it's getting close to that time of year again: the annual april fools race in philly! since easter is the first weekend in april, we're gonna be doing it on saturday, april 14th. the start time will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 3pm to allow for all the out-of-towners. also so we can flow directly from race to afterparty...
this is a really short, preliminary posting, but just to let you know, it's gonna once again be bigger than ever...we have a bunch of sponsors lined up, tons of beer, dj's, and our usual "out-of-towner-friendly" and chaotic race course lined up. this race is really fun for everybody, whether you're trying to go fast and win, or if you're just trying to hang out and hit a couple of bars.
as always, entry fee will be a mere $5, and will get you a free t-shirt and access to the party. we'll be giving prizes really deep, and will have a number of random prizes, so if you're slow or run into bad luck, you still might get something!
the day after the race, Lex will be running the first annual Bling-out Bike Parade. so shine up your whip and get ready to roll around the city all draped up. he'll most likely have a well-stocked brr-beque to go along with that as well.
ok, we'll be posting more closer to the date of the race, so i hope y'all have the weekend open.
see ya
ro
R.E.Load Baggage
608 N 2nd st.
Philadelphia, Pa 19123
215-922-2018
roland@reloadbags.com
HelluvaStella
01-23-07, 04:08 AM
Yeah!! AND a bike parade right after I finished my shiney new build. This year I will not ride to Home Depot if I can just call and ask about curtain rods.
shark!
01-24-07, 10:29 AM
[splooge]
ok, im done
adampaiva
01-24-07, 11:23 AM
damn, I'll be in Kentucky that weekend.
dirtyphotons
01-24-07, 11:25 AM
stoked
HelluvaStella
03-08-07, 07:45 AM
Bump! 5 weekends to go. Race, bike parade, general mayhem. See you there. Dailey, any more details?
ryand
03-08-07, 07:51 AM
I'm more excited than these ladies:
http://www.world-mysteries.com/pointersisters.jpg
chip thunder
03-08-07, 08:18 AM
Hell YES! My fav-o-rite race. I am the excited boy!
Smorgasgeorge
03-08-07, 07:35 PM
Brutaltron unite.
veggiemafia
03-08-07, 08:26 PM
I'll make the pilgrimage from teh PGH. If anyone wants a ride/owns a car larger than a 1994 Honda Accord or a car with a bike rack, PM me.
Be prepared to stop at Tria for beer/wine/cheese, though.
HelluvaStella
03-09-07, 05:37 AM
A Tria fan! That place is great, my girl worked there a couple of years ago. If you're coming for the race, I'll meet ya there for some fancy beer. None of the low-class mugs in Team Hip Pack appreciate the finer things in life, they're all cheap beer and pretzels. Haha
lasertotheface
03-09-07, 08:17 AM
i can't speak for everyone else, but this member of Team Hip Pack will take a pabst over that fancy stuff any day.
jeac
03-09-07, 09:01 AM
i'm thinking about riding on this dude's team that was asking me
maxknee
03-09-07, 09:19 AM
A Tria fan! That place is great, my girl worked there a couple of years ago. If you're coming for the race, I'll meet ya there for some fancy beer. None of the low-class mugs in Team Hip Pack appreciate the finer things in life, they're all cheap beer and pretzels. Haha
i'll drink anything put in front of me
shark!
03-09-07, 09:20 AM
i can't speak for everyone else, but this member of Team Hip Pack will take a pabst over that fancy stuff any day.
+2. me and ma belly
maxknee
03-09-07, 01:33 PM
i'm thinking about riding on this dude's team that was asking me
not real teamz
jeac
03-09-07, 04:18 PM
i dont know anything about the technicalities of the race. he was just like yo i'm trying to get some people together for the race, and asked if i wanted to be on his team.
