[narlus]

since i live really close to butcher boy, i can make a stop there before heading up to stock up on burgers and steak. their bourbon steak tips are amazing.

hell, get strip steaks if there's a grill. butcher boy is the best meat store ever.

 

[GumbaFish]

I don't know.....mountain biking followed by pizza and beer? I'll have to think about that.

Wait, is this a mountain bike festival or what?

 

[jdcamb]

since i live really close to butcher boy, i can make a stop there before heading up to stock up on burgers and steak. their bourbon steak tips are amazing.

The burgundy tips and the steak house tips are slamming good as well. Butcher boy is awesome by the way....

 

[narlus]

butcher boy club steak....

 

[skinny mike]

the filets from butcher boy are just orgasmic. i want to buy myself one now.

 

[GumbaFish]

If I go again I might just stay in Vermont...Think they would notice If I were to build a shanty on top of heavens bench?

 

[narlus]

the filets from butcher boy are just orgasmic. i want to buy myself one now.

eh, filets are filets...for real meat taste, go for the ribeye or sirloin. if you've got the prep time, flank steak is killer.

 

[jdcamb]

eh, filets are filets...for real meat taste, go for the ribeye or sirloin. if you've got the prep time, flank steak is killer.

Mmm flank steak. I make a maple syrup/sea salt brine that seems to tenderize the flank meat to perfection.

 

[MtnBikerChk]

ew. can we stop posting the pictures of red meat?

 

[McGRP01]

Wait, is this a mountain bike festival or what?

 

[douglas]

Current interest (please correct me if I am wrong):
TreeSaw & sq-earl
Mikethebike (one of our friends from Deck Party)
Powernapper (Don)
McGRP01
MBC & IAB
gnurider1080
BadDNA
Douglas plus one
Ridemonkey (?)
barbaton (?)
BikeGeek (?)
Gumbafish (?)
jdcamb (?)

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[Westy]

I'd like to make it but that would be the 6th weekend in a row I would be away from home. Reason #2314 why work travel sucks, you just want to stay home when you can.

 

[McGRP01]

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plus one?

 

[GumbaFish]

plus one?

He's bringing that girl from the nude beach...

 

[McGRP01]

He's bringing that girl from the nude beach...

Sweet!

 

[BikeGeek]

You are in NOVA right? I might be interested. Let me talk to the wife.

Yeah Springfield, VA. Definitely let me know.

 

[douglas]

plus one?

"veggie girl"....but you have to keep her busy while I'm off w/nude beach girl

 

[McGRP01]

On a related note... Woody and Sandwich got me thinking... Would anyone be intersted in taking a day trip up to Bromont to do a little DH'ing? Maybe even Friday since we can't get into the lodge until 2pm. I think Bromont is like only like an hour, hour and a half north of East Burke. Let me know....

 

[GumbaFish]

I thought they said it was like 2 hrs away, maybe I am wrong though. I almost want to say I would be interested but it was like an 8-9 hr drive last time...2 more hrs would kill me.

 

[shaneyplane]

Where is it me an my mates wud probly be up for it?

 

[McGRP01]

Where is it me an my mates wud probly be up for it?

www.kingdomtrails.org

 

[TreeSaw]

"veggie girl"....but you have to keep her busy while I'm off w/nude beach girl

Nice Both of the double beds are spoken for So, now I have to think about sleeping arrangements. I don't know if I have met "veggie girl" before. If she needs a new riding partner (since her's is currently mending) let me know...my girls have been bailing out on me so I have been riding solo

 

[douglas]

Nice Both of the double beds are spoken for So, now I have to think about sleeping arrangements. I don't know if I have met "veggie girl" before. If she needs a new riding partner (since her's is currently mending) let me know...my girls have been bailing out on me so I have been riding solo

dont worry - I told her it will be bunk beds or loft

her only concern was being slow, and causing the group to wait

 

[TreeSaw]

dont worry - I told her it will be bunk beds or loft

her only concern was being slow, and causing the group to wait

Not a problem! Definitely give her my number and we'll go riding a bit before MF.

 

[BadDNA]

I'm gonna go ahead and call dibs on some loft space. Falling 4" is a lot better than 8'

 

[I Are Baboon]

her only concern was being slow, and causing the group to wait

We'd be happy to take her out on a "stop and smell the roses" kind of ride.

 

[McGRP01]

No worries Doug, she can hang at the back of the pack with me. Oh, and I'm calling dibs on the same bottom bunk I had. That way I know where to stumble to late night...

 

[douglas]

No worries Doug, she can hang at the back of the pack with me. Oh, and I'm calling dibs on the same bottom bunk I had. That way I know where to stumble to late night...

cool

can we call dibs? I thought the rule is no dibs calling until the lodge is actually in sight??

ps: dibs on the same bottom bunk as I had last time!!

 

[skinny mike]

can we call dibs? I thought the rule is no dibs calling until the lodge is actually in sight??

you are all violating the man code!

 

[narlus]

ew. can we stop posting the pictures of red meat?

does it offend vegan sensibilities?

 

[skinny mike]

ew. can we stop posting the pictures of red meat?

well better pictures of red meat than pictures of our own cuts of meat.

 

[MtnBikerChk]

does it offend vegan sensibilities?

I'm not a vegan but I'm not a big fan of red meat. ESPECIALLY if it's still bleeding. EW.

 

[narlus]

why ruin a good cut of meat by overcooking it? read anthony bourdain's _kitchen confidential_ sometime...it'll make you think twice before ordering a welldone steak at a restaurant ever again...

 

[skinny mike]

why ruin a good cut of meat by overcooking it? read anthony bourdain's _kitchen confidential_ sometime...it'll make you think twice before ordering a welldone steak at a restaurant ever again...

for those of us who don't plan to read the book, want to paraphrase whatever he wrote about well done steaks?

 

[narlus]

read it anyway, even if it's a rip of hunter thompson's style, it's a well done rip, and it's very entertaining.

basically it's the way for the restaurant to get rid of bad/old meat and sell it to the customer...the meat's so overcooked no one's got a clue what its original condition was.

 

[berkshire_rider]

I'm gonna go ahead and call dibs on some loft space. Falling 4" is a lot better than 8'

I would like to put in a request for loft space as well. NFW I am climbing into one of those triple-decker bunks after knocking out a growler of Trout River + other assorted beers.

 

[douglas]

is the lodge booked?
Do we have enough mokeys going?
I might be able to find a person or 2 if theres going to be empty bunks

 

[McGRP01]

is the lodge booked?
Do we have enough mokeys going?
I might be able to find a person or 2 if theres going to be empty bunks

Fine questions Douglas! I might be able to wrangle up a SMBA member or 2 as well if need be...

 

[Sandwich]

If I get an XC trike by then I might be in....but woodstyle is going to be in winterbike and I don't have one yet. We'll see.

Bromont was I think about 1.5-2 hours. Border crossing wasn't bad. It's not too far at all.

 

[TreeSaw]

Lodge is booked. I'll get a final cost and count out in the next week or two. As far as I can tell, there are a few bunks left and there's plenty of room for cots & camping!