Rides and Races - MS 150 "City to Shore" Fixed Gear/SS Team (Philadelphia)

Hey everyone, I decided to start up a new thread from the "south jersey/philadelphia dudes and dudettes" thread so people can see that we have started up a Fixed Gear/SS Team for the MS 150 "City to Shore" Ride this September.

I am hoping to get a lot of people interested and print up Tshirts for the event. Right now the existing team is named "Team Schmeam" and last years shirt design was printed on powder blue Tuxedo Shirts. I am hoping to do something interesting again this year. I will post more info on this thread later, but for now, if you are interested in joining up with the team, PM me your email address and I will send out an email with ALL of the details.

This is a great ride for a great cause... its also VERY flat and perfect for fixed gear riders.

and we will dedicate great songs to you at rest stops.

this is a great ride, i had a lot of fun last year.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/80/246618577_04ff445a34.jpg

...and i'm proud to be an american...

i want to get in on this.

party crew takes the ms150 by surprise.

and we will dedicate great songs to you at rest stops.

I will never forget that moment. nor will I forget kenny falling yesterday.

I missed the sign up for my grad school team. or rather, I avoided it cus I figured it'd be lame with them. maybe I'll join up with this one.

joooiiiiinnnn uuuusssss jooooiiiiiinnnn uuuuusssss

bwahahahaha!

party crew takes the ms150 by surprise.

we still owe you guys a song from last year.... most likely it will just be a punch to the cocks instead.

i want to get in on this.

PM me your email address

im doing team dc pirates again.
sorry guys.

i think we can still meet up on some pacelines though.

and avoid babychris at the finish.

YES! So I'll pick up the housing thread over here. I plan on reserving a room for yours truly. I'll call about the Georgian first, since Nocoins said it was nice. If anyone (that I like) wants in, we'll work out the details. I think it's a good idea to pair off with one or two people you want to room with (or violate while they sleep) and work it out that way. But let's try to get rooms in places that are near each other, last time I did it my hotel was suuuuper far south of everyone else. I almost missed the shuttle bus to the Sunday morning start.

PS Very excited for this. Fast pacelines through Jerz!

PPS Poop scissors

yeah, i need to figure out how many are coming up from dc before i think about booking, but make sure you tell me where you guys are staying so we can egg your rooms.

im doing team dc pirates again.
sorry guys.

i think we can still meet up on some pacelines though.

and avoid babychris at the finish.

looks like you guys will have to be our enemy this year. Last year we had to fight against "Team Penn Design" since one of our team members (my now ex girlfriend) broke away from Team Schmeam to start TPD. Of course, we murdered all of Team Penn Design and we will have to do the same to "Team DC Pirates". I am saving up all my D Batteries to throw at you guys, Luke, you get some doorknobs in a sack, and Max, you bring your hair clippers. We are taking DC Pirates OUT* this year.

*TO LUNCH!!!

oh *****! a fight against Team Penn Design[interrobang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang)]. that was the said "lame grad school team" I avoided signing up for! I f-ing hate school.
woooot I'm all for murdering them. guess they're not the enemy this year tho. I'll settle for DC.

"Hey, you're that drunken posse. Can I join you?"
"Well, I don't know. Can you swing a sack of doorknobs?"
"Can I?!?"
"Alright. Here's your sack, but you've gotta supply the knobs."

Ahh Moe Sizlak. You are a poet.

oh *****! a fight against Team Penn Design[interrobang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang)]. that was the said "lame grad school team" I avoided signing up for! I f-ing hate school.
woooot I'm all for murdering them. guess they're not the enemy this year tho. I'll settle for DC.

oh no, you are a Planning Major at Penn... we probably know some of the same people... WORLDS COLLIDING!!! ;lakjdf;lkjasd;lfkjas;dlfkja;lskdjf;laksjdf;lkajsdf

Anyway, screw those bastards! they are going down. We referred to them as "Team Evil" last year and laughed really loud whenever one of their team members was on the side of the road with a flat tire. bahahahaha

Hopefully you will join Team Schmeam this year... then we will have a mole on the inside of the Penn Design School. suckers!

What will your weapon be against DC Pirates? You may need a box of protractors!

"Hey, you're that drunken posse. Can I join you?"
"Well, I don't know. Can you swing a sack of doorknobs?"
"Can I?!?"
"Alright. Here's your sack, but you've gotta supply the knobs."

Ahh Moe Sizlak. You are a poet.

