dirtyphotons

under armour. plus one of those windbreaker vests with a mesh back.

BoogerBike

kalami79–

Keep your stuff oiled and clean. Keep your self dry and layered.

ryand

yeah, i moved from the tundras of upstate, new york, to the barely existant winters of philadelphia, and now to here. after living in upstate ny for nineteen years, i dont think i'm gonna ocmplain too much about a dc winter... hopefully its as mild as i expect, but under armour is always a good thing.

as far as pillages go, one week from today (tuesday, august 15) is going to be the return of noah deuce to the pillaging world. lets welcome him back from hawaii in style. any suggestions on places to go?

wolverine_95

Roll up one pant leg to mid-calf in the winter. Roll up both pant legs to the knees in the summer.

boomboxmike

Scream for I-Scream if you can do it Tueday the 15th! Ice Cream Pillage! AAAAAAAAAAAA! I can anytime, it's an off day for me! Can yall do it Tuesday?

ryand

Tuesday the 15th is the Scurvy Dog Noah Deuce's Triumphant Return From Paradise Pillage....


...but that has nothing to do with not allowing ice cream. anybody want to welcome him back from paradise with many scoops and possibly some vomit due to dairy and hot weather?

boomboxmike

Has anyone been around here more than a couple decades? I swear it used to snow more. I mean, even with climate change, shouldn't we even get sparse storms of crazy loads of snowfall. What up with that, Dirty?

It should snow a significant quantity (6-24 inches) a couple times in the winter. Even when it snows around here, most major roads are cleared by chemicals and plows by the next day. We lose shoulder room sometimes, but usually no ice and snow is left on asphalt after a couple days because of melting. If it snows, and then stays really cold, then the ice lasts longer on the asphalt. Snow chemicals haven't influenced my bike more than year-round road dust and my own neglect.

It can get so cold that it hurts your bare skin. Those are the days you'll where a week's worth of clothes all layered on for a few hours.

Welcome to this side, Kalani. Look forward to meeting you!

ryand

We should have a "Hello Kalani, We Will Show You a Good Time" pillage as well. When do you get in town?

boomboxmike

Yeah, I was thinking Noahs Triumphant Return would incorporate Pillaging For Ice Cream, because he sounded interested in the Ice Cream Pillage too. The 15th is definately for Noah Deuce though, whatever it calls for no doubt.

ryand

boomboxmike: i agree.

dirtyphotons

yeah, i do remember a few sweet blizzards as a kid. 3 feet of snow, no school for a week, it hasn't been like that in awhile...

as far as gear, my best advice is to keep one bike clean and have the other be a crappy weather bike. for a lot of people this is their fixed gear. although some of us have stupidly purchased nice fixed gears that we don't want to ride in crappy weather, creating an excuse to have a second fixed gear. it's a slippery slope.

rpc180

Ugh, no we can't do have this pillage while I'm on vacation (14th-18th)! If y'all be nice 'nuff to wait, here's the deal, I've got the locations, its gonna be tri-state, its gonna be a Sunday afternoon. Its gonna be awesome.

Dammit, I even made a spoke card!

kalani79

Thanks for the advice. I get into town August 15th and will have myself and my bike settled by the end of the week.

As far as a beater goes, I intend to build up my first fixie for as cheap as reasonably possible, so I guess it will kind of be my beater. Hopefully I can stick to that and not get all caught up in it. I will be a "starving student" after all (with a small fund set aside for pillaging, no?).

ryand

Um... welcome to DC, come for popsicles the 20th. RPC- that spoke card is fantastic. We will wait for you on the icecream/posicle pillage for sure.

Kalani- where are you going to school? And where will you be living?

The 15th is still the Noah Deuce Pillage, sans ice cream. He's getting back from Hawaii, so lets brainstorm for something fitting...

kalani79

Starting up at GWU in a Masters program. I'll be living at the graduate campus housing they're offering this year: The Hall on Virginia Avenue, right across the street from the Watergate.

Where are all you Pirates located?

dirtyphotons

we're all over, i live on capitol hill and work right by the gw campus. perhaps a lunchtime ride is in order? we usually meet at 14th and k nw, a real short ride away.

ryand

i'm nearby at 14th and n, but unfortunately work in georgetown aka i can't get lunch for a good price.
(except for this delicious vegan chinese place on M street, lunch special $4.50)

i'm probably going to move into a less expensive apartment come january (when my lease is up) so when the time is near, i'll probably be posting to let you all know that i need help with neighborhoods and moving.

chimblysweep

my awesome coworker krissi offers this H-Street NE tip...
"ALSO -- please pass along to your pirates friends that the Argonaut (on
H Street) is all nautical/pirate themed -- and has great beer and sweet
potato fries!"

her cousin's a bike lover in town for the weekend. y'all doing any riding I could hook her up with?

ryand

I will be in Philly once again this weekend. Sorry.

dirtyphotons

i'll probably be trying to get some miles in one of the days. have her cousin sign up for a bf account and we can work something out. do you know if said cousin needs a bike?

any other pirates wanna do miles sat or sun?

rpc180

Up for miles here, roadie gearing though, cause its my last chance to burn off some calories for vacation...

Saturday 3 choices:
CC - 40 Hilly - 9:30 - Howard County, MD
CC - 44 Hilly - 9:00 - Loudoun County, VA
CC - 65 Flat - 9:00 - Oak Ridge Park, MD

Sunday I'll be pairing up with Cap Hill bikes again - 35 miles, B-pace, 9am, usually to Bethesda, but there is a hilly and faster route that will go into Arlington. Last time we ended at Haines Point at 11:15am, just in time to see some other Pirates going round for Laps and Cheese

BoogerBike

Pirate Hour of Power!

ryand

rpc- if you ever said you WEREN'T up for miles, i think i'd shiv in my pants and die. seriously.

ryand

so, whats the deal with the mallets? are they still at peters? and who is bringing them tomorrow?

tink20seven

mallet this !!!


z0mg pez!