Fat Boy Deluxe

Tonight, the boys are taking to the cold streets of DC (yes, 20 is chilly in that neck of the woods) for another TNS ride. I’m jealous, super jealous. For those readers who might be from up north, the TNS rides are Tuesday Night Swill rides. It’s your basic ride - you bike a lot, stop, drink, eat, drink more, ride your bike more, get more to drink, and then ride back home. Sometimes theres more drinking involved, ha. It’s always a blast, good people, good conversation, good arguments, and somebody always throwing down the gauntlet, whether it’s by ordering another pitcher at the end of the night when nobody needs it or picking that hill to ride that crushes your soul a third of the way to the top.

They’ll be heading out tonight and hopefully they’ll be drinking one for me, sounds like Butch is already on it, ha. They should be hitting Dremo’s at some point during the night, since it will be shutdown as of the end of this month. Try to get a pitcher of Chocolate Donut or Anderson Valley Winter Solstice (I think they used less vanilla this year).

I miss our rides into the city to visit Thor at Paradiso. From what I understand, our bike parking tree is no longer there and Thor has been replaced by Greg.

photo by Spearman

Yet they continue to ride…and drink…and ride…the vicious cycle it is.

photo by Gary

So keep it up you all. I hope to bring the TNS to the northerners here soon. The bikes are ready and the liver is willing. Although I might have to trade out the bikes for some skis or snowshoes here for the next couple of months and pack along the goods. Here’s to you all, may your bikes be swift and your beer be tasty…oh and make sure you do DT’s Hill at least twice - even better if somebody throws up doing hill sprints!