Spoke Card Archive
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Creative Thing at 11.29.07 - 10:26 am
I am a graphic designer and assemblage artist as well as a life-long cyclist. I am currently working on a series of assemblage sculptures inspired by L.A. bike culture.
Apart from these activities, I am also creating a Midnight Ridazz spoke card archive, to document our activities and preserve the wonderful and varied designs people have produced.
The collection will be used for exhibitions and documentation of the L.A. cycling community.
If you have created spoke card designs or organized a ride, and have a spare card you can donate to this project, I would love to hear from you.
In return, I will put you on the archive’s mailing list and alert you to any activity of the archive such as exhibitions and publications. I will also mail out periodic updates.
I would appreciate as much information as you wish to provide about the rides-ride name, date, name of the card designer/artist(s), approximate number of riders, Route map (if not on the card), unusual weather and incidents, etc.
I know traditionally that one must participate in a ride to earn a spoke card, but there is no way I can attend every event and this should be a comprehensive (as much as possible!) collection. I would especially appreciate cards from past rides.
I am starting the archive with the cards I have collected since last December. Here’s what I have:
Crank-mas, Dec. 2006
Ride of Silence, Fullerton, May 2007
The Dark Century I, June 2007
The Dark Metric Century, Aug. 2007
The Dark Century II, Aug. 2007
The Zombie Ride, Aug. 2007
The 10 Bridges Ride, Sept. 2007
The Halloween Ride, Oct. 2007
LA 2 SD, Nov. 2007
Destino, Nov. 2007
Mail your contributions to:
Creative Thing
4921 Lemon Avenue
Cypress CA 90630
Anyone who knows me will know that I am serious about this, and not out to scam the ridazz.
Thanks for your consideration!
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i wont mail mine to you, but i will scan and email them.
i have
halloween ride
la noche 1
la noche 2
4th st top speed (from an iaal-maf ride)
super villan ride
undercover ride
hollywood sleaze ride
pier pressure
clown ride
swarm the pier 2
iaal-maf surrender no monkeys ride
all city toy ride (2 designