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Alexi 03-27-05 10:49 PM

mit track?
 
so i got this on my space today, too bad i was stuck at work, but i hear it may be a regular thing...

Do you ride a track bike? a road bike? are you a faux bike messenger with bad hair spending your parents money with a vengance? AWESOME. people are meeting up around 6 at cambridge cycles on mass ave in central square to go invade the MIT race track. if memory serves correct, its a 200 meter 6 lane paved track with spectator bleachers. this should be alot of fun if we get at least 15 people. can you think of a better way to spend a 50 degree evening that lands on easter sunday? bring your bike, a camera, some sauce, and maybe some money to gamble.

bostontrevor 03-28-05 09:47 AM

Weird. Is this the MIT running track? They don't have a velodrome, do they?

ryan_c 03-28-05 02:28 PM

I've got a good friend at MIT, I'll ask him soon.

BostonFixed 03-28-05 02:30 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if MIT has a velodrome somewhere on campus. There all kinds of weird shi*t at MIT, like the crazy tunnels that connect everything.

Shiznaz 03-28-05 02:31 PM

They have those crazy tunnels at most university campuses

Alexi 03-28-05 03:03 PM

theses crazy tunnels were the home of some awsome partys back in the day, lots of drugs and cute/smart girls... sigh

bostontrevor 03-28-05 03:16 PM

The tunnels are fun. If you've never been on an orange tour, you should see if you can get the hookup. Nothing quite like crawling across the building 10 dome at 2 in the morning.

I heard they upped the on-the-roof fines in recent years.

cicadashell 03-28-05 04:10 PM

the tunnels in ann arbor were great fun until some cretins started using them to try stealing drugs from the hospitals. surprise! heightened security...everything was easier back in the 70s.

misterherman 03-28-05 04:24 PM

tunnel-ride!

hangthedj85 03-28-05 05:06 PM

those rides were fun last night but the MIT cops showed up in no time. At least he let us run the finals though...

bostontrevor 03-28-05 05:31 PM

So what's the word, dude. Is it a little velo or a running track?

MIT campus cops are used to dealing with hijinx and shenna****ns so they're usually pretty cool as long as you're not doing damage or endangering anyone.

hangthedj85 03-28-05 05:50 PM


Originally Posted by bostontrevor
So what's the word, dude. Is it a little velo or a running track?

MIT campus cops are used to dealing with hijinx and shenna****ns so they're usually pretty cool as long as you're not doing damage or endangering anyone.

it was just on the running track, it was fun but if it was a velodrome it would have been infinitely better. Fun no less, I lost my heat after the second corner (i'm going clipless next time) and ended up in second. If no fear t-shirts of the 90's taught me anything it's that second place is the first loser...

Shiznaz 03-28-05 05:55 PM

what ever happened to those shirts anyways? Did they all end up at the Salvation Army and get shipped off to Africa?

hangthedj85 03-28-05 06:00 PM

I wish I knew where I could find them, they had the best phrases...

if you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space!

polytoxic 03-28-05 06:36 PM

Go to any motorcycle shop and ask to look in their Parts Unlimited dealer catalague. They have the whole line of no fear t shirts.

Shiznaz 03-28-05 08:23 PM

http://www.nofear.com/ProductCart/PC...gory=10&page=7
Darn, they all appear to be lame skater style shirts and not nearly as inflamatory as I remember. And for some reason most of them say So Cal on them now. How do I rep a place I've only been to once?

chimblysweep 03-29-05 01:12 PM

didja see this?

BIKE CURIOUS SUMMER RACE

thursdays, nightly at 10:30.

MIT race track.
vassar street, central square, cambridge.

bring your bike, some sauce, and a camera to prove to your friends you were actually there.

spread the word.

Alexi 03-29-05 01:45 PM

heh, i'm gonna have to check this out

go4broke44 03-30-05 03:00 PM

by sauce, i assume they mean booze?

hammye 03-30-05 03:50 PM

And by booze, I assume you mean what you should feed me on a constant basis.

slangjang 03-30-05 06:32 PM

i just spoke to the dude who started that whole thing. he works at cambrige bikes. he said they arent doing it this thursday but mostlikely next week. im gonna check it out.

Alexi 03-30-05 11:27 PM

which cambridge bike guy is it?

WithNail 03-31-05 11:35 AM

Ian. . .I think. At least he is the one who emailed me like a buhzillion times about it. I miss the kid, he's really nice and I can't wait to get back and ride with them.

WithNail 03-31-05 12:29 PM

A quote from ian's bulletin

"Remember. Track Races Tonight. 10:30 on the MIT track on Vasar street (Central Sq. Cambridge). Bring Booze and your Track Bike.

Be there or kill yourself.

www.myspace.com/bikesandbooze"

hangthedj85 03-31-05 02:05 PM


Originally Posted by WithNail
Ian. . .I think. At least he is the one who emailed me like a buhzillion times about it. I miss the kid, he's really nice and I can't wait to get back and ride with them.

Henry?


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