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philly reminder: ride today

Old 11-21-04, 03:09 AM
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come ride with us today. meet at 6:00pm, gleanors cafe in the italian market... it's on 9th street between washington and christian. i think the closest alleyway is montrose. ride at 6:15. should be really fun. hope the weather is fair. forecast looks ok even though it's cloudy.

hope to see you all there.
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is this supposed to be a casual fun ride, or a fast loop?
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Old 11-21-04, 11:08 AM
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I cant make it out today. See you guys next thursday hopefully
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Old 11-21-04, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by legalize_it
is this supposed to be a casual fun ride, or a fast loop?
either way. or a combo deal. it's all good.
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i should be there today. So far the weather looks like its holding up... then again, I have my homemade metal fender to protect me from the rain, and cars. see yah later skaters.
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we need to have a ride that is on a fri or sat night.....i just cant make this one....freaking college....expecting me to work...bah
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i'll be there.

hope it turns out as good as last time.
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sorry guys... .just got back into town, later than expected.. pretty rough night last night haha..
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hey everybody, overall we had an awesome ride tonight. the weather held up nicely and the night air felt crisp and clean. the city was pretty quiet prob due to eagles game.

hi points for me: the 5th street tunnel (of course) and the extra leg up broad street by temple. there was some aloof danger along the way, but hey, as par the course. nothing came of it thankfully.

it was really nice to meet new people and ride around town. hopefully, we can do few more rides before it gets too cold, not that i would mind that.

oh yeah i almost forgot another hi point for me: nocoins explained skidding and then on my ride home, i tried it and it worked like a charm. it was even easy. now i have an alternative way to stop. thanks!

hope to see everybody on the next ride that's announced.
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Originally Posted by will_travel
hey everybody, overall we had an awesome ride tonight. the weather held up nicely and the night air felt crisp and clean. the city was pretty quiet prob due to eagles game.

hi points for me: the 5th street tunnel (of course) and the extra leg up broad street by temple. there was some aloof danger along the way, but hey, as par the course. nothing came of it thankfully.

it was really nice to meet new people and ride around town. hopefully, we can do few more rides before it gets too cold, not that i would mind that.

oh yeah i almost forgot another hi point for me: nocoins explained skidding and then on my ride home, i tried it and it worked like a charm. it was even easy. now i have an alternative way to stop. thanks!

hope to see everybody on the next ride that's announced.
Awesome!

I had a good time, its nice to meet other riders in the city. Congrats on the skid, I didnt think I did a very good job really explaining anything, I just did a few skids, I am glad you were able to pick it up. The ride was fun even though I got hit by that kid on the street for no good reason.... oh well.

Will_travel, Thanks for the lizard, my girlfriend just saw it on the table and said "I guess you got engaged on this ride?"... so it looks like i am on the couch tonight again.... jerk. hahahahaha
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Originally Posted by marked001
sorry guys... .just got back into town, later than expected.. pretty rough night last night haha..
sure sure, we know you dont really exist! You are just a figment of the forums imagination! see yah next ride.
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haha..I'll make sure I'm there next time
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it was a great night for a ride.

i had pretty rough night before last so i kinda found myself zoning out a bit too much. good night for a ride, not a good night for me to ride. i had fun though.

see everyone next time.
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Will_travel, Thanks for the lizard, my girlfriend just saw it on the table and said "I guess you got engaged on this ride?"... so it looks like i am on the couch tonight again.... jerk. hahahahaha
and i thought i had the jealous girlfriend.

hey nocoins, how come your ms pledge link doesn't go to your page?
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Originally Posted by will_travel
oh yeah i almost forgot another hi point for me: nocoins explained skidding and then on my ride home, i tried it and it worked like a charm. it was even easy. now i have an alternative way to stop. thanks!
now you can ruin those pretty white tires you have on your bike =]
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