The Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time: Thread Number Four
Thread started by
theroyalacademy at 09.13.14 - 6:28 pm
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 sometimes get back pretty late.
This is the discussion thread for as of 13 September, 2014.
The older threads all got too long.
This thread is nice and short (for now).
And, even though I have nothing new to post today, I have been meaning to make a new thread for a while. So here it is. A new, short thread.
If you would like to see the old, long threads, go:
here
or
back here
or
way back here.
But please don't post to those threads anymore.
Consider them "archival."
Post here.
Only here.
Please.
Thanks.
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Alright! Let's see if we can break this thing in... by, uh, posting the route from last week? Yeah,
that'll do:
nathansnider09.15.14 - 9:38 pm
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Thanks to everyone who teed off with us last night (and for double eagling the stealthiness, when it came time for stealthiness)! Our scorecard reads like
this:
theroyalacademy09.18.14 - 10:46 am
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Thanks to all that rode and hiked and traveled through a not so brief moment in time with us last night.
This was our route:
theroyalacademy10.3.14 - 12:15 am
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Thank you to the couple who pointed me to Wonder View Drive as the Passage for me. Without you two I could have never made this ride happen. Presenting "Lets Get Lost"
#269a The Sexy Route
Special thanks to my cell phone provider not working
sexy10.6.14 - 5:32 pm
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Sorry! Should've been more clear, before starting up Cahuenga, where we were going to regroup. (Looks like you had your own adventure though.)
theroyalacademy responding to a
comment by sexy
10.6.14 - 7:01 pm
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Cool beans! But, isn't the eclipse happening 3am THIS morning? I still want to try and make the ride in the evening regardless.
Joe Borfo responding to a
comment by nathansnider
10.7.14 - 10:49 pm
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Yes yes, it was this morning, but since the moon is full, we're having a picnic tonight!
nathansnider responding to a
comment by Joe Borfo
10.8.14 - 7:08 am
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Also, just to keep everything up to date here,
this was the route from two weeks ago:
And here are some links about how the LA County Poor Farm/Rancho Los Amigos
came to be, some of the
history and sordid bits, and the
even more sordid bits about the place. Sadly, there don't seem to be any photos of what the farm looked like while it was in operation, but there are a few photos of what the south campus buildings look like inside today:
here and
here.
nathansnider10.9.14 - 11:47 pm
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Hiya!!
First time rider here. Will I survive this tonight with the road bike/road shoes? Don't want to screw everything up.
Thanks!!
Manq10.15.14 - 4:28 pm
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Hi. Yeah, you should be fine tonight. Nothing too crazy. Just be prepared for a (downhill) road that gets a bit gravelly. Depending on your comfort level with that, at worst, you might end up walking a bit.
theroyalacademy responding to a
comment by Manq
10.15.14 - 5:37 pm
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Well, nary a deer was spotted. But we did bag some ducks. And, by "bag," I mean "see," natch. Thanks to all of tonight's hunters.
These were our hunting grounds:
theroyalacademy10.16.14 - 3:02 am
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The Eight ball lied to me, The ride was great.
Yes the View was like none I have ever witness in my years in the south land. Fantastic
BEST VIEW EVER!
sexy10.28.14 - 2:09 am
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Meandering around some minor temples on trails through fields. Due to deep sand, some bike hiking was required.
(My first time posting photos on this site, I hope they appear.)
Take care, see you in a month or so.
David Kulka
DavidK99910.28.14 - 9:13 pm
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Hello all from Kalay, a very remote town in northern Myanmar near the Indian border. Having great adventures here. I do miss your rides, but Cholada and I managed a few Asian "Passages" of own in Bagan, an early capital with thousands of ancient temples.
An inconvenient but atmospheric ride on the shores of the Irrawady River, near Bagan.
DavidK99910.28.14 - 9:20 pm
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Still impressed. Still in love.
You people are what amazing is made out of.
TheDude10.29.14 - 4:15 am
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Thanks to all who came out and got zombified with us tonight.
These were our feeding grounds:
theroyalacademy10.30.14 - 1:24 am
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Awesome route! I could go up to the Baldwin Hills every week and be content.
SkeletonKey responding to a
comment by theroyalacademy
10.30.14 - 9:49 am
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So the day pass. Is that for the whole metrotrain system? Meaning for $10 I could ride from Sylmar to LA then to San Berd back to LA and then back to Sylmar?
sexy responding to a
comment by theroyalacademy
11.5.14 - 2:08 pm
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Yes!
They also have a little chip in them that makes them into a day pass for Metro trains and buses.
nathansnider responding to a
comment by sexy
11.5.14 - 4:22 pm
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Bring extra tubes. Don't be that person
sexy11.7.14 - 9:24 pm
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Well, a whole lotta nothing (and a big hill) was promised and San Bernardino delivered. Thanks to all that came and spent the day with us yesterday!
This was our route:
theroyalacademy11.9.14 - 3:58 pm
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What was the energy like when you approached the peak at mileage 25? Granted it wasn't the Northumberlandia, but I bet it was pretty intense when you approached that human figure!
