MR flyers for the Mojave Desert
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bentstrider at 04.7.08 - 1:24 am
Okay, so I still want to attract some potential riders for the formation of an MR grouping up here.
As most y'all are already aware of the obliviousness-factor up here, would the simple, MR-skull logo work as good flyer to put on bikes, or bike-rack equipped, vehicles?
I'm not running into too many persons on the usual, chat-sites.
So, physical, in-yo'-face, show-boating may be the only other way to get a party started up here.
I see plenty of flyers for the usual, boring-ass, club-parties being distributed up here.
Why not something different?
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Why not use the popularity of the fixie for your purpose? It seems that everywhere you look there seems be fixie riders, you'll find them mostly in colleges and high schools.
You almost need a pretty dense and concentrated population, like a college, to start a successful ride. In the Pomona Valley, one of the first MR rides (East End Ridazz) was started by Fuzzbeast and Tern in Claremont. It was moderately successful for a while but it's biggest contribution was getting MR to the valley.
Even in the OC, Taco Tuesday started by a college. While there was already a core of ridaz from LA Fixed, new blood came from the colleges. Almost every college has some type of fixie ride.
Outside of LA there is a misconception that MR rides are predominantly fixie rides. Use this info to start your ride.
sc_nomad04.7.08 - 9:03 am
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H'mm, well I guess truckstops were kind of a bad idea, but I digress.
I was planning on taking some college courses during the remainder of the Spring Semester, the Summer Intersession, and perhaps the Fall if I haven't jumped into a form of OTR trucking by then.
One problem with the local college up here is that there's a few, good-sized, bike-racks that are empty pretty much all the time.
Hell, whenever I do take classes, I usually lock my bike behind some trees, to a fence-post.
As I mentioned in some earlier posts, I feel like the only bike-commuter up here.
While hearing all the rest of the kids my age constantly flapping their gums about their new exhaust, or some other horseshit.
Perhaps I should make the "ricers" and "flatbiller-mobiles" into the next targets for my viral-add campaign.
bentstrider04.7.08 - 9:54 am
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I lived near Mojave for a while.
If there's enough cycling enthusiasts in that area to start a ride up, I would be surprised.
bananaphone04.8.08 - 5:17 am
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@bananaramaphone
-You must be confusing the Mojave Desert region, with the town of Mojave off the 58 going towards Bakersfield.
Whichever area, both Mojave and the Victorville-area are too, chock-full of car-enthusiasts.
I'm still appalled by other students when I'm taking a class or two at the college over here.
"Oh, my God!!! Parking is un-fucking-believable here. I mean, I drove around for thirty minutes trying to find a space!!! Oh, well.
Let's all hop in our cars and drive over to StarBucks!!!"
Cuts to convoy of assorted "ricers" and "lifts", doing Warp-Factor 9 towards a Starbucks, 2 miles away.
bentstrider04.8.08 - 7:02 am
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^^^^^ Haha
Well if you get one going let me know I'll show up! And if my other guys up here get bikes I'll force them to come as well!
dolamyte04.8.08 - 7:29 am
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Nah man, I know exactly where Mojave the town is, I used to live in Tehachapi.
It's awesome to try and get something happening up there... I just remember it being mostly truckers and residents who were more likely to have a bathtub full of homemade crank, than to own a bicycle.
bananaphone04.8.08 - 7:42 am
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Come to think of it, I actually had an easier time convincing other truck-drivers to get a bicycle.
Especially after they asked me, "Where did you go swimming at 2AM?", as I rolled back into the company terminal.
bentstrider04.8.08 - 7:59 am
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