4SBB - LIVE THE DREAM!
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ingipet at 07.16.08 - 11:24 am
Come join LA Citycouncilmember Tom Labonge on his 2nd annual tour of the 4th Street Bicycle Boulevard.
Wednesday July 23rd.
6:15pm.
Parking lot at Shatto and 4th, near Vermont and the bowling alley!
Will there be bike cops again this year?
Will LaBonge demonstrate his CORKING skills as he does in this beautiful photo taken by Will Campbell from last year's ride?
Will there be ice cream?
Or BEER?
LIVE THE DREAM!!!
4SBB!!!
Come find out!
Wednesday July 23rd.
6:15pm.
Parking lot at Shatto and 4th, near Vermont and the bowling alley!
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YES!!!!
Bring the City Councilmen to the bike rides not the bike rides to the City Council.
Can we hijack it to Mandeville Canyon? or Hollywood sign ?
:-D
marino07.16.08 - 11:50 am
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i say griffith observatory..... :)
would make for an excellent hijack!!
but SRSLY.
the city council, like 'em or not, has A LOT to do with getting better bikeways here in L.A.
garcetti recently introduced sharrows to the agenda.
rosendahl signed off the BWC's Cyclist Bill of Rights.
the more they see us as a unified presence putting pressure on them at all times, the better.
and FYI --- LaBonge et al. organized this ride! I am simply an extrememly ardent supported.
OBVIOUSLY.
ingipet07.16.08 - 12:10 pm
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and if you show up this ride, you still have a change to sign your name to the letter to the MTA board.....
and a chance at BEER.
ingipet07.16.08 - 1:51 pm
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4SBB = 4 SERIOUS BEER BEER
marino07.19.08 - 1:51 pm
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yup. i've decided. for those of you that were willing to take the time to sign the petition to the metro, which you can still do here --->
metroletter@live.com
read all about it over at
LA STREETSBLOG
well, if you took to the time to do this, thank you!
I will take you and whoever else also signed out to beer after this 2nd annual 4SBB ride.
By showing up at an event like this, you are demonstrating your committment to advancing cycling in Los Angeles on a larger and more permanent scale.
Again, thank you! You shall be rewarded with your beer.
If you can't make it Wendesday, that's okay. Our lives are busy. I will think of other ways for you to demonstrate your worthiness as time goes on.
And reward you with --- BEER!
4SBB - LIVE THE DREAM!!!
ingipet07.19.08 - 6:11 pm
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did someone say beer?
sadly i just started a new job so it'd be irresponsible of me to ask for wednesday off (only been there 1 full week) but i wish you guys the best. trying to get more of my immediate friends and family to sign the petition.
viva la bici!!
Jazzy Phat Nastee07.19.08 - 6:14 pm
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no sweat. i shall have your beer for you at some point Jazzy!
ingipet07.19.08 - 6:16 pm
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I'll be there with tunes then headed over to the Chinatown Mosey afterwards if anyone wants to join....
pavetheplanet07.20.08 - 10:02 pm
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now THAT is a good idea! i've been wanting to mosey myself...
a positively relaxing chill mosey of a wednesday. i'm excited!
4SBB!!
ingipet07.20.08 - 10:38 pm
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Hey, on Tom LaBonges website it says that everyone must wear helmets and sign waivers to ride. What's up with that?
pavetheplanet07.20.08 - 11:03 pm
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i caught that as well. i believe they want to cover their liability if anyone gets hurt.... or does something crazy....
:)
ingipet07.20.08 - 11:06 pm
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yeah but if you show up without a helmet, how are they not going to let you ride? its a public street and all. Unless they got some sort of parade permit and they are blocking it off for the ride. Which is actually pretty lame and kinda defeats the whole point of this thing, dontcha think?
pavetheplanet07.20.08 - 11:25 pm
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:)
hee hee!
well, last time we had a crew of bike cops to escort us while LaBonge corked stop signs....
ingipet07.21.08 - 7:51 am
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Ha! On the ride to work this morning I noticed a few potholes filled in preparation for the ride!
I'll be coming home from work near the ride's scheduled start so I'll most likely be heading eastward on 4SBB and hoping to bump into you guys and join the par-tay as you head west.
Someone that can get Councilman LaBonge's ear either before or during the ride (I'm looking at you Ingipet, my dear!) please do every 4SBB rider a favor and mention the following improvements to the street:
1. A bicycle crossing button (like the one at Normandie) at Wilton Place!
2. A four-way stop at Norton!
3. A four-way stop at Hudson
4. Underground drainage diversion of the "Hudson River" that is almost always algae-slick and ever-flowing south across 4th at Hudson.
See you there!
Agent Orange07.21.08 - 11:02 am
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DONE and DONE!!
I will also have my camera with me and document each "problem" area....i'll then send that along to his office after the ride....
Labonge also has a few more rides planned for the summer in his district. ----
ingipet07.21.08 - 11:11 am
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Everyone should participate in this!
