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Control Box: St. Patrick's Alleycat Fri 13th March

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    Just putting the date out there.
    More details to follow.
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2009
     
    if i don't make it to dublin, i'll be there
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    All the bumf is on the flyer.
    Entry is a recession busting £3.
    Any profit goes to the LCEF.

    This counts towards the points Championship. Don't let BBQ Mike and Corinne get too far ahead.
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    Aside from missing the word alleycat off the flyer I haven't mentioned the sponsors who are:
    Hell Yeah
    H.O.P.
    and Team Awesome who have no website but are donating a NhattAttack for the evening.
    • CommentAuthorakeley
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009
     
    Is gears allowed?
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    Of course gears are allowed. But they have to be courier style gears i.e. the chain skips erratically on at least three different cogs.
    We will be checking bikes before the race.
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    Dam that sounds fun! One of these days I've got to get to London. I'll be thinking warm thoughts of you all while I'm being reminded that free beer sometimes comes with a horrific cost. I have to go to one of my wifes bar association things.
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    Right that's the flyer sorted^^
    I'm off to inject vodka into my eyeball to make up for lost time.
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      CommentAuthorEmilia
    • CommentTimeFeb 20th 2009
     
    Ohhh, I have to do this - it's just before my birthday. And I have an Irish girlfriend. And I did my first alleycat last weekend and don't know why I didn't start sooner. And... erm, more reasons.
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    Emilia, If you ran the race on a tandem with your girlfriend that would be just adorable. Just a thought.
    Kirk
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      CommentAuthorEmilia
    • CommentTimeFeb 21st 2009
     
    It might well be, but I fucking hate tandems, and we're not really the adorable type. Plus we'd probably end up dismembering each other about 10 minutes in (ever tried putting two control freaks on a tandem before?).

    But apart from that it's a lovely idea! :-D
    • CommentAuthorakeley
    • CommentTimeFeb 21st 2009
     
    "courier style gears i.e. the chain skips erratically on..."
    Ahh, made my day...I always thought that having to put my chain back on mid-traffic was a doggone curse...vindicated now ;)

    Also, love the timing... is so perverse- exact end of working week-on the 13th - no messing about, eh?

    j001 - shout if coming/in need of a couch...
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeFeb 21st 2009
     
    cheers !
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    I've tried to explain the reason behind the word Fakenger being all over the flyer over at HOP
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    Team Awesome will also be errecting a special tribunal to award a prize for awesomest racer.

    To counter act the points based system of thye courier league,which is a facist system simply based on speed with no room for winning points for being drunkest/loudest/worst dressed/stupidest/first to strip down to underwear/drunkist we will be awarding dented tinnies and merit points throughout the year to establish who is indeed the Awesomest.

    After the race you will have to come and see the tribunal and explain why you are deserving of a Team Awesome Merit point. Embelishing of achievement is expected, lying is encouraged if there are no witnesses to prove you wrong. Good luck.
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeFeb 21st 2009
     
    i'm so coming to london (sorry dublin)
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    Cool! we can talk more about your zine so I know what you want. You were on my mind last night, actually.
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    So what you're saying Nhatt is that House of Pistard is now responsible for the boring, sensible bit of the alleycat?
    This could turn into a bigger fiasco than that Millportpoloco where we sunk the island.
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2009
     
    yeah Nhatt, the zine (panamess), we'll hopefully have it ready for march!
    • CommentAuthordazzler
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2009
     
    sieg hail
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      CommentAuthorvoid
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2009 edited
     
    Ah so, meine kleine Barry. Flink wie die Windhunde, Zaeh wie Leder, Hart wie Kruppstahl? Ja?
    • CommentAuthordazzler
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2009
     
    Ich habe bruders und schwesters
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      CommentAuthorvoid
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2009
     
    bruders und schwesters, aber keine gehirn.
    • CommentAuthordazzler
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2009
     
    kirschtorte fur gehirne, mein freund.
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      CommentAuthorangeleyes
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2009
     
    Ja vol...
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeFeb 22nd 2009
     
    no hay alguien que hable un poquito de español por aqui?
    porque... ich verstehe nicht
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    i for one cant bloody wait....bring it on!
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    Just a quick point in light of recent discussions on this forum:
    This isn't a Treasure Cat, so no kids.
    If you're under 18 don't come.
    If you look under 18, bring ID ( no joke ).
    However if you're one of those 14 year olds who can grow a beard ( male or female ) you may as well take advantage of your freakish hormones.
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    what time does this start?
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2009
     
    7am.Seriously, this one's an early starter.So we can get to drinking all day!
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    Well it says 7 but my shift doesn't finish til 7 so really it should say 'when it suits me'.
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2009
     
    ok, i just got my ticket ... i'll get to london at lunch(beer)time on the 13th ... is there anything else going on during the weekend (i'm staying till sunday eve)?
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    Xander

    I'm a freakish 25 year old who can't grow a beard and looks like a 14 year old. Should I bring ID?
    • CommentAuthorFesterban
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2009 edited
     
    Not exactly a bad thing really, I've managed to get to 24 and I still don't ever shave. I want to try and keep it that way for as long as possible too.
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    tbh man shaving is wrong, it should be banned
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      CommentAuthorJosh
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2009
     
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    I've changed my mind. Shaving should be compulsory.
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      CommentAuthorPapa44
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2009
     
    ah well. i would have come but it says fakengers and couriers only, whereas i'm a pedestrian.
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2009
     
    Turn up anyway,you're an exenger right?I'll get you on the guestlist,It'll be good to meet you.
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      CommentAuthorPapa44
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2009
     
    i keep meaning to come to one of these shindigs and meet the people i abuse on the internet, i'm sure it would be quite a good chuckle. i could regale you all with stories from yore, alleycats from the Duke, punching cab drivers and being run over POB but still delivering etc.. ahh. me eyes have misted up. i might be in manchester but if i'm not i'll try and pop down. i feel it may freak me out to actually meet everyone and see what they look like
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    why do non-couriers get to enter? surely they'll have the opportunity to rest their legs all day and therefore have the unfair advantage..........im making my excueses up already
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    Yes but they're pussies and cannot ride fast or far, so they have quite a disadvantage.
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      CommentAuthorEmilia
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2009
     
    Oh, I don't know. I've become a lot less hard since I've been a courier.
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    Really? Elaborate.
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      CommentAuthorEmilia
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2009
     
    I'm slower, I feel less fit, and I'm much more inclined to go home and sit in front of the computer in my pyjamas (like I am right now), rather than being up for midnight jaunts to Brick Lane/Brighton/Richmond Park. And I get overtaken by commuters all the time. I never used to let that happen.
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    heh, I feel ya.

    sometimes I think too much exercise is worse than too little.
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    i like that feeling you get after having a week off work - that feeling where your legs don't constantly ache.
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    i know that this is all in aide of a great cause, and thats essentially why we are doing it, but, if i get beaten by some sixty year old communter in a all in one tight lycra suit with the best bike on the market, im going to throw myself off my bike into the closest oncoming object.....discuss
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      CommentAuthorEmilia
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2009
     
    But if you look at the poster, it seems to imply that there might be separate prizes for couriers and fakengers.

    I'm not sure what I think of segregating sports like this, but I have to admit that (for example) when men and women compete separately I stand a lot more chance of winning. And I kind of wish the Leeds alleycat the other week had had separate consideration for out-of-towners. But there is such a thing as taking it too far...
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      CommentAuthorEmilia
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2009
     
    P.s. What does "first courier m/f' mean? Will there be separate prizes for men and women, or is it something completely different? Am I perhaps being overly concerned about prizes?

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