Thread started by deesimple at 02.24.07 - 3:02 pm

The Acura ride route will be closed off Saturda 3rd in the evening and no cars will be on it. Who's in ,,Im gonna ride it before the tour .

I am not chrashing the tour or doing this in a negative way..Just wanna ride thru the city without worrying about cars or lights for one day out of the year...

Im not making any political or social statement for or against the tour..Im simply riding..Who's in ,Let's do this

Imagine-we go out,hit some bar or have some drinks and start riding after last call.

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i don't know anything about that route. You have any links?



richtotheie
02.24.07 - 4:10 pm

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im down and i know some quite a few more who are. Isn't the route posted on the other original thread ?



mrzeta
02.24.07 - 8:49 pm

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i made the other thread and i was stoked like a pig in shit about it, but now i got a new job and i might not have that sunday off to go and ride. but if i do, im getting a hotel or something and staying the night down here and i would probably be down to ride it at night and in the morning.



ruinedbyidiots
02.24.07 - 9:24 pm

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Any one got info on time they will close..Please look out for info? and post



deesimple
02.25.07 - 9:17 pm

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so what time is this going down?and where is the starting point?i'll be there.



spazzH500
02.25.07 - 9:37 pm

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www.acuralabiketour.com/
(Who is that on the MT 1000 on the homepage?)

Your all a bunch of sillys. Go down there sunday morning and just show up. It probably harder to go and registart then just riding in it.
Start at the colosium or USC. It's packed, jam packed with bicyclist and their bikes. See what a traffic jam involving bikes is all about, just like sitting in traffic in your car, but your sitting in traffic on your bike, without the noise. The majority of the participants probably ride only once a year (judging by the looks of there brand new 2-5year old showroom perfect condition bikes.)

Go and see and be part of it at least once, it real crowded, its full of people that drive to work every morning in their cars, this time they are in traffic jams on their bikes instead of cars. They are precious!(just cause you ride a bike once, it don't make you cool).

Have fun and I'll see you down there. Oh yeah, you can do whatever you want, get drunk, dress in a diaper, we protested the war last year. There was alot of participants who didn't like that. Heard lots of you know what comments. This is a real critcal mass ride, accept it has a route and the streets are closed down.





sexy
02.25.07 - 10:55 pm

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Start at 5:50am, get there around 5:30am



sexy
02.25.07 - 10:58 pm

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Like I said..
This is not a protest or anything like that. I just figured that miles of closed street were a waste. We are doing this way before the actual race starts..we are not trying to get in any one's way or route.We are just riding the closed off streets. Around 2 or 2:30 am

After last call,,yeah..Im still trying to get correct time..

This post is not to ride the actual Tour.Although I will probably go check it out later on..

Who's in ..hope' this clears it up.



deesimple
02.25.07 - 11:15 pm

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SOrry Sorry,

I didn't get what you where getting at.....how can I delete my comments?
Whats wrong reading comprehension? can we blame it on the LAUSD? I doubt it. Maybe I should stay off these threads, instead of spending an hour of my life writing something that doesn't pertain to the posting.

sorry



sexy
02.25.07 - 11:21 pm

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yeh, i;m down for riding half of downtown when it's closed up tighter than a cash register at 7-11.
lemme know where and when...

mm miles of road, no cars, no red lights... ultimate dork out.



FuzzBeast
02.25.07 - 11:24 pm

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i TOTALLY want to do this! where shall we meet and at what time??

yow!!!!



bigelowispink
02.26.07 - 1:00 am

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Sexy...Wha'ts the LAUSD have to do with anything...are you trying to say that the very questionable education layout in LA may potentially harm our kids and they will likely grow up to post wrong info on bicycle posts..

Don't worry about it.You a cool cat in my books(not that I really have books, Humm?)



deesimple
02.26.07 - 9:53 am

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i'll try to make it out. it'll be way past my bed time tho. haha.



t.bone
02.26.07 - 10:39 am

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ok kids.
so, like, when r we meeting and where?
wont there be anyone patrolling the route? like cops or sum such?
how bout 230am at the official starting place of the route which is posted on the ACURA BIKE TOUR web site. ???
every man for himself as far as parking goes, if ur driving down there.

lets do it!!



bigelowispink
02.26.07 - 2:23 pm

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2:30 am in the morning right?well any ways meeting at the official starting point will make more sense.i mean it'll be easier to meet up,anyone?...anyone?



spazzH500
02.26.07 - 7:33 pm

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I think you will lack parking at the end spot but lets infomally vote on meeting place.

I was going to post the meeting place to be in front of BAR 107 or CITA in downtown and riding up to starting point.

This will aloow me to down a few,exit the bar and start riding.Either way I can meet you at starting point.

