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One or more persons during a certain period drop their usual motives for movement and action, their relations, their work and leisure activities, and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there.
It's a bike ride.
Started by user nathansnider and user theroyalacademy.
It meets every Wednesday at 8:30pm
at California Donuts #21.
We ride at 9pm.
We'll endeavor to return before the last red line trains (around midnight).
This is the newest thread for it.
Please do not post to the old thread any more, and certainly not the even older thread, as that could be become confusing.
And we like things to be very, very straightforward. Obviously.
This is the newest thread for it.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Awesome... I have class at 8am on Thursdays this semester, making it harder for me to venture out but I have a friend visiting from France and she doesn't ride hard but maybe I could get her to go out on a bike ride this Wednesday night!
OK, so maybe a little more than 3.14159 square miles, if we're being sticklers, but we only overstepped our bounds a couple times. Any corrections or clarifications you all might have are welcomed.
I'm not sure if the double u-turn before turning into the Brass Monkey parking structure is properly marked. Or the bit of hallway I rode in before getting kicked out of that building, wherever it was.
anty responding to a comment by nathansnider
03.1.12 - 11:34 am
To the best of my memory, nothing to correct. Such a fun, loopy ride. I liked climbing the stairs only to loop back down to the base of them a minute later.
U-Turn!
I'm also happy I saw the light and got three tacos afterward.
I really liked getting to know the streets I'm often near, but don't go on. That and stopping at one of my favorite views (the top of Hoover overlooking Temple).
Oh, if only. But there was this place I'd been meaning to go that's vaguely St. Paddy's day themed, and the 14th being close enough to the 17th, well...
Besides, we sort of got our pi on two weeks ago anyhow, and there will be other opportunities for pie, right? Maybe if we do a Twin Peaks ride or something. Failing that, Wednesday, March 14, 2018 is just around the corner.
A successful quest! Short, but substantial. This was the route of our journey.
Sorry again to the group who showed up in clipless shoes... Normally, it wouldn't have been a problem. (Though it is hard to say if we really have a "normally." The ride is sort of normally abnormal.) Hopefully, you still enjoyed getting some good climbing in.
So glad to be back on this ride. i can kinda do a 3-donut ride which was a good test for me since i have missed so many donuts these past 8 months. iced green tea + sludge and fresh crullers were an excellent way to end the night but i did miss their original size and see through plastic cup. it;s just not the same when you can;t see the beautiful green/brown mix that scares people for some reason.
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Kakihara responding to a comment by theroyalacademy
04.5.12 - 10:06 am
Fantastic ride! really good pace and even with historical stop, we made it back in perfect time for fresh donuts!!!
+ you gave me and "PC" another reason to take a ride to the destination as all the years i have been there, i have not ventured out that far into it.
oh yeah, "E" is for "Emperor" and "H" is for "Hadrian" for some reason i was thinking "E" -"Eruditus" but i have no idea why. good thing i didn't blurt it out yesterday so that i may broadcast the foolishness to all this morning.
Kakihara responding to a comment by theroyalacademy
04.19.12 - 10:27 am
Just want to give advance notice that there will be no actual ride on Wednesday, May 30.
Why such advance notice? Because, instead of the usual ride, a bunch of us are going to the Last Remaining Seat screening of Paper Moon that evening and, if YOU want to go too, you should buy tickets soon (we were going to see The Big Sleep a couple weeks later, but that sold out before we could get our act together).
What is this all about, you ask? Well, Last Remaining Seats shows classic movies in classic (and often not normally open to the public) theaters. This screening is at the Los Angeles Theatre, the last and most extravagant of the Broadway movie houses downtown.
There is no meet-up before the screening and no ride to the theatre. We're just going. May 30th, about a month from now.
got a chance to see her last week but she said i have to rest my leg for 10 days so no biking or hiking.... for 10 days.
and then, it is supposed to be ok. no future visits are scheduled.
i miss the donuts. been eating a lot of cake and pie but nothing is as satisfying as Victory Donuts.
Hey, everyone. Just a reminder that there will be NO RIDE THIS WEEK. Instead, some of us will be going to see Paper Moon downtown at the historic Los Angeles Theatre.
Okay, for some reason I had to do it in two parts to finally get it to work, but here and here is last week's route.