I knew YOU would get the reference Luke. That is why we are BFF's!

oh no, you are a Planning Major at Penn... we probably know some of the same people... WORLDS COLLIDING!!! ;lakjdf;lkjasd;lfkjas;dlfkja;lskdjf;laksjdf;lkajsdf

Anyway, screw those bastards! they are going down. We referred to them as "Team Evil" last year and laughed really loud whenever one of their team members was on the side of the road with a flat tire. bahahahaha

Hopefully you will join Team Schmeam this year... then we will have a mole on the inside of the Penn Design School. suckers!

What will your weapon be against DC Pirates? You may need a box of protractors!

oh no I am!11!!!!!1!1 WORLDS COLLIDING!
maybe we do know some of the same people, but really I dunno anyone there very well cus I avoid them like mad outside of class. 5 years of ivy league pretentiousness makes one a jaded cynic with a strong distaste for fellow students.

I think I have to join Team Schmeam now so as to act as mole and aid in the TPD demise.

my weapon against DC? dunno about those protractors...but...hmm...my comprehensive knowledge of growth management? some jacked landscape architecture models from last semester's studio? paper airplanes made out of DVRPC letterhead? I'm at a loss...
isn't being a female enough in itself? there be so few around here. I'll blind them with my astonishing good looks as I ride by in a miniskirt.
alternatively I'll strap a ski pole to my bag for dire situations, or throw golf pencils at them.

doesnt matter, babychris' hair is no more and hes joining team schmean so its all gravy

As an innocent bystander, I would like to request no Lee Greenwood this year, please. At the end of the ride last year, I was tired, I was sweaty, I smelled bad, AND I had to hear that damn song. It was unpleasant on so many counts.

oh no, you are a Planning Major at Penn... we probably know some of the same people... WORLDS COLLIDING!!! ;lakjdf;lkjasd;lfkjas;dlfkja;lskdjf;laksjdf;lkajsdf

Anyway, screw those bastards! they are going down. We referred to them as "Team Evil" last year and laughed really loud whenever one of their team members was on the side of the road with a flat tire. bahahahaha

Hopefully you will join Team Schmeam this year... then we will have a mole on the inside of the Penn Design School. suckers!

What will your weapon be against DC Pirates? You may need a box of protractors!


I'm all for a little rivalry. Pump in spokes, pump in spokes, we're no jokes, steal your cokes.

BFF Nocoins. YES!

i think we should try to see how many snacks we can collectively steal from rest stops.

i think we should try to see how many snacks we can collectively steal from rest stops.

it's been done. the answer is: enough to make you puke many times over, even weeks after the ride.

How do you get back? I've been thinking of doing this, whats the break down of rest stops and how long did it take last year?

id post a picture of my grabbings from last year. but i dont have it here at work. it was basically enough to cover the entire top of my large coffee table.

**** dc this year. im keepin it real with philly.

**** dc this year. im keepin it real with philly.
PARTY CREW!

woooo.

How do you get back? I've been thinking of doing this, whats the break down of rest stops and how long did it take last year?

If you're doing the whole 150, you ride back on Sunday. Otherwise there's a bus or something. As far as getting back from the starting point somewhere in Cherry Hill, good question. I think a bunch of the Schmeam dudes rode out there from Philly last year -- what route did you guys take?

There are rest stops every 15 miles or so, I'd say, though they're a little more frequent towards the end. I think it took me like 6 hours to do the first day last year, though I also think we stopped at all of the rest stops, which I want to avoid this year. As someone else said above, it's really really flat, so it's not going to kick your ass or something. The worst part for me was being bored out of my skull from looking at pine barrens for hours on end.

Oh so 150 is philly to shore and back the next day?

yups

Oh so 150 is philly to shore and back the next day?

Yeah, it's not actually that far to the shore. If you look at the course (http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=369136) (that's last year's), it zig-zags a bunch to add miles. Also, it's actually 78 miles for some reason. Weirdos.

Edit: If you're so inclined, there's also a 25-mile loop you can add on the first day & make it a century.

Yeah, it's not actually that far to the shore. If you look at the course (http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=369136) (that's last year's), it zig-zags a bunch to add miles. Also, it's actually 78 miles for some reason. Weirdos.

Edit: If you're so inclined, there's also a 25-mile loop you can add on the first day & make it a century.
YEAH CENTURY!

Oh so 150 is philly to shore and back the next day?

It actually STARTS in jersey, not in philly. We tend to take the PATCO train into Westmont station where the starting line is... I think it was westmont... anyway, its one of those boring places. Last year we all rode back from Jersey to Philly... we went through Camden. After 150 miles, it was refreshing to be able to ride with just a small group and not thousands of other riders.

**** dc this year. im keepin it real with philly.

I knew we allowed you to live for a reason.

