portland would be awesome cause it'd give me a good excuse to go back to oregon.

for the northeast, philly seems like it'd be a lot cheaper than NYC, but still close enough to everything to have tons of folks attend. philly will easily pull in the NYC, DC, Baltimore and probably the boston, providence, and richmond folks with no problem. plus there's a nearby velodrome!

+1 for philly....mmmm cheesesteak.

Two words: **** Gino's.

Papa?

F.uck.

I knew we shouldn't have followed the high prices, flashing lights, and jingoism.

Apparently Pat's is the place to go as Geno's is simply known for copping Pat's style 40 years after the fact and putting up flashy decorations.

um, I certainly hope you were being sarcastic with that number of people actually being a legit draw.
in portland, I would make a solid bet of 150+ locals showing up with little/no advertising.

seriously. it was raining during my trip home and I STILL got stuck in a bicycle jam on the broadway bridge.

yes that's right. portland has BICYCLE JAMS.

(grumble grumble ****ing commuters on comfort bikes going 10mph grumble grumble)

in conculsion, yes. even though I'm moving away from the northwest, portland would be a really good idea location-wise. a ****-ton of people would come.

you're keeping your eye on the U.S. for the NORTH AMERICAN hbs....there are two or three amazing cities in your friendly neighbor up north...
Vancouver - wanna talk about bicycle friendly city!
Toronto - its just a touch away from being the next american city (kind of sad really)
MONTREAL - everyone knows montreal is the place to be....thats where it needs to be in 08

portland is cool, bike central, & there's a lot of tasty micro-brews there, but it can be an expensive place to fly to. philly is probably a less expensive flight with more going on with-in driving distance.

Don, shouldn't you be working on my frame? LOL

nah they just moved up the street a little now they are where the old wiccan shop used to be by nesxt to the coffee shop kiddy corner from the taqueria on 16th street I think at t

If you're going to bribe a man with scotch, Macallan 12yr is probably the minimum at which you should start.

hey were just talking about having a good time with some local broke drunks that usually drink pbr

i hear they're owned by the same people now.