Busy Weekend
Whoa what a big one! I'm going to have to break this one down into multiple posts otherwise I may break blogger. Kath met me Friday arvo and we rode together into town for Critical Mass. For those who haven't heard of Critical Mass before it is a monthly bike ride held all around the world where cyclists can come together to ride together through their respective cities. We'd gone to Melbourne CMs before but never to one in Brisbane.
We got to Queens Park around 5pm where about 20 people were gathered. More rocked up within the next half and hour and before long we had over 60 riders. We started out with a cyclone (riding around in a circle) before hitting the street and winding our way through the CBD and out to New Farm and the Valley. We all had a great time, at one point I found myself holding a large banner with another rider at the front of the mass.
Saturday morning we got up early to get to the market and also have breakfast out. Ended up getting to the market around 8, which meant we could actually lock our bikes to the lone 6-bike rack at the market! Got our veg and then headed to the Gunshop Cafe for breakie which was great. We also met up with a local that I'd met online to talk about Bike Polo, more on that in another post though.
I'd got word that my bicycle wheels had been delayed so we chilled at home for a little while. I went down later with my frame and picked up one wheel (the other one is missing a hub so will have to wait for another week). More on the bike though in a another post.
I got home just after the start of the Grand Final, Richard was meant to be coming around so that we could all go down to the pub to watch it. I'd delayed things by being stuck at the bike shop so as it turns out we ended up drinking homebrew at our place with Richard rather than miss any of the action in transit. Sarah came around during the fourth quarter (she'd been at a Hens do that morning) and we all watched as Hawthorn destroyed Geelong during the fourth quarter.
When the game was wrapped up we walked down to West End for some more beers and some dinner. We grabbed Thai which I thought was really nice, after which we decided on a night cap at Sling which does amazing cocktails. I got their aptly named Zombie, which given the three kinds of Rum in it could turn anyone into a Zombie.
Sunday morning was a little more subdued and I spent most of my day in the garage on various projects: fixie bike, polo mallets, general bike servicing 101 and homebrew bottling. We had a surprise in the arvo when a swarm of bees arrived in the tree outside our window, around 20 or so found their way inside as well. But I'll leave that story for another post.
We got to Queens Park around 5pm where about 20 people were gathered. More rocked up within the next half and hour and before long we had over 60 riders. We started out with a cyclone (riding around in a circle) before hitting the street and winding our way through the CBD and out to New Farm and the Valley. We all had a great time, at one point I found myself holding a large banner with another rider at the front of the mass.
Saturday morning we got up early to get to the market and also have breakfast out. Ended up getting to the market around 8, which meant we could actually lock our bikes to the lone 6-bike rack at the market! Got our veg and then headed to the Gunshop Cafe for breakie which was great. We also met up with a local that I'd met online to talk about Bike Polo, more on that in another post though.
I'd got word that my bicycle wheels had been delayed so we chilled at home for a little while. I went down later with my frame and picked up one wheel (the other one is missing a hub so will have to wait for another week). More on the bike though in a another post.
I got home just after the start of the Grand Final, Richard was meant to be coming around so that we could all go down to the pub to watch it. I'd delayed things by being stuck at the bike shop so as it turns out we ended up drinking homebrew at our place with Richard rather than miss any of the action in transit. Sarah came around during the fourth quarter (she'd been at a Hens do that morning) and we all watched as Hawthorn destroyed Geelong during the fourth quarter.
When the game was wrapped up we walked down to West End for some more beers and some dinner. We grabbed Thai which I thought was really nice, after which we decided on a night cap at Sling which does amazing cocktails. I got their aptly named Zombie, which given the three kinds of Rum in it could turn anyone into a Zombie.
Sunday morning was a little more subdued and I spent most of my day in the garage on various projects: fixie bike, polo mallets, general bike servicing 101 and homebrew bottling. We had a surprise in the arvo when a swarm of bees arrived in the tree outside our window, around 20 or so found their way inside as well. But I'll leave that story for another post.
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