Fifty Plus (50+) - What is all this stuff about "pie"?

I'm new here. From time to time I hear "pie" this, "pie" that. What's it all mean?

The Pie event has just been done last Saturday so you may have to wait a year to find out.

Bit sharp but one of forums traditions

http://50pluscyclist.googlepages.com/traditions

Actually it's a relatively simple concept.....

Ride, stop riding, eat pie.



Alternate plan......

Eat pie.


I cheat and substitute Ice Cream for Pie, except on pie day!


Pictures and ride report are a nice touch, though considered by some to be optional.

Might as well ask, "What is all of this stuff about life?"

I'm new here. From time to time I hear "pie" this, "pie" that. What's it all mean?

If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

Let me just say there's more to enjoy in life than riding a bicycle fast.

If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

Let me just say there's more to enjoy in life than riding a bicycle fast.

True, but if you ride fast enough, you will get to the pie before everyone else in the ride group.

Pie are squared.
Pie are not squared!
Pie are round, Cornbread are squared!

Enjoy!

Ride On
-Spoke

True, but if you ride fast enough, you will get to the pie before everyone else in the ride group.

Only matters if you're in one of those 300 rider groups that makes a pie stop in some tiny Wisconsin town.

If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

It's best if the OP experiences it. He should do his own ride for pie although late and give us a report.

Don't we have a pie eating emoticon? If not, we should. :thumb:

sounds like we have been here before. http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-225062.html

I asked the same question when I got here and have to say...stick around and you will know.

Once a year comes BD Pie! Not to be confused with the Pie event.

Blow out the candle and make a wish involving n+1

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z284/JanMM/bdpie.jpg

Might as well ask, "What is all of this stuff about life?"

You guys lost me at the beach. :notamused:

I like pie, especially coconut cream pie :love:, but tell me more about it. Is it all about pie, or Pi, or TT, or pizza pie? :)

By the way, how many pieces are there in this "pie" and does it play a role in the meaning of life? Can all of life's questions be answered by pie?:bang:

I was hoping Stapfam would flesh out the pie definition

sounds like we have been here before. http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-225062.html

I asked the same question when I got here and have to say...stick around and you will know.


Hmmmm. Interesting. I like most kinds of pie except for rhubarb -- can't stand the stuff. It's the equivalent to eating Yams for Thanksgiving dinner which is equivalent to my wife's awful cold potato salad which is equivalent to the taste of Alka-Seltzer which I have to consume right after eating any of the above food items.

I'm new here. From time to time I hear "pie" this, "pie" that. What's it all mean?

To de-mysticulate:

Pie is good.

Cycling is good.

Eating pie + cycling is good^2.

Procedure:

Ride. Stop. Eat. Ride. Stop. Eat. et cetera.

After the last stop, confess to the 50+ Forum.

Hmmmm. Interesting. I like most kinds of pie except for rhubarb -- can't stand the stuff. It's the equivalent to eating Yams for Thanksgiving dinner which is equivalent to my wife's awful cold potato salad which is equivalent to the taste of Alka-Seltzer which I have to consume right after eating any of the above food items.
That's fine, leaves more rhubarb for me. It's right at the top of my list.

[QUOTE=Traveler5;9725908]By the way, how many pieces are there in this "pie"? [QUOTE]

Why 3.14 of course. And thank you for asking.

Actually it's a relatively simple concept.....

Ride, stop riding, eat pie.

Alternate plan......
Eat pie.

I cheat and substitute Ice Cream for Pie, except on pie day!

With a philosophy like that I can hardly wait to turn 50....and get my UURP card. :innocent:

[QUOTE=Traveler5;9725908]By the way, how many pieces are there in this "pie"? [QUOTE]

Why 3.14 of course. And thank you for asking.

although cutting the pie precisely will prove to be a challenge ...

[QUOTE=Retro Grouch;9727199][QUOTE=Traveler5;9725908]By the way, how many pieces are there in this "pie"?

although cutting the pie precisely will prove to be a challenge ...
Yes, but it will result in an infinite number of pieces.

[QUOTE=Road Fan;9727435][QUOTE=Retro Grouch;9727199]
Yes, but it will result in an infinite number of pieces.

