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badhill

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:24 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

Whereas: The Starbucks to Boundary Bay century was awesome.
and Whereas: I'm tired of getting slowly fatter all winter.
but Whereas: I like to eat.

I propose: the Brunch in Port Townsend Century on Saturday, Feb 10th. The route would take us to Edmonds, across to Kingston, and up over the Hood Canal for brunch in your favorite dive in PT. Then we'll cross Admiralty Bay to Whidbey Island, then down to the Clinton ferry, up Mukilteo and a quick ride town 99 to Seattle. That's about 100 miles.

Weather permitting, of course.

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gsbarnes

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:42 pm

Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 2666 Location: No Fun Town, USA

badhill wrote:

It has been decreed that it will not rain in Western Washington forevermore. Well, at least not until next week. Probably.

Seriously, I might do this, but I have frisbee every Saturday in February.

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joeball

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:44 pm

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 6037 Location: Ether

Anything specific preventing this from taking place on Feb 3rd? or just a preference?

badhill

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:49 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

joeball wrote:

Anything specific preventing this from taking place on Feb 3rd? or just a preference?

I just figured two weeks was a good gap between centuries. It takes the whole damn day, after all.

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ripper

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:50 pm

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

I'm game for the 10th; It would be my first century.

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zuvembi

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:59 pm

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

Hmmm, I might be up for this. I'm probably going to be out in Port Angeles this weekend, so next weekend would be much better for me.

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langston

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:03 pm

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

I'm down for the 10th. Hood Canal is a terrible ride, but there arn't many other options. Coming back from Everett there is the Interurban, which runs efficiently between Everett & Shoreline along I-5.

It would be really nice to drop these every other week or so up until Mason Lake, and then roll out Team83

badhill

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:11 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

langston wrote:

Yeah that might be fun. I could handle a long day's ride every couple of weeks. What's Mason Lake?

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langston

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:23 pm

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

badhill wrote:

langston wrote:

Yeah that might be fun. I could handle a long day's ride every couple of weeks. What's Mason Lake?

http://www.pazzovelo.com/events/races/2002/mason_lake/

piratemolly

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:34 pm

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

keep me in the know.

pete jr

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:19 am

Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 1930 Location: balls deepx

i am also down with this idea.

langston

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:06 pm

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

*ping*

I've cleared my schedule for saturday.

badhill

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:26 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

Yep, I'm still full-go.

Let's meet somewhere in the U District at 7 ay-em Saturday; though I don't know what's open then. We'll ride toward PT via Edmonds, across to Whidbey, and back via Mukileo. Miles pointed out that we'll be doing plenty of standing around waiting for and being on ferries, so we might want to demote brunch to a quick stop at a snackshop in PT for the sake of keeping our average pace up.

We might end the trip riding in the dark in 99, so bring some bright fuckin' blinkers.

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Oh man imagine if we were a bike club out of, I dunno, Dallas. "Hey let's ride for a hun'red miles on the highway looking at scrub brush". Ferries, mountains, islands, yes thank you very much.

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langston

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:40 pm

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

badhill wrote:

Can we go another way north than directly up 99? I really don't enjoy that stretch, the road is full of holes & gravel and the traffic makes me jumpy. I know a pretty good route that for the most part follows the Interurban, and gets to Shoreline by way of Greenlake/Northgate/Roosevelt/5th NE to MtLkT/ interurban to Everett, with a few shortcuts to avoid cutting the freeway.
Going home 99 is fine.

badhill

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:49 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

langston wrote:

Yeah that's fine except we won't be going north on 99, we'll be coming back southward.

Something like this:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=691808

As you can see, I haven't settled on an exact route. I understand the coastal route up to PT is pretty, but hilly.

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langston

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:54 pm

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

badhill wrote:

langston wrote:

ooh. duh. I've driven it plenty of times, hilly and nice the whole way. Nice warm up for the Chilly Hilly.

bobhall

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:02 pm

Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 460

I'm down for Saturday. I've been pissed at not going on very many long rides this winter, and I'd like to keep the Bellingham momentum going. I put in 60 miles on Sunday as well, so this would be the 3rd weekend in a row of real riding.

Hooray Team83!

When/where are we meeting?

zuvembi

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:16 pm

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

For some reason I thought this was a Sunday ride.

Hmm, I'm still planning on going, though now I have to check my schedule again.

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applesauche

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:41 pm

Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 337 Location: Capitol Hill

Seattle to Pt. Townsend (and the boys of .83) being my favorite ride, goddamnit I want to do this. But alas, I will be in surgery the day before and although I have ridden against doctor's orders on numerous long-ass rides before, this would be too crazy even for me.

Let's do this again in the spring, say May?

langston

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:44 pm

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

applesauche wrote:

SURE! Good luck under the knife.

badhill

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:41 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

applesauche wrote:

You are not allowed to come. You can ride the boys of point83 later.

