ratattack

i agree with greg, something should happen this weekend. and it should be a true winter warmer with shots instead of beer! no offense to your amazing projectile vomit scott (or alex's induced vomiting), but i feel that chugging freezing cold beer would be painful. the beer was cold enough the last time. and this way no one ditches the drink before it's done so it'll be based more on how fast you are as a rider.

BuddyMike

whiskey.....? Saturday is my birthday and I have to work. I'm going to try to see if I can work 7-4 instead of 9-6 or just see if I can go in at 9 and just leave earlier. Then somehow make my way over to freezepop/ad frank at TT's. But if there is a blitz, I might have to join this one.

Kilgore_Trout

speaking of rides and the weekend:
anyone up for a ride tomorrow (thursday) night? the always unreliable weather.com says it should be mild(er) than the past 2 days and no rain.
also, (still according to weather.com) friday looks pretty bad but saturday and sunday might be ok.

ratattack

usually the sprints are on sunday but i wouldn't mind a saturday one. what do you say, scott?

Kilgore_Trout

sprints? (sorry, still kinda new to the whole boston-bike-community-rides deal) i'm just throwing out what look like nice days for riding, and i'm more down with group rides than rides by myself right now (though i do enjoy a nice leisurely, calming, solitary ride every now and then)

ratattack

sorry. that was about the winter warmer that we were talking about...schlitz blitz, what have you. it's getting together in allston and doing match sprints, skid and track stand competitions, team sprints (involving beer but you can sit that one out if you'd like) and footdown. scott usually organizes them.

however, i'm in for a thursday night ride. i wasn't able to get anyone to brave the cold and ride with me tonight.

srcurran

basic overview of the bfssfg boston communtiy. actually for anyone who just started reading.
-every thursday night: ~1 hour ride, 10pm, christian science fountain (by the pru/reflecting pond).
-some weekends: schlitz blitz/winter warmer, a street/alley type thing in allston (help), a few hours long, involves sprints, trackstand comps, footdown, skids, and the "schlitz blitz" which involves drinking and sprinting at the same time.

actually now that I am talking about it, would anyone be down with setting up a consistent, long sunday morning ride (30 miles+)?

p.s.: I am going to be gone this weekend so no schlitz blitzing for me, not even bikeless boat-shoed blitzing.

octopus magic

I'd be down for something like that, if the weather is cooperative. I usually try to do a good 60-70 miles every weekend.

And we'll miss you!!

Kilgore_Trout

i'll partially commit to that. depending on weather conditions and how badly i feel like pushing myself i'll go for it.

gregtheripper

i will ride on thursday night. sunday also sounds interesting. i haven't gone on a nice ride during daylight in a while.

cityraincityst

But that was almost the best part of the Blitz last time!

scotthorrigan

EF! i'm going to be in the mountains this whole weekend for work! son of a *****.

let's hold it off for this week, I want to find a week EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT.

we'll do it on a saturday and the next morning we can follow it up with seans 30+ ride.

let's decide between January 27th and February 1st.

we'll make it a blitz to end all blitzes.

plus i need time to design a new effing spoke card.

blu3d0g

i vote for the 27th because it's sooner than the 1st

aeser

haha, that's my drummers sisters band.

mncplfreedom

I second that vote.

Morgie

I'm Back *****es!!!

mncplfreedom

I like the format the way it is. Less vomiting is probably not a bad thing. I would be favor of fewer beers, maybe, but never outright elimination. Nobody's gonna take the Schlitz (or Pabst, or Black Label) out of "Schlitz Blitz" without a fight.

octopus magic

so we got people down for tonight? Looks a little warmer. I'll give my decision when I get home.

Kilgore_Trout

i'm down.

gregtheripper

me too.

Morgie

just took the trash out and there are few snow flurries falling... hmmmmmmmmmmm fun

I got some **** to do but hopefully I'll be there tonight...

octopus magic

Given the temp, i'm there. I feel like I haven't seen you guys in forever.

10 or 9?

goldenskeletons

i was back in boston last weekend and rode around in the pouring rain the whole time. i still loved it more than riding any weather in nyc. can anybody give me any more details on this feb 10th race? i'll come back for it.

octopus magic

Okay, I'm taking a rain check tonight. It's gross outside and as much as i love you, I don't wanna ride in this crap at night.

ratattack

oh come on now. it wasn't so bad, it was a pretty nice ride if you just disregarded the rain. it wasn't even that cold!