DArK ENERgY11.10.14 - 9:39 pm
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Thanks for everyone who came out this week to help us take on the big Thorn (or the big Thom?). This was
our journey:
nathansnider11.13.14 - 8:28 am
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what is happening here? I heard that POAFPTARBMIT is a great "date night" ride?
Roadblock responding to a
comment by theroyalacademy
11.19.14 - 3:59 pm
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Had fun on our date tonight, everybody! Hope you did too.
This was our romantic route:
theroyalacademy11.20.14 - 12:48 am
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looks like this date had a lot of ups and downs....
Roadblock responding to a
comment by theroyalacademy
11.20.14 - 1:45 pm
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I forgot to give you your pre thanksgiving "great job" patch.
Great route. Great food. Great salad. Yummy wine. Melt in your mouth chest cake. The tea was delicious. Bread was warm. Route was so passage like.
Thankful for giving me a great Wednesday night ride every week. Made my year much better this year.
sexy11.27.14 - 3:51 am
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is there ever a situation where there is not enough room for bikes on the metrolink? May make it out, if so, I will pick up the train from sylmar on the way.
sexy12.5.14 - 6:38 pm
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Do you know if you are going to exit at the Palmdale or Lancaster station?
sexy12.5.14 - 6:42 pm
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Yes, we're exiting at Acton.
I think you'll be safe getting on in Sylmar. I've never seen the Metrolink fill up with bikes (I mean, maybe it would fill up on Ciclavia?). And even though the Antelope Valley line doesn't always have a dedicated bike car, each normal car has spaces for a few bikes, which has been enough in the past.
nathansnider12.5.14 - 7:02 pm
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Thanks to everyone that came out on our short, simple tour of the simple, understated elegance of The Renaissance Collection. Didn't see as much destruction as I would've liked, but
it all worked out okay, I think:
theroyalacademy12.11.14 - 12:38 am
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There was chatter of arson. Somebody suggested it was the Illuminati.
We laughed
but wait.............
of the remains of the fire stood
Three stair cases
six level platforms on each stair case
"6" 3 times = 666
a pyramid has 3 sides
Illuminati confirmed
sexy responding to a
comment by theroyalacademy
12.11.14 - 1:32 am
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You guys had a Palmer schadenfreude ride? Dammet
PC12.11.14 - 1:55 am
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...although I guess there isn't that much schaden to freude, since we all know that Palmer is going to pocket the insurance money and build the piece of crap back up anyway.
PC12.11.14 - 3:31 am
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Thanks for a great end to the year, everybody! Our goatwatchy route looked like
this:
nathansnider12.18.14 - 10:50 am
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That had to be one of the best route you ever took me on.
For the record books I did a endo on the single track almost to the top. I would guess it was around mile 19.75. That was a crazy experience.
Such a fun ride today. Thanks again.
Great meeting Peter R. Glad somebody finally told me what this ride was all about.
Train girl on the way home drinking Steel Reserve.....lol (oh Nathan all the nonsense you have had to put up with me through the years. You should get a medal of valor!)
sexy01.10.15 - 10:35 pm
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Yes one hell of a ride, I've seen folks come out of endos a lot worse looking than that... good save.
enzomatic responding to a
comment by sexy
01.11.15 - 12:06 pm
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Glad you enjoyed it!
(And also very glad the weather was relatively agreeable. I was in pretty low spirits in the morning there.)
theroyalacademy responding to a
comment by enzomatic
01.12.15 - 5:46 pm
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3rd & Normandie, looking east towards downtown in 1900. The donut shop / Passage meet point is now near the top of the small hill in the background, on the right.
DavidK99901.19.15 - 8:02 pm
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Thanks for riding with us tonight, those that rode with us tonight.
This was our route:
theroyalacademy01.22.15 - 2:05 am
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Felt a surge of pain behind my eye and up into my brain tonight. Would have loved to pushed through but thought of the stories where a guy would have some pain while exercise, thought it was nothing, push on and then die. I decided it would be best that I stop, rest and cruise home. I feel better now. It was probably nothing, but better safe than sorry.
sexy01.29.15 - 1:04 am
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Also, for those wanting clarification on what "two large hills" means, it means
this.
nathansnider02.6.15 - 4:05 pm
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Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday for the rocky, rocky, slippery, foggy rocket ride. Our trajectory looked like
this:
nathansnider02.8.15 - 7:41 pm
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Do you know what the number of churches we passed in relation to the miles we traveled?
?? Churches per mile
South Central gets it worship on!
sexy02.19.15 - 9:40 am
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So I found out that my bike will take a 32c tire in the front . I tired it on m rear and it fits there also. On recommendation I bought a Vittoria Randonneur II Tire 700x32. Now it is time to purchase a second tire. Any suggestion? Do you like the gatorskin better? I was thinking of just getting the same to have a match. Never rode on such fat tires on a road bike. 25 is the largest.
sexy02.25.15 - 2:32 pm
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Hells yeah, fatter the better. I've rode the randoneur (sic) tire myself and loved it. Get a match set! If you want flat protection, I think the armadillos are better than the gatorskin, better sidewalls.
tallcans4tallbikes responding to a
comment by sexy
02.25.15 - 4:58 pm
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is it Wednesday?
sexy02.25.15 - 8:39 pm
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Thanks to everyone that passed over the pass (and the past) with us tonight.
