World Famous Fondoo Run WEDNSEDAY 9'th September

Departure: 17:55 Train from L'Asse

Let me know....

Bring lights.....

...backpack to CARRY stuff.

....emergency kit

....cash....+-30 CHF

World Famous Fondoo Run - 16'th Sep 2014

Yep - its that time again

Time: 

18:45 at La Givrine Parking

or

18:06 train from GENOLIER (Train is NOT running from L'Asse due to "travaux")

I will be taking the car to La Cure....so if you take the train, you will have to find your own way back down to Genolier....!!

Bring - lights (For return trip and inside the cabin)
Bring - Money (CHF 25)

I will take care of the rest!

Please let me know TODAY by 17:00 if you are coming...
...(I have to shop today)

Cheese eating with Dopey!

Next Saturday Dopey is in town and is looking forward sharing a night with his riding buddies / friends. He misses his friends and the swiss cheese a lot and would like to take the opportunity to eat and laugh together!

Day: Saturday March 2nd.
Place: TBD
Time: click of at 20h00
What to bring: everything but your bike

See you soon! Dopey...

Fondoo Run - Ride Report

Who: Toothless Joe, Missile, Limoncello, Labrico, Tanya, Balls, Nicolas,
What: Fondoo Eating & some riding
Distance: 35km
Up: 410m
Down: 1111m (no joke!!)

Hosting: Missile +1

Notable Events

OTB for Toothless Joe +0.5
The "Straight Faced" Award +5 points to toothless Joe for the best joke of the season!! Ask one of us...
The keeping a secret award 0.25 to limoncello for knowing and not telling!!
The 'too much fondoo' award - Missile -0.5 (otherwise known as the 'not enough bread award')
The not enough forks award - Missile -0.25 for not enough forks
The Spork Award -  for sporking..... Tanya +0.25
The Tooth Picking up award - Tanya for ensuring toothless' post fall ok-ness +0.5

....late reporting award....-0.5 to Missile (warning to others!!!:-)

Fondoo Run !!! Tuesday 7'th

Mark your calendars! Option 1) Col de La Givrine - skating / snowshoeing and eating fondoo at la Genoliére. Option 2) Col du Marhchairuz - snowshoeing and self made fondoo at one of the cabins.

Votes please...

Fondoo Too!!! - The pics....

Thanks all for a super night!

The first social....Oooooooooo!.........Up your!

Bla, bla, bla........Ha, ha ha!

Is food ready yet?

Swiss Betty was there too.....!

A little bit of cheese, some wine, stir with love....Attack!

A bit of RTFM.....!

I have never seen a pot of cheese fondue disappear so fast.

Missile it was top.....! Very very yummie!

We were almost all there....Cheers!

Boumboum is thinking....I want more food!

Movember Hardus / Honey badger....We are going to miss you!

Thanks for the chain link!

More melted cheese in the making!

Ahhhhh......More food!

A nice little fire....to keep us warm / cooked!

Riding gear is drying / warming for the return trip

Dessert...Meringues a la creme de Gruyere.

You don't want to miss any of it!

Plate licking good!

A picture says it all.....

I am not drunk....I am awesome :-)

Time to clean and ride back....

The ride back. What a crispy night and beautiful sky.

-8C and happy.

Thank you all for a fantastic night. Links to the cabin(s) can be found here and here! The rest is all;"To much information". Ride stats, comments, etc. are welcome

See you on the snow shoes!

Fondoo Too!!!

Distance - just enough to get there and back safely
Temp - too cold to ride in summer clothes (but some tried)
Time - just right for feasting and drinking and...
Wine - more than enough for once!!!
Fondoo - a tad less than enough for once but....you're thanking me this morning...non?
Information -  Too Much!!

Riders: Honeybadger, Dopey, Limoncello, Papy, Boum Boum, Nameless, Missile

Honeybadger proved that indeed he is "hard-us-nails" it was -2C at the start and he rode there with FINGERLESS gloves! Chapeau!!

....garlic chopping instructions were shared....nameless performed beautifully....
.....Nameless promised us all early christmas presents in the form of nice leatherman....

.....A successful fondoo making proved the missile still has it !!!
Round one was made with more care and attention than at home....
.....seen that film "Gone in 60 seconds"..... well that was about how much it lasted.

round 2 was 'different', good but not as good as the first round....normal - was a pre-made version masquerading as a 'just cheese' version....hats of to nameless who RTFM and avoided a potential dissater of round 1.

Dopey was on fine form, burning peoples asses off with his fire. But disappointingly....no tree was dragged in to the fire this time... BOO!!

There was TMI at varying instances during the evening....relating to bodily fluids, or more accurately bodily not-so-fluids......and various other NPC-for-dinner subjects

Those with a ball and chain shared their "post-fondoo-no-nookie" stories much to the hilarity of those with calloused palms....just you wait and see!!!

Missile was bursting at the seams with enthusiasm for his fondoo (see gone in 60 seconds above) but also with bodily gases from both ends....

meanwhile....some ladies drank coke from their emergency kits.... AAAAAGGGHH????

The return trip- -6C and counting....brrr..... no OTB but...

Missile & Dopey scared the living sh!t out of the rocks and grass (and themselves) on the way down the twisty turny part....disaster beckoned at every corner, but wine induced steering control saved the day beautifully and grins, high fives and manic laughter were shared at the bottom!!

Broken chains: 2 - dopey power proved to be just too much on two occasions (well the second was due to a botched job at the first repair....but never mind....it allowed me to catch my breath.)

....ze frenchee...hee ees atennshun paying...NOT...'merde alors'.... ze iys did srow mee on ze graund....
....ze frenchee...hee ees loocking at ze graund and....'merde alors'....vhere deed ze rowd go and vy am ai ryding in ze feeld ??

