2 November 2008

RiotACT Bicycle Bar Crawl 2008 - We survived!

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A big thank you to everyone who dropped in along the way for the 2008 RiotACT Bicycle Bar Crawl. I think a good time was had by everyone. The brave and the strong who completed it from start to finish know who they are.

One knee was grazed, one t-shirt was ruined in a pizza incident, and one warning was given by police to put a helmet back on.

Otherwise everyone escaped unscathed, only slightly sunburned, and not enormously hungover.

If you missed it then best to keep the first weekend in November free next year.

Special thanks to the Zierholz brewery for providing a much appreciated mini-keg at the last stop.

Here’s some video of the RiotACT precision cyclists dicing with death and the London Circuit pillars next to the Uni Pub.

Slideshow below:

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A couple of notes from my own experience for punters attending next year:
Big mountain bikes are good for mucking around between pubs (including going fast so people like Matt, who is following behind nearly becomes a hood ornament).
Big mountain bike are not so good when you are riding back home across Canberra late at night after quite a few beers & turkish pide.
Remember to bring lights for the late night ride home when it’s really dark – especially through the bush at O’Connor ridge.
Big mountain bikes are good for unexpected off-road excursions in the dark when you forgot to bring lights for the late night ride home.

PM said

PM said :

Hadn’t ridden in 15 years and wanted to avoid a car…

and no one got video of it, bugger. Seeing someone abandon ship to avoid a car would be prize-worthy. Did the bike stand and defend your prone form from the car?

Did you go in the end, Tylers?

What was the final outcome of the discussion re nuttiest nutter?

*chuckle*

It’s usually a good idea to avoid cars if possible.

Gungahlin Al said :

Ah so Matt Watts was the one fell off?

Hadn’t ridden in 15 years and wanted to avoid a car…

Gungahlin Al1:04 pm 03 Nov 08

Ah so Matt Watts was the one fell off?

And “handcuffs make the best bike lock” – LOL. As in “touch my bike if you dare”

google and persistance will find several pictures of me…

Now that I don’t have someone using the public purse to do grudge-hunting to find out who I am, and there’s much less impact involved in them finding out, I’m more willing to appear in slideshows. 🙂

But beware of opening yourself to stalkers on RiotACT…

Gungahlin Al12:27 pm 03 Nov 08

Cool the italics worked. Learning HTML cryptics feels so much like going back to my MS-DOS days…

Gungahlin Al12:26 pm 03 Nov 08

I’d like to put posting names to faces in the slideshow if that’s not to stalky?

The Stalker. The bourbon.

May not be wise to offer one’s self up for stalking duties on RA, particularly with a handle like Feathergirl – sounds like someone who does burlesque at Kokoloco or such…? 🙂

occasional moments of silliness

Good stuff – at least you guys had fun with (minimal to) no injuries to yourselves.

Try as I may, I just cannot be sorry I missed the Rugby.

*chuckle*

Ahh, you’ve got to turn up yourself to be party to that sort of thing I’m afraid.

Fair’s fair, we like to know who you are too.

Who ended up attending? I’d like to put posting names to faces in the slideshow if that’s not to stalky? Sometimes I wonder if I’ve passed a Riotact frequent writer, it’s a good passtime at red lights to look into the car next to me and think I wonder if that’s Mr. Evil, Pandy, PeterH, ant etc etc

Walmart sells walls, doesn’t it? 🙂

grunge_hippy said :

i was always under the impression that riding drunk was just as illegal as driving drunk.

but it looks like it was fun!

I was always under the opposite impression, that there’s no “drink-riding” offence, anyone know for sure? I figure it might be different depending on whether you’re riding on the road or on a path.

I does look like fun, shame it will be a whole year until the next one!

There might have been occasional moments of silliness which lead in turn to bikes needing some adjustment.

I went to Walmart…..Once

How is it that you had to stop so many times for repairs – were you using on road cycle lanes ?

I ride 96km a week and have done so for 6 weeks – never had a problem.

A helmet saved me from what I reckon would’ve been fairly serious head injuries when I stacked the Deadly Treadly in high school.

I was keen, but instead I drove to Uranquinty and picked up two new family additions – Labrador pups.

mdme workalot9:38 am 03 Nov 08

Ant, I’ve got to ask – and I’m not having a go at you – what is with the Walmart references? It seems every time there is a reference to cycling on this site you mention how you got your bike from Walmart. I don’t get it – what’s the big deal?

The police interaction was entirely amicable with a passing policeman.

To be fair we were stopping at a pub outside their station.

What the? every second car in Canberra is tailgating every first car, and the cops are after helmetless riders?! Ye gods. (er teh cop wasn’t a disgruntled ex-riotact poster, I wonder?). I hate helmets. I rode my walmart mountain bike all over salt lake city, and had every safety dodge known to man (you shoudl have seen my excellent light array) except a helmet.

I had an urgent appointment spraying 10 acres of St John’s Wort, plus my bike is a popular home for spiders after being used once, so I was not there. Plus I’d forgotten about it. and I still don’t have a helmet.

grungehippy you either live northside and have the same insecurity that many Melbournians have about their city vs Sydney or live southside and don’t get out much.
Either way, pretty ignorant.

We finished the night off with a tasty keg of Zierholz brown ale thanks to Christof, most appreciated and delicious.

Very disappointed to see the helmetless character.

HAHA classic missed it again though. We’re going to be doing a similar thing on the Gold Coast. Start somewhere in Burlie and finish up in Surfers.

grunge_hippy2:30 pm 02 Nov 08

what, pj’s to the southern cross club, tuggies and then home?

not quite the same feel me thinks…

I seriously wanted to come along but the haul back to Kambah would have been to fearsome and negated the relaxation that the event offered. That said, I’ll work out a way to partake next year.

Alternately, perhaps we can arrange a similar event for those on the southside of town?

grunge_hippy1:50 pm 02 Nov 08

i was always under the impression that riding drunk was just as illegal as driving drunk.

but it looks like it was fun!

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