New Members Compass Beer Rides: 7pm Departure Trafalgar Sq

Tuesday - Norths @ The Flask (fingers crossed)
old timer(s): Spins, Slag, Dropout
newbies: fred mmccarthy (hopefully), Matt, Van Damage, gizmond, Lolo, owen, Alb

I'll be at Trackvulgar Sq 6.30.
Slag, Nothing will induce me up Swains unless at the top there's the cast of X-Men proffering A-class sexual gratification a respirator,

Mind you if PinkMobbs shows there by whatever route, I'll shake him by the hand :p

Monday - Souths @ The Coach and Horses
old timer(s): andyp, SPAGHOOPS, eyebrows, clefty, gizmond, hillbilly
newbies: JOHNNY FITZ, wilda, d14vd_h, robvalentine (will meet at pub cos i have to work till 8...), calver

Tuesday - Norths @ The Flask (fingers crossed)
old timer(s): Spins, Slag
newbies: fred mmccarthy (hopefully), Matt, Van Damage, gizmond, Lolo

Tuesday - South Easts @ The Kings Arms
old timer(s): Dammit, tricitybendix (upgraded), Charco
newbies: fred

Tuesday - Trixie Dix @ White's Row Car Park Roof. White's Row, Off Commercial Street
old timer(s): crabtree, pajamas
newbies: JOHNNY FITZ, philjay (been a few times), d14vd_h, marcoisapolo

Wednesday - Easts @ The Royal Inn on the Park
old timer(s): Van Damage, kattt, gizmond, somebody, hillbilly
newbies: JIMALEX, marcoisapolo (maybe)

Wednesday - South POLO Leaving at 6.45 (I'll be there from around 6.20)
Old timer: Khornight
newbies: wilda

Thursday - Wests @ The Crabtree or The Ship (season dependent)
old timer(s): Aroogah / Fred / mmccarthy (must I be an old timer? =P), hillbilly(maybe)
newbies: kattt, gizmond (been once), Donut (NOT Duncan)

oi!! someone has taken us back hours and hours...!!!!

repost..

Woo!

Wilda, you've got PM's disabled or I'd ask you some questions, like, have you been to the polo bit of the forum (they don't bite there, I promise)?

Either way, see you on wed...

Well. that's the nursery thing. I'm not very talkative so it takes me ages to get over it. I think this is actually the last nursery post. Anyway, I'm really looking forward as bike polo is really appealing to me and I've never even seen it before apart from some youtube videos.

@ wilda - Good to meet you at Souths.

I quite enjoyed todays beers so now I think i might join you even tomorrow :)
Hey to all I've seen tonight, especially all the ladies :) even though I haven't introduced myself to everyone.

Hello guys and girls!

My first post and it's related to drinks.. oops.

Well, not really - I would love to attend but don't think I qualify just yet. I just had my bike (non fixed/single) stolen for the 2nd time in 3 months and am now thinking of buying a singlespeed - any advice on a good first would be much appreciated. I'm looking around the £500-800 mark as this is what my insurance should cover.

Hope to get some tips/chat too.

Ta

ugh, I feel (and look) like I've done a week's worth of drinking already. Think I might re-attempt the grandslam on a week when I'm not sick.

Will be at SE beers tonight though

that was awesome,
quality ride down to an great pub,
quality people with good chat.
531 for cornelius for making it happen and big respect to all those that turned up to traflgar square to show us newbies the way.
ps i love my spoke card

this is a great idea (as everyone keeps saying). It is abit intimidating introducing yourself to a formed group of friends.

I should even have a finished bike by then...I will be doing the North run hopefully, though the thought of you all judging me on my first bike makes me cringe. I am sure the copious amounts of beer will help...

I remember feeling all worried about being snickered at because of my bike, I quickly realized that no one gives a shit at all. We're all just happy you showed up.

You do however have permission to point, stare and laugh at mmccarthy's poo brown goth langster!

I remember feeling all worried about being snickered at because of my bike, I quickly realized that no one gives a shit at all. We're all just happy you showed up.

You do however have permission to point, stare and laugh at mmccarthy's poo brown goth langster!

That's harsh man and slightly uncalled for.

Really you should be laughing at his highly suspect brake cable before you marvel at his imperviousness to all temperatures.

mmccarthy really dose where a t-shirt in even the coldist weather. I am not sure he is human, I think he might even be scotish.

