COUPLES NIGHT
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jonnyboy at 08.19.08 - 6:30 pm
So I have been talking with some peeps about getting a couples night together for those of us trying to introduce our significant others to Midnight Ridazz. This would be open to any couple no matter what experience level, first timers would strongly be encouraged to come.
A VERY easy ride, followed by different activities similar to that of a traditional double date. It would vary by ride.
I have heard that there are other ridazz who are trying to introduce their significant others to the scene, if there is enough interest maybe it would help us get our girlfriends / boyfriends to come to rides more often?
Here is a hypothetical scenario:
-Meet up around 6:30-7
-Ride to dinner
-Ride to go do something romantic
For the first ride
I am imagining a group of rida-couples having a picnic out at Burton Chase Park in Marina del Rey as we watch the sunset. WHAT GIRL WOULD NOT WANT TO DO THIS?
We could all bring our blankies & food. The key is having a lighthearted atmosphere.
LET THE LOVE BEGIN
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How's about a "Speed-Dating Ride" for the rest of us without a significant other?
Or, am I just mind-speaking aloud again?
bentstrider08.19.08 - 6:32 pm
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NO SIGNIFICANT OTHER, SO I QUESS THIS RIDE IS 'OUT' FOR ME.
DAM !!!
eddieboyinla08.19.08 - 6:33 pm
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IMA GONNA HAVE TO GIT ME A GURLFRIEND
vladster08.19.08 - 6:36 pm
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@UCB
Yes this ride would be 100% for the dates
@Bent
Maybe, but I like your style
@Eddie
We gotta find you a date. Maybe you should start riding a fixed gear?? LOL
@Vlad
Yeah man! Get on it!
jonnyboy08.19.08 - 6:39 pm
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Vlad knows a lot of girls. Though it is probably tough to choose just one.
skd08.19.08 - 6:43 pm
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Who would be interested in this ride?
Stuart? Think you could get one of your dates out on a ride?
jonnyboy08.19.08 - 6:47 pm
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I'm down for sure John! My wife comes on some of the rides but only the slow ones... I think you may have met her on Pier Pressure (HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND).
But yeah! Let's make it happen... I've got a blankie!
Leetard08.19.08 - 6:52 pm
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My significant other has had a glimpse of MR and she's permanently turned off by:
1. The excessive drinking
2. Public urination
3. Injuries/accidents
marino08.19.08 - 6:58 pm
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I'm down.....but westside on a weeknight won't be happening. Are there any nice downtown/hollywood spots to hit?
LizardQueen08.19.08 - 7:01 pm
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since I'm clearly not dating anyone currently in the bike scene I suppose I could tune up my touring bike and start looking exclusively for girls tall enough to ride a 56c frame... hey, this brings new meaning to "route scouting"!
Undercover Bob08.19.08 - 7:07 pm
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@jonnyboy
I don't know, they are scared of riding the bike on the street.
But we'll see.
skd08.19.08 - 7:57 pm
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no homos, they don't count. no women either.
(wait, what?)
the_futurist08.19.08 - 9:19 pm
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One of the best couples rides would be the northeast LA art ride the second Saturday of each month. It's 5-10 miles. It's a circle. You can join and leave at any time. It's 5-10 minutes riding then 20-30 min hanging out at a gallery which scores way more points than a 7-11 parking lot.
marino08.19.08 - 9:20 pm
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"A VERY easy ride, followed by different activities similar to that of a traditional double date."
You mean like wife-swapping? Gross, dude.
hatehills08.19.08 - 9:23 pm
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Can I bring my cat? She's my significant other. Perfect for double-dates too.
imachynna08.19.08 - 9:32 pm
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sigh. no significant other.
great idea though. hope it works out!!
tomato08.19.08 - 9:50 pm
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i dont have a gf! any ladies wanna be my gf for this ride and break up right after?
funanu08.19.08 - 10:01 pm
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Hmmmm.........
I see a much greater demand for "find a mate" ride than a "take your significant other to a ride" ride.
Come to think of it... couples on rides... and no offense to those of you who come as couples.... it's pretty boring.... really.... it's like seeing a soso movie for the fourth time.
Only exception was Sexy and big Sexy and that's because they retained their inner sluttiness.
Would anybody have been surprised if either one of them had made out with someone else after the ride? No. And it probably never happened but they were not boring because the potential existed.
Otherwise...
