slow 5 miles and then a fast 20 mile ride.

ah.. thanks!

yeah, sorry i don't know all that northeast talk. i just moved here not all too long ago. if cc is where it is, and we are where we are, am i not northeast? directionally speaking? that's all i was getting at. sure, there are flaws to that logic too, but i didn't think to worry about it too much.

the art musuem/thrashin' rides are fun, but too late at night, and too far away for us kids (at least me) that have to be to work the next morning. that is why i thought we'd try to do something a little earlier/closer to home, at least for the fishtown area kids. Just trying to get some riding in with people i haven't met in the area i live.

to recap: if you're down (no matter where you live) and feel like coming out, meet at circle thrift (2007 Frankford) at 8 o clock. we'll ride over to the lot (which is across the freeway behind the richmond(?) shopping center at aramingo and york). maybe race around the loop, footdown, just hang out? whatever people want to do. skid, stand, drink (just don't be makin' a mess) we'll see what happens.

-jason

My thoughts exactly. Tuesday at 8 sounds good.

And maybe we should just call it East Philly, so as to avoid the confusion. Since East Philly doesn't actually exist (even though I live proudly in North Philly)

count me in too. though a soufilly resident, i spend half of my week in fishtown and tuesdays at 8 is perfect for me.

Whoah now, east philly does exist. Most people call it camden and its pretty ghetto.


On a more serious note, yeah those 10pm starts were not gonna fly for me. Way too late for many of the employed population to be getting in exercise... But i'm not in the "near n'east" so i probably wouldn't grab that motivation either even if it were at 8pm.. city hall/parkway ideas i'd consider at earlier times than the pretzel ride etc.

eh i work at 8:30 those days.
i sleep real good after a ride

are 50 pretzels still $8.50?

Stop spreading lies. Most people call Camden "New Jersey," and, well...

I have other plans tonight, but Id really like to hear how this turns out... make sure someone takes pics or something!

not tonight, Rik, tuesday! that tee-morrow homey! so come hang...still don't know if i'm going to havta to be in new york tomorrow, but atthis point it's not looking like it, so count me in. i met up with jason on sunday and we rode over to the spot he's talking about, it's a cool little loop with lots of room...btw jason i have some white spray paint i can bring, hopefully see you tomorrow night if i'm not in NYC.

WHat the hell???? somehow, in my mind I time warped to tuesday and back... I was totally aware this things was tuesday night, and that tonight was monday, but My brain didnt put those two together.

representing from olney here (which is NOT the north east, but the accent may fool you) now residing near 25th and girard. i probably won't be able to make it out anytime soon, but i wanted to say what's up to all you philly heads out there anyhow!

challah!

philly people are busy people, haha. myself included. i'll try to make it.

xthugmurderx i think i talked to you early in the fall outside reading terminal market. i was looking for a seat. it was the day before i got my fixed gear

it's possible. pardon me for forgetting. perhaps if you come out tomorrow night i'll be able to remember the face. word. it sounds like this actually may work out. we'll see what happens come game time.

all this talk of pretzels,mayfair,LOVE,the art museum and such is making me miss home.A LOT.

you're probably welcome anytime. haha. if you come back for a visit, just give us (me) new jacks a head up. i'll buy ya a beer. (man, i am the least edge edge kid ever)

-jason

i don't think i can make it tomorrow, i'll try for the following week if it goes well and people want to make it a regular thing, but i'm excited for the 8 o'clock time, my work day starts at 8am so i can't be riding for hours starting at midnight

It always depends on who you ask. Northern Liberties is usually 6th St. to the west, Girard Ave. to the north, Delaware Ave. to the east, and Spring Garden to the South. In fact, I think that's how the city defines it.

Fishtown's "traditional" (i.e., the folks who've lived here since long before any youse new people got here) boundaries: Frankford Ave. from the Delaware River to Norris Street; Norris St. to the river (kind of an invisible line there, since Norris doesn't go all the way to the river.) Basically, a triangle. These days people are claiming York instead of Norris, some go as far as Lehigh replacing Norris. But as we all know, between York and Lehigh southeast of Frankford is called Cione.

The real estate agents are claiming everything from like N. American St. to Allegheny Ave. just so they can try to get more money. I read an article today about Trump's condo complex that's going to be on Beach Street (right along the river, east of Northern Liberties) called "Fishtown South." They also have real problems calling anything that's always been called Kensington "Kensington," because they don't want to scare anybody off.

Anyway, enough of the geography lesson. I won't be able to make it tonight, but hopefully this becomes a frequent thing - since I live in traditional Fishtown, it's two minutes away for me.

So everyone is meeting at Circle Thrift at 8 tonight?

that's the plan. see you in a few hours.

bikes and beer?

did you pull a strife?

-ben

he did say he was the least edge edge kid ever. haha. but he didn't say HE'D be drinking.

whoa! ben? like uhhh...the bike shop on murray that isn't coreys? i can't remember the name right now. steamroller? what's up man? and no, i don't drink, but other people do, and i'm cool with that.