FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!! NOVEMBER 5th

[BOSKIPPER]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

The weather looks like it should be good enough to ride. The new steed fell through,,aka I figured out I didn't like it that much....... Still riding the space racer de-luxe !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

^^ I'm sure you'll find new ways to get hurt on it.

 

[cody-james]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

should I bring a life vest and floaties this time?

 

[BOSKIPPER]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

I don't know what the tides are tonight, but we might do some bike swimming !!!!!! We are going to chaffinch island again.

 

[Danimal]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

Top 10 Things I Learned at Last Night's Ride:

1 - Boskipper has a pretty big crew of serious riders down there.
2 - When asked by an officer what you are drinking in a parking lot, the proper responce is NOT "Looks like a beer, stupid".
3 - Some people cannot spell pirate
4 - Everybody enjoys a good ole skidding competition
5 - Brian (stickit) REALLY likes Ian (wait for the picture)
6 - You can get great food, but slow service at an Irish bar
7 - If you complain about #6, you get free beer
8 - Night time rides could really use some lighting for the bikes
9 - Guilford is a long way from my house
10 - The most important thing I learned...Boskipper likes ice cream as much as I do!

I had an awesome time last night! Nice to meet all of you. Made it home around 3:30 AM but I still managed to get up at 6:30 for work today. :mrgreen:

Dan

 

[stickit]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

Yeah that was a good time. Good size crew and cool people no doubt. What I learned from last night was this,

1 )When offered a beer outside in a public place, check twice for cop's then pound the beer!
2 )Never ask a police officer in uniform if he wants a beer
3 )Never position yourself in a precarious position during a photo op :shock:
4 )Beer is good
5 )RRB members are a great crew!!
6 )Beer is good
7 )Police frown on public drinking and make you pour it out :x
8 )Beer is good
9 )Bla Bla Bla
10)I have nothing for #10 but beer is good

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

oh my aching head. be quiet you guys.

 

[BOSKIPPER]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

Yeah.... I wound up closing shepard's tavern last night with my girlfriend.... Overall though I had a great time on that ride !!!!
Working on the pics.

 

[stickit]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

So while Dan and I were drivin home, Dan says, "yeah Ian is home sleeping already....%^*$# !!!!!". So another 2 hrs later we finally get home AND unload all 4 bikes at 3:30 in the morning. I do believe the sun was coming up. I didn't even get enough sleep for eye boogers to form :lol:
So the shepards pie was good but it still didn't top that burger and beer we had on that North Hampton MA ride. Hey Boskipper, did you end up using the free beer tags?

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

i had to go. I couldn't stay awake. That was the best shepard's pie I ever had by the way.

ok, pictures.

Joe's (yeshoney) first rat choice for the evening

CJ (cody james) feeling small next to the genetic misfit's (thatismytruck) electra

Skip (thatismytruck) carbo-loading (carbo loaded?) and test riding my louver bike

my rat for the night

first stop at the park on the water. nice place.

nautical lighting, appropriate for Guilford

gotta call Bob and see how the twig and berries are doing after destroying my seat post and leather saddle in a wash-out ditch

Guilford Fair
yeshoney, stickit, danimal

stickit (Brian)

stickit, danimal, yeshoney, ifitsfreeitsforme

i smell a rat. Guilford Fair-bonics:

ice cream stop. we totally violated there parking lot with skids.

jeeze Bri, the least you could'a done is buy me dinner after this:

why yes Brian, that bike does make your butt look big...

after visiting the docks there were vampires following us back to town

I HAZ PHREE BEER>!!

 

[thatismytruck]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

Some things I learned last night:

I can make the pedals and chain ring hit the pavement when I sit on a bike made from a leaf spring.
Said bike is then unrideable by said fat guy.
Dan is still taller than me.
When in a public parking lot, and you are holding the last beer, and you see a cop, hand said beer to the guy from out of town.
One slightly heavier than average guy from Boston can bend the seat post on a bike with his private parts.
Joe's pieced together bike is very cool.
10 kids in a parking lot will flock to the back of my truck when My Sized Muscle Bike and my Rockabilly Boogie are on the rack.
Said kids still bolt when they hear an ice cream truck.
Miller Lite is an unacceptable beverage according to Ian.
If you are coming from New Hampshire to Guilford for a ride that starts at 6:30PM, leave work early.
The horse flies and mosquitoes at the park will suck all the blood out of a person in 3 minutes.
The industrial bug repellent Bo had is so strong it might repel small aircraft. It certainly will repel all women.

Bo is a very good host.

 

[thatismytruck]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

And now for some more photos:
Some pre-ride carbo-loading

"I swear! I did this stoppy and the rear wheel was THIS high!!"

The ride:

The trike broke!! He managed to get it going almost right away with a temp repair.

We had a family "Tag-a-Long".

^^^ This one is for Brian. I understand he likes this view. :shock:

Time to rest the bikes at the park, and continue to carbo-load, and fix the trike a smidge more permanently and apply industrial bug repellent.

CJ, Bawb, Ian and Me.

 

[stickit]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

Ya know Ian, I don't think my butt is big in that picture. Its just poor lighting......or something :lol: Great pics man. I dig the motion pics that are slightly blurred. Wicked cool.

 

[BOSKIPPER]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

That family with the trail-a-bike was here form Dublin...They get the distance award !!!!!!!

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

wow, no kidding. They handily beat out the New Hampshire and Hopkinton, MA commuters.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

having rat cruises on school nights is cruel. taking pictures of your work mates catching up on missed sleep because they were out too late rat riding is crueler.

 

[thatismytruck]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

"Why you little ..... "

 

[yeshoney]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

Very cool ridin' with everyone! BO was a great host and the gang from the Broken Spoke and Guilford showed us a great time.

Things I learned last night:

1. Augers Irish Pub has the best Blue Cheese Bacon Burger cooked by a very nice bar tender lady!
2. Kids and adults can't help sayin' "Cool Bike!" to Brian's leaf spring bike!
3. The old man (early 80's?) outside Ashley's Ice Cream I was talking to said "NO! when I asked him if he would like to ride the Leaf Spring bike. Now I know why! LOL
4. Drainage gullies are best passed on bicycles with CAUTION! Which means NO Jumps or SPEEDING! That is if you like your seat post in the upright position. Singing soprano and The Sopranos are two distinctly different things!
5. Skip is very beer conscious. He noticed my hand was empty and promptly filled it with a 12oz.er
6. When the cop asks what is in the bottle, make sure you turn and face said person and identify who it is before you offer them one. I am sure he impressed with your manners Brian!
7. Higgins BeeHive springers are made for people under 120 pounds, not big guys riding over speed bumps!
8. Lights on pitch black roads help
9. The saddle bag on Ian's Roadmaster is not just for looks!
10. Dan and Brian are HARDCORE rat Riders to come all the way from Hew Hampshire to ride with us!

Thanks everyone!

Joe

 

[JoeyMac]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

I really wish I could have been out riding with you guys instead of at work last night. .... my stupid schedule....

 

[KZ1000]

Re: FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH!!!!!!AUGUST 6th

Another reason why I do not miss drinking anymore!

having rat cruises on school nights is cruel. taking pictures of your work mates catching up on missed sleep because they were out too late rat riding is crueler.