Thread started by speedybrian2000 at 05.16.07 - 2:17 pm

mahalo ridazz!

Think: surf, wetsuits, bikinis, shorts, hawaiian shirts, towels, tanktops, thongs, straw hats, wifebeaters, sandals, tanning lotion, boogie boards, speedos---(ah, maybe not!)
Even though we are not riding to the beach, we will see some waves. (clue#1) We are gonna rock some dick dale, ventures, and even some surf/skate punk!
Please do not miss this ride, we have a special route planned out with a 1000ft downhill drop! (fixies will be fine)

see ya there!

oh yeah, please join our myspace.com/cruzwithus

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nice!

I don't know, my wetsuit is probably a little stinky



cured1
05.16.07 - 4:15 pm

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sweet theme. time to bust out the hawaiian shirts



t.bone
05.16.07 - 5:08 pm

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if you're gonna ride in swimwear, make sure it's not salty... chafing is bad.



FuzzBeast
05.16.07 - 6:09 pm

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hey guys, i was just kidding about the speedos!! (i know its tempting, spiral)



speedybrian2000
05.18.07 - 9:47 am

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thanks for re-emphasizing speedo, Got a blue and black pair that will match my bike, with the weight I've put on, they will be that much more tighter- YES!



sexy
05.18.07 - 10:47 am

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hey speedy,
I'll wear the speedo at your next houseparty if you buy it for me.
Or I'll just show up in my birthday suit.
it's my birthday on Saturday!



spiraldemon
05.21.07 - 11:41 am

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How about one of these?



G
05.24.07 - 2:53 pm

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Time to ride!



digablesoul
05.26.07 - 7:14 pm

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Great ride everyone! Happy Birthday Jeff!! It was cool to walk through Citywalk. I haven't been there for a long time. Big props to Big Bike Dan on the way up to Citywalk. He never got off his bike and made it look easy pulling his trailer. Hope those that ate it on the way down are alright from the fall and I hope you guys heal quickly. Thanks again for a great ride!! Great job CRUZZ WITH US!!



digablesoul
05.27.07 - 1:56 am

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another one for the books.

here are my photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dec21st2012/sets/72157600273785092/

I shot with no flash last night so most of my photos are jacked.

Looks like someone gave a drunk a camera. oh wait. someone did.



cured1
05.27.07 - 1:09 pm

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Awesome time everyone! From beach balls to haulin' balls down from Universal city!
Luckily no one got too hurt but it could have been way worse for myself and a few others. Just keep it safe so that we can see each other at the next ride.
That hill's gonna go down in history!



Leetard
05.27.07 - 6:28 pm

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One of our friends was seriously injured that night. He has excellent doctors taking care of him right now. Please keep him in your thoughts while he recovers.



20zach
05.28.07 - 10:24 am

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Oh man. The guy with the dreads? Yeah... I was amazed that he got up from the fall and still got on his bike. Tell him we said that we wish for a quick recovery and that we will ride again!!




digablesoul
05.28.07 - 11:28 am

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i almost died at this ride. sheesh...hope the ridazz involved in the crash recover quickly and get riding again..



BicyclingAllMyCities
05.29.07 - 3:07 am

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I got hit by another rider at the bottom of Universal and went down hard. I'm gimping around on a F'd up knee and shin. So a big FU out to riders who derby someone to the ground and keep going. Way to keep up the cyclist brotherhood, a-hole. Time for brakes on your fixie.

PS - I saw the guy hit the palm tree HARD as I was laying in the street. Hope you're ok man.



Thrasher
05.30.07 - 12:04 am

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Yeah, I've never ridden down that side of the hill before, or even up to the top, but I had been as far as that stop sign at the bottom. I knew it was there, and I knew it got narrow as fuck, people were whizzing by me going down, and I got a few strange looks for stopping hard at the speed bumps, and I knew what I'd see at the bottom. To Jesse (dude who got up close and personal with the tree), hope you're ok man, to the other dude who ate some pavement, same. Still, it was a good ride, although riding through city walk would have made it a million times cooler, stupid security.



FuzzBeast
05.30.07 - 12:43 am

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damn! which side of the hill did you go down?? the lankershim side?? hope all recover well....



Roadblock
05.30.07 - 12:43 am

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jesse is actually recovering at long beach memorial hospital and is going to be there a couple days. he's in some serious pain and has some internal bleeding.



Sepeda
05.30.07 - 12:53 am

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yeah, we came down the lankershim side, by the metro station... that island by the stop sign with the trees was where people ate it.

What is it with all the steep roads in this city having stop signs at the bottom and islands that make the road narra as fuck?

I run brakeless and am a bit cautious coming down hills, but even when I had my old road bike I was the same, I grew up in a hilly fucking state (NH, half the state goes up the other half goes down), I know hills, and I know how to handle them. If I can't see the bottom, or know I'm gonna out spin my braking capabilities, I take it a bit slower, lose some cool points, but hey, without health insurance, I'd rather be safe than nursing something in a cast and a medical bill I can never pay off.



FuzzBeast
05.30.07 - 12:54 am

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wow. that hill is insanely steep... wow. I hope everyone recovers quickly as possible so sorry to hear this guys....



Roadblock
05.30.07 - 1:01 am

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what i wanna know is why did the flyer say fixies will be okay on the 1000ft hill



BicyclingAllMyCities
05.30.07 - 2:39 pm

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which Jesse got hurt? was it the one with the dreadlocks from Rancho?



t.bone
05.30.07 - 2:53 pm

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wishing those that got hurt a speedy recovery,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_del_Ghisallo





dannyzuko
05.30.07 - 2:58 pm

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Aye, it was Jesse from Rancho.