This is what came to pass:
And, for archival purposes since I forgot to post a link to it before,
here was the ride description.
theroyalacademy02.26.15 - 1:42 am
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Thanks to everyone that passed over the pass (and the past) with us tonight.
This is what came to pass:
And, for archival purposes since I forgot to post a link to it before,
here was the ride description.
theroyalacademy02.26.15 - 1:42 am
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that was so much fun it didn't even feel like a bike ride.
sexy02.26.15 - 2:56 am
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STAY OUT! don't go here. Passage riders only
http://www.arlingtongardeninpasadena.org/
sexy03.5.15 - 12:19 pm
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Thanks to everyone who came out tonight (and tolerated my haphazard, stammering little lectures).
This was our route:
I'll also post some links to more info about tonight's stops on
our Tumblr at some point soon.
theroyalacademy03.12.15 - 12:48 am
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Oh, so I suppose that before this week's ride, I ought to post the route for
last week's ride.
'Ere 'tis:
Thanks, as always, to all to came out.
nathansnider03.25.15 - 3:43 pm
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Thanks to everybody who rode with us last night! Where were we headed? Well, we were headed
here:
nathansnider04.2.15 - 7:49 am
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Thanks for making the trek to grandma's with us, everybody that grandma-trekked with us tonight.
This was our route:
And, hey, while we're at it,
this was the route two weeks ago (which I hadn't posted yet):
theroyalacademy04.9.15 - 1:49 am
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Who ever knew going to grandmas house could be such a fun route.
I was way too tired to be out there. Thank you to everybody for allowing me to slow you down. I won't let happen again.
sexy responding to a
comment by theroyalacademy
04.9.15 - 8:57 am
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Thanks to everyone who made it out this week. Our disappointment may have been thwarted by loquats and playground slides, but I guess you
can't lose 'em all...
nathansnider04.16.15 - 10:29 pm
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Thanks to all that tethered their rafts to ours tonight.
This was where we floated:
theroyalacademy04.23.15 - 1:51 am
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Before this week's ride post goes up, I should at least post
last week's map:
I believe the final tower count was 11. As always, thanks to everyone who came out!
(and for posterity, I suppose I ought to link to the ride posting as well,
like so)
nathansnider05.6.15 - 3:02 pm
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Thanks to everyone who came out for our anniversary ride last week! Our route, consisting of exactly 42 uniquely-named rights of way, looked like
this:
nathansnider06.22.15 - 2:42 pm
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Thanks to everyone that surrendered with us tonight. Destiny is kind of an a-hole, it turns out. But destiny plus a little human intervention yields
some pretty nifty results:
(For archival purposes, the ride post can be found
here.)
theroyalacademy06.25.15 - 1:22 am
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Thanks to everyone who came out for our (sort-of) full moon tea party last night! Our heavenly path looked
like this:
nathansnider07.2.15 - 8:16 pm
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will you give me an autograph that says
"To Sexy
Whose house I eat at whenever I'm in town"
sexy07.11.15 - 9:00 pm
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Thanks to everyone who made the grade with us last night! Our many-hill'd route looked like
this:
or, in slope-o-vision, like
this:
(for archival purposes, the ride announcement is
here)
nathansnider07.16.15 - 12:17 pm
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theroyalacademy07.22.15 - 6:42 pm
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Thanks to all that came out tonight.
This was our route:
(Also, I see that I did get Roddy McD's house wrong -- we were on Brookdale LANE whereas he lived a couple streets over on Brookdale ROAD. No matter, really, as his house was not much to look at anyway.)
theroyalacademy07.23.15 - 2:35 am
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Thanks to all the budding real estate moguls who joined us this week! Our tour of prospective investments went
like this:
Anyone who wants to submit a bid on that 26-square foot parcel may do so
here, or view all the available properties
here, or just read about the background of the CRA asset liquidation
here. To assist you in your due diligence process, you may also want to read up on the
Monterey Hills debacle, and the
ensuing settlement.
nathansnider07.30.15 - 5:41 pm
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Thanks to all came detectin' with us tonight, truly.
This was our route:
Maps of more filming locations can be found
at KPCC.
theroyalacademy08.6.15 - 1:50 am
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...Realized that I forgot to thank Alexi for sending me his Garmin output. Would've been hard to draw out the route map without that (since it was mostly improvised and rather convoluted and I have a pretty bad memory).
So: THANKS!
theroyalacademy08.6.15 - 12:47 pm
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Thanks to all of tonight's not-racers! The following was
my route. Your route may have varied (several people did at least a couple backwards loops, I know).
theroyalacademy08.20.15 - 12:39 am
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pi. what will it be? A pi, a piece of it, 31.4 mile route in a circle? will the ride be irrational, transcendental ? a 96-sided regular polygon?
math minded ridazz want to know
sexy08.26.15 - 7:28 pm
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Thanks to everyone who came out last week during the heat wave. Surely you will want to see the route, which looks like
this:
and maybe even the route from the ride two weeks before (
this one), which looked like
this:
nathansnider08.31.15 - 4:53 pm
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for god so loved the world he gave of his only begotten son.
