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piratemolly

Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:52 pm

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

Actually, I have 3 helmets as prizes, for all your fast hipsters out there who are too chickenshit to wear helmets. (1 from Montlake 2 from Second Ascent)
Safety is sexy, but only if you make it so!

Matthew

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:03 am

rookie Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 1173 Location: Sur le nord-ouest des Ã‰tats-Unis, pret de la frontier QuÃ©bÃ©cois

This is Cal Anderson Park, on Cap Hill, right? What is the best way to get there from downtown?

Foo

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:20 am

Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 583

If you go up the hill on Pine, it'll be the park on your left shortly after you cross Broadway. Velo Bikes is across the street, IIRC. (Pine is one way the wrong way until near Cap hill when it becomes two way, just take an alternate road to that point)

applesauche

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:21 am

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

piratemolly wrote:

Actually, I have 3 helmets as prizes, for all your fast hipsters out there who are too chickenshit to wear helmets. (1 from Montlake 2 from Second Ascent)
Safety is sexy, but only if you make it so!

Oh, Molly. How many times do we have to go over this?

Safety is not sexy. It may be advisable, but it is certainly not sexy.

Sexiness is really not a very good angle to market safety from. I mean, really, I have never seen a girl with helmet-head looking sexy. With all due respect, a more realisic angle to market helmets from would be "Safety before Sexy"

Seven

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:50 am

suddenly quite whiny! Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 345 Location: Cap Hill

Oh my fucking lord I got so wasted last night. I'm guessing anyone who was at Greenlake can speak to that because I don't really remember being there all too well.

SeditiousCanary

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:51 am

sorry, can't make it! Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Fremont Troll

applesauche wrote:

With all due respect, a more realisic angle to market helmets from would be "Safety before Sexy"

Perhaps proofs are a better way to prove this.

Dead ≠ Sexy
Safety > Dead
Therefore
Sexy ≥ Safety

SeditiousCanary

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:52 am

sorry, can't make it! Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Fremont Troll

Seven wrote:

Oh my fucking lord I got so wasted last night. I'm guessing anyone who was at Greenlake can speak to that because I don't really remember being there all too well.

Yeah, you kept telling us how drunk you were. Almost like you had to or else become sober.

Seven

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:56 am

suddenly quite whiny! Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 345 Location: Cap Hill

SeditiousCanary wrote:

Seven wrote:

Oh my fucking lord I got so wasted last night. I'm guessing anyone who was at Greenlake can speak to that because I don't really remember being there all too well.

Yeah, you kept telling us how drunk you were. Almost like you had to or else become sober.

Yeah I do that sometimes. I think it's more because my short term memory gets so bad that every few minutes I'm realizing how drunk I am all over again. My friends call those my drunk updates, or "Drunkdates"

TrikerTrev

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:24 am

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 2303 Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!

applesauche wrote:

piratemolly wrote:

Actually, I have 3 helmets as prizes, for all your fast hipsters out there who are too chickenshit to wear helmets. (1 from Montlake 2 from Second Ascent)
Safety is sexy, but only if you make it so!

i have to disagree...i think a good case of helmet head is DAMNSEXY...of course thats dependent on who the helmet head is attached to.

minor detail...minor.

ya know whats really NOT sexy? brain damage!

take me for example...

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surlykat

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:20 am

Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 658 Location: in the CD

SeditiousCanary wrote:

Dead ≠ Sexy
Safety > Dead
Therefore
Sexy ≥ Safety

There's a flaw in there somewhere... sexy could be either greater than, equal to, or less than safety. all we know about sexy is that is not equal to dead, and safety is greater than dead (but not equal), so sexy could be anything except dead.

SeditiousCanary

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:28 am

sorry, can't make it! Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Fremont Troll

surlykat wrote:

all we know about sexy is that is not equal to dead, and safety is greater than dead (but not equal), so sexy could be anything except dead.

Presumption of necrophilia accepted, but not condoned.

Matthew

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:32 pm

rookie Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 1173 Location: Sur le nord-ouest des Ã‰tats-Unis, pret de la frontier QuÃ©bÃ©cois

I'm with trev on this one: helmet hair is totally hot, especially when combined with the "no-makeup so it can't run or smear" and "cyclist tan lines" looks.

Wow, I feel guilty just writing this.