Couples= unfuckable people = boring
marino08.19.08 - 10:16 pm
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also number one proven way to determine whether a possible ride will be successful/popular
DO IT and see if anyone comes. then do it even better the next time. it's your ride, make it how you'd like...
stevestevesteve08.20.08 - 12:04 am
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I AGREE WITH STEVESTEVESTEVE.
MAKE IT HAPPEN, THEN US SINGLE GUYZ CAN FOLLOW YOU ALL, LAUGHING AND MAKING FUN OF THE 'ATTACHED AT THE NECK' COUPLES, THAT ARE PUTTING UP WITH THE DRAMA OF THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.
eddieboyinla08.20.08 - 1:00 am
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someone be my date? i'm eighteen now....
aw well, no couples ride for a single like me =/
ohnoitschlo08.20.08 - 3:10 am
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my left hand goes with me on every ride... so its like a couples ride every time!!!
hitsthepoles_ow08.20.08 - 3:18 am
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so uh.. you have a pretty intimate relationship with that left hand, eh?
ohnoitschlo08.20.08 - 3:21 am
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I like this idea me and my girlfriend met on a ride and do rides all the time,I think it would be great to meet all the other MR couple.Maybe a dinner and a movie kind of thing,we can ride to dinner and all ride to a theater after.I suggest a movie only because on rides people get chaty and wonder off and don't really look like couples anymore anyway.The movie would be a good chance to be one on one at some point in the ride,to hold hands,stair into each others eyes,or whatever it is kids do these days.
blackout_blacklung08.20.08 - 7:33 am
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I like your style
We would need the fully regular MR couples to set an example for the rest of us.
That said, I am über jealous of you!
Movie makes sense too, I definitely would not take em near a 7-11 parking lot don't worry!
Thanks for all of your input everyone :)
jonnyboy08.20.08 - 8:48 am
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@marino
"My significant other has had a glimpse of MR and she's permanently turned off by:
1. The excessive drinking
2. Public urination
3. Injuries/accidents"
Marino: My significant other does two of the 3 listed above on MR rides...but none the less i wouldn't be turned off by my dirty biker man...LOL...
MOM-RIDA-Raquel08.20.08 - 9:01 am
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long story short...i think that more girls need to come out to rides for y'all as every ride i go to (even my own) are cock fests
MOM-RIDA-Raquel08.20.08 - 9:03 am
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I'd totally try this idea. My wife would love to see what all the Hub-bub is about MR. Without having to worry about being pushed to ride superfast and in Deep traffic.
Although I don't really like the Movie idea. The idea of parting with my bike for that long sounds scarry. A sunset picnik sounds great though.
Totally try the ride.
thegodofthor08.20.08 - 10:53 am
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Otherwise...
Couples= unfuckable people = boring
marino
08.20.08 - 1:16 am
+1 marino.
is this why you're going to Burning Man and Ruth isn't?
spiraldemon08.20.08 - 11:00 am
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would it be ok if i bring my Bianca? She doesn't speak English that well...
FMontanez197408.20.08 - 11:10 am
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Yep. The secret to a 20yr marriage is "party separately".
I'm going to BM to strut out my fuckability and be your wingman so that some day you may lose your virginity even if it's to some hairy armenian dude.
marino08.20.08 - 11:13 am
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^^^ My message above was for Spiral
Fmontanez I just watched that movie last night. It was way less creepy than I expected it to be and that was a good thing.
marino08.20.08 - 11:15 am
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marino,
you're armenian?
I thought you were Greek.
did you get a Brazilian wax yet?
at least around your butthole,
and maybe your back, too.
spiraldemon08.20.08 - 11:23 am
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hummmm bike in movie huh?That could work maybe try to set up a couples movie night at the Oven or Bikerowave.Anyone know or any romantic movies with a bike theme?
blackout_blacklung08.20.08 - 11:38 am
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"Anyone know or any romantic movies with a bike theme?"
RAD!!!
pb73408.20.08 - 11:42 am
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how about single, aging, yet incredibly athletic hipsters?
Roadblock08.20.08 - 11:50 am
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I really want to do this ride because I fear that I cannot have a successful relationship if my partner does not understand my bike-life... and because I find myself generally turned off by women who cannot ride bikes. My ideal relationship involves long-distance bike tours across foreign countries so I may use this ride as a litmus test and eventually as part of a basic training regimen.