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piratemolly

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:18 pm

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

alyson rae:

pointers?

pete jr

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:31 pm

Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 1930 Location: balls deepx

badhill wrote:

Let's meet somewhere in the U District at 7 ay-em Saturday; though I don't know what's open then.

i believe cafe on the ave is open. ex-roma, 42nd and university.

badhill

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:39 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

pete jr wrote:

badhill wrote:

Let's meet somewhere in the U District at 7 ay-em Saturday; though I don't know what's open then.

i believe cafe on the ave is open. ex-roma, 42nd and university.

Oh man that place depresses me. And the last thing I need at seven in the morning is a place that depresses me. Is Blue Dog open that early on Saturday?

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ripper

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:46 pm

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

What's wrong with the 22-hour starbucks?

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gsbarnes

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:50 pm

Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 2666 Location: No Fun Town, USA

badhill wrote:

Oh man that place depresses me. And the last thing I need at seven in the morning is a place that depresses me. Is Blue Dog open that early on Saturday?

They open at 9am on weekends, apparently.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/269846_coffee12.html

Both Zoka's are open at 6am on Saturdays (which is probably why a bunch of bike clubs start rides at UZ):
http://www.zokacoffee.com/page.php?xPage=locations.html

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badhill

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:51 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

ripper wrote:

What's wrong with the 22-hour starbucks?

Because it's uphill to sea level from there.

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gsbarnes

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:55 pm

Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 2666 Location: No Fun Town, USA

badhill wrote:

ripper wrote:

What's wrong with the 22-hour starbucks?

Because it's uphill to sea level from there.

At this rate, U Village will be thought of as the depths of hell in no time.

Which come to think of it, is about right.

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badhill

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:59 pm

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

gsbarnes wrote:

Both Zoka's are open at 6am on Saturdays (which is probably why a bunch of bike clubs start rides at UZ):
http://www.zokacoffee.com/page.php?xPage=locations.html

HERE HERE! Tangletown Zoka (map) at 7 AM saturday, to leave promptly thereafter. Be thankful: if Bob had his say we'd be leaving at six.

Current roster:

evilmike
bob
molly
langston
pete jr?
zuvembi?

Hey Bob bring your sister; she's a treat.

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Hayduke

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:09 pm

Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 677 Location: Seattle, WA

badhill wrote:

Hey Bob bring your sister; she's a treat.

gsbarnes

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:09 pm

Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 2666 Location: No Fun Town, USA

badhill wrote:

Current roster:

evilmike
bob
molly
langston
gsbarnes?
pete jr?
zuvembi?

Sorry, but like I said before, I have a frisbee game. I just thought I'd help. Have a good ride.

For future reference, Cafe Allegro is also open early enough: 6:30am on Saturday, according to Citysearch.

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piratemolly

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:01 am

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

heidi?
miles?
adam?
remmington?

badhill

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:05 am

Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 260 Location: Boston

piratemolly wrote:

heidi?
miles?
adam?
remmington?

Did you talk to them tonight?

Could it be? That this is the best century ride ever?

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heidib

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:54 am

Joined: 17 Nov 2006 Posts: 95 Location: maple leaf

i'm still thinking about it. i don't know if i can afford to have a saturday eaten by bike riding right now. i'm behind.

mork the delayer

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:35 am

Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 548 Location: Providence, RI

Yeah I'm coming. I've gotten three flats in the last week, so hopefully all my shitty luck is getting used up.

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joeball

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:43 am

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 6037 Location: Ether

mork the delayer wrote:

Yeah I'm coming. I've gotten three flats in the last week, so hopefully all my shitty luck is getting used up.

Seriously, you are living up to "Delayer" status. Were these all on the fixie? Didn't you have 2 flats on the ride out to the ABR wrench party a little bit ago as well?

mork the delayer

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:50 am

Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 548 Location: Providence, RI

joeball wrote:

mork the delayer wrote:

Yeah I'm coming. I've gotten three flats in the last week, so hopefully all my shitty luck is getting used up.

Seriously, you are living up to "Delayer" status. Were these all on the fixie? Didn't you have 2 flats on the ride out to the ABR wrench party a little bit ago as well?

only 2 were on that bike. I need to do some work figuring out a better tire/wheel combo or just get new wheels so I can run a reasonable tire pressure without blowing the tires off the rim.

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lantius

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:56 am

1337 Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 6705 Location: right over

heidib wrote:

i'm still thinking about it. i don't know if i can afford to have a saturday eaten by bike riding right now. i'm behind.

behind on bike riding, if you ask me!

piratemolly

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:13 pm

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

lantius wrote:

heidib wrote:

i'm still thinking about it. i don't know if i can afford to have a saturday eaten by bike riding right now. i'm behind.

behind on bike riding, if you ask me!

you too! come ride with us!

heidib

Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:34 pm

Joined: 17 Nov 2006 Posts: 95 Location: maple leaf

mork the delayer wrote:

Yeah I'm coming. I've gotten three flats in the last week, so hopefully all my shitty luck is getting used up.

maybe you did this already and this statement should go without saying. . . but did you check to see if there are any big holes in your tire that are pinching your tubes? is your tire just thin and easily penetrated by road glass etc? i was getting a lot of flats a while ago, i changed my rear tire, and i didn't really have problems anymore.

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