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eärendil

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:39 am

Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Beautiful Bellingham, Washington

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molly +1

MaLora invited me along, and seeing as I'm going to be in seattle with nothing better to do and I built myself some new wheels, I don't see how to say no...

piratemolly

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:23 am

Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 533 Location: here, there, everywhere

eärendil wrote:

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molly +1

MaLora invited me along, and seeing as I'm going to be in seattle with nothing better to do and I built myself some new wheels, I don't see how to say no...

YAY! I'm so excited! I'm going to be slower than everyone else, so it will be nice to draft off you for 60 miles or so...

bobhall

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:29 pm

Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 460

Hey, sorry guys, but I gotta bail on the ride tomorrow. I'm going up to Bellingham (driving!) to look at a boat. I was supposed to go on Wednesday, but work exploded on me and I had to reschedule. Just be glad I'm not gonna make you wake up at 6 ay-em.

On the plus side, it looks like if we go to Bellingham again I can take you guys sailing!

langston

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:31 pm

Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 5547 Location: Columbia City

I still want to go but now have some conditionals;

my rear wheel is toast. I've called in a favor to try and borrow one for a few days, we'll see tonight if he comes through. Anyone else have a 9spd road wheel to loan? I'll use my own rubbers.

Tonight is the Fuck the Weekly wake at the Owl & Thistle, 8pm. I'm going to try and not get trashed, but we'll see.

badhill

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:31 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

bobhall wrote:

Lame! Are you buying a boat, or just looking at one? Will it be moored in Bellingham, or Seattle?

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bobhall

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:43 pm

Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 460

badhill wrote:

bobhall wrote:

Lame! Are you buying a boat, or just looking at one? Will it be moored in Bellingham, or Seattle?

Yeah, I'm gonna buy a sail boat. (Looking at it tomorrow, with 90% probability of putting down a deposit on it). The plan is to live on the thing, but I need to find moorage in Seattle. Luckily, the Bellingham slip is both cheap & transferable, so I'll just park it there for the time being. My house lease runs out after July, so I have time to find something. Anyone know any spots in Seattle where I can live on my 30' sailboat? In the mean time there will be a few weekends where I bike to Bellingham on Saturday, crash on the boat, sail Sunday, then train home. Sound like fun to anyone else?, 'cause it sounds pretty fuckin' sweet to me.

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my rear wheel is toast. I've called in a favor to try and borrow one for a few days, we'll see tonight if he comes through. Anyone else have a 9spd road wheel to loan? I'll use my own rubbers.

Langston, if you want to borrow my pink fixie tomorrow you're welcome to. Sorry I don't have any 9-speed wheels. Silly gears.

henry

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:54 pm

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

bobhall wrote:

Sound like fun to anyone else?, 'cause it sounds pretty fuckin' sweet to me.

Our boat lives in Anacortes and sometimes on the north side of Guemes. I love Bellingham Bay. Gorgeous, dependably breezy and easily accessed.

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zuvembi

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:09 pm

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 942 Location: Little Addis Ababa

langston wrote:

my rear wheel is toast. I've called in a favor to try and borrow one for a few days, we'll see tonight if he comes through. Anyone else have a 9spd road wheel to loan? I'll use my own rubbers.

Yes, I have a couple spares, call my cell at 425-681-0523.

edit: I'll be home after six.

editedit: Also, unless something unforeseen comes up, I am coming.

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piratemolly

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:45 pm

Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 533 Location: here, there, everywhere

bobhall wrote:

Cass lives on a boat by China Harbor. You could ask her for thoughts.

eärendil

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:16 pm

Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Beautiful Bellingham, Washington

Well I made it to seattle but I have had no luck with private messaging anyone about meeting the ride in the morning. I'm going to be in shoreline and I guess I'll either ride down to zoka's or ride out to meet the 7:55 ferry. I'm assuming that's what you guys are aiming for? Somebody please call me at 360-820-GOAT (4628) either soon tonight or in the morning.
Thanks, and I look forward to the ride.

ripper

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:16 am

evilmike Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Capitalist Hill

I overslept. As in, I just woke up, and it's now 7:15. I hope you didn't wait too long for me.

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zuvembi

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:03 pm

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 942 Location: Little Addis Ababa

ripper wrote:

I overslept. As in, I just woke up, and it's now 7:15. I hope you didn't wait too long for me.

Nope. We left at almost exactly 7:15am.

I just got home from the ride. 111 miles from my house to zoka, up to Port Townsend, Across to Whidbey Island, across the island to the mukilteo ferry, down (mostly 99 - which I swear to fucking god was asshole night), we all split up about 80th and aurora.

Great ride. Now I have to go take out my contacts ere I die

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badhill

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:02 am

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

Three ferries, one surreal and harrowing floating bridge, a strangely attractive waitress, a cranky old ferryman, a dozen or so pints, and about a hundred miles of road a stone's toss from saltwater; it was a goddamn lovely day.

Just like bobhall's squad two weeks ago, each of the six (Dane, Andrew, Molly, Miles, Adam, and Remmington) who showed up at Zoka this morning turned out to be perfect companions, dispatching the what for the spandex warrior crowd is a significant distance with cheer and nonchalance. Seriously: getting a group together to ride used to be an exercise in begging, cajoling, encouraging, comforting, bribing, negotiating, even arguing. Getting seven people to stay happy and together for a hundred miles would have been unthinkable. You motherbitches, however, can just get on a bike and ride.

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mcrawfor

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:13 pm

Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 1039 Location: Ballard

Thanks for organizing, Brandon - it was great!

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Remington

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:08 pm

Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 457 Location: Remington Country

badhill wrote:

Getting seven people to stay happy and together for a hundred miles would have been unthinkable. You motherbitches, however, can just get on a bike and ride.

Yeah, it was pretty kickass. 12.5 hours total, 14.1 avg and 100.3 miles on my comp. I'll post some pics of the ride soon, including the cranky ferryman. It's too bad I didn't get any shots of the Wookie burger (or bridge, waitress, etc). I guess I was just too focused on eating the thing... :)

eärendil

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:36 pm

Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Beautiful Bellingham, Washington

Yes, thank you Brandon for organizing such a great ride, and thank you everybody for making my first ride with you folks such an enjoyable one. Yeah, and whoever arranged that weather, thank you too (although it did start sprinkling on my ride home -- in February of all months!).

My favourite quote from a girl at a stoplight in Mukilteo:

Girl at stoplight: "Where are you guys riding to?"
Us: "Seattle"
Girl: "Oh my god, your [sic] riding all the way to Seattle!"
Us: laughter

I look forward to seeing pictures, not having a camera of my own, and I look forward to the next ride, although I might have a different seat by then...

zuvembi

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:40 am

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 942 Location: Little Addis Ababa

Oh, and this is why I couldn't shift my front chainring:

Evidently I abraded the housing when I went down at the end of December and bunged up my hip.

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piratemolly

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:52 am

Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 533 Location: here, there, everywhere

eärendil wrote:

My favourite quote from a girl at a stoplight in Mukilteo:

Girl at stoplight: "Where are you guys riding to?"
Us: "Seattle"
Girl: "Oh my god, your [sic] riding all the way to Seattle!"
Us: laughter

I look forward to seeing pictures, not having a camera of my own, and I look forward to the next ride, although I might have a different seat by then...

That was awesome, since we had already been riding like, 80 miles or something at that point.

It was a great time kids! I'll post some pictures tonight. I'm impressed that we only had 2 flats, and that no one fell on the fog covered, metal grates, slick with rain and dew and water bridge of doom.

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