Imperial Century
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GarySe7en at 03.7.08 - 12:25 pm
The AIDS LifeCycle
Team Midnight Ridazz will be riding an
Imperial Century April 5th as we prepare our selves for 545 miles in a week this June (two days of which will be full centuries). All are welcome to join us, but do be prepared for the rigors of riding 100 miles. Pace will be moderate, not a cruise, but not a hustle either.
Road bikes suggested. Spare tubes, patch kits, plenty of snacks and water recommended. This is not a supported ride, but break times will be built into the route, as well as at least one bail point with connection to the Metro system.
Like the metric century ride in December, this ride will feature standard spoke cards, and super make you feel special edition spoke cards for a minimum donation to the team of $5 for our fund raising efforts.
Ride is Saturday April 5th. Start time, location, route, and additional details to be announced. This will be a day time ride.
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I am also designing a Metric century (100km, 62.5 miles) the weekend before this in order to train for the full century. My ride will be a bit later in the morning to accomodate ridazz who don't like to wake up early!
markedge03.7.08 - 12:45 pm
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Sorry I'll miss this century. I'll be in San Fran, and so far I've found no rides up there that weekend. I'm doing the Mega Bus thing, so I can't bring my bike anyway. I'll have to rent if I want to ride.
Mark, I will be here for your metric. See you then if not sooner.
Creative Thing03.7.08 - 8:11 pm
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I'll go. Sounds fun. Is there a route map?
tern03.10.08 - 8:45 am
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Route map will be posted soon. There will be some hills. Some you might have ridden tern, but I think they will be new ground for many Ridazz.
GarySe7en03.12.08 - 11:40 pm
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Me too! That is, if i don't die on Mark's ride this weekend. Not that Mark would ever let that happen... HERO HERO HERO... okay... out of my system.
canadienne03.24.08 - 11:32 am
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Gary, what's your ideas for the route?
indigis03.27.08 - 2:38 pm
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Setting my sights on conquering the Eastern territories.
GarySe7en03.27.08 - 3:10 pm
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POST
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markedge03.28.08 - 4:46 pm
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I'll see if I can't come out for this one.
Everyone says, "Tune your bike, dude!!"
I want to see how much more punishment it will take before the hull caves in.
bentstrider03.28.08 - 5:47 pm
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SO DOWN wheres that route and what time you thinks?
steph03.31.08 - 4:13 pm
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i've seen it. but it's a secret. and i won't tell.
indigis03.31.08 - 4:22 pm
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This is a day time ride, and since we are going quite a distance, it will be in the AM. I don't want it to be typical day time cyclist crazy early, you know those people who ride out at 7AM, but do want us to get finished at a decent hour. Haven't decided for sure, but thinking meet at 9:00 am, roll out @ 9:30. Bike kitchen is the starting point.
GarySe7en04.1.08 - 6:10 am
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wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this will be fun. and painful. and then fun again.
what's the parking sitch around those parts?
cattv04.1.08 - 6:49 am
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gary, 9-930 sounds good to me.
soso04.1.08 - 9:51 am
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Someone who knows the area better correct me if I'm wrong, or elaborate, but I believe parking @ the kitchen is game on the weekends all day. I know we have had people park there for rides in the past.
GarySe7en04.1.08 - 10:06 am
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it's definitely game... for the meter maids. it might be fine on side streets but the meters are checked regularly.
indigis04.1.08 - 10:43 am
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RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWwWRRRRRRR!!!! rawr!
soso04.1.08 - 4:53 pm
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9:30 AM roll out, 9:00 meet up, from the Bicycle District. Due to the ride length I want us to leave promptly, so if you are running late call me so we can wait up or you can meet us in route. ( 3 1 0 ) 8 9 5 - 6 5 0 2
GarySe7en04.3.08 - 9:47 am
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i hate my job right now, wish i could ride with you guys, this is going to be a great ride!
dannyzuko04.3.08 - 2:16 pm
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hey so would it be totally stupid for me to do ride arc on friday if i need to get up for this century early on saturday morning?
canadienne04.3.08 - 3:46 pm
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Argh! I don't know whether to do this or los angelopes!!! I hate making riding decisions!!!
Then again, i really wanna show off my new steelman to ya'll, so i'll probably end up at the kitchen :)
Lance K04.3.08 - 4:31 pm
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i will be there for sure. I am looking forward to this one.
tern04.3.08 - 6:17 pm
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this is gonna be imperious
tern04.3.08 - 6:35 pm
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I'm printing the special edition spoke cards as I speak. They are fancy. Asking for $5 minimum donation to support the AIDS LifeCycle team for riders who want one. Team members who attend automatically get a special edition card. A simple complimentary spoke card will also be available, but all the cool kids will be sporting the fancy ones.
