Thursday 15th Post-season & USADA vs Lance drinks

rick_chasey
rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
edited November 2012 in Pro race
By (un)popular request, a thread to arrange a meet up for those in London.

We'll aim for within the next month.

Central London.

Ideally not in the next fortnight if you lot can avoid it because I'll be busy, and you naturally all want me there.

Let's also make it a school night - is easier to sort out.

So. Preferred locations and times please and we can begin to zero in on one that works.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I mean, not all at once guys.

    Really.
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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    Didn't spot it up there chap... but you know i'm in :)
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Go on then....
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Sounds good. Tuesday nights are a no-no for me.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    Don't really know any cyclists, would be good to meet a few. Thursdays any good?
    Is the gorilla tired yet?
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    ChrisAOnABike wrote:
    Don't really know any cyclists, would be good to meet a few. Thursdays any good?

    Ahh yes, be warned we're all a bit eccentric and never make eye contact.. however we can down a fair few sherries :)
  • Nick Fitt
    Nick Fitt Posts: 381
    Sounds ideal to me
  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    edited October 2012
    Moomaloid wrote:
    ChrisAOnABike wrote:
    Don't really know any cyclists, would be good to meet a few. Thursdays any good?
    Ahh yes, be warned we're all a bit eccentric and never make eye contact.. however we can down a fair few sherries :)
    I shall have a small Bristol Cream in that case.

    Is the conversation any good though? I'll make sure my complete lack of knowledge doesn't inhibit me from having firm views about all things, so hopefully I'll be able to make a valuable contribution. Obviously I'll turn up in bib shorts - you can't catch me out there.
    Is the gorilla tired yet?
  • Nick Fitt
    Nick Fitt Posts: 381
    ChrisAOnABike wrote:
    Moomaloid wrote:
    ChrisAOnABike wrote:
    Don't really know any cyclists, would be good to meet a few. Thursdays any good?
    Ahh yes, be warned we're all a bit eccentric and never make eye contact.. however we can down a fair few sherries :)
    I shall have a small Bristol Cream in that case.

    Is the conversation any good though? I'll make sure my complete lack of knowledge doesn't inhibit me from having firm views about all things, so hopefully I'll be able to make a valuable contribution.

    Im always rather keen to argue the toss between plastic frames and metal frames (aluminum not steel)
  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    Nick Fitt wrote:
    Im always rather keen to argue the toss between plastic frames and metal frames (aluminum not steel)
    Plastic is cheaper, right?

    Actually, I didn't know you could get steel-framed sunnies any more.
    Is the gorilla tired yet?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    Oddly enough, it is much harder to see this when it is a sticky. Set it free Mr Chasey.....

    I'd suggest a Doodle, then you can just pick the most popular date.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Oddly enough, it is much harder to see this when it is a sticky. Set it free Mr Chasey.....

    .
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Didn't spot it up there chap... but you know i'm in :)

    :roll:
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    Ok. Here is a doodle.

    http://www.doodle.com/knzdu9b8222i3qw4

    Click "show all 12 options". Dates chosen based on Mr C's initial criteria.
  • chrisaonabike
    chrisaonabike Posts: 1,914
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Click "show all 12 options". Dates chosen based on Mr C's initial criteria.
    Added my votes.
    Is the gorilla tired yet?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Oddly enough, it is much harder to see this when it is a sticky. Set it free Mr Chasey.....

    .
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Didn't spot it up there chap... but you know i'm in :)

    :roll:

    Can't speak for anyone else but I don't generally pay any notice to the stickies as they're just 'always there'! I'm out on the grounds of being a provincial type who passes out at the sight of the price list in a London pub ;)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Pross wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Oddly enough, it is much harder to see this when it is a sticky. Set it free Mr Chasey.....

    .
    Moomaloid wrote:
    Didn't spot it up there chap... but you know i'm in :)

    :roll:

    Can't speak for anyone else but I don't generally pay any notice to the stickies as they're just 'always there'! I'm out on the grounds of being a provincial type who passes out at the sight of the price list in a London pub ;)

    Obviously drink too much ;).
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  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    i think this probably does need to be unstuck now...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    OK guys.

    Turns out this new job requires actual work. Can someone else arrange?
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    It's looking like Thurs 8th or Thurs 15th.

    I've prodded all the parties who have responded here, but aren't on the Doodle. I suggest in a couple of days we fix the date and pick a venue (central London pub I was thinking)
  • RimTape
    RimTape Posts: 243
    Are you going to chip in for a flight for Dennis?

    Velox
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    We appear to be going for Thursday 15th which sadly means a couple of people will miss out.

    Has anyone got any suggestions for a venue. I was thinking perhaps on of those reasonably quiet pubs a bit north of Oxford St. Any thoughts?
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    I dont drink pints. Would I be forbidden from coming along :)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Moomaloid wrote:
    i think this probably does need to be unstuck now...

    Hahah definitely! I added my availability a few days ago but I literally only saw this thread now. I'm sure 'un-sticking' this thread will make a ton more people see it.

    Re locations - I guess central could be easiest for most...definitely a quieter and larger place than last time. I'm not so familiar with the pubs around there but could suggest a few near Liverpool st.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    I dont drink pints. Would I be forbidden from coming along :)

    Don't worry. Neither do I.
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Am on nights that week so start work in Victoria at 8pm but can pop along beforehand.
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    just let me know where and when chaps :)
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    IainF's only had 9 hours sleep in three night so I don't think he'll be able to make it.
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Hurrah! I shall be there :mrgreen:
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    OK guys.

    Turns out this new job requires actual work. Can someone else arrange?

    :shock: I hope it's just a fill in job until something proper comes up where you can sit around doing nothing all day for large wads of cash. I've heard there's plenty of those jobs in the big city.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I shall swing by.

    Make it in Shoreditch so I can walk
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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