Tuesday - Norths @ The Flask (fingers crossed)
old timer(s): Spins, Slag, mikec
newbies: fred mmccarthy (hopefully), Matt, Van Damage, gizmond, Lolo, **owen

**May turn up for this one, but only if the weather is good and we are going up Swains Lane

I should be there

If norths dont go up swains I will stand at the top of whatever other hill you come up and give you all a slap as you ride by.

Great night last night. Nice to see the new faces and the old hands.

Thanks for tagging my saddle Skully(chops). I made a hash of replacing the saddle and ended up having a gooch massage all the way home. Why didn't you tell me about it when you took the bike for a spin?

Not the only thing I made a dogs breakfast of. I hope I didn't hurt your spok Clefty, as I was dithering and wobbling about trying to extricate my steed.

Note to self: Do not get so fucked up on a Monday.

Hey! it's Tuesday. Bring on South Easts!

Great night last night. Nice to see the new faces and the old hands.

Thanks for tagging my saddle Skully(chops). I made a hash of replacing the saddle and ended up having a gooch massage all the way home. Why didn't you tell me about it when you took the bike for a spin?

Not the only thing I made a dogs breakfast of. I hope I didn't hurt your spok Clefty, as I was dithering and wobbling about trying to extricate my steed.

Note to self: Do not get so fucked up on a Monday.

Hey! it's Tuesday. Bring on North Drinks!

Fixed

okay so the compass rides had a good nee great start, lots of new faces, and good laughs.
Keep the spirit going for the rest of the week and it's ll be all good.
Greasy has todays spoke cards, and I should be getting some more made up for wednesday/thursday. There aren't many about fifteen so could we make sure new members get one first then the rest of you greedy, spokecard hungry riders.

carry on forum, carry on..

Tuesday - Norths @ The Flask (fingers crossed)
old timer(s): Spins, Slag, Dropout, MikeC[B][/B]
newbies: fred mmccarthy (hopefully), Matt, Van Damage, gizmond, Lolo, owen, Alb

General consensus is for Swains so thats the way we're going!

Can't make it to North after all :-(
I'm glad i went to South yesterday though, this compass ride is a very good idea for us newbies.

• 1 to Hillbilly, Clefty, Doubletap and the fella who gave me the spokecard whose name I don't quite remember.
  

okay so the compass rides had a good nee great start, lots of new faces, and good laughs.
Keep the spirit going for the rest of the week and it's ll be all good.
Greasy has todays spoke cards, and I should be getting some more made up for wednesday/thursday. There aren't many about fifteen so could we make sure new members get one first then the rest of you greedy, spokecard hungry riders.

carry on forum, carry on..

They'll be ready thursday at some stage, hand printed & quality.

*I'll have enough to replace any of the older ones from this week if anybody wants to swap out.

cheers to everyone last night for making my first trip south thoroughly enjoyable! hello to the people i met for the first time, my apologies if i forget your name next time we meet... i will definately be back again, stowford press & hallumi in your burger makes up for the trek home uphill! hah.

cheers to everyone last night for making my first trip south thoroughly enjoyable! hello to the people i met for the first time, my apologies if i forget your name next time we meet... i will definately be back again, stowford press & hallumi in your burger makes up for the trek home uphill! hah.

aw, I totally failed to say hi to you. next time.

TrixieDix

Okay so for TrixieDix tonight Crabtree and I will be meeting new people at Trafalgar Square from 6.45pm - I presume along with the other pub destinations, so bonus socialising to be had. At 7pm Crabtree and I will lead the way from Trafalgar to the TrixieDix car park, busting all kinds of Mash / Bootleg Sessions / Macaframa crazy shit as we roll, for example doing no-handed endos into the backs of cars, sailing over the roof, landing and getting back on the bike. We'll be at TrixieDix by 7.15pm, at which point we'll chill, chat, have a couple of beers maybe, while all the time concentrating hard on perfecting those things we want to get down.

Most people completely new to it should try and wire two things that aren't really tricks but are the most useful skills to have riding fixed: the trackstand, so you can wave your bottom around in front of buses at traffic lights, and the skid, so you can buy new tyres more often. A short educational presentation will be given on each of these should it be required. Beyond those first glorious, highly rewarding skills, the car park roof, as they say in E1, is whatever you want it to be.

aw, I totally failed to say hi to you. next time.
hehe. have you even made it inside the pub? only seen you hanging around outside :)