That is SO irrational!

I was hoping Stapfam would flesh out the pie definition

A picture says a thousand words.

(I did try to write a description but I got to two thousand and still going)

I like PIE

[QUOTE=Traveler5;9725908]By the way, how many pieces are there in this "pie"? [QUOTE]

Why 3.14 of course. And thank you for asking.

This thread has motivated me to go back to my old avatar.

To each his (or her) own, but I gotta admit that this whole pie thing is getting old.

To each his (or her) own, but I gotta admit that this whole pie thing is getting old.

You can often save old pie by using your microwave. Just sayin'

[QUOTE=Dan Burkhart;9728330][QUOTE=Road Fan;9727435]

That is SO irrational!
Really? Ever tried to calculate pi to the last decimal,hmm?

[QUOTE=McQz;9728352][QUOTE=Dan Burkhart;9728330]
Really? Ever tried to calculate pi to the last decimal,hmm?

I find that for my purposes "3 and a skosh" is close enough. And to answer your next question, "yes, I was in the government."

[QUOTE=Dan Burkhart;9729560][QUOTE=McQz;9728352]

I find that for my purposes "3 and a skosh" is close enough. And to answer your next question, "yes, I was in the government."
Har har. Obviously not with the IRS. I don't think "close enough" cuts it there.

[QUOTE=McQz;9728352][QUOTE=Dan Burkhart;9728330]
Really? Ever tried to calculate pi to the last decimal,hmm?

A few years back, mathematicians developed an algorithm that enables them to find the next digit of pi from any point you wish to begin. Thus you can determine what the 3,204,178th digit is without having to find the first 3,204,177 digits.

There is a web page that will give you the first 1 million digits of pi, but that wastes a lot of bandwidth.

Much better is this web page, with its catchy tune:
http://pi.ytmnd.com/

[QUOTE=McQz;9729607][QUOTE=Dan Burkhart;9729560]
Har har. Obviously not with the IRS. I don't think "close enough" cuts it there.

I think they just round it to 4.

You can often save old pie by using your microwave. Just sayin'

I doubt anything can save this thread after that however... :twitchy:

Here's a recipe for 100 year old pie crust

http://www.mixingbowl.com/message/recipe/view.castle?g=803100&m=6040203

Here's a recipe for 100 year old pie crust

http://www.mixingbowl.com/message/recipe/view.castle?g=803100&m=6040203

Thought you were talking about the original use of Pie crust. Back in the middle ages (1300 to 1500's) The crust was just to preserve the contents of the pie. Before eating the contents- you discarded the crust. It used to be rock hard and inedible- but would keep the contents clean and edible for weeks. Think McD's still have the recipe for the crust but they use it round some inedible contents.

A picture says a thousand words.

(I did try to write a description but I got to two thousand and still going)

I like PIE

Upmarket restaurant, eh! China crockery and SAUCERS. Unheard of over here:)
Great looking pies, too. Where are your favourite haunts, for future reference?

I'm new here. From time to time I hear "pie" this, "pie" that. What's it all mean?


Well, I'm 52. I've been hanging out here "officially" for two years, and I still don't get "pie". :roflmao2:
Someday, I hope to understand.

Well, I'm 52. I've been hanging out here "officially" for two years, and I still don't get "pie". :roflmao2:
Someday, I hope to understand.

Think of it as the secret handshake.

Is it all about pie, or Pi, or TT, or pizza pie?

Haven't heard the term "pizza pie" for a long time. But I'm sure pizza would qualify.

Sometimes my mountain biking becomes a pie ride- of the cow variety, splattered all over the bike and me.

NO! Pizza Pie does not qualify!

We've had that discussion before. Maddmaxx is not allowed to count pizza pie as his pie of choice!

Chicken/Beef Pot Pies don't count either!

Eating a dessert pie during or after a bike ride is a tradition that goes back decades in some parts of the USA. I've found references of Wisconsin cyclists partaking of this tradition going back into the 1960s. Don't know when it started.

The tradition is not exclusively a 50+ thing. Riders of all ages participated. It was also not an annual event, it was an option on every ride, but more frequently it was weekend rides.