Undercover Bob08.20.08 - 11:53 am
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aw this sounds cute. i'm down. i have no date like 99% of the others, but isn't this the perfect excuse to pick someone up, specially if you already have someone in mind that you haven't approached before??? we should all bring a lil something to eat, make a pot luck after the ride. candles and condoms too maybe?
meow08.20.08 - 12:04 pm
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Q: Are social night rides more or less male dominated than daytime weekend warrior spandex rides ? I'm asking cuz I've never gone to a spandex ride. The Pasadena peloton is 99% dudes I've noticed.
@undercover bob I think you should be looking at the spandex rides for a long distance lovin non gay BGF (bike girlfriend) or Annie.
@RB you broke up with Eva? You idiot!
marino08.20.08 - 12:04 pm
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@ marino: Iknow I know... I'm bummmed... she broke up with me... :(
too much cycling not enough reality...I need a fuckin steady job.
Roadblock08.20.08 - 12:14 pm
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aw this thread is depressing. but meow made a good point too lol
tomato08.20.08 - 12:24 pm
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@Roadblock
Sorry to hear your bad news
"too much cycling"....no such thing
MOM-RIDA-Raquel08.20.08 - 12:33 pm
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also.. a day time/ turn into night time ride may attract more skirt wearing happy girls and instead of spandex wearing, beer drinking males. so like saturday/sunday afternoon at like 4 till like midnightor so. cuz i know my problem is when it's night buses stop running at 12 and i can't get home unless i ride home and it's usually realll far away from my house, and not to discriminate/ stereotype most girls, but we don't uuuuusually ride 20+ miles home in the middle of the night ;] so there's a suggestion. i may be speaking for myself.. dunno
meow08.20.08 - 12:36 pm
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Sound like I'll need to get me a louder boombox and some Babyface tracks for this ride.
Just make sure richie isn't around though, Brian McKnight turns that guy into a psychopath!!!
bentstrider08.20.08 - 12:40 pm
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@Meow
"a day time/ turn into night time ride may attract more skirt wearing happy girls".....
you would think so...but our ride starts at 430p we always meet up with a night ride and yet no ladies...well other than the 4 that alwys show (BatGirlKarla, ImaChynna, Puglife & me)....but we have been trying, or at least i have, to get our girl friends to come for you guys
MOM-RIDA-Raquel08.20.08 - 12:59 pm
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Yeah, what raquel said!!!
And as for the rest of us, that means getting into our Sunday best!!
Suits, ties, Oxford Chromat's, (for me, my SG-1, off-world mission, turnout gear) and those nice, little flowers you wear on your lapel on prom night!!!
And a can of Axe, Tag, or my personal favorite, Ol' Spice!!!!
Minoca, or whatever the heil that tear-gas in the mouth shit is will work too!!
bentstrider08.20.08 - 1:05 pm
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Roadblock, I'm honored. Nobody has asked me out since I've started on Midnight Ridazz, not even to the Sadie Hawkins ride.
All you gotta do is wear this wig, and tuck the nutz.
spiraldemon08.20.08 - 1:06 pm
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Girls need to learn how to pee in bushes, wear skirts on bikes anytime, ride at night, deal with traffic, deal with drunk people/ be the drunk one, fall, get bruises, and LIKE IT. MAN UP!
imachynna08.20.08 - 1:11 pm
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this sounds like a cute idea. i want to go.
however, i don't have a significant other. sigh.
oh well...couples, have fun.
me_gan08.20.08 - 1:12 pm
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It should be "couples hook up your single friends cuz' they want to get laid too ride"
MOM-RIDA-Raquel08.20.08 - 1:16 pm
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all the lonely people will have to ride elsewhere.. *sad puppy eyes* well there should be a singles night! haha.
batgirlkarla08.20.08 - 1:20 pm
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"It should be "couples hook up your single friends cuz' they want to get laid too ride"
MOM-RIDA-Raquel
08.20.08 - 4:16 pm"
+111111111111111
imachynna08.20.08 - 1:21 pm
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ewww not the "i want an STD ride" - gross. it's not just about getting laid people.
tomato08.20.08 - 1:24 pm
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Imachynna...