Jesus came to earth and found the bicycle. When it was Jesus's time to take up the cross, he thought no problem dude, I got this. I'll just get me a bob trailer.
sexy09.9.15 - 6:16 pm
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OK, so yes, that was more than 30 miles. Thanks to everyone who joined us on our layered, marine explorations.
The route:
nathansnider09.10.15 - 10:22 am
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Thanks to all that came out tonight and helped us corner the market on turns (and inconvenient street crossings!).
This was our route:
theroyalacademy09.17.15 - 1:51 am
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where was the space ship planted?
sexy09.17.15 - 8:29 am
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I don't want to sound like a whiner but really didn't enjoy the ride last Wednesday. It might have something to do with the fact that I was five minutes late and missed it.
McFool09.18.15 - 5:13 pm
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It's a bummer that you missed the ride, but we've found that most people (ourselves included) prefer for us to start on-time when we can and then get back a little earlier. Waiting for stragglers often proved a slippery slope.
There's always next week!
BTW, this (along with other things) is covered in
our FAQ.
theroyalacademy responding to a
comment by McFool
09.19.15 - 7:23 pm
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for the highs and lows of last night's ride. Our roundabout route looked
like this:
nathansnider09.24.15 - 11:32 pm
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Thanks to all of tonight's trolley riders.
This was our route:
You can find my pictures of the interior of subway terminal building
here.
And a nice piece about downtown's lost train stations
here.
theroyalacademy10.1.15 - 1:02 am
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Thank you Sean for a fantastic, fun, and most interesting ride last night. This image was created by my wonderful friend Joe Sidore, an expert on L.A. rail history. You can see that the tunnel was nearly a mile long. It is no longer continuous -- Joe told me that when the Bonaventure was built in 1974, part of the tunnel were eviscerated when the hotel foundation was excavated.
DavidK99910.1.15 - 10:21 pm
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BTW, won't be seeing you all for about a month because next week I and my brother in law from Thailand start our cycling trip from Columbus & Broadway in San Francisco to my house in Burbank. We'll be taking it nice and easy (as Tina would say) with a few rest days. One highlight will be Refugio Road, which leads (roughly) from Solvang, up the crest of the big ol' hairy hill past the old Reagan Ranch, and then down to Highway 1 north of Santa Barbara. Will post a few photos en route; hope we don't get rained on. Passage on, I'll look forward to riding with you all again in November.
DavidK99910.1.15 - 10:53 pm
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Hope everyone had a nice, relaxing ride last night. Thanks for making it out to ride with us.
Here's where we went:
theroyalacademy10.15.15 - 11:08 am
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Left Chinatown, S.F. on the 10th, cycling home. Weather and scenery spectacular, just a few minutes of sprinkles, which was kind of refreshing. Favorite sections have been the coastal bike paths around Half Moon Bay, rolling up to the Santa Cruz wharf amid sparkling sunshine and beach scents, being gifted a carton of strawberries at a massive strawberry farm near Castroville, 17 Mile Drive near Carmel, and coasting 2600’ down Nancimiento-Ferguson Road from the coastal range to SR-1 at Lucia. Right now in Morro Bay, enjoying a day off. Met a Frenchman who’s been cycling the world for 3 years. Next stops Orcutt, Solvang, Santa Barbara. Here’s a shot from Nancimiento-Ferguson Road, peering down towards SR-1 after descending through clouds.
DavidK99910.18.15 - 9:41 am
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Thanks to everyone who joined us this fine, futuristic evening. Our flaming tracks look like
this:
nathansnider10.22.15 - 1:05 am
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Thanks again, Al, for the duct tape that helped boot my tire last night. I appreciate it!
theroyalacademy10.22.15 - 10:30 am
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Thanks to all that got with the program the other night (not that I followed the program all that closely or well). Anyway, was a lovely night that looked
:
theroyalacademy10.30.15 - 9:55 pm
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Apparently I wasn't careful with my HTML.
The route is
here.
(Fingers crossed I typed it correctly this time.)
theroyalacademy10.30.15 - 10:03 pm
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By the way, if you're planning on wearing clipless shoes on tomorrow's ride, you might consider bringing along other shoes to change into to take full advantage of cave exploration opportunities. It requires a bit of mild rock climbing that may be difficult in clipless-style shoes.
theroyalacademy11.6.15 - 7:41 pm
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Thanks to all who came out last night to experience the cool hands (and arms, and torsos, etc.) of this week's ride, which looked
like this:
nathansnider11.12.15 - 5:57 pm
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On the off chance anyone happens to notice before Nathan has an opportunity to post about tonight again... We switched up who is leading when, so I moved my posting of tonight's ride to next week, when I'll actually be leading.
But there is a ride tonight, don't worry.
theroyalacademy11.18.15 - 12:33 pm
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Thanks to everyone that rode with us last night. Riding dead ends with my friends was a stupendous way to spend my birthday.
Bummer the cover at the afterparty was so high, but probably good that it dissuaded people on the fence because it was actually SUPER crowded inside.