GarySe7en04.3.08 - 10:38 pm
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Reminder: If you are doing this ride, you should be eating carbs excessively and hydrating today. I expect tomorrow to be a 5000 calories burned kind of day.
GarySe7en04.4.08 - 3:13 pm
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i think we are gonna do both, angelopes is just too tempting
steph04.4.08 - 10:34 pm
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Currently in a carpet store that is doubling as a peanut butter and jelly refueling post. There are oranges. We also hear that shag carpet top tube pads are going to be the next big thing. Get yours while this shit is still underground.
NEWB31004.5.08 - 12:13 pm
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what a great looking bunch of imperialist!
dannyzuko04.5.08 - 12:28 pm
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What a great ride - props to gary for the route, tern for the knowledges, rich for the direction-toting, danny for the awesome rest stop, and everybody for pumping out a century with no flats or crashes (almost that is) and major fun tonnage...
I'm sure that was incomprehensible, i just got back from the angelopes party (still going strong of course). Any of you guys doing the cub ojai trip next weeekeeeend?
Lance K04.6.08 - 2:42 am
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i forgot about the spoke card...totally stoked to have it as the only one on that bike...!
Lance K04.6.08 - 2:43 am
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Bummed that I missed this. But I ran 8.5 miles with my brother's fiance!
markedge04.6.08 - 9:23 am
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amazing ride everyone! it was great meeting and riding with you. thanks gary for plotting the route, meghan for delivering us some delicious dill potato salad at the halfway point, and richard for guiding us home. i've never been so tired in my life. i loved it.
official mileage & average speed? anyone anyone?
cattv04.6.08 - 11:03 am
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thanks gary for the route, awesome spokecard (that even my wife loved... "so where's mine"), and making this thing happen. To rich for taking over command when we lost our noble leader, to Danny for the shag carpeted rest stop and peanut butter and banana sandwiches, to Meg for the potato salad, etc, to the bus driver for not totaling crushing tern (only a little crushing him), for the hit and run driver for not getting too pissed off that there was a bicycle in the road, and again for tern for showing that bicyclists hit back. And for a group ride that stayed a group throughout (almost).
indigis04.6.08 - 11:12 am
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I hope Tern is ok, what happened?
it was my pleasure, I ate most of the sandwiches before you got there :P, I figured since I wasn't going to ride, I may as well help out,
dannyzuko04.6.08 - 11:36 am
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I'm really okay...the bus driver veered to the curb while I was in between. I got bumped over the curb and onto the sidewalk.
Otherwise, it was a great route. I got my ass handed to me on the last set of hills in Whittier, and I got dropped for a while. It is fully evident that the ALC team has been serious about their training. Some of the people who were struggling on the first ALC metric century (metrixx) were passing me on every hill. I feel pretty confident that you guys will be fine when the ride comes up in June.
I was one of the last riders to finish, and it gives me some perspective...to keep up the hills, speed and long rides. I came into the ride thinking that I would have no problems at all, but damn, I had to struggle a bit. Thanks to the ALC team for taking me on an epic ride. All of you guys stuck together and made it happen!
tern04.6.08 - 12:23 pm
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thanks gary and meghan
and danny
great hills, great potato salad
great crew
steph04.6.08 - 1:37 pm
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we'll if your a sucker for funishment,
dannyzuko04.6.08 - 3:34 pm
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Hey come out and ride with us in OJAI!
it's all flat, until you get to the mountains,
dannyzuko04.6.08 - 3:35 pm
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Awesome ride everyone! My first century... and definitely a memorable one. So many hills... so many carbs...
I wanted to die as soon as we got back to L.A... and have never been so miserable riding down sunset... but we stuck together, (thanks for the moral support Jo!), and made it in one piece. All of you rock. What a great group!
canadienne04.6.08 - 8:48 pm
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Congrats everyone on finishing that route. That was a pretty brutal combination of distance and hills (I realized after why it went a little over a hundred, I added the stop to Danny's work without cutting out miles from elsewhere). Sorry I couldn't finish it with you all, stupid fever and stomach pain.
It's really awesome to see such improvement in everyones abilities, we keep this up and we will be rocking AIDS LifeCycle. Hope you all are feeling high off epic accomplishment.
GarySe7en04.7.08 - 12:38 pm
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Great Pics Cathy, It's like I was there! :P
dannyzuko04.10.08 - 8:32 am
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thanks cat for man-ing the camera. good job. i would have brought mine but was being too much of a weight weenie.
indigis04.10.08 - 8:44 am
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