In both Wisconsin and Minnesota there are bakeries and pie shops that have been located on popular bike trails specifically to cater to the biking community. Several communities, in the Midwest and in other regions, sponsor annual Pie Ride events. Here's a link to a page about a cycling club in Clinton, Iowa that organized around pie rides in the mid-70s:
http://www.rbbcclinton.org/history.html

I've seen references to pie rides in Massachusetts, Texas, Oregon, Montana, and other states.


I believe a Wisconsin member of this forum, rck, was instrumental in bringing the tradition to the 50+ BF forum. He or DnvrFox can supply details.

In both Wisconsin and Minnesota there are bakeries and pie shops that have been located on popular bike trails specifically to cater to the biking community.

My favorite example is an establishment located in a community on the Elroy to Sparta Trail in Wisconsin - "Pie-R-Square". You know their pies have to be home baked because they really are square. They cut them into 8 delicious, wedge shaped pieces. I doubt such a business could make it in a town that small without the existance of the popular bikeing trail.

That's fine, leaves more rhubarb for me. It's right at the top of my list.

You can have it all. Enjoy!:D

Eating a dessert pie during or after a bike ride is a tradition that goes back decades in some parts of the USA. I've found references of Wisconsin cyclists partaking of this tradition going back into the 1960s. Don't know when it started.

The tradition is not exclusively a 50+ thing. Riders of all ages participated. It was also not an annual event, it was an option on every ride, but more frequently it was weekend rides.

In both Wisconsin and Minnesota there are bakeries and pie shops that have been located on popular bike trails specifically to cater to the biking community. Several communities, in the Midwest and in other regions, sponsor annual Pie Ride events. Here's a link to a page about a cycling club in Clinton, Iowa that organized around pie rides in the mid-70s:
http://www.rbbcclinton.org/history.html

I've seen references to pie rides in Massachusetts, Texas, Oregon, Montana, and other states.


I believe a Wisconsin member of this forum, rck, was instrumental in bringing the tradition to the 50+ BF forum. He or DnvrFox can supply details.

Okay, now that makes sense. I understand -- thanks.

The only way I am going to get any pie is if I make it. It seems that the Ticos have never even heard of pie. :notamused:

I have lots and lots of limes, perhaps some key lime pie is in order, but our limes are orange, but the flavor should be about the same.

You can have it all. Enjoy!:D
It would be hard for me to pick my favourite, though. Rhubarb, strawberry, rhubarb strawberry, bumbleberry, apple, peach, mince meat, oh boy. Not real big on cream pies. If I were pinned down and had to name my favourite, I guess it would be pecan. I was lectured on the pronounciation once when ordering a piece in a Georgia truck stop. "That's picawn, honey, not pee can."

Upmarket restaurant, eh! China crockery and SAUCERS. Unheard of over here:)
Great looking pies, too. Where are your favourite haunts, for future reference?

This is Fuscardi's on Eastbourne Seafront- an italian Cafe. But you have to hunt out PIE. Last saturday in London and most were going to the first restaurant they saw- Costa Coffee or Starbucks. But just round the corner is Villiers St. I knew what I was looking for and found a Greek cafe further up the road. They had several types of PIE but took their advice and had Apple and Cinnamon- with a large Black coffee. It was the best apple PIE I have ever had. But seeing as you get to Brighton-Take a trip out to Friston Forest on the coast road. Right on the edge of Seven Sisters Park there is "Exceat Restaurant" Not many pies but their home made cakes are superb. And the Sussex Teas with scones- local clotted cream and local preserves are superb.

Getting hungry now- time for a ride.

My favorite example is an establishment located in a community on the Elroy to Sparta Trail in Wisconsin - "Pie-R-Square". You know their pies have to be home baked because they really are square. They cut them into 8 delicious, wedge shaped pieces. I doubt such a business could make it in a town that small without the existance of the popular bikeing trail.

Been to Gina's in Wilton,WI,...a perfect [ahem] slice of Americana :D
http://static.px.yelp.com/bphoto/cZP0pHOQDwpTXooWIfaW_w/l

And for those of us still around in 2016? Oh what a March day that will be.