Anyway,
this was our route:
Tangentially related: for more information on fortune cookies, listen to
this episode of 99% Invisible.
theroyalacademy11.26.15 - 4:02 pm
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I goTTA get out more.
Joe Borfo responding to a
comment by nathansnider
12.17.15 - 12:24 pm
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Thanks to all who joined us on our donut-shaped exploration last night! Our route (and regions of exclusion) looked
like this:
(no word yet on when donuts will start being figured into the PNC
Christmas Price Index; maybe next year)
nathansnider12.24.15 - 1:47 pm
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Fantastic drove videos of L.A. - https://vimeo.com/136228343
Happy New Year all.
DavidK99912.28.15 - 11:55 pm
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Hey great video there! Anyone know where :34 is at? Please answer with more than "it's on top of the hill."
DArK ENERgY responding to a
comment by DavidK999
12.29.15 - 3:10 pm
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Thanks, that looks like a must do ride. It's on my list!
DArK ENERgY responding to a
comment by nathansnider
12.30.15 - 2:36 pm
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Thanks to all of tonight's clockspotters!
This was our route:
And
here's a link to the 99 Percent Invisible story about fortune cookies that I was talking about.
theroyalacademy12.31.15 - 12:05 am
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Reminder: no ride tonight; this week we once again ride on Saturday.
We'll post details towards the end of the week, when we can better gauge what the conditions will be like and therefore what kind of ride is most appropriate.
theroyalacademy01.6.16 - 1:17 pm
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Thanks to everyone that came out on Saturday. 'Twas a muddy fine time!
This was our route:
theroyalacademy01.10.16 - 10:33 pm
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Online petition to keep the bike lanes on York Blvd. Please sign is you have a bit of free time. http://fig4all.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a38b7165a111384f68f515306&id=f85386ffaa&e=d4283af46b
DavidK99901.15.16 - 4:13 pm
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Thanks to all of tonight's perambulators! Our march looked like
this:
And sorry to those that arrived thinking there would be bike riding on tonight's bike ride. Next week!
And, David, you can tell your friend that we were both right! The Brown Derby was originally at the corner or Mariposa and Wilshire, then moved to Alexandria in the late 30s, and then to its present location in 1980. (Or, at least,
so says Wikipedia.)
theroyalacademy01.21.16 - 12:18 am
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A reminder, for those who haven't noticed yet, that there is
NO RIDE TONIGHT. Instead, there will be a ride on Saturday, the last of this winter's series of daytime Passage rides.
While I figure out what to put in this week's ride announcement, feel free to fondly remember the route from
last week's ride:
nathansnider02.3.16 - 6:17 pm
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That was the SHIT! Thank you Nathan, Sean and The Passage of a few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time.
Roadblock responding to a
comment by nathansnider
03.3.16 - 5:00 pm
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Wow. That ride made Midnight Ridazz great again.
sexy responding to a
comment by Roadblock
03.5.16 - 9:56 pm
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Thanks to all of tonight's prisoners! Tonight's theme started off as just a non sequitur pun -- a pun sequitur, if you will -- but it kinda makes sense now, given how the ride turned out.
This was how we served our sentence:
theroyalacademy03.10.16 - 2:54 am
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Thanks to all who came out for the seventh anniversary ride! The attractions of the landscape drew us to draw a route
like this:
nathansnider06.16.16 - 6:02 pm
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A Passage to an epic and scenic ride..5th Annual Metrolink Metric Century June 18
https://www.facebook.com/events/1328422697174275/
Bulet06.16.16 - 8:42 pm
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We also didn't see the fire. We did, however, go
here. Hopefully that was fun too.
theroyalacademy06.23.16 - 11:59 pm
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Thanks to all of tonight's riders and especially our "volunteer" leaders.
This was my group's route (your route was probably similar, but different):
And
this was the ride we covered.
theroyalacademy06.30.16 - 1:24 am
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Thanks to everyone who helped us map the textures of the city last week! The result looks
like this:
nathansnider07.11.16 - 2:05 pm
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Thanks to all the Sirius cyclists who joined us for last night's ride! Our route looked
like this:
nathansnider07.21.16 - 8:55 pm
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this book may offend some, but it is another pice of the historic puzzle
sexy responding to a
comment by theroyalacademy
07.27.16 - 10:33 am
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https://www.amazon.com/Slaughter-Cities-Renewal-Ethnic-Cleansing/dp/1587317753
sexy07.27.16 - 10:33 am
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I'd say that guy is about as reliable a source of historical objectivity as Roger Rabbit.
theroyalacademy07.27.16 - 4:13 pm
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Thanks to everyone that sprawled out with us last night!
This was our route (lighter line is the Gold Line; darker was riding):
Also, my assertion that San Gabriel Village might've been along a Red Car route was a bit of a Roger Rabbit moment, as far as historical accuracy goes, unfortunately. Not at all the case (they ran nearby along Huntington Dr., Las Tunas, and the current alignment of the 10). Tried to quickly dig up some historical info on the San Gabriel Village neighborhood and came up empty. Anyone else able to shed some light?
theroyalacademy07.28.16 - 1:17 pm
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Thanks to all of last night's cornerers (no, autocorrect, I don't mean "coroners").
