Thread started by Roadblock at 12.9.06 - 6:58 pm

Hey everyone, I had a really good time last night and I think the good vibes were shared by many others too.

I just wanted to give credit to all the peeps that made the All City Toy ride a huge success... I just got back from a 40 mile ride and my hangoveer is not quite gone so I prolly will forget someone really important. forgive me if I do....


Thanks to Juan Rodriguez the generous owner of KGB Color Graphics who blindly trusted us with his space. I've never met the man face to face and he deserves a lot of love for letting us use the spot. Thanks to Laura Rhi at KGB Color Graphics for her help in getting us set up.

Thanks to BIG BIKE DAN for paying for all the beer up front and as always providing the tunes

Thanks to all the Ride Leaders who scouted and planned every route. Anonymitytheif, Deesimple, bootlegger, Raymond Brassknuckle Spiral Demon superfish nixontwwin the the OC crew sc_nomad LBC crew PC miaou.distruktion trashbeast 11hzrobot 420lahar the SGV crew fixxed1

everyone who helped with the beer frenzy. hey and thanks everyone for helping with the clean up!

Trader Joes of Silver lake for providing the free water special shout to Marcus for hooking that up.

The DJ's who provided the booty bumpin DJ Trickmilla who provided all the equipment to boot, DJ Dithmar, DJ 1987... really great sets guys. killer sets...

all the photographers and videographers that provide our imagery and portray the true vibe of our ride... studiodrone glorider rollers and you.

Mr Rollers and his wonderful wife Alice for hosting the spoke card party.

and last but not least... the MTV press darling himself, Agent Orange for coming up with the idea of the Toy ride in the first place.

congratulations to all the Ridazz we piled up two Vans full of toys for the kids! proving once and for all that we're not just lawless rabble rowsers. we're lawless rabble rowsers with hearts.

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Roadblock, Allow me to THANK YOU, man. Your energy and laidback leadership skillz made this ride the overwhelming and outstanding success it was. Three cheers for Roadblock!

P.S. Photoset from the L.A.C.C. Ride is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildbell/sets/72157594412001776/



Agent Orange
12.9.06 - 7:05 pm

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good team effort, I personally wanna thank my boyz that were pumping the keg all night.."E",, Markin..

And all of you as Roadblock mentioned.

Big Dan - I returned the 3 kegs and 1 pump. thanks for hooking up the beer.


Dany



deesimple
12.9.06 - 7:42 pm

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The ride was a blast. Thanks to everyone that worked on it and rode with us. Also, thank you Bootlegger for designing the SFV spoke cards.



brassknuckle
12.10.06 - 2:14 am

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I'll make this brief, because you don't want to hear my life story, but...

My mom died this past summer. We were really close, it was really unpleasant, and I was heartbroken and fucked up (still am, but never mind). I totally lost interest in doing wild and crazy shit like Ridazz (I was doing it every month before that) and thought I would probably never do it again.

Then this All City Toy Ride popped up--a chance to have nutty fun and drink and ride but for a good cause. Temptation having presented itself so irresistably, I went and got me a big old toy and a Santa hat and went ahead and rode. And it was fun, and judging by the ginormous deluge of toys flowing over that table, some kids are going to have a kick ass Christkwanzakah even if I don't.

Hey, if I hadn't gone, I would never have gotten the chance to see that guy getting his ass whipped on the dance floor, right?

So, to summarize, thanks to whoever thought this thing up, because you didn't just make it possible for a bunch of disadvantaged kids and struggling parents to have a good holiday...you also gave a sad dork on a track bike a reason to come out and have a good time again.



PC
12.10.06 - 2:44 am

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yeah it was a great ride. Thanks to everyone that helped make it happen, roadblock, and all the ridazz.

pc, glad you to hear the ride got you on your bike again and having a little fun. see you around.