Then..... CRAP ATTACK..... preceded by VOMIT ATTACK ! Missile shared his repast of the previous hour and then his repast of the previous day with the woods.....aahhhh thats better!!! As Shrek says 'Better Out Than In"....

And with that.....LAPSANG SOUCHONG to you all until next time !!!!

Fondoo Run - Numero Due

Hello....late I know, but for anyone whi is reading this evening....

FONDOO RUN!!!

19:00 La Givrine

Dopey is already in.
3 Decis is window shopping in Amsterdam
....

Yes....its FONDOO time again !!! Tuesday 1'st November

The weather looks good, not too cold, no rain so.....get yer fondoo forks out !!!

When: Tuesday 1'st November

Meeting Time: 19:00 at Col de La Givrine


What to Bring:

- A big enough rucksack to carry your share of the goodies!
- Approx 30 CHF for Fondoo & Sundries - please try to bring exact money if possible - Dopey and I will take care of buying everything.
- some REAL lights for outdoors and a petzl for indoors.
- a change of clothes
- your eating boots
- your drinking boots
- your emergency kit

 Let me know by 11:00 am tomorrow.

The new trail....!!

Joe's thank you for a superb ride and dine yesterday evening!

Here are the statistics and points recommendations:

Length: 28km

Climb: 900m

Average Moving Speed: 12.4 km/h

Trail: A new Labrico & Boumboum land descent!! :-)

Smile factor: XXXL

Views: A Jura red colored without clouds!

Longest commute award: Nameless and Missile, two weeks in a row all the way to the Saleve +1

Explorer award: Labrico and Boumboum for finding and building new trails...and cleaning them just before your friends arrive! +1

C'est la vie award: having diner on the balcony until 23h00! Labrico +0.5. The beers and wine tasted so good!

Food for thoughts award: thoughts or f.....ks, how to arrange lasagna for the boys! Nobody can do it like Labrico +0.5

Mr. Fixit: Missile for his mechanical assistance! +1

Quizing: Missile +2 points for answering....he was the only interested! Results see "Quiz"!

Thanks all for the smiles and high fives!

The fondue forks have arrived! I see a fondue ride coming soon......

Fondue Set - Who wants his own MTB fondue fork?

Joe's I found this nice MTB foundue set. The forks set cost CHF 90 for 6 forks.

Who is in? As soon as I have 6 candidates I will order forks.

Please let me know if you are interested?

Year End Fondue

Place: Societe des Vieux-Grenadiers, Rue de Carouge 92, Geneve, 022 320 13 27

Start Time: 19h30

Parking: Where ever you can fit your car or 3DC's VIP spot in front of the door.

What to bring: Emergency kit, money, eating boots and the usual.....smile!

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DATE CHOSEN: 12 November


Very difficult to choose and some wont be able to make it....sorry in advance

I tried to make a balance of max number of people and priviliged those who had shown up for the most rides !

Now: Dopey - please find us a place. Use a doodle if you have to!!

Some want to do the cabane des electriciens....Labrico has offered to provide a generator so we have electricity.

I will make fondoo if that is everyones wish

We should stay the night if we do it....!!!

End of Year Fondoo & Prize Giving - (File now open)

DATE CHOSEN: NONE YET -  1 MORE WEEK TO FILL IN YOUR AVAILABILITY.

DOPEY: FINDING A VENUE IS (STILL) DELEGATED TO YOU!!!!!!

Meringue Run #1 - The pictures!

Click on the Picture!

The statistics: Click on map for more details.

Meringue Run #1

Boys....what a night....awesome!!!

Points awarded as follows:

Riders: Labrico, Doepy, Nascar, Missile, Honey Badger, Iron Ass, Papy, Zulu

Stats: tbc

The "Host With The Most" Award: Missile + 1

The "Man with the Plan" award Missile +0.5 for finding a new fondoo run track

The "Sous Chef Award" : Pete/Dopey/Papy +0.2 each for I can't remember what

The "Goat" Award: -0.5 to Labrico for texting all night.

The "Flying Iron Award" : Iron Ass for at least TWO maginificent OTB's. +2

The "Aged to Perfection Award" : Papy for MAGNIFICENT 35 yr old Armagnac +2

The "Fruit" award: Dopey for bringing some... +0.5

The "No Spoon Award": Dopey for not providing spoons and expecting the ref to have everything. -1 !!....

The "Do I need training wheels ?" award : Honeybadger for hanging it out 'large' on his would be BMW !! +1

The "I'll Make You Vomit" Awar": Labrico and Missile for being juvenile! 0.5 each

The "I'll really make your vomit" award: Nascar for pretending to be Labrico (sneaky (but fun) +1

The "60.3" award. Labrico for reaching 0.1 kmh faster than Miss Ill Ee !! Bastard. 0.1 points !! (Yes ZERO POINT ONE)

The "I got sprayed with cowshit" award: Everyone +0.25 - we were COVERED !!!

Fondoo Run Fixed for THURSDAY 2'nd September

Confirmed Participants;
Missile, Dopey, Papy, Limoncello, Iron Ass, LaBrico 

Due to those that have responded we do it

Thursday night 2'nd September fondoo run #1

I need to know by Wednesday who is coming so I can organise the food & drink.

I'll take care of all and then we share the load and the cost (25-30 CHF)

Departure: 19:00 at La Givrine

Bring: 

1. A ruck sack to carry your part of the cheese, wine & bread
2. Your emergency kit if you have one
3. Bike lights - BUY some if you havent already got some
4. A petzl light for in the cabin
5. Warm clothes for the descent

The basic itnerary: Bike for about 1hr 20 minutes, stuff our faces with fondoo and wine, admire dopeys fire building skills, ride? back to the car for about midnight......