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so we had a super good turn out for the scramble.  dave got points for driving the furthest to get here.  phil got points for riding a bike that would give a cory townie a run for its money (crappynesswise).  way to many people showed up on fixed gears and kicked ass on them.  joe, jay, john (sort of) jason and phil were all punished the roads with their insanity.  there were, if i recall, 9 flats, 4 of which happened to Rob and two of which happened to Damien.  Is that right?  Or were there more?  We made it home before blinky lights were needed, but not by too much.

Dave took pictures, which he hasnt posted on Flickr yet, so did John (same thing) but Joe has some up here.

I hope everyone had as good of a time as I did, pain aside.  That said, I rode the next day and felt 90 percent OK.

I want to not feel OK next time.  I want to be groveling on the side of the road.  To that end, I propose a mega monster ride for october.  That gives you almost two months to lay off the sauce and ride a bunch.  We could split the ride over two days, but where’s the suffering in that proposal?

I’m thinking sort of an expanded dirty sugar ferry ride, to include much more dirt and plenty of more excuses to get flats.  there would be no singletrack, but just alot of farm roads and potholes.  120 miles.  It’s totally doable.  We’d have to start early, and we’d definately end after dark.

here’s a link to the proposed ride route.  

Go ahead and call me crazy.  There will mad amounts of dirt.  Or you will be mad about the amount of dirt.  Check it against the dirt road database.  There is more dirt than pavement, almost. I’d say at least 40 solid miles of dirt.  Let’s say October 26th for now.   Image from last year’s Ferry Ride here.

Maybe someone knows someone’s yard we can sleep in down that way.

World Naked Bike Ride DC -2008

More (un)coverage:

BYT

WaPo Express

DCist

“Bike Fetish Gave Man an ‘Overwhelming Sense of Calm’”

I wont provide lengthy explanations, because I think it’s all pretty self explanatory, ya know. Everything is availible for sale or trade, as per usual. More or less name your price, as if you want to hang any of this on your wall.  These have proved oddly popular on Flickr, although I am not sure why, except that people seem to like mini things, and apparently photos of mini amputees.

They have morbid titles and everything.  I think you can click on them and it takes you to flickr, but if not, here is the linktion.

Missing words, non-sensical phrasing, unsupported buttressing.  I hope this guy doesn’t build any bridges in his future.