(If anyone wants to try to add part two to part one and see if you can get it to work, well, more power to you. Would be nice to have it all as one route map. UGH.)
Was creating the page on the Passage website for ride #150 and tried one (final) time to get the the gmap route to work. Because I am a glutton for punishment like that. And, well, it did. Phew.
Thanks to all the test takers and non-test takers alike! (Might've been a test of patience for some of the non-test takers, eh?) Here are the exam's results.
Thanks to all who came out this week! Here was our route:
Also, a cursory web search uncovered no obvious leads on the story behind the horse, unfortunately. Maybe the owner is just a really dedicated twin peaks fan?
I just got this creepy feeling that If we had stepped closer to that open window and looked down, we would have seen that lady on the floor appear and disappear.
PeterR responding to a comment by nathansnider
06.28.12 - 9:35 am
Well, it depends on which donut you choose, doesn't it? And in fact, this week the donut may actually be a cupcake instead (because it is my birthday, you see, and cupcakes are being supplied). We won't be riding especially late, if that's what you're getting at. Bowling, on the other hand...
*fools, that is. My foolish foot. Apparently it was doing the typing. Apparently it doesn't know it's Shakespeare. Or it's a total narcissist. Probably both.
Hmm, be gentle, Nathan...since we don't know how many hills, I will travel light, and take the 46/16 fixed track instead of the 52/16 Convert FIxed. I love these rides you kids fathom from your brain!
junglistic1 responding to a comment by theroyalacademy
08.29.12 - 3:01 pm
WARNING: Anyone who wears fancy clippy-cloppy bike shoes tonight will probably hate me. I don't want anyone to hate me, so just say no to clipless pedals this week... unless you want to hate me, in which case your shoes may give you some very good reasons to do so. You've been warned!
Thanks to everyone who came out this week! This was approximately < ahref="http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5673206">our route (Thanks to Nathan for doing a better job remembering it than I did). And a special thanks to Batman and Norma and all the WTF riders for letting us join in on your fun!
So then my question would be - I wanna bring my thin tire road bike, is that a bad idea? We going bonkers off-roading? Don't mind hills or exerting, but don't wanna wreck my ride ;)
The unpaved riding this week is nothing that we haven't done before on skinny tires. Those portions may not be especially comfortable, but they're not especially long either. There will be more off-road bike walking/carrying than off-road bike riding, meaning that there is some advantage to having a light bike that won't strain your arm.
So if you have multiple bikes, hopefully this is enough information to help you choose!
There are quite a few stairs and at least one lengthy portion walking on dirt and dry hillside vegetation.
If you have a choice, I'd recommend against clipless, but the last time I warned (too late) against clipless shoes, the people who showed up with them anyway didn't seem too bothered.
I guess it depends on your tolerance for that kind of thing and also what kind of clipless shoes you've got (the recessed MTB shoe variety maybe being easier?). I'm not a clipless wearer myself, so I'm just making an educated guess.
Thanks for hanging in there, everybody! It's hip to be square. Here is our route:
Also, here is a map showing the city charter boundaries and their expansion to include various adjoining neighborhoods. More information than you'd probably care to know about the city boundaries, etc., can be found in this thesis, handily titled "The Territorial Expansion of Los Angeles."
As much as i think i know LA it Seems like i end up feeling loist and disoriented on every passage ride and last night was no exception. I love that feeling. Thanks for a great ride!
Roadblock responding to a comment by theroyalacademy
10.18.12 - 3:09 pm
Though I should also emphasize that if you don't have a camera to bring, that's fine. I have couple extras available, and we'll be breaking into teams, which should endure that no one will be unable to participate.
Thanks to everybody who braved the rains to scavenge tonight!
We don't yet have maps for all the routes people rode, but the score sheets that survived looked something like this:
For those who finished, we'd be quite grateful if you could map out your routes (as best you can remember them, anyway) for posterity and post links here. Thanks!
I don’t know how well I play with others so I skipped this (of course I regretted it soon after and went to get 2 donuts to make up for it). At least it gave me a chance to fix my cantilever center-pull pain in the ass brakes. And I misplaced the spring adjuster only once!
See you next week.
