Dec 12, 2014 at 02:57 PM
I am still high from all the ice creeeeeeeaaaaaaaaam
(also, the churn bike had cantis!)
Year End Party
Dec 12, 2014 at 03:41 PM
Nice seeing so many friendly faces last night! I don't think anyone left hungry or thirsty, which was my goal.
JP, we'll have to wait for Eloy to develop the roll of film from his Leica for photographic evidence--this is Brooklyn, after all 
It was probably hard to hear at various points of the evening, but here is the mix that was played for anyone looking for a Friday soundtrack.
See y'all on the road!
Dec 12, 2014 at 03:56 PM
Great to see everyone last night and to chat about work, life, and 2015 cycling goals. I'm looking forward to getting out on the road again with you, training and racing as a team. Get togethers like that help fire me back up.
Thanks for the food and drink. I think Sixpoint as a sponsor is fantastic and we should help convince them to sponsor other teams so those guys miss their training rides the next day, too.
Dec 12, 2014 at 07:40 PM
Kayt,Kayt Mathers said:Nice seeing so many friendly faces last night! I don't think anyone left hungry or thirsty, which was my goal.JP, we'll have to wait for Eloy to develop the roll of film from his Leica for photographic evidence--this is Brooklyn, after allIt was probably hard to hear at various points of the evening, but here is the mix that was played for anyone looking for a Friday soundtrack.See y'all on the road!
No daugerreotypes?
Maybe I could have gone. Helped make rice krispie treats, restrung a guitar, cleaned, and finally saw Obama on Colbert around the time Yacks checked in.
#thuglife
Oct 06, 2015 at 03:28 PM
Reaching out like a Southern Baptist Minister here... We're hastily planning the yearly social and need your help.
We need:
Venue Locaterer. Sixpoint will help if we have a venue with their brews on tap. Brooklyn or Manhattan, Brooklyn preferred.
Food. Organise catering for 40 or so people or venue that serves food. Food and beverage ride people?
The Show. A person to sort simple AV (a mic, a video projector). A person to sort all through all 5 of those awesome podium photos (5) and make a slide show that can run in background (Actually I can do that). A person to shortlist members deserving recognition for: Volunteering, worst crash injury/best X-ray (Rick?), biggest improvement, podium monster, maple-bacon donut eater, etc.
Some fun prizes (framed photos, Redbeard swag, KCC caps).
Photographer. Someone to take a few snaps or set up a backdrop.
Format. Ideas/suggestions/themes to improve the concept to for max enjoyment and participation.
Invite. Me!
The club has a budget [ed.] (we've generally tried to keep tickets in the $25-$50 dollar range)
We don't have to boil the ocean on this one. The emphasis is on our all-too-rare 2015 hanging out together time. I can meet up for beer to kick things off this week.
Oct 06, 2015 at 03:48 PM
I'd love to help, @JohnMalcolmson !
Oct 07, 2015 at 06:05 PM
Thanks Jill!
To all you other club members, this club runs on volunteerism juice. We're all bandwidth challenged, at the very least give us your 5 cents worth — ideas for improvement, suggestions re format, venue etc... all much appreciated. We had a low turnout last year (due in large part to it being December 12), we'd like to make it happen end of this month if poss.
Oct 08, 2015 at 02:08 PM
i'm happy to help out in any way that i can
Oct 09, 2015 at 12:09 AM
I have a projector but it's literally from the year 2000. If it was a star wars droid, it would be this reject one, in the back corner of the Sandcrawler.
That said, I watch movies on it all the time, so I know how to hook it up to a computer and make it show the movie-picture-shows. I can bring it, laptop & cords, if needed. I'm happy to flip though images. I don't have a mic or audio equipment.
That said, I watch movies on it all the time, so I know how to hook it up to a computer and make it show the movie-picture-shows. I can bring it, laptop & cords, if needed. I'm happy to flip though images. I don't have a mic or audio equipment.
Oct 09, 2015 at 03:54 PM
Awesome. I'll bring my iphone, then I think we're all set.
Oct 09, 2015 at 05:05 PM
Oct 09, 2015 at 05:28 PM
And they serve sixpoint! Nice.
