A hand full of adventure seeking enthusiasts ventured out to brave the elements and the Jakarta traffic after a slow start to the day, the slow start could and most probably will be put down to a number of pathetic reasons, depending who you talk to.

 

Some would say the weather, some the night before; others could say that because nobody phoned them.  As a loyal subject the rides co-ordinator extraordinaire did his duty and sms’d all in sundry at 5.30am, some wooossssed out like our pixie boot lover Mr. La-Wooossseee, others like our last weeks King of the DOG BOX Mr. BJ him self secretly rendezvoused with others and got found out.  Gila, well we’ll just pass on this one, I think he was home knitting.

 

Nevertheless the road captain of the day Mr. BJ took us on a 35km short cut from Kemang to Casa Blanca, red light turn left, green light the world your oyster, great job Mike, good ride at a good pace.

 

However the day would not have been complete with out a dog box candidate, the problem being for our Mr. John boy, is deciding who should go in it, given the severity of the offenses committed John, I would not wash it out from the last residence, et the new one roast.

 

For simplicity’s sake below I list a number of candidates for him to appraise and shove in the box as he feels appropriate.

1. Mr. LaWooossseeeee, Didn’t want to get his pixie booties wet

2. Mr. BJ, Organizing a mutineer ride without adhering to Rider Rules clause 7, subject 2, point 9c, thou shall not attempt to conspire to organize mutiny runs with out prior written consent of the Rides co-ordinator extraordinaires approval, especially from shady little coffee shops.

3. Gila Dong, Knitting with out knowing what he’s doing, you can not knit barbed wire with crow bars

4. Dutchy Germany Blob, For wearing a large size T-Shirt

5. Fall down Bob, Not shaving under his arms before riding Gila’s bike

6. Mr. Gerard, For being an idiot to think that any one would have been at the gas station in that weather, must be a foreigner

7. Mr. Electric Pole Captain Sensible himself, for not paying his electric bill, the Indo utilities companies will always get you one way or another

Mr. John Boy what ever yah title, a runny nose never stopped Peter Fonda

 

Thanks for the ride all in sundry, weather permitting next week we’re off to the mountains, that’s if most of you can get out of bed.

 

Now.

 

Their will be a tiker tape parade on Sudirman on Feb 4^th, that’s because Stumpy is leaving for greener pastures on the 3^rd, we were going to have it on the 2nd but we figured he would miss his plane and knowing how much you all don’t want that to happen we have made it for the 4^th, free booze across the board, dancing girls and what ever else Stumpy would be pissed off to miss.

 

Stumpy we’ll miss you banyak, I’d cry but I know you’ll be back, you love us.

Take care Bro

Flu Time

I was not riding last week due to the flu but thanks to Grant for the following ride notes.