. Not really.

um ricky before you come to friday's ride, you are bound by law to come to thrashing thursday.

Ive never been one to follow the damn RULES! I kinda didnt have a bike tonight cause I tore apart my Kenai to build a bastard touring bike for the weekend. What will this ride be like tomorrow? Because my "need 25 feet to stop cause of horrible brake situation" janketty touring bike and my "25 feet of toe overlap" road bike share a back wheel and chain.

P.S. I would ride the GT, but its all washed up and ready to be sold. The last time I thought about riding it was at the holy grail race, but i didnt because if I crashed it while it was on ebay id be f*cked... and then I got run over by a car that day.

ricky enough with the excuses.

but enough about him.

guys tonight at 6pm we'll probably leave around 6:15ish rain or shine!!

Any leftover rain to end by noon, at 6pm they're calling for 56 degrees and windy (20mph). Looks like a perfect scenario for a first fall Fermented Friday fracas.

Any leftover rain to end by noon, at 6pm they're calling for 56 degrees and windy (20mph). Looks like a perfect scenario for a first fall Fermented Friday fracas.
you need to stop with alliteration or i am going to talk to your boss about your on the clock web browsing

Bah. He would only be proud of my positively preternatural proxy posturing. Pbbfffttt.

this weather is turning out to be amazing!

http://www.teesnthings.com/ProductImages/movie/napoleon-dynamite-t-shirts/pedro-sledgehammer-sticker.jpg

Yessssssssss!

Guess what band isn't so good. Go on. I bet you can't guess.

last night was amazing. good ride, good times.

Yeah, rub it in, Max. I'll be able to make it next week. Luckily I'm only working Thursday and Saturday.

Good times, good times. Thanks Max for organizing the troops, that was a perfect Friday night activity. I'm still trying to find out about work tonight, I'll give you a ring.

sweet

does anybody want to ride tonight before the pretzel ride?

anybody want to do a trick or treat halloween ride?
this weather you'd be stupid not to ride

fyi: there was a story about the pretzel ride in the Metro this morning. and is Fermented Friday happening again this week? I've missed my chance to show up so far.

Max, you need to get a mountain bike with lights. I did a crazy halloween-scare-yourself-silly Fairmount park ride on Tuesday night. So yeah, what's the deal with Friday?

Tguster, what did the Metro article say? I went out to the local box, but no more papers.

Here ya go, hot off the presses, and the ovens.

THE PRETZEL UNDERGROUND - A man, a bicycle ans Philly's most mobile food tradition.


OF ALL OF Philadelphia’s signature foods, there’s only one that inspires a regular field trip. Got a
bike and a midnight craving? This is the pastime for you.


‘In love’
I first heard of the Tuesday night event from a friend over drinks at McGlinchey’s. “Has anyone ever heard of the Pretzel Ride?” he asked. The next thing I knew, I was struggling to keep up as we raced our bikes to the Art museum. We had to get there before midnight, we were told, or the weekly ritual would carry on without us. A few dozen kids and twice as many wheels assemble every Tuesday at the foot of the famous stone steps. It’s a
veritable underground bicycle gang, in search of South Philly’s finest soft pretzels. When midnight flashes across the top of the PECO building, they’re off. The ride makes its way leisurely down the Ben Franklin Parkway in a tight-knit single unit, holding traffic at bay until it reaches Arch Street. Then it’s a slight turn onto 15th before winding around City Hall and out onto a well-lit stretch of Broad, a straight shot all the way down to Washington. The bicycles take over — on the pretzel ride route, the cars are no longer the masters of the road. On my first pretzel ride, I let my hands fall from the handlebars as I pedaled and grinned at my friend.
“This is incredible!” “Yeah!” he shouted back. “I’m in love with every girl here!” Worth the trip. This crew might not return that love, but the pretzel ride regulars do tolerate strangers. On our ride, my companion struck up a

conversation with one rider on a six-foot-tall yellow bike that must have been borrowed from the circus. All along the route, riders chat away, oblivious to the consternation coming from the cars around them. The ride ends with a left onto Washington Avenue and a few blocks farther to its intersection at Eighth Street. There the

Center City Soft Pretzel Co. opens its doors at midnight (1 a.m. on Saturday). The faster bike riders form a line (a ridiculous sight, considering the time of night), and the few customers who don’t arrive on bikes end up a little confused. The pretzels are four for $1, served with the best nacho cheese in the city. I’m amazed I didn’t
notice the smell all the way back at the Art Museum. No sooner had we gorged on the first batch out of the
ovens that everyone took off, separately, into the night. The route home is up to you but made all the better by the fact that you’re clutching paper bags that hold the remains of the best breakfast ever.

“Yeah!” he shouted back. “I’m in love with every girl here!”

LAME!

Was that in a paper? Please say no.

Max, you need to get a mountain bike with lights. I did a crazy halloween-scare-yourself-silly Fairmount park ride on Tuesday night. So yeah, what's the deal with Friday?

Tguster, what did the Metro article say? I went out to the local box, but no more papers.

i might be getting a cross bike!!!!!!
but yeah i dont know we could do a shorter friday ride because i'm going to see borat that night. sure friday its on

I'm down for a short ride, fo' shizzle

On our ride, my companion struck up a conversation with one rider on a six-foot-tall yellow bike that must have been borrowed from the circus.

huzzah!! thats me.

i should be down for a short ride this friday as well.

yay ashley!