I did meet some one last night age 16...cute ...wished you were there...let play hook up chynna
MOM-RIDA-Raquel08.20.08 - 1:25 pm
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Hey my friends are clean...no STDs
it was just a joke anyways well the laid part...i would really play match maker though maybe
MOM-RIDA-Raquel08.20.08 - 1:26 pm
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aaahhhh!
raquel, there's nothing worse than MOM playing matchmaker!
spiraldemon08.20.08 - 1:32 pm
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haha MOM playing match maker...
on a serious note, we need to find a date for chynna! I think i have the perfect person! but he doesn't really ride yet.
batgirlkarla08.20.08 - 1:39 pm
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nothing says bonding like oneself and a significant other, publicly urinating, at the same time, while a little bit soused
as long as you're not the only two people there, alone, doing it in a park.... 3 or more times a week
unless you're diogenes and making a statement
hitsthepoles_ow08.20.08 - 1:40 pm
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speaking about pee'n:
any ladies ever use a pee funnel?
they're passed out for free at Burning Man, and I have a few packs. I gave them to a few Tren Way ladies, but no one gave me any feedback.
spiraldemon08.20.08 - 1:52 pm
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*sigh*
i wish i had a date for something like this...sounds like fun.
FMontanez197408.20.08 - 1:57 pm
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personally, i like sweaty pee in bushes spandex wearing beer drinking guys, because i am one, minus the guy. but yeah when is this ride? imma bring some guuurl friends.
meow08.20.08 - 2:01 pm
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oh and we manage just fine peeing with out the funnel. plus, think about it, unless it's disposable (which would be useless if it was, considering the frequency of peeing when drinking&riding), we'd be carrying around piss residue in our purses... i like trying to aim my pee though, i've been getting really good at it
meow08.20.08 - 2:05 pm
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Maybe I'll just bring a different date every time until one sticks
Undercover Bob08.20.08 - 2:05 pm
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If all else fails, I'm going to bust out the Norman Bates act!!!
bentstrider08.20.08 - 2:08 pm
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someone mentioned it, but i like the idea of bike speed-dating...
FMontanez197408.20.08 - 2:09 pm
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Tattiya and I have been planning SPEED DATE : GOGA vs. WOLFPACK ride.... stay tuned haha
Roadblock08.20.08 - 2:11 pm
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OOoooOOO goga and wolfpack! i love it ...
tomato08.20.08 - 2:19 pm
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Dudes and dudettes - just come to C.R.A.N.K. Mob and introduce yourselves to each other. I meet new girls there every time.
What I think would work as a "dating ride" and a way of getting more girls to come to rides that otherwise wouldn't, would be an early afternoon Sunday ride on the beach (SM + Venice). There's tons of girls riding around on bikes at that time anyway (and a lot of them aren't just tourists), and if you promise people a big fun ride with social activities they'd be totally down for it. Next thing you know they're trading in their beach cruisers for fixies and learning to pee in bushes.
The only problem is getting the word out to these people that otherwise don't even realize the "bike scene" exists. Any ideas?
vladster08.20.08 - 4:19 pm
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meow, be my date... if you can remember my name.
monovsstereo08.20.08 - 5:00 pm
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Spiral, -
That's funny. Don't Squat is my friend's company!
stevo408.20.08 - 5:59 pm
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lulz at the pee funnel. real women don't need that.
ohnoitschlo08.20.08 - 6:11 pm
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Sucks to be you guys. My lady is the best. She can pee outside, out drink most of you and is way faster than you guys on a fixed gear in a skirt..
: )
Mook08.20.08 - 6:31 pm
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Bike around the city...picnics in the parks, hilltop sunset views, frolicking in the beach sand after dark.....it all sounds fun. (just not the movie theater part)
LizardQueen08.20.08 - 9:33 pm
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"Imachynna...
I did meet some one last night age 16...cute ...wished you were there...let play hook up chynna
MOM-RIDA-Raquel
08.20.08 - 4:25 pm"
Uh oh.
"haha MOM playing match maker...
on a serious note, we need to find a date for chynna! I think i have the perfect person! but he doesn't really ride yet.
batgirlkarla
08.20.08 - 4:39 pm"
He doesn't really ride yet? HE DOESN'T REALLY RIDE YET!?! He is eliminated.
Just kidding. Half. Half kidding.
imachynna08.20.08 - 9:36 pm
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I like to go out on bicycle dates and have peanut butter n' jelly sandwiches in the park....
Roadblock08.20.08 - 10:21 pm
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YESSSS this would be fun.
I'm just going to ask some strangers to ride with me until someone says yes. ...just need to find a woman who knows how to ride a bike.
Lizzard08.21.08 - 10:29 am
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I also have wingman skills. You kan haz wingmanz.
imachynna08.21.08 - 5:04 pm
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how about going to one of madexs bike in movies?
ruinedbyidiots
08.20.08 - 1:59 pm
+1
canadienne08.21.08 - 9:56 pm
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