We are in times where the future of bicycle infrastructure in Los Angeles is dependent upon all of our cooperation. This is the time we need to take action. Please join us to ride with La Bonge on 4SBB.
4SBB could become the tipping point into which the rest of Los Angeles will follow. We need numbers. We need you on your bikes. You represent the future of cycling in LA.
Tell everyone.
Joe Borfo07.21.08 - 1:02 pm
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Ingrid, please put this info on your 4SBB web page.
Joe Borfo07.21.08 - 1:23 pm
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all right all right....i'll put it on 4sbb somewheres.... probably in the "Bicycle Library" ---- after the event with images...
but i'll link to the ridazz post on the front page now.... off i go....
*WEEEE!**
ingipet07.21.08 - 2:15 pm
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ahhh! i have to wear a helmet! okeeaayyyy!!! i hope i remember.
neverclever07.21.08 - 2:20 pm
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the ride starts at near shatto lanes, then heads up west?
i just wanna make sure i'll be at the right spot after work..thanx=-)
irma07.21.08 - 7:27 pm
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yup, that is the plan.
i know some people are planning to just find us along the way.
which i love. 4th Street Critical Mass!!
ride leaves from the shatto parking lot, 6:15pm wednesday....rides west.... we might loop back on 4th to head back to the start point, but i'm not sure...
4SBB...!!
ingipet07.22.08 - 2:48 am
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Ingrid, i'm sure this has been brought up, but some of us will be doing the mosey after the 4sbb ride so it would be great if the ride headed back East at some point or back to the start. Who is creating the route? Is it postable?
Thanks.
stevo407.22.08 - 9:05 am
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i'm know for sure we will end at the same parking lot we starting at -->shatto and 4th.
i also know that i wanted to go to the mosey afterwards. i'm following whoever goes there!
s.w.e.e.t.!!!
ingipet07.22.08 - 9:32 am
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i keep having these visions of people just converging on 4SBB in this massive wave.
at 6pm on a wednesday? well, maybe not... :)
i view this more as an opportunity to continue my dialog with LaBonge on bike stuff...
also, it is just ever so slightly RAD that a city councilmember is organizing bike rides of his own volition.
pretty sure he's the only one doing that currently.
i'm planning to suggest a bike ride between council disctrict offices.....
starting with a ride from Labonge's office to Garcetti's...
--> here they are ---->
ingipet07.22.08 - 11:25 am
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the ever glorious STREETSBLOG has just posted a very recent interview with LaBonge....good stuff!
check it out
ingipet07.22.08 - 12:39 pm
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says LaBonge of his recent bike heavy trip to Berlin----
"But the most important thing, and this could take awhile for the people of Los Angeles to change, the motorists had great respect for people on bikes. I never felt anyone on my tail. If we were going straight and they were turning right, they waited for me to get through the intersection.
***Nobody cut me off . It was amazing. You immediately felt that there was some respect for the bicycle."***
ingipet07.22.08 - 12:42 pm
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Interesting how a trip to another country makes one think differently on how we can do things better in this one.
Joe Borfo07.22.08 - 12:56 pm
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Interesting interview; glad to know that hes thinking along these lines; I was especially encouraged to hear that he's thinking about new uses for Los Feliz Blvd.
One question I have though: when he says, "Rides start at 6:00 P.M. but we’ll wait a little bit for everyone and we’ll get back before daylight." does he mean this will be like CRANK Mob and we'll be out all night?
mr rollers07.22.08 - 1:30 pm
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ha!!
daylight eh?!
riding all night long ....City Councilazz!!
ingipet07.22.08 - 1:47 pm
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now if I could only raise that much money for our RidazzCamp...
Joe Borfo07.22.08 - 2:29 pm
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i heard it straight from the horses mouth (colin) last night!!
ALL HAIL THE GLORY OF COLIN BOGART!
ingipet07.22.08 - 2:37 pm
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(p.s. colin has been working very hard for a while now on pushing the sharrows agenda here in L.A.)
he told me that the people on the East Hollywood city council last night were literally calling out over each other to second the motion to support the sharrows program on Fountain with $5000!
"I SECOND!!!!"
no, no me! I SECOND!!!
ingipet07.22.08 - 3:38 pm
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@Stevo & Ing
Depending on how productive I am during the day tomorrow, I will likely meet up with this ride and then head over to Mosey afterward.
theroyalacademy07.22.08 - 6:00 pm
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Royal. Cool. I think others are thinking about riding both too. My only concern is who is leading or putting on the ride since Steph is out of town.
stevo407.22.08 - 6:14 pm
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also, let me be CLEAR about the BEER.
I AM FULLY INTENT on fulfilling my BEER promise....