Bar or start point?

what cha guys/gals think?





deesimple
02.26.07 - 10:49 pm

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how about bar and then caravan to the start point?



t.bone
02.27.07 - 8:52 am

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That it is...I know many don't enjoy the bar/bike thing and you can join us when we are ready to caravan to start point.



deesimple
02.27.07 - 11:58 am

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RB - where you at on this one? Any pro/con comment?



deesimple
02.27.07 - 1:13 pm

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beautiful idea!...it's gonna be like a hollywood-movie-quality-set of empty LA streets...with special-fx puking all over it>!>!>!>!!!!
WHATS THE BAR/STARTING POINT???
damn good idea...man, i need to take a deep breathe



SKIDMARCUS
02.27.07 - 9:46 pm

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Here's the info.Starting point will start to shutdown @midnight but the rest of the streets will not be done til about 3am. I think we can start and we should be fine since the strret will be closed off by the time we are rolling.

http://trafficinfo.lacity.org/html/marathon2007.html

I'll send meet up place by this afternoon.



deesimple
02.28.07 - 8:55 am

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This ride should be beautiful, no lights, no traffic . Anyone esle doing the PIll ride too? A few of us are doing it and then rolling downtown to a bar or whatever spot deesimple picks.



mrzeta
03.1.07 - 4:04 pm

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Sounds like trouble........
Count me in ;-)....














420LaHaRR
03.1.07 - 4:18 pm

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umm, so yeah WHERE? where's the bar we're meeting at?



FuzzBeast
03.2.07 - 2:51 am

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I tried changing it up and finding another spot but they were either not bike friendly, no music or cover charge so we will meet up at BAR 107 in down town.

107 W.4th St. @ Main L.A. CA. 90013.

http://www.myspace.com/bar107


Lets do this




deesimple
03.2.07 - 8:25 am

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mrzeta.....glad to hear u guys are gonna come out to the pill ride. i'll be a fun ride, bring some friends. i'll see if i can make it to Bar 107 to join u krazy marathon riders.



t.bone
03.2.07 - 8:36 am

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Ive got about 5-10 people that should be rolling to the Pill ride and 3-5 rolling out for the late night goodness. - Z



mrzeta
03.2.07 - 3:57 pm

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Should we post this ride?

If not , pass the word out,pass the word out.



deesimple
03.2.07 - 3:59 pm

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This will be more of a mission than a ride. We'lll se what happens and adjust..Hope it'll be fun.



deesimple
03.3.07 - 4:01 am

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yay!
bar 107 it is.
so we go out after last call, right?
sweet! cant wait.



bigelowispink
03.3.07 - 2:14 pm

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After Last call...mount up and see what happens



deesimple
03.3.07 - 6:12 pm

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how far away is the bar from the start point? will i be able to park my car there and then leave it till the marathon is over? i dont want to pay 10 bucks to park after paying 35 to register and get a shirt that isnt my size.



ruinedbyidiots
03.3.07 - 7:07 pm

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......Try try again.



420LaHaRR
03.3.07 - 7:49 pm

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Are we starting the route at MLK/Fig?



monovsstereo
03.3.07 - 8:33 pm

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To be decided @ last call........?



420LaHaRR
03.3.07 - 8:59 pm

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I don't drink so I was just hoping to meet the group when the biking was getting under way. It seems like 4th/Main is way out of the way if people are starting the route at MLK/Fig, so I would probably just go there.



monovsstereo
03.3.07 - 10:08 pm

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We can meet up at bar which is not really far from starting point. less than 2 miles.

Or else please wait up for us at stsrt point on Fig/King we should arrive arounf 2:30 -2:40



deesimple
03.3.07 - 10:25 pm

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so not bar107?
confusion is in the air.



ruinedbyidiots
03.3.07 - 10:37 pm

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Hey, how did this ride go?



anonymitytheif
03.4.07 - 1:29 pm

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It was fun. About 15 showed up. We invaded the start point looking for the spandex warriors who arrived early, but couldn't find any. Then we pissed off the people working on the start point and then decided to roll out on the route. I cut out around 4:15 because i was exhausted so i'm not sure if anyone did the complete route.



brassknuckle
03.4.07 - 1:35 pm

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That's awesome. I'm glad you guys didn't get arrested!



anonymitytheif
03.4.07 - 2:59 pm

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A few of us rolled in just past the hairpin turn onto Jefferson so that we could avoid getting caught in the massive bike jam further back. It worked great, I've never enjoyed the tour so much. Ran across Ruinedbyidiots, Agent Orange (doin' the double), and SoapBoxLA along the way. I'll be throwing some pics up here later, but in the meantime you can see the full set at:

http://public.fotki.com/Roullier/bicycle_rides__events/akura-bike-tour-2007/



mr rollers
03.4.07 - 3:54 pm

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those are awesome!



anonymitytheif
03.4.07 - 4:03 pm

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that shit was alot of fun. not worth the 37 bones (47 with parking) but fun none the less.
agent orange was two or three people in front of me at the start. riordan got on the microphone and started saying how if you go slower than 9mph youll get kicked off and if you go faster than 15mph youll get kicked off and if you go faster than the motorcycle escorts up front youll get kicked off. that got alot of BOOOOOOOOS to which i replied "i was saying booo-urns!"
the hairpin wasnt as brutal as i thought it was. the wind is what was killer.
rollers - after jordan and i passed you in the car i realized that i did pass you a bunch of times because i recognized your bag.



ruinedbyidiots
03.4.07 - 5:40 pm

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rollers..... what's the deal with your number? LOL did you make that?!



