So, we were thinking that, instead of engaging in our usual half-drunk late-night riding, we might do something constructive with our half-drunk late-night ride this time. ok, so i'm not sure how constructive it will be, but there will probably be greenpeace hippies there, and that will be amusing to make fun of, at least.

We're signing up for Wednesday night from 10pm-12 midnight. That way, there's plenty of time for drinks before and after. Who knows, maybe we'll do the ride Keirin-style. I mean, there won't be much traffic, and it is around in a circle...

mods: please don't move this to advocacy. i don't think they'd appreciate the sparks-angle we take on these things.
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Cycle for A Change!

Stop pushing paper and start pushing pedals!!

6pm July 6th – 6pm July 7th

The White House Streets, Washington, DC

72 hour Marathon Cycle to Stop Climate Change


Go Fossil Fuel Free while Bush and the G-8 Talk….

Tell them to Pedal Clean Energy, not fossil fuels!

Shift Gears and make a stand for Renewable Energy!

Bicycle around the White House to demand Bush shift gears on Global Warming and take decisive action while the world's wealthiest countries meet at the G-8 Summit in Scotland. We will ride to demand:

* Action to Stop Global Warming! End our Petrol Addiction!
* Sign the Kyoto Protocol.
* Stop drilling and spilling! Stop the cycle of pollution and waste.
* SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE USE OF RESOURCES! Fund Wind, Solar and renewable energy solutions.

We will be cycling around the White House 24 hours a day to send this message to the G8 summit : We Want Clean Energy! The American people support the Kyoto Protocols!

Calling all Bicyclists and wanna-bees: Join the CLIMATE CYCLE and demand a change!

I'm down to ride.
Not like I have something better to be doing on a wednesday night.

where are you all meeting up?

it brings a tear to my eye and a flutter to my heart
my dear dear sparks, how i love you so...
simply the bestest of pre ride "energy drinks" there is

/lush

i can meet anytime after 8pm, anywhere in the city... name it.
(wednesday night drink specials... hmm...)
c'mon, who else is with us?

i'm down.

i'm checking and it seems like most happy hours are long over by 8pm. let's meet somewhere that we can get beer in pitchers and food... recessions? stoneys? the ever-popular patio at the Exchange? i'm just a little worried that we'll be fighting the post-kickball crowd (*shudder*) whereever we go.

yea, the kickballer's aren't the best crowd. I like the stoney's idea. is there anything else around dupont with patio, other than Lucky?

Does Chris still work at Lucky?

m m m m maybe

If there's Sparks on the schedule I just might have to be there.

There's always sparks on the schedule, but it's BYO in this case. Make sure you pick it up before 10pm.

OK, let's say Lucky Bar, 8pm-ish. I'll be a little late and will roll in on a gray steamroller. I have blonde hair and glasses. Sounds like we'll have at least 4 folks. Boo yeah.

Emayex - pm me.

I have to meet relatives in Dupont at around the same time. When do you plan on rolling out of Lucky Bar? I'll try to meet up then.

We're supposed to be at the WH around 10, so we'll probably roll out around, say, 10? Check your pm for my #.

Don't know. You gonna make it?

ok, so it seems like there's a bunch of other folks doing it, so if we get too drunk to show up and ride with the hippies, that's cool.

the route is clockwise, penn to 15 to constitution to 17 to penn. simple enough.
we can practice madisons
and keirin race it
and have trackstand contests in front of the white house
(and maybe skids across the granite plaza in front of the white house?)
and if it gets boring,
we can always leave and go back to the bar.

if you need my #, pm me.

aw yeah.
this is going to be nice.
I'll be at Lucky around 7

don't forget your birkenstocks and balaklava's
can't let the scotts have all the fun now can we?

be careful there, tink, your new signature file is confusing. with two x's and the swords crossed on the flag, that adds up to XXX. someone might mistake you for *gasp* straightedge.

well we wouldn't want that now would we?

now that was f*king awsome
DC PIRATES UNITE!!!!!

give me another shot
im not drunk enuf

i think the good people of the forum do deserve to hear the highlights of the actions we took last night to show our dedication to the cause that we were riding for, which had something to do with the G8/Kyoto Treaty/hippiedom.

Memorable moments include...
tink dropping his cell phone earpiece into a full pint of beer
emayex sacrificing his water bottle for the good of humanity
dc emily suggesting we drink shots of GM, and me not knowing what that is
MrFusion realizing that we weren't kidding when we talked about BYO sparks
tink leaving skid marks and literally burning his tire a bit, right in front of the white house
MrFusion revealing himself to the group, and closing two bars last night with me
me shouting unintelligible angry crap towards the white house
and all of us drinking sparks right in front of the white house.

Man, I'm missing out on some ****. Someone give me a back wheel already.

As soon as I get around to building my new wheels, I'll have an extra you can borrow. Or, if you're in a hurry, you can build my new rear wheel...

yes...
last night was a blast. totally worth sleeping through my alarm and showing up for work late.

And who says revolution is dead?

That sounds like it was a lot of fun. I don't know that I would ever be able to make it into the city at night, but I would like to check out Critical Mass next month.