Also... Haircut AND a job in one year? what is happening to you?? You are SO old now.

oh no I am!11!!!!!1!1 WORLDS COLLIDING!
maybe we do know some of the same people, but really I dunno anyone there very well cus I avoid them like mad outside of class. 5 years of ivy league pretentiousness makes one a jaded cynic with a strong distaste for fellow students.

I think I have to join Team Schmeam now so as to act as mole and aid in the TPD demise.

my weapon against DC? dunno about those protractors...but...hmm...my comprehensive knowledge of growth management? some jacked landscape architecture models from last semester's studio? paper airplanes made out of DVRPC letterhead? I'm at a loss...
isn't being a female enough in itself? there be so few around here. I'll blind them with my astonishing good looks as I ride by in a miniskirt.
alternatively I'll strap a ski pole to my bag for dire situations, or throw golf pencils at them.

I dont know anyone there very well. They were friends of my ex... but all very nice people. I have friends over at the DVRPC, they dont take kindly to people abusing their letterhead, BEWARE!!

I imagine you have many many outdated overpriced textbooks... that may be your best bet in defeating TPD. Team Schmeam will need to get a "practice ride" in before the actual event. I will set up dummies in a parking lot with TPD jerseys (complete with monocles and top hats) and we will practice our "swarm and destroy" techniques. Being a therapist I believe my weapon will be deep analysis and exposing their faults and fears. At some point I will suggest that "no one loves them and it is entirely possible that they will die alone". Their tears will create a slick surface on the road causing them to fall to the ground. After they go down, out come the golf pencils, ski poles, sack of doorknobs, feather dusters, books, dirty looks and miniskirts. I think this team will do well this year. I also think that our Tshirt is going to need to be scotchgaurded to prevent the blood stains from settling in.

I dont know anyone there very well. They were friends of my ex... but all very nice people. I have friends over at the DVRPC, they dont take kindly to people abusing their letterhead, BEWARE!!

I imagine you have many many outdated overpriced textbooks... that may be your best bet in defeating TPD. Team Schmeam will need to get a "practice ride" in before the actual event. I will set up dummies in a parking lot with TPD jerseys (complete with monocles and top hats) and we will practice our "swarm and destroy" techniques. Being a therapist I believe my weapon will be deep analysis and exposing their faults and fears. At some point I will suggest that "no one loves them and it is entirely possible that they will die alone". Their tears will create a slick surface on the road causing them to fall to the ground. After they go down, out come the golf pencils, ski poles, sack of doorknobs, feather dusters, books, dirty looks and miniskirts. I think this team will do well this year. I also think that our Tshirt is going to need to be scotchgaurded to prevent the blood stains from settling in.
I got an email on the TPD listserve today that they officially have 20 members!!! Schmeam only has...not that many signed up. hurry up! must take down the enemy! (not that I'm signed up yet, but yeah...)

ps who doth thou know at DVRPC? I am currently stationed at one of their "intern benches" (tiny long desk kind of in the hallway with 4 interns using 4 outdated computers and CRT monitors).

I knew we allowed you to live for a reason.

Also... Haircut AND a job in one year? what is happening to you?? You are SO old now.


haha, I know. I impress myself sometimes.

chris and i have the same amount of jobs now? damn this is crazy.

century day 1 is going to be rad-tastic.

still deciding which bike to ride though.

Yay Century! This little ride is going to kick ass. By the time Sept comes, I'll have the workshop setup in the basement (no tall people allowed) and we can tune and tweak in preparation of our TOTAL DOMINATION of the Jerz.

chris and i have the same amount of jobs now? damn this is crazy.

century day 1 is going to be rad-tastic.

still deciding which bike to ride though.

Dont worry Ryan, you wont make it to the century loop, Team Schmeam will make sure of that. Ride whatever bike is easiest to clean blood off of. bahaha

I MIGHT have a place for us to stay for free...details to come...

I have $85 already!! wooord

PARTY CREW!

were going to hit the win key on this b****

Remember if you don't sign up by next friday the fee goes up $10

Remember if you don't sign up by next friday the fee goes up $10

oh man, I forgot to mention that to people again this year. The longer you wait to sign up, the more it costs to register... good looking out DL.

SIGN UP TODAY AND GET A FREE FOOT MASSAGE FROM MAX!

****, I need to sign up.

Max is a toe sucker. Ewwwwwwww

a toe sucker, or the toe sucker? like that guy that forces women to suck his toes in alleys.

i scotchgaurd my bikes for easy blood cleanup.

chris tried to take me out last year, and he was on my team. i think you guys are going to need a pretty good plan.

chris tried to take me out last year, and he was on my team. i think you guys are going to need a pretty good plan.

I plan to use the power of love.... and a baseball bat.