HelluvaStella
03-10-07, 02:31 PM
You guys and your loyalty to cheap beer. Pbbbffffftttt. I've been saving all the money I would have spent buying beer this whole time, and now I demand only the best. Smell you later, 40 drinkers. Let it be known that Team Hip Pack drinks hipster beer. I can't associate.
chip thunder
03-10-07, 03:06 PM
I say PFT to you, sir. You were certainly happy enough hanging with the Billy Dee devotees this morning.
maxknee
03-10-07, 05:29 PM
You guys and your loyalty to cheap beer. Pbbbffffftttt. I've been saving all the money I would have spent buying beer this whole time, and now I demand only the best. Smell you later, 40 drinkers. Let it be known that Team Hip Pack drinks hipster beer. I can't associate.
yeah luke, i was gonna say, you sure hang out with us a lot. or a fair amount
ryand
03-11-07, 12:00 AM
i drink mickeys and steel reserve. stick it up yer tailpipe luke.
off the topic of ****ty beer, i cant wait for this ****ing race.
HelluvaStella
03-11-07, 07:03 PM
Ok ok. I give up. You guys are cool, I'm not gonna ditch you simply for your beer choice. As for me:
"I buy the gourmet expensive stuff 'cause when I drink it, I wanna taste it."
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/miramax_films/pulp_fiction/_group_photos/harvey_keitel16.jpg
maxknee
03-11-07, 08:12 PM
Ok ok. I give up. You guys are cool, I'm not gonna ditch you simply for your beer choice. As for me:
"I buy the gourmet expensive stuff 'cause when I drink it, I wanna taste it."
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/miramax_films/pulp_fiction/_group_photos/harvey_keitel16.jpg
i can taste that stuff, and it tastes pretty good.
mide
03-11-07, 08:21 PM
cheap booze? coqui 900 is $2.25 for 40 ounces of love. This'll be my first race, hopefully I won't kill myself or someone else.
veggiemafia
03-11-07, 08:37 PM
Hell yes for Tria. I love that place.
And as for drinking good beer for cheep, just homebrew the stuff. I'll bring some homebrew to Filthadelphia.
I'm going to be showing up with at least 1 other person from this side of the state, hopefully more.
jessefive
03-12-07, 08:41 AM
Hell yes for Tria. I love that place.
And as for drinking good beer for cheep, just homebrew the stuff. I'll bring some homebrew to Filthadelphia.
I'm going to be showing up with at least 1 other person from this side of the state, hopefully more.
Hell yes for Tria, homebrew, AND this race. I may break my race-hibernation for this.
Maybe a checkpoint could be at my place in north philly, where you have to drink a homebrew and change a diaper. Cause I'd like nail that sh!t.
shark!
03-12-07, 09:20 PM
cheap booze? coqui 900 is $2.25 for 40 ounces of love. This'll be my first race, hopefully I won't kill myself or someone else.
if you know where to go, you can get a whole bunch of different brands for $2.25
mide
03-13-07, 06:25 AM
if you know where to go, you can get a whole bunch of different brands for $2.25
WHAT?!? where?! the place where I get my booze is a block away, and a really really ghetto dive bar it's wonderful.
especially on karaoke night.
shark!
03-13-07, 09:20 AM
the places im talking about are like skate spots in philadelphia. you cant blow up a spot and not expect it to somehow get trashed/shut down/spontaneously combust
babychris
03-13-07, 09:44 AM
the places im talking about are like skate spots in philadelphia. you cant blow up a spot and not expect it to somehow get trashed/shut down/spontaneously combust
haha.
maxknee
03-13-07, 10:06 AM
the places im talking about are like skate spots in philadelphia. you cant blow up a spot and not expect it to somehow get trashed/shut down/spontaneously combust
no one skates anyway
shark!
03-13-07, 10:16 AM
no one skates anyway
shut up ya roadie
babychris
03-13-07, 11:55 AM
(from ryand)
i skate.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/366378694_91c678bfbc.jpg
and so do chris.
http://a598.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/13/l_c41845e67630ef3ce22b1f5e9def4515.jpg
veggiemafia
03-14-07, 09:32 AM
ryand's undies.