This was our route:
theroyalacademy08.11.16 - 2:16 pm
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Thanks to all who joined us on our bracing ride last night! The route looked
like this:
(for reference, the ride announcement is
here)
nathansnider08.18.16 - 4:17 pm
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Thanks to everyone that came down the chute with us tonight.
This was our route:
theroyalacademy09.22.16 - 12:48 am
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Thanks to everyone who went to seed with us last night! Please enjoy the following pressed memento of
our route:
nathansnider09.29.16 - 4:17 pm
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Thanks to all of tonight's islanders. (Though, okay, we actually didn't go to any legitimate islands.) (But close enough.)
This was our route:
theroyalacademy10.27.16 - 1:38 am
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Sean, wanted to bid you goodbye last night but you were conversationally involved in the doughnut line. Thanks for the ride, good fun and good group!
DavidK99910.27.16 - 11:12 am
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In case I don't get the announcement up in a timely fashion, remember:
NO RIDE TONIGHT
(it's
on Saturday this week!)
nathansnider11.2.16 - 3:30 pm
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Thanks to all the pilgrims who joined us yesterday! Our route to the heavens looked
like this:
nathansnider11.6.16 - 12:04 pm
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A simple but hopefully helpful ride. Thanks to all that came out.
This was our route:
theroyalacademy11.10.16 - 1:48 am
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Thanks to all who helped us take stock of our overhead last night. Our balance sheet looked
like this:
nathansnider11.17.16 - 10:01 pm
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Thanks for the heads up............as I get off the train.
User1 responding to a
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12.7.16 - 7:37 pm
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Np you guys do a great job. Bummer I cant make the ride Sat.
User1 responding to a
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12.8.16 - 10:34 pm
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I guess Im gona be busy riding with a bunch of kids tomorrow. Riding fast 2 blocks then slow for a mile...... then repeat.
User112.8.16 - 10:34 pm
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Thanks to this weekend’s small but dedicated group of OC riders.
This was our route:
theroyalacademy12.12.16 - 3:35 pm
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Thanx to everyone who mixed it up with the cruxes last night! Our expedition looked
like this:
nathansnider12.15.16 - 12:42 pm
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Solo cycled some rural areas of northern Thailand last week, it was excellent. Most of the bigger roads have wide shoulders that are mostly used by motorbikes but cyclists fit right in, and when Thai drivers pass they allow plenty of space. Found lots of scenic back roads that were nearly empty of cars. Bought a cheap Samsung mobile and Google Maps kept me on the right track.
[IMG]http://wwww.dkse.net/david/biking/20161210_103024a.jpg[/IMG]
DavidK99912.21.16 - 1:00 am
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Thanks to tonight’s bowlers.
This was the route Nathan and I took to meet you at the alley:
(Pretty exciting, right?)
theroyalacademy12.22.16 - 12:53 am
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OK, that is the image I tried to post last week. Thanks Nathan for explaining image coding for this site. Other stretches were far more scenic -- I was having too much fun to stop for photos but that’s what a typical little road in northern Thailand looks like.
In Chiang Mai I did an easy 25KM route with the Sunday Cycling Club. They do a very relaxed pace compared to Passage, or nearly any other Stateside group. Mid ride we stopped at a park for an hour to observe ferns, then rode 10 minutes and did a 1 hour lunch stop. This ride was more social than cycling, though they do more ambitions rides, and some with a historical theme. They didn’t run any red lights at all. Hopefully the photo will also display...
DavidK99912.24.16 - 2:27 am
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Not Thai-related, but check out this
Backwards Brain Bicycle — the handlebars turn backwards. The guy who made the video spent 8 months learning to ride it but after he finally succeeded, he fell down every time he tried to ride a normal bike. I thought the video was hilarious but he also draws some interesting conclusions about how subconscious biases make it harder to learn. Smarter Every Day has a whole series of amazing stuff on science and nature.
DavidK99912.24.16 - 2:39 am
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Reminder:
No ride tonight, December 28th.
Next ride is Saturday, January 7th.
Have a happy new year!
theroyalacademy12.28.16 - 5:26 pm
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Again:
No ride tonight, January 4th.
This week’s ride is Saturday, January 7th.
Details forthcoming...
theroyalacademy01.4.17 - 2:39 pm
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Thanks to the small crew who made it out for our first nautical voyage! Our route looked
like this:
nathansnider01.7.17 - 10:20 pm
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Thanks to everyone who came out tonight -- especially those that stuck with it after things got wet (I probably wouldn’t have, if I wasn’t leading). This was
our route:
theroyalacademy01.12.17 - 12:57 am
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Im really hoping and praying to the good satan theres a ride tonight.
User101.18.17 - 6:26 pm
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Things are looking up! Announcement going out shortly...
nathansnider responding to a
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01.18.17 - 7:33 pm
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"I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. Humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing about a third of the way down the list … But then someone at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of locomotion for a man on a bicycle. And a man on a bicycle blew the condor away."
Steve Jobs
DavidK99901.30.17 - 2:43 pm
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Thanks to everyone who came out and slopped through the mud (and the Valley) with us yesterday.