And fixies were ok on the hill, most of em made it down fine. The two accidents were related to people trying to split the two cars sitting at the stop sign at the bottom.



FuzzBeast
05.30.07 - 3:11 pm

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I am sorry to hear that the injuries were worse then I thought. Everyone get well ASAP! On an unrelated note: the way we were treated by the rent-a-cops at City Walk was classic. They were all disorganized and crazed. The real cops (LA Sherriffs) said hello to me as we all walked by. In the future, we should have a plan of attack prior to getting to a private location (which holds itself out as a open, safe public place). I had a similar issue at the LACMA during a LA CM ride a few months back.



yoyoAOyoyo
05.30.07 - 3:46 pm

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dayam that sucks!! sad to hear people got hurt and best wishes to jesse. speedy recovery bro!! u'll be back out on the streets with us in no time.



t.bone
05.30.07 - 3:47 pm

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Amen, ride as reckless as you want, so long as it's only yourself you're endangering.

I don't know if you can

pour one out

for a speedy recovery, but if you can....I pour.

To the man on the cruiser that whent down first (as a result of that dude clipping your rear wheel). You're an awesome guy, you went down hard, but got up as fast as you could 'cause you knew there were riders right behind you. We would've had more than 3 down had you not done that. Thank you.



Eric Hair
05.30.07 - 3:50 pm

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Eric Hair - thanks man, I was the one on the cruiser (see my rant above :) ).

Yeah that was my first thought - "Holy fuck I'm about to get run over by 50 people and my bike will cause x amount of wrecks." It was purely the adrenaline talking....I still can't ride a bike and got a mean limp workin'. I fully expect that the dude who hit me was out of control. We were almost at the stop sign fer crap's sake and he drilled me. I found him at the Metro station after and instead of socking him, I just said "next time you make someone crash you might wanna stop to see if they're ok..."



Thrasher
05.30.07 - 6:44 pm

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Jesse, Thrasher, Bicyclingallmycities, and all:

It hurts me greatly to see that ridazz got injured. My apologies goes out to the crashers, my only intention was to have a different, interesting, and fun ride. Instead, some ridazz got injured, which sucks big time. My hopes and prayers are for a quick recovery for you guys.




speedybrian2000
05.31.07 - 10:36 am

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And of course, Dan, with all his wonderful timing, had Wipeout playing on the iPod as we rolled from the top of the hill...



FuzzBeast
05.31.07 - 1:51 pm

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Tree 1 - Bike 0

I just wanted to say thanks for all the love and support from the ridazz both during the ride and after. Im still laid out in long beach memorial and probably will be till after this weekend. I ended up making my insides bleed real good, mostly my kidney and liver as well a minor fracture on my hand. Strage how you can be all fucked up on the inside, yet fine on he outside. Hopfully i'll see ya all soon, but the healings gotta take place first .

O -Does anyone have that picture dingo made me take with him ? Annnd if anyone would tell me what i looked iked from behind when i smacked the tree that woluld be awesome, id love to get an outsiders perpective! Thanks Peace & Love Jesse



mrzeta
05.31.07 - 8:03 pm

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Here's the picture you've been lookin' for...

Hey man! I'm glad you're on the mend... I severed my liver once and it hurt like hell but it heals fast. I was right behind you when you hit the tree. You had to have been going faster than a one legged dog on roller skates! And your pedals were throwing sparks like the 4th of July as they smacked that curb.
Then you wrapped around that tree and we came to your rescue (Dingo and I)

God speed to a full recovery.

Lee




Leetard
05.31.07 - 8:49 pm

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any updates on/from mrzeta? I saw you hit the tree, right as I was getting hit....yours was brutal dude, I thought you were dead. But I saw you get up and give a half-assed "I'm ok" wave. So I picked myself up off the street and kept going. Glad you're alive. That was like 5 seconds of pandemonium....



Thrasher
06.5.07 - 10:44 pm

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Glad to hear you're in recovery status.

Your scene was bad lookin'.
You flew past me with sparks all over the place.
Somehow your bike stopped instantly and you flew about 2 feet forward and 3 feet up, coming to an instant and alarming stop back/side first into the tree.
You bounced off, landed and didn't move.
My first thought was, "that guy just died."
Then you moved, tried to sit up.
I yelled (stupidly), "you ok man!?"
You said "no"
Then you laid back down and other people were around you.







Eric Hair
06.5.07 - 11:50 pm

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Thanks again for asking, i hope all the other folks are okay as well.....as for me :


I am recovering, i just got out of the hospital yesterday and am slowly easing off the meds and on to the herbals. Its strange, if you were to look at me i have almost no bruises or scrapes. I look unscathed and heatlthy minus the weight i lost from that awesome hospital food. Its all internal, which makes alot more sense when you say i hit with my back/ side. I thought/wish i would have wrapped around with my front and broken a few ribs, i would have been better off! As of right now my lacerated liver is healing nicely but one of my kidneys is on its way out, good thing most of us are born with two. Thats the scoop, ill probably be off the whip for about 2/3 weeks but it'd be a cold day in hell when a measly accident keeps me from the Ridazz - Peace & Love - Z



mrzeta
06.6.07 - 1:20 pm

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Wow, that is a sobering announcement.

I think talking about accidents that have happened and their effects can spread some good awareness on accident prevention. Of course, this doesn't mean we can't have fun anymore, but a fellow rider possibly losing a kidney?... That's going make me slow down my ride and keep a stronger look out for others.

I'm glad you are recovering.

Ride on.



Joe Borfo
06.6.07 - 1:41 pm

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Amen Borfo



Eric Hair
06.6.07 - 3:20 pm

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