This will happen when the ride is over, back to the start point and LaBonge rides off.....or drives off....
around 8:30/9 i would guess....
but that could be included into a journey to the mosey. i certainly know a great route to chinatown from the 4SBB.
ingipet07.22.08 - 6:57 pm
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Hey everybody, so i'm organizing a ride from Spring Street BBQ to 4SBB! And after 4SBB back to Spring Street for the Mosey!! Meet at 5pm, leave at 530pm to get to Shatto by 6pm.
pavetheplanet07.22.08 - 8:37 pm
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that is awesome!
i'm off to make some spoke cards......
ingipet07.22.08 - 8:39 pm
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this is gonna be a sweet night to ride!!
thanks for the chinatown to 4SBB and back ride!
awwwww....
bike love.
ingipet07.23.08 - 9:57 am
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E and I will be racing down from Van Ness/Melrose and meet you on the way, yay! Hopefully! haha.
neverclever07.23.08 - 10:16 am
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yeah!! and i wanted to add---
anyone who wants to find us along the way, really REALLY REALLY should!!
i love the idea of the ride swelling as we travel along 4th Street....
come from the west, come from the east, north or south....!
4SBB!!!
between 6-8 you should be able to find us....plus, then we will ride back to chinatown following the MOSEY crew...
ingipet07.23.08 - 10:32 am
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With Lance in charge, we all have nothing to worry about.
And Ingrid, wouldn't it be great if we could update Never & E and anyone else trying to catch up with us via cell phone? Oh wait! There is that new Twitter thing everyone is talking about (and that PC is naysaying) :-)
stevo407.23.08 - 10:41 am
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yup, i'm on the twitter....."ingipet"
i don't have it on my cell phone though...i'm scared i'll start getting messages every 2 seconds....
:)
but yeah, if someone has an iphone!! we can tweets some updates...
ingipet07.23.08 - 10:45 am
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I'll be there with my shiny helmet!
Joe Borfo07.23.08 - 11:42 am
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That's funny.
The other day I was wondering why we didn't start using "Positively 4th Street" as the 4th street slogan.
kyber07.23.08 - 11:55 am
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ooo....good call!
i'll download the song before the ride and put it on my ipod shuffle...in case i can plug that in to the tunage system....
ingipet07.23.08 - 12:00 pm
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Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan.
ingipet07.23.08 - 2:03 pm
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"I'll be there with my shiny helmet!"
And club foot? ;-)
stevo407.23.08 - 2:05 pm
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i will be there for a short time...but i am in work clothes so i have to ride in Bussiness casual attire (sucks) so see y'all at the smoke house :)
MOM-RIDA-Raquel07.23.08 - 2:17 pm
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i'm off -----> hope to see you there!
LIVE THE DREAM!
ingipet07.23.08 - 4:28 pm
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How did it go? I saw Lebonge on KTLA this morning talking of getting rid of plastics bags in grocery stores. Dude is all over the place...
digablesoul07.24.08 - 12:29 am
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I'll let Ingrid recap for you Al, but i had a really nice time on the ride. I had never ridden on 4th Street before. It was cool seeing T.L. corking for us and wearing a T shirt and shorts. Not afraid to get his fingers dirty and be more 'street'. Nice to see.
Ok, the rest from Ms. 4SBB.
Thanks for posting the ride and getting us involved!
stevo407.24.08 - 8:09 am
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and thank YOU steve0 for showing your support!
that was a GREAT ride last night. Thank you so much to everyone who showed up and cruised the 4SBB!!! Great turn out!
+ ice cream!
LIVE THE DREAM!!!
To - Rollers, Agent Orange, Borfo, Fuzz, TRENWAY, annie, randy, nicole, mikeywally, marino, johnvu, chickenleather, joe linton, colin bogart, jenn klausner and on and on and on.....i offically claim that ride in the name of the International Association of Armed Librarians.
***IAAL*MAF!!!*****
Watching LaBonge cork nearly every intersection was pretty classic. And in those shorts!!!
I'm just back from the big MTA Board meeting which was pretty good!!! We got our little BIKE moment and handed in that letter ..(thanks to all of you who signed!!)
I told Antonio Villaraigosa that last night we had a lot of fun riding with Tom LaBonge on 4th Street, a potential bike boulevard. I then encouraged him and the board to realize the benefits of integrating bicycles into their transit plans... and he was all, "Bikes are great, I love bikes, BIKE BIKE BIKE" -----
The moment certainly is now.... but we've got to keep the pressure on.... And keep those photo-ops coming!!!
Does anyone else remember seeing our *PAPARAZZI* that literally ran with the ride snapping LaBonge shots after making us all do ham-sandwitch thumbs up bicycle shots in the parking lot...??!!
There are more LaBonge rides coming up, i'll post 'em here in case you'd like to come along. They will occur for the next few weeks on wednesdays at 6pm ish.... griffith park next week....
stay tuned for photos, i'm working on uploading mine....but i would really like to collect any images others took from the event and collect them together into one show, which i can then send back to LaBonge's office and others....
ingipet07.24.08 - 1:42 pm
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(the photo gallery wouldn't accept my images....click image - check flickr)
did anyone get a picture of the kid whose crank popped off?
ingipet07.25.08 - 8:17 am
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-->
Ridazz Roulette!
dot com.
here is a parade of ridiculous photos.