This was our route:
theroyalacademy02.5.17 - 2:33 pm
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Thanks to everyone who came out for the ride last week. This was
our route:
Oh, and hey, remember the
ride from a couple weeks ago? Here is
the route for that one:
Here is a bit of info on the
decline of the auto industry in LA generally, the
Chrysler and
Firestone plants specifically and, for added fun,
some scenes from a TV movie with helicopters flying around the ruins of the old Goodyear plant (the blimp hangar is visible in a few of them).
Also, remember the
Megalomania ride from way back before the inauguration? Here is
the route for that one:
Also some info on
Alexander, Ruler of the World, a brief bit on
the mansion purchased by the daughter of the former dictator of Uzbekistan, the evergreen story of the
Hollywood Star Whackers and, finally, some photos of
The Source restaurant back in the day. And if you wanted to know what the Source Family’s records sounded like, here’s
a bit of that too.
nathansnider02.27.17 - 3:33 pm
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Thanks to everyone that did not heed the soothsayer's warning and joined us this evening.
This was our route:
theroyalacademy03.16.17 - 1:31 am
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Thanks to all who joined us for our commonplace ride last night! This was our common route:
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nathansnider03.23.17 - 7:04 pm
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Oh, I guess link tags are broken now too. Anyway, the route is here:
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nathansnider03.23.17 - 7:07 pm
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Thanks to all that bummed around the beach with us this week.
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theroyalacademy03.31.17 - 1:45 pm
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Hmm, has the site been (cruci-)fixed? Let us find out...
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nathansnider04.5.17 - 8:03 pm
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Thanks to everyone that joined us for our "bike ride" this evening. This was the route of our "bike ride": http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7055392
theroyalacademy04.13.17 - 2:20 am
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Climbing up a chute in the narrow riverbed at Devils Punchbowl.
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DavidK99905.1.17 - 11:39 am
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Passage bikes loaded with gear for camping on Saturday night. (Except mine, I was a lightweight day rider.)
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DavidK99905.1.17 - 11:56 am
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Thanks to everyone that joined us for our 400th ride (and 1st campout)! And an especially big thank you to the many people that helped out!
This was our route over the two days: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7067008
theroyalacademy05.2.17 - 10:34 pm
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Thanks to everyone who joined us on last night's exquisite ride. This was our route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7071783
theroyalacademy05.11.17 - 12:18 pm
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So chill:
http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=10838
nathansnider05.17.17 - 8:01 pm
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Speaking of things that happened, here's the route to last week's ride:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7083668
and from two weeks before that, #403, the Vaporwave Mix:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7075831
and before that, #401, our exploration of Three Act-Structures:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7067637
and before that, #399, when we were Breathing Easy:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7059638
aaaand before that, #397, the Crux Redux:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7051162
nathansnider06.4.17 - 1:02 am
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Yay, Commerce! Our route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7088102
theroyalacademy06.8.17 - 6:25 pm
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Like sands through the hourglass:
http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=10860
nathansnider06.14.17 - 6:41 pm
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Thank you to all of last night's graduates. This was our syllabus: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7095559.
theroyalacademy06.22.17 - 10:55 am
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Last night several of us puzzled over all the loud jets passing over the park, at what seemed like a fairly low altitude. I was curious and did a little research. All those flights were incoming from the north and the west, making their final U turn before joining the westbound glide path down into LAX. I read that they increase power while making the turn and I think they are typically at 3000 feet or less, so from the park at about 420 feet, they are not very far overhead. I marked this flight path image to show the location of the park. If this works.
DavidK99906.29.17 - 12:35 pm
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Our faraway, so close route from last night: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7102810
theroyalacademy07.6.17 - 10:19 am
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Our route last night: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7110205
theroyalacademy07.20.17 - 2:12 pm
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Thanks to everyone that joined us on our little Tour de PR Williams. This was our route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7118165 .
If you didn't already listen to the episode of 99% Invisible about Williams, here it is again: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-architect-of-hollywood/ .
And here is the URL for the Paul R. Williams Project at the U of Memphis: www.paulrwilliamsproject.org .
theroyalacademy08.3.17 - 10:32 pm
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This week:
http://midnightridazz.com/forums.php?topicId=19218
theroyalacademy08.16.17 - 7:17 pm
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This was last night's route (to the best of my recollection):
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7126930
theroyalacademy08.17.17 - 2:11 pm
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Exhaustingly Pleasant:
http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=10897
nathansnider08.23.17 - 7:37 pm
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Thanks to everyone who came with us to the Ultimate Destination this week. This was our ultimate route:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7134907
theroyalacademy09.1.17 - 12:11 am
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Bored of looking at a bunch of spam posts? How about looking at a bunch of Passage route maps instead? Like, say, this week's exploration of our mechanical advantages:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7138159
or the one from two weeks ago, when we got the bends:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7130512
or two weeks before that, when we tried to take in all the views, vues, vistas and whatnot:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7122415
or even before that, when we let the terrain choose the flattest/steepest route for us:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7114178
or the one where we adjusted our latitude:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7106881
or the one where Nathan's phone died and we let a chihuahua pick the destination:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7099002
or, way back, the anniversary ride, when we drew a map at 1:1 scale, a smaller version of which is here:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7091514
There you go; no handbags or bootleg pharmaceuticals to be found...
nathansnider09.9.17 - 7:14 pm
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Thanks to everyone who spent some quality Eastern Time with us last night.