Oct 09, 2015 at 05:30 PM
@JohnMalcolmson
If you had to guess,how many people ?
If you had to guess,how many people ?
Oct 09, 2015 at 05:53 PM
I would guess 30-50 members and +1's
Oct 12, 2015 at 01:39 AM
John - I have a friend that owns a couple bars in mid-town that have private rooms with bars. We talked about it a bit on the food ride yesterday, my wife volunteered to help if needed (she's done a hefty bit of event planning) I'll PM you with details
Oct 30, 2015 at 01:14 PM
Nov 03, 2015 at 07:13 PM
Any idea thrown around was to hold a "Flea market" at the year end party ,
bring along surplus clothing ,misc parts , stuff you have lying around
The money raised would be donated to the Star Track youth cycling program at the Kissena velodrome
Let me know if you think this is a good idea and would like to participate so we can start to organize
bring along surplus clothing ,misc parts , stuff you have lying around
The money raised would be donated to the Star Track youth cycling program at the Kissena velodrome
Let me know if you think this is a good idea and would like to participate so we can start to organize
Nov 06, 2015 at 03:00 PM
All
just reaching out again on the flea market idea , clear some space at home , raise some money for a good cause,
show of hands please ,
just reaching out again on the flea market idea , clear some space at home , raise some money for a good cause,
show of hands please ,
Nov 06, 2015 at 04:18 PM
Don't wait until last minute to purchase your tickets for the party!
Nov 06, 2015 at 06:28 PM
I don't understand where the money would come from.Mark Taylor said:All
just reaching out again on the flea market idea , clear some space at home , raise some money for a good cause,
show of hands please ,
Nov 06, 2015 at 06:36 PM
you would bring in (donate),say a tire , put in on a table , if one of your team mates would like to buy the tire , he would put $10 or water ever he thinks is a fair price for the tire in a ,hopefully, big jar , at the end of the night we collect the money and get it to velodrome at some time
Nov 06, 2015 at 09:57 PM
Im coming!!
Nov 06, 2015 at 11:57 PM
It sounds like a fine idea. I like the honor system. Let's all do it! Mark, you're in charge of the jar.Mark Taylor said:you would bring in (donate),say a tire , put in on a table , if one of your team mates would like to buy the tire , he would put $10 or water ever he thinks is a fair price for the tire in a ,hopefully, big jar , at the end of the night we collect the money and get it to velodrome at some time
Nov 09, 2015 at 12:17 PM
do we need to buy a ticket for the party online or can we bring the moola ($30/pp) to Crown Vic and pay at the door?
Nov 10, 2015 at 03:17 AM
Scott, if you could buy a ticket in advance it'd be greatly appreciated... Allows us to estimate food, drink and number of kazoos to buy.
-> http://bit.ly/1kWexM6
-> http://bit.ly/1kWexM6
Nov 10, 2015 at 10:20 PM
For the party here are some possible categories:
Best volunteer
Most improved rider
Best photo
Best teammate/leader-outer/domestique
Winningest (Does Sean have our only W this year?)
Best Race Report (by Marc Bertucco)
Best Excuse For Not Showing Up At A Ride Or A Race
Am I missing a category?
Best volunteer
Most improved rider
Best in-race quote (like the legendary "sorry I can't pull I'm fat")
Best photo
Best teammate/leader-outer/domestique
Best Race Report (by Marc Bertucco)
Best Excuse For Not Showing Up At A Ride Or A Race
Most Flats
Best Trackie
Best CXer
Scariest X-ray
Best Trackie
Best CXer
Scariest X-ray
Am I missing a category?
Nov 10, 2015 at 10:22 PM
Most flats is not even a fair fight.
Nov 11, 2015 at 04:17 AM
I lost count of how many flat tubulars I had i Prospect this yesr
Nov 11, 2015 at 02:21 PM
I had flats at Battenkill and in every Prospect Park races this year.
Nov 11, 2015 at 02:25 PM
Does flat FTP improvement count?Thierry Bonnaire said:I had flats at Battenkill and in every Prospect Park races this year.
#becausefat