11hzrobot
12.10.06 - 10:53 am

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I wanna thank EVERYONE who put this together and help make it such a great night! I rode with the LB Crew and wanna give a HUGE thanks to miaou.distruktion and Trashbeast (tiffany and andy) for putting the LB route together! I also want to thank the "whole" LB crew for willing to wait and go help the few riders that fell behind. I have not seen such camaraderie flike that in such a long time, you all rock and hope to ride with you all again soon!!!



shannono
12.10.06 - 11:49 am

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Thanks to all of the organizers and particiants! Brightening Christmas Day for families and children less fortunate than some of us may be is the true Holiday Spirit. It was nice to see Southern California cyclists show up en-masse for this selfless act of giving.

Special thanks to the Westsidazz organizer(s) for route planning and ensuring all arrived safely. Since I was born (hatched?) on the West Side, I figured a trip from the Motherland was in order for my starting point. Besides, a couple of Venetian friends started from there as well. I hope the flat tire photography assignment dude got what he was looking for and made it back to Culver City with no more mechanicals and that the girl with the wonky cruiser saddle left the drop-off/party with a properly secured saddle.

To the dude with the skateboard in the closet, I apologize if my question was out of line and hope you had a good ride.



Jeronimo
12.10.06 - 4:18 pm

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Nice photos Jeronimo!!

Agent Orange, how about throwing a set your flicks in the gallery give the site a lil flick lovin? Can't wait to see studiodrone's stuff. did anyone get shots from El Monte or LBC? NH? I have some footage from Hollywood.



Roadblock
12.10.06 - 6:20 pm

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oh shit ok I see more photos went up than I thought... we have two sections for the all city toy ride lol. I'll fix itr tomorrow.



Roadblock
12.10.06 - 6:35 pm

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Oh, I also want to thank the Vernon P.D. for unintentionally giving us a good laugh during the LBC ride. Specifically, the genius in the black-and-white SUV who crept behind us for a couple of blocks barking at us to "stay as close to the curb as possible if you can't keep up with traffic!"

There was no other traffic besides him--it's fscking Vernon (pop. 91) at 10:30 PM--and he was going our exact speed.





PC
12.11.06 - 2:30 am

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Roadblock, your wish is my command. I've just uploaded a buncha pix into the gallery.



Agent Orange
12.11.06 - 8:38 am

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Thank You Tiffany and Andrew for organizing, coordinating and leading the LBC crews to the spot.

Thanks to the LBC Ridazz for that smooth roll up the river.

Thanks to the LA's Finest for providing the entertainment during the ride. (did anyone get a plate/id number)

Thank You Roadblock, Big Bike Dan, DJ's, Bartenders, Drivers, and all the other hard working souls who put Friday's ride together. (there should be alot more names here but I had waaaaay too good a time to remember all the Ridazz we should Thank ;-)...

Ooh, and thanks to the hardcore half century crew....sunset at the "river" was awesome.

Again...Thank You Tiffany and Andrew for all your work.
p.s. I hope Sunday went well.



420LaHaRR
12.11.06 - 8:52 am

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A big thanks to everyone who made this kick azz ride possible to put smiles on kid faces this year. I also want to send a big up thanks to David and Oscar and the whole Long Beach Ridazz for keeping true to the Midnight Ridazz motto, leave no one behind, since I got injured and wasn't able to finish da ride. Thanks guys you all rock.

Choko AKA (Home Depot Guy)



choko
12.11.06 - 9:52 am

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what a great night !! beside me causing a crash and denting someone's car.. =(



superfish
12.11.06 - 10:06 am

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It was such a good feeling to see those 2 Childrens Social Service vans pull in. I mean Midnight Ridazz is really helping out the Community.

Up in NorthEast, it was cool hooking up with the Pa sa dena Ridazz. They were riding hard coming down from Fig. and we all yelled at them, as they didn't see us at first and they did this huge turn and hooked up with us, really cool doing rides where we hook up into bigger groups.

Big thanks to Roadblock and the Midnight Ridazz planning group for putting this together for the children!!!! Hope we can do it each year.




Daneel
12.11.06 - 11:32 am

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