This was our route:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7141788
theroyalacademy09.14.17 - 1:17 pm
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Here's the route for last week's jaunt (as best as I could remember it several days later):
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7150087
And here's the route from two weeks ago:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7146185
And here's some more information about that 100-year-old concrete marker: http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2017/06/08/57266/hidden-history-is-this-a-mile-marker-in-pasadena-o/
theroyalacademy10.2.17 - 2:04 pm
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Just like it says:
http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=10918
nathansnider10.11.17 - 7:38 pm
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Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for all the lazy eights! They looked like this:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7154647
And the comparatively straightforward route from last week looked like this:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7151566
nathansnider10.12.17 - 4:10 pm
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Thanks to all of last night's riders, first-timers and old-timers alike! This was our route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7157592
theroyalacademy10.19.17 - 6:47 pm
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Heart of Dorkness:
http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=10924
nathansnider10.25.17 - 8:09 pm
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Thanks to all that toured the ducks and such with us this weekend!
This was our route:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7164423
And I posted links to more info about the various sites we visited on the Passage tumblr:
http://thepassageride.tumblr.com/
theroyalacademy11.6.17 - 8:27 pm
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Thanks to everyone that joined us for last week's music studio tour. And a BIG THANKS to David Kulka for organizing and lecturing!!!
This was our route:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7168239
If you just can't get enough studio history, read more in these in-house newsletters from David's time back at United/Western: http://studioelectronics.biz/the-urei-urc-newsletters/. And if you poke around his site there, you'll find even more stories and info.
theroyalacademy11.20.17 - 4:01 pm
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Last night's route:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7172500
theroyalacademy11.30.17 - 2:28 pm
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Thanks to everyone that went meatballin' with us last night.
This was our route:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7176506
theroyalacademy12.14.17 - 12:38 pm
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Please note:
No ride this week (12/27)
And next week will be the January weekend ride, so no ride on Wednesday, 1/3, either.
Next Passage on Saturday, January 6th.
theroyalacademy12.24.17 - 11:22 am
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Forget where I left off, as far as posting routes here (and too lazy to check), but this should catch me up...
#431: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7172500
#433: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7176506
#435: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7211409
#437: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7188112
#441: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7200714
theroyalacademy03.14.18 - 2:13 pm
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Wait, why did I skip #439?
#439: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7214453
Also, here's...
#445: https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7212675
theroyalacademy03.21.18 - 2:27 pm
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Hey, everybody, just thought I'd acknowledge that we're obviously not really posting each week's ride here any more. There was never any discussion or decision; it just sorta stopped happening. We held out longer than most, but it just really does feel a bit, let's say, "quiet" around here these days and the extra effort has not felt worth it lately.
But we're still doing the ride each week. And you can find out about upcoming ones by joining our mailing list, here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/the-passage-announcements
(Indeed, you don't even have to join the list; you can simply view each week's post at that link.)
And maybe at some point we'll take the time to post here again too. Who knows? We are predictably unpredictable.
Ride on!
theroyalacademy03.28.18 - 7:18 pm
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Passage #450 = this Saturday
[NO RIDE TONIGHT]
For thee latest:
Join our mailing list, mmkay?
theroyalacademy04.18.18 - 6:28 pm
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More routes!
#447 - https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7239942
#449 - https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7239947
#451 - https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7231444
#453 - https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7239463
theroyalacademy05.11.18 - 9:48 pm
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Finally got our website back up to date again!
You can find all our past routes there:
http://www.thepassageride.com/
theroyalacademy06.16.18 - 11:15 pm
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Thanks to all that joined us last night for our anniversary (and all that have joined us over the last nine years too!).
This was our route:
https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=7259324
theroyalacademy06.21.18 - 4:52 pm
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Starting up our annual series of weekend rides this Saturday!
Sign up for the details: http://www.thepassageride.com/MailingList
theroyalacademy11.8.18 - 2:12 pm
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For anyone who's not on the mailing list or otherwise missed the announcement:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/the-passage-announcements/bsqntJZw4Uo
There's no Passage tonight, no Passage next Wednesday (that one is on Saturday instead) and after next June, no more Passage. We're letting y'all know now in case you've been wanting to make it out on the ride (whether for the first time or just more often).
25 rides to go!
nathansnider12.26.18 - 8:31 pm
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It's happening!
http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=11135
nathansnider01.4.19 - 7:39 pm
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Thanks for the heads up on your ride I will have to make to one
crossbones01.5.19 - 6:54 pm
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Gotta get down on Friday:
http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=11156
theroyalacademy03.6.19 - 8:16 pm
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Good-bye and thanks for all the miles.
vladster06.26.19 - 7:47 pm
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Talking bikes with Bike Talk:
https://soundcloud.com/biketalk/passageofafewpeople
theroyalacademy12.18.19 - 1:12 pm
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Ridazz Roulette!
Alligator Riding
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Cutting the bass.
The shirt rocks - thanks again.
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