Roadblock
03.4.07 - 5:44 pm

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OK, just put some pics up here on the MR site.

About my bib: yeah, I had a lot of people ride up behind me and ask in all apparent seriousness, "What did you do to get that number?", but oddly enough no one said anything about it being about 55,000 past the highest bib number I saw otherwise, or noticed my other, err, "alterations". So I just shrugged and said, "You just have to know the right people".



mr rollers
03.4.07 - 6:05 pm

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at the beginning of the ride down that first straight away, everyone was spread out across the entire street. but by mile four or five, everyone was pretty spread out and i didnt see anyone riding on the left. everyone stayed in the right lane, like they were riding with traffic or whatever. i dont know why, but that suprised me.



ruinedbyidiots
03.4.07 - 6:46 pm

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I wonder if the crazy naked guy on San Pedro stuck around for the daytime riders. fucking surreal -



mrzeta
03.4.07 - 7:01 pm

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I booked it after we were on Figueroa..everyone was hanging out and looked like we were not gonna continue. I know for sure I was the first to go thru the start point past the security that kicked us out.
I finished on my own.

Dingo and I buying $5 dollars worht of beer from a Pirate taxi was classic.
Us rolling and getting lost on the route when we had a map ib our hans was good.

bums cheering us at skid row was great..

we easily could have rolled 100 200 deep.Cops and city workers did not care.

Maybe next year,

"Ford Pinto" ride



deesimple
03.4.07 - 9:03 pm

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totally got lost on the first run through despite having maps and blocked off streets. oh well. I didn't intend to run the whole thing, but did it anyway. Dingo, John, Nick and I made fake bibs on lined paper with sharpie. No one running the ride gave a shit at all. Definitely fun, and I'm glad I didn't pay 35+ for it.



monovsstereo
03.4.07 - 11:33 pm

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damn, now I wish I hadn't cut out early (I left with dan (dude, I must have been tired I can't believe I kept fucking up your name) and some other dude who's name I didnt catch when we hit 11th), but then again, my total mileage for the night was 4 miles short of a metric century... and so i'm sure my posterior was thankful...
at least I made it for most of the fun night...



FuzzBeast
03.5.07 - 3:16 am

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Good times.....
What's up with no beer/smoke stops......
Where did naked homeless guy go....
Props to the spandexed pinarello we saw walking up sixth street hill.......




420LaHaRR
03.5.07 - 3:53 am

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yeah, I heard about that.... sounds like the daylight crawllerzz were out in full force the other day...



FuzzBeast
03.5.07 - 5:56 am

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I was going to say something about how I've climbed that hill on my old 25 dollar peugeot frame, fixed gear, with a slipping seat and wobbly bottom bracket... in jeans, a hoodie and with a bag that weighs more than my bike... but that might just be insulting to someone with a what, $3000 21 speed bike and $300 worth of spandex kit...



FuzzBeast
03.5.07 - 6:04 am

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who has the pics we tokk at the pre ride start before security kicked us out?



deesimple
03.6.07 - 1:26 am

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Seriously, what's up with the lack of a decent group photo. There wre plenty of cameras, they can't all be blurry!



420LaHaRR
03.6.07 - 11:15 am

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I crashed on this ride, but I'm alive.

When someone is yelling "on your left, On Your Left, ON YOUR LEFT!!" that means that he/she is coming up on YOUR LEFT, so don't pull over to your left. In fact, you should be looking over your shoulder before you make any type of move.

There... I said it.



Mr. Raymond
03.6.07 - 11:20 am

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Yup, noobsaplenty at the tour, sorry you got taken out. Coulda been worse though, I saw alot of scary shit.

p.s. Anybody else see that lady pulling her horse-sized dog in a trailer. That thing was fucking HUGE !!!



420LaHaRR
03.6.07 - 11:44 am

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MrZeta,
Thanks for putting those shots up. I wasn't sure we'd see them. Hope you had a good ride....



420LaHaRR
03.7.07 - 10:41 pm

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I added a few more.



monovsstereo
03.7.07 - 11:12 pm

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2 more. Dingo if you want high-res versions of these, hit me up.



monovsstereo
03.8.07 - 1:57 am

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damn, every one of these pictures that goes up, makes me wish I had stuck around for the real ride... ahh well, next year...



FuzzBeast
03.8.07 - 2:16 am

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thanx for posting the pics monovs.cool shit.dont need the high-res but thanx anyways.look out for the furies tomorrow night buddy!!



mandingo
03.8.07 - 8:58 pm

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sexy
03.21.07 - 11:45 pm

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Are we doing it again this year?? Who's in, since bike tour was taken out this year...



deesimple
03.3.10 - 11:14 am

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http://www.midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=4403



666
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03.3.10 - 11:45 am

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Sounds cool..too fast for me though ..trying to do it old school..trying to get some old heads to come out .



deesimple
03.3.10 - 12:09 pm

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