<3
Also, shark, post more often, because you quoted me in yo' sig. I don't want to open a thread anywhere on BFSSFG (even in Family and Recreational) and not see my name plastered at the bottom of a post, so that all shall know the greatness.
shark!
03-14-07, 10:18 AM
the only reason i post is to make sure people dont **** up when talking about duck tape. DUH
micyclebicycle
03-23-07, 08:20 AM
anyone rolling to this from boston/providence/north east 95 area?
got space for 2 bikes and 2 people?
we could prolly throw down gas money, ect
Kilgore_Trout
03-23-07, 08:39 AM
anyone rolling to this from boston/providence/north east 95 area?
got space for 2 bikes and 2 people?
we could prolly throw down gas money, ect
i'm taking the chinatown bus from boston to nyc that friday for the metal race, and then the bus from nyc to philly for the reload race, then a bus back from philly to boston. in case you're interested.
ryand
03-23-07, 09:07 AM
i'm taking the chinatown bus from boston to nyc that friday for the metal race, and then the bus from nyc to philly for the reload race, then a bus back from philly to boston. in case you're interested.
I have places to stay in NY and Philly, and will be at both races.
I mean, if you don't have something lined up already that is.
ratattack
04-04-07, 12:07 PM
i'm taking the chinatown bus from boston to nyc that friday for the metal race, and then the bus from nyc to philly for the reload race, then a bus back from philly to boston. in case you're interested.
gary, i think i'ma take the fung wah to philly after work friday, crash, race, and then head back to boston saturday night so as i can be at work bright and early at 7 on sunday. :) we should race together!
Kilgore_Trout
04-04-07, 01:44 PM
hey lauren! i will DEFINITELY race with you saturday. i'll probably taking a bus from nyc to philly sometime friday night or saturday morning with anyone who just did the metalrace in nyc. should be a fun time.
ratattack
04-04-07, 01:51 PM
want to coordinate the bus to philly friday night? i'll probably be in ny around 9 or 10. i've never taken the fung wah though...i might have a friend going with me but i haven't heard back from him yet.
maxknee
04-04-07, 02:09 PM
peepz if you need a place to stay, let me know
babychris
04-04-07, 02:32 PM
peepz if you need a place to stay, let me know
all he asks in return are "special favors".
also, he'll make you rice crispy treats.
ratattack
04-04-07, 02:36 PM
uhh...i'll volunteer gary for the "special favors".
i am, however, partial to rice crispy treats.
:)
Kilgore_Trout
04-04-07, 02:38 PM
****, i was just about to say "hey guys, i'm traveling down witha girl for this, soo.... yeah"
beat me to it.
veggiemafia
04-04-07, 02:40 PM
So, I don't think I can afford to take off 3 consecutive weekends from work plus pay for gas to Philly, especially given my current bike situation.
But yeah, this weekend is Easter, so I'm going home to see the fam, weekend after April Fool's is an alleycat here, and you gotsta up your local scene.
I'll be thinking about you guys racing/drinking while I'm working/drinking, though! Hope everybody rides safe and has a **** ton o' funs.
You Eastern PA ladies and gentlemen should come to OUR alleycat, though. It's a Jesus theme!
ratattack
04-04-07, 02:51 PM
****, i was just about to say "hey guys, i'm traveling down witha girl for this, soo.... yeah"
beat me to it.
aw. silly, i get to wh0re you out. not the other way around.
maxknee
04-04-07, 03:37 PM
i dont like where this is going
babychris
04-04-07, 03:37 PM
yes you do.
jacobs
04-04-07, 06:15 PM
want to coordinate the bus to philly friday night? i'll probably be in ny around 9 or 10. i've never taken the fung wah though...i might have a friend going with me but i haven't heard back from him yet.
make sure you hit new york before 10:30-10:45. the last philly connecting bus leaves sometime around 11, but usually earlier. that being said i'll be there, getting dailey drunk.