This is shaping up to be a good one!

Volbach, you still coming?  I call mid-pack sheltering shotgun.

bring extra tethers....i'm coming along too

I'll be there. 8AM Brooklyn Bridge?

Fantastic! I'll bring the camera and Owens.

I pretty much look like this now:



Good lord!  A 77 lb dachshund?

https://www.google.com/search?q=77+lb+dachshund&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=wci&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=_hqUUKDYCOrH0AGr64HADg&ved=0CB8QsAQ&biw=1550&bih=957

I'll see if I can find my road bike in the dark and roll up the west side bike path from the village.

Last week Vollbach and I sang highlights from Westside story as we crossed the GW.

@Ryan. I think our rides would feel much more inclusive if you would post a setlist before hand so we can all learn the lyrics and join in.

mperlberg said:

@Ryan. I think our rides would feel much more inclusive if you would post a setlist before hand so we can all learn the lyrics and join in.

I'm not interested in being inclusive, I'm interested in making great musical theatre.

BTW, since there are so many of us, does anyone wish for me to bring el-Jawbono?

If you want to keep it.  Doesn't sound like any in-shape climbers are coming.  OH wait, Joe will be there.  Yeah bring it so you can surrender it to him.  SNAP!

I have the pink bar tape back.  Prepare to die.

The jawbone is coming and will be up for grabs on the climb out of Piermont up Nike lane. 

Jeff Owens said:

If you want to keep it.  Doesn't sound like any in-shape climbers are coming.  OH wait, Joe will be there.  Yeah bring it so you can surrender it to him.  SNAP!

I have the pink bar tape back.  Prepare to die.

Don't forget Jules! Mr. top ten every cross race. He's a bitch on those climbs when he's in shape.

Oh also, please no one be scared off by the BS goofball posturing we do. My hope is that tomorrow will be pretty chill, save for the hills, on which we will try to kill each other.

@Jeff-That's no dachshund.  That's a miniature sea lion.

Isn't "prepare to die" Owens-code for "imma Gonna sleep in?"



On Nov 2, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Jeff Owens wrote:

If you want to keep it. Doesn't sound like any in-shape climbers are coming. OH wait, Joe will be there. Yeah bring it so you can surrender it to him. SNAP!

I have the pink bar tape back. Prepare to die.

I hate you. Now it's officially ON.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3W5GDkgf2w&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I will be there as well.

me too

I'll show up with my cold gear. 30 degrees with 15mph winds.

Looking chilly. See you soon.

Heh, you guys missed a fun "event" by turning back before Nyack.  Stokes, Mike and I got buzzed on 9W by a honking madman who then threw on his brakes to politely converse with us.  I guess Stokes was slightly too close to the white line and this was clearly the breaking point in his beautiful Saturday morning. 

Stokes is being diplomatic and trying to diffuse the situation.  I know *I* won't help, so I lay back.  Then Mike starts taking a photo of his license plate b/c the guy is so irate and insane, this pisses him off so he comes over.  I tell him to calm down and relax, that we can talk about it but screaming won't help.  He starts yelling at me for giving him the finger. I ask him, why were you looking in your rearview mirror to even see it if you hadn't done anything wrong?  I ask him what's worse, a hand gesture or almost killing someone?  He asks me to give him the finger again and I want to know if he's going to kiss it or bite it off b/c he's a fat fuck.  This obviously helps a lot!  Heheheh.

There's some other bullshit back and forth and then I tell him that if he's such a tough guy he should call the police, I'll wait right there.  It ends with me asking him why his life is so shitty that this is how he chooses to spend his Saturday mornings.  He asks me why my life's so bad that this is what i do on Saturdays.  I dunno, riding bikes is pretty fun actually! I don't almost give myself a stroke for the slightest indiscretion.

That said, we need to be better citizens on the low roads and narrow roads when there's traffic.  Only double file when it's wide, like on 9W, or super clear.  We held up a lot of cars today unnecessarily.

Jeff warned me and I was prepared, but I died anyway.  God I'm shelled.

I miss all the good stuff. Stokes diplomatic? Wish I was there.

SUNDAY RIDE?

Maybe he became enraged that Romney is down in the presidential polls.

I can't go long tomorrow but will ride in prospect in the AM. Would anyone like to join?

Thinking maybe warm-up plus 50 min cross race simulation on the road bike. Start around 7:45 I'm a little flexible in terms of workout and time.

I'm up for a ride in the park tomorrow but early afternoon, when kids are napping. Say 3-4 pm endurance pace.

I may well join either Mike or Jules.