Kakihara responding to a comment by nathansnider
11.29.12 - 9:55 am
People may recall, on the Salt + Pepa - Salt ride, I mentioned that there was another house, "The Castle," that was burnt down by arsonists along with the Salt Box house. Saw this nice photo of it posted on Tumblr today.
It's good to have rituals. Morning coffee routines. Weekend farmers' market runs. Wednesday night bike rides. These kinds of things provide a rhythm to one's life.
But it is also good to punctuate this rhythm with special occasions, to break up the regularity with holidays, anniversaries, and, yes, days of rest. This week the Passage takes a day of rest. We stay in with our loved ones. We regroup, refresh. And we'll return in the new year, fresher, groupier, with more of our regular irregularity.
It's gonna be great.
But perhaps you've been resting a lot lately? Perhaps you've barely been riding at all? Maybe you're off work this week and want to get out on your bike, gosh dernit? Well, we're not going to stop you. WE'RE taking a week off, but that doesn't mean you have to. Similarly, while we never repeat our routes ourselves, we want to remind you that our website has all* of our past routes mapped out on it, and there's nothing preventing YOU from heading out from the donut shop on Wednesday night on one of them.
Here are a few "classic" Passage routes you could try:
Or if you prefer not to attempt leading yourself on one of our convoluted routes, consider following the generative rules of this one, creating your own unique route in the process:
Thanks to all the explorers who came out this week, and special thanks to Jeff for lugging the stove and tea/coffee-making supplies all the way out to the ends of the earth for us! This was our Southwest Passage:
Thanks, everyone, for putting up with the extremely high number of wrong turns tonight (some obvious and some perhaps not). We still mostly got where we had planned to go. This was our route.
So now after Dixie canyon, I was curious: are there any canyons as yet un passaged tween the 101 and the 405? Maybe it's impossible to tell, but the canyons we passed on Mulholland looked familiar. What a beautiful stretch that was.
On the south side of the hills, there are only a few canyons that we haven't followed all the way through, but the north side is still mostly "un-passaged." A current version of our cumulative map is here, if you want to see how much remains to be explored.
What a fun jaunt through downtown and environs. Great ride. Though the ride' proximity to my warm home was too tempting not to peel off towards the end, I'm very happy I made it out.
Great ride! thanks for all the treats and tea.
This is what i was talking about earlier:
http://www.redblossomtea.com
They have a great selection of pu-erhs and oolongs, i liked getting when in SF but haven't placed an order with them in a while. I got a good mix of white and chai from Tealuxe just now, we should have another Passage tea ride :)
Kakihara responding to a comment by nathansnider
03.7.13 - 2:25 am
Oh, and I ended up with an extra bottle at the end of the night. Someone had left theirs at CA Donuts. (Al, maybe?)
If it's yours, let me know next time you're coming out to the ride and I'll bring it. Or if you want to swing by Koreatown some other time, I work from home so I'm around a lot.
Thanks to everyone who came out on our cinematic adventure this week. This was our convoluted route. And thanks to our cameraman, Peter, and his camera assistant, Jackie!
Also, let me reiterate the following from this week's ride post, in case people have missed it:
There is no Passage Ride next Wednesday night. Instead, for our 200th ride, we are starting a series of four weekend Passage Rides, which will take place on Saturdays during the day. Stay tuned for the details of those. For now, what you should know is that we will be taking the Metrolink out of town for these rides. A weekend pass for the Metrolink costs $10, and we will probably be taking trains that leave Union Station around 9AM and returning on trains that start their journey back around 5PM.
The rides themselves may be a little longer than the usual Passage Ride--perhaps 35 or 40 miles--and will progress at a slightly more leisurely pace, with stops for lunch and such. So there you have it. Next week, there is no ride on Wednesday, the 22nd. There *is* a ride on Saturday, the 25th. Take note.
Planning on meeting you at the train station in Santa Clarita. I have to work that evening so I can't ride it all the way through. Will there be a good spot for me to bail to make it back to my car by 2:30-3?
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Ridazz Roulette!
Donut rating for tonight? Have a group wants to join, and the "inconvenience" line has some wondering if it's gonna be Cyclocross Jr. ;)
Thanks for the ride and not singing. As always, it was nice being back and it had been waaaaaaaaay too fucking long (for the donuts and the iced tea!)
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