Seven

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:43 pm

suddenly quite whiny! Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 345 Location: Cap Hill

So I'm pissed that I missed this. I just woke up for the second time today and I'm still tired and kind of shakey from drinking so damn much last night. I blame Ron and his leather pants.

mcrawfor

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:17 pm

Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 1039 Location: Ballard

applesauche wrote:

Safety is not sexy. It may be advisable, but it is certainly not sexy.

I'm joining the trail of dissenters here.

I remember a certain beautiful person after the fucking hills race last year - mud everywhere, helmet hair, flushed and with all the signs of riding hard. She was told "If you looked like that every day I'd marry you right now," and I'll be damned if I didn't believe it when I heard it.

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lantius

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:35 pm

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

applesauche wrote:

Safety is not sexy. It may be advisable, but it is certainly not sexy.

no no, i think you misheard me. i said CRAZY is not sexy.

laura

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:15 pm

Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 1050 Location: wherever the dance party is

Awesome job Molly - great turnout, excellent prizes, and pretty mild weather. Thanks for putting it all together!

piratemolly

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:38 pm

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

Seven wrote:

So I'm pissed that I missed this. I just woke up for the second time today and I'm still tired and kind of shakey from drinking so damn much last night. I blame Ron and his leather pants.

Ron finished the race! (but in different pants)

Also, THANK YOU everyone! Especially my sexy medics (Laura, Jake, Amanda, Coral, Davis, Richard and Jess!) Your help was essential.

I had a great turnout and it was truly awesome!

Trevor and his boys are so totally DFL, as I am home and they just got to the end of the race. Congrats to them!

Data out of 30 riders:

Evan 1st - 1 hr 24 min
Zack 2nd - 1 hr 26 min
Lucia 6th place, 1st Girl - 1 hr 42 min
DFL Trevor - 3 hrs? or something
Lowest Heart Rate Koos - 98

Fantastic Job!

eärendil

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:30 pm

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

piratemolly wrote:

Lowest Heart Rate Koos - 98

Hey, mine was 70! also, what was the highest? I think they told us 157. Great job putting this together, I'll invite you up when we do one in Bellingham.

-Andrew

TrikerTrev

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:42 pm

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 2303 Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!

hey, we made the ride...never said i was racing (not with a 50 lbs of dead weight and a 13 yo on a schwinn 6 speed)! I had to stop to feed the boys and got totally stuck at the locks (fucking tourists).

i hate the locks "WALK YER BIIIIIKE" security...assholes!

Thanks Molly...that was some fun schitt...at least the greenbutter was safe!

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snyd3282

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:38 pm

could suck the fun out of a blowjob Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Posts: 588 Location: Ballard / Fremont

TrikerTrev wrote:

Wait, wait, why do YOU have to walk? You don't ride a bike, you ride a trike. Their sign only mentions bikes, right?

It makes me wonder if they'd make a paraplegic get off of a hand-crank bike.

SeditiousCanary

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:01 pm

sorry, can't make it! Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Fremont Troll

snyd3282 wrote:

It makes me wonder if they'd make a paraplegic get off of a hand-crank bike.

Nope, only because most of them are too wide to fit.

Aaron

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:29 pm

Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 4645

applesauche wrote:

Safety is not sexy. It may be advisable, but it is certainly not sexy.

I think women are sexy when they wear helmets......

gsbarnes

Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:33 pm

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

I came in 3rd at 1:27, but apparently I won the heart rate competition at 157.

There's an old formula that says your max heart rate is 220 - (your age), so if I beat you all, you must be slackers. Young slackers. Ride harder next time.

I screwed up by going to Myrtle Edwards first, then Queen Anne, but apparently Evan and Zack also screwed up. I saw Zack miss the 'direct' route up from Golden Gardens, but he still caught me, the fast bastard. Evan apparently missed the Commodore Park checkpoint and crossed the locks before he realized his mistake. So he got to elbow the tourists 3 times. Drop handlebars would have been a definite advantage at the locks.

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DJStroky

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:28 am

Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 356 Location: Downtown Tacoma

gsbarnes wrote:

No, that just means that we are more physically fit than you ;-p

Thanks to everyone for putting this race on! Since I got 2nd again in the Greenlake race, I was happy that I got 1st over here.

Here's my winning route

I hit all green lights between 9th/James all the way to Denny on 6th ave, so I believe that gave me a good placement. Going up Golden Gardens Dr earned me 1st place for sure.

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applesauche

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:38 am

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

lantius wrote:

no no, i think you misheard me. i said CRAZY is not sexy.

That was just not very nice, Lee!

TrikerTrev

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:25 am

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 2303 Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!

snyd3282 wrote:

Wait, wait, why do YOU have to walk? You don't ride a bike, you ride a trike. Their sign only mentions bikes, right?

It makes me wonder if they'd make a paraplegic get off of a hand-crank bike.

see, lord o da fries, thats my argument (albeit based on nothing but my own asshattery). first, they dont know that not riding a trike because of some injury (only partially true, but not really) and second...that thing dosent "walk" well. i'd take up more space walking it than not.

dum phucks

last time the group "rode" through the locks i unclipped my feet, put 'em up on the derailure post and used the front tires like a wheelchair. jot big laughs from everyone around, but the guard was pissed

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gsbarnes

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:39 am

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

DJStroky wrote:

gsbarnes wrote:

No, that just means that we are more physically fit than you ;-p

By 'we' I assume you must mean you and Zack. Congratulations to you two on beating a 42-year old who apparently is about to succumb to massive heart failure.

P.S. You owe me $5.

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rob

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:14 am

Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 1315 Location: Columbia City

eärendil wrote:

piratemolly wrote:

Lowest Heart Rate Koos - 98

Hey, mine was 70! also, what was the highest? I think they told us 157. Great job putting this together, I'll invite you up when we do one in Bellingham.

-Andrew

Yeah, i recall quite a few below 98.

and besides, Koos totally stood in line for coffee before he got his pressure/rate checked...

dashap

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:16 am

professor Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 1566 Location: central district

Safety First Alleycat

langston

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:57 am

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

lantius wrote:

applesauche wrote:

Safety is not sexy. It may be advisable, but it is certainly not sexy.

no no, i think you misheard me. i said CRAZY is not sexy.

I disagree. Crazy is going to always be the best in bed. I've had problems in the past about putting it in Crazy, but those problems only ever surface after the fact.

Lutella

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:56 am

Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 206 Location: all dressed in yella

Molly, thanks for the great race. The stops you picked made for an interesting and challenging route. So many great prizes! Spokecards! First aid kits! Water bottles! The Wayward Cafe was really cool, too! Also, cheers to the volunteers--especially Perrin, the little loudspeaker.

Lutella

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:06 pm

Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 206 Location: all dressed in yella

Also, I'm going to reveal myself as firmly in the camp of Safety Isn't Not Sexy.

Look! I just found a blog called www.safetyissexy.blogspot.com with pro-head propaganda such as this:

Last edited by Lutella on Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:44 am; edited 1 time in total

DJStroky

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:06 pm

Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 356 Location: Downtown Tacoma

Lutella wrote:

So many great prizes! Spokecards! First aid kits! Water bottles!

Yeah, you guys do a really good job in getting a ton of prizes!

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langston

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:16 pm

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

Molly and all the volunteers, thank you very much for putting on such a fun race. I really enjoyed the route, the prizes were fantastic and it just went sooo smoothly. Well done!

piratemolly

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:41 pm

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

DJStroky wrote:

Lutella wrote:

So many great prizes! Spokecards! First aid kits! Water bottles!

Yeah, you guys do a really good job in getting a ton of prizes!

Thanks! I spent hours and hours and hours getting prizes! I hope you all enjoy them.

koos42

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:11 am

Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 367 Location: ON YOUR LEFT! your other left.

That was an excellent time. Tons of cool people, great checkpoints (if not a little cruel, such big hills), and awesome prizes.

Tons of thanks to all of you that set that up and helped out!

//Sorry this is a little late, I just restored the internets at home...

zuvembi

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:21 pm

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

It was an awful lot of fun. Thanks for getting the great prizes [1], the interesting route, and getting all the people together for this.

[1] Squeeeeee! Pink fenders! zOMG!

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laura

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:37 pm

Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 1050 Location: wherever the dance party is

zuvembi wrote:

[1] Squeeeeee! Pink fenders! zOMG!

i so wanted those!

langston

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:44 pm

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

laura wrote:

zuvembi wrote:

[1] Squeeeeee! Pink fenders! zOMG!

i so wanted those!

they were awfull difficult to pass up, I'll admit.

chunts

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:02 pm

Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 85 Location: Cappy

DJStroky wrote:

Here's my winning route

ah, i think hitting the pedestrian bridge over the tracks to myrtle edwards was pretty key. I wasn't sure if that was open to the public or not so i didn't try it.

on the hill up from golden gardens I just said screw it and carried the fixed gear up the stairs to 32nd. heart rate was 129 at the top, and judging from when Brian passed me I would say it took close to the same amount of time as riding all the way around.

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