giessel

how was the ride last night? concert was good + veggie dog @ spikes afterward

this weather can eat **** as far as i'm concerned, that and/or i need a nice track frame so i can have a beater (damn this growing addiction)

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aeser

i like 47x16

gregtheripper

44x16 is a nice gear but only like 4 skid patches... that said i've ridden that ratio for a while but trying out 49x18 for the first time. liking it so far. same gear inches so don't have to change hill climing tactics so much. parker hill ave still kicks my ass though.

fatbat

The weather on sunday is supossed to be nice (i.e. no disgusting snow/rain combo).

Anyone interested in a fairly chill ride terminating at redbones or blue ribbon?

menus:
https://www.blueribbonbbq.com/menu.htm
https://www.redbonesbbq.com/menus.html

brunop

are the veggie dogs at spikes really good? they don't have too much bad fat do they? is the one is davis sq. open yet?

aeser

depends on when. i actually have to go in to work on sunday to do some network work, was gonna go in for 10am, could take me a couple hours.

fatbat

I was thinking meet afternoonish at copley, figuring on getting to BBQ in time for late lunch/early dinner.
Depends on what works for other folks-

transplant

i work at 130, so i'm thinking this counts me out

sers

i'm down. i'll be passing on the bbq though.

pixel

workin' till 7, so I'm out too.

fatbat

If you're veggie/vegan, i believe that you can make a pretty good meal just outta the side dishes at either place-

transplant

so what time you want to roll?

fatbat

leaving at 2 from copley work for y'all?

WithNail

I'll ride at 2 but I say instead of ending at bbq, we end at somebody's house... at about 6pm when paris-roubaix coverage starts on oln. I'm going back to my house in brookline if anyone wants to join me and pete at 6pm... gimmie a call or be at the ride.

shoot.first

sorry when is this ride?
tried scrolling back but my eyes crossed and i passed out

pixel

BBQ ride was/is today. Lucky bastards...

rutt

Tomorrow looks like it will be a great night for a ride. Who's in?

Also, has anyone heard from Alexi lately?

WithNail

No, I was just wondering about him. I think pete called him yesterday but got no answer...

jacobs

I don't know if this interests anyone on here, but I'm going to be doing the Charlie Baker TT in Concord every Wednesday night if I can, and although I generally don't plan to be on a fixed gear for that race, they are allowed as long as you have a front brake.

Wednesday nights, I'm planning on leaving JP around 3:30-4, to get there for 4:30-5. Reg starts at 5:30, race starts at 6:00. It's a good fun course, 9.75 miles. Top fixed gear time ever on it is something around 25-26 minutes.

giessel

word... yah the weather was great today- i predict good times tomorrow night.

the ride on sunday was a lot of fun- we met at copley during a parade that was going down bolyston and then got tipped off to a crit up on the tufts campus. so we rode out there and got to see 1) a wipeout into hay bales 2) some awesome dude in a stache and wool jersey win a race 3) the start and end of another 1,2,3 race where the winner lapped the pack. bbq was also had. later we rode back across the river and watched paris-roubaix + pbr (brew+pro bull riding). for me it was a nice 23mi day. good to meet ppl and match names and faces.

gregtheripper

man i was gonna race in that crit too. it was a two part thing (beanpot), there was a road race in grafton the day before i was in. unfortunately i was a little too tired from loading road cases and lighting rigs into semi's that night to get up for my 7am race. seriously, who thought that was a good idea. i kinda wanted to go just to see the crashes. six 90 degree turns on a one km course, damn.

aaronm

Forget Spikes. Beantown Hotdogs down the road is superior. The slaw (sp?) dog is awesome as are many others.

giessel

does beantown dog serve veggie dogs? to brunop: i don't know a thing about the nutrition in those veggie doges, but they were delicious. probably better for you than normal- often tofu dogs are fat free.

aaronm

Beantown sells veggie dogs. Including the "Salad Dog" which is a veggie hot dog with chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, shredded lettuce and ranch dressing, which sounds pretty damn good.

aeser

i just had spikes veggie dogs for the first time last night. they were damn good.