If it makes you feel better, Jeff's apartment ate my wheel. And my bag ate the leftover bananas.

I have something going on until 9:00. But I'll be around after that if people want to gather. Hopefully the rain will miss us today, or it'll have stopped before then...

Not in the mood to race today, but I should be over in the cambridge area this evening, so I'd drop by for a beer. Location? Or the usual (bukowski's)?

Apologies for not showing last night. A friend of mine just passed his "Series 7", which I guess means he's a certified stockbroker now. Apparently after passing something like that, you're supposed to go get trashed with your friends and talk about how much money you're going to make and how all the fly *****es will be up on you because of your hot new BMW. Couldn't pass up an opportunity at witnessing unmitigated greed and free beer, you know?
--alex

rithem, what knickers are you getting at wheelworks? Are we talking about manpris? I didn't know they carried them.

I have a '99 accord. I've looked at thule stuff before...in theory, I would just need to get the feet, and then the bars and trays would fit my car. But, that seems like a pointless expense, considering I already have a trunk rack that I don't use very much.

Edit: Clarification. My car is the candidate for the road trip to chicago, and jrowe offered up your roof rack.

Like these minus the dude. I'll see what they have.


Foot packs cost about $100 bucks not to mention cooridinating with each other to put on take off your car and visa versa ... I wouldn't hesitate using the trunk rack, just get some foam pipe insulation for H-Depot for the frame tubes at contact points and use an old tire tube to tie it all down tight and don't get rear ended!

Lets meet at Bukowski at 9:15ish if y'all are up for it. I'll be around earlier if anyone wants to hang out before that let me know.

That dude looks awesome! He's thinking: "Where'd my chest hair go?!"

I'm down for Bukowski at 9:15. We're talking the Inman Square Bukowski in Cambridge, by the way, for you kiddies out there who don't know better.

Oh, are you flying solo tonight, rithem, or are you dragging some PVD kids up here? Derek keeps asking about Dan. He's crazed that there's a dude out there faster than he is. He wants another shot...

Oooh, that's what you mean by knickers. I was thinking of these (no bare chested dudes, sorry).

Edit: I'll try to make Bukowski's, but I won't get out of work until around 9:30. Track time is still 10:30, right?

Hannah has too much home work and is going to T-town Sat. with Dan and few others. I rode road with them last night for awhile, Dan can't go this week. Sorry Derek. So I will be S-O-L-O.

Maybe I'll have to gather a crew of Bostonians and head down to Providence for another showdown.

Is he!?! oh man... My shoulder hurts too much to race if he wants a re-match. That kid is fast!!! I'm not sure though derek usually takes me so he should be able to pull something off.

Well there is that Alleycat in Dec. over the Cross Nat'ls weekend and possibly coming up soon; that guy Isacc that was with us last week is putting one together TBA.

Holy crap, I just rode to Allston and back (from downtown) and the wind is not to be trifled with. An entire tree was knocked over near Kenmore Square. Be careful out there, kiddies.

yeah .. the wind is gnarly today.
my co-workers and I usually get lunch at a taco shop on Causeway, we were sitting out on the usual ledge when a gust of wind took my co-workers plate and slapped his lunch against some burly business guy's back .. he turned around and grunted at my co-worker ... it was funny sh*t.
It's raining .. hopefully it'll stop before tonight.

Well the rain has stopped and it looks like the wind has calmed down. I'll meet yall at the track - have to be at a friend's place beforehand. Turns out my rear tire is leaking a bit...maybe Jeff and I can have a tubular discussion at the track (as in how to make the leak go away).

Well crap. Yet again, circumstances have prevented me from making it out to the track. I didn't get out of work until way late, but on top of that, a female coworker accidentally wore my helmet home. How exactly that happened is beyond me. We're almost complete opposites physically, and her helmet is a blue casual helmet, while mine is a black racing helmet.

Wouldn't you put it on your head and think "hey, this feels a bit too large, and you know, this little tightening doohicky isn't the same one I used this morning"?

And yes, I suppose I could have made it out without my helmet, but even the five minute ride home was uncomfortable.

You missed a great pissing contest between two light aluminum bikes with their two slow ass riders. Though I'd say Jeff is faster than I am any day; he just likes to lose Miss n' Out (Miss-n-Out?) on purpose.

this is fun:

https://www.rushinrevolution.com/imag.../UnionCrit.mov

nosepicker crash

I can't even tell if I'm in that video. I don't think so. Too bad.

I'm pretty sure your out front with Alex an 3-4 others then me a length back and then the Nosepicker crash. Video quality is poor we look hellablurry.

I wonder if Nosepicker went down on purpose. It'd be just like that kid.

You can see his back tire hit the painnt right before he goes down. It's a shame the camera guy didn't pan with the crash. Rob, how did the rest of your night go? You missed a good single miss and out. I won ... cuz you weren't there. Howell tried to catch me no dice though.

Oh and you missed a pretty hilarious attempt at finding a boston-side bar nearby afterwards. Sorry about that guys, one of the people I lived with last year used to rave about that place (I'd never been). In retrospect I realize I lived with some severe meatheads. Who knew?

I think we need better cameramen at all our events.

Congrats on your win! I probably would've lost to you last night. My legs were feeling heavy for whatever reason. As for the rest of my night, lady drama does not rule. When do you take off for the newest Mexico?

What place were you looking for?

Well, that was the issue. We weren't looking for anything, all of us were headed into boston though, so it seemed pointless to go back towards central. I knew the Beacon Hill Pub was right across the longfellow and one of my old roommates used to go there all the time, so I suggested it.

I forget that I lived with 8 football players last year; I never went out with them or anything. Now that I understand what they were up to, I'm very glad I didn't.

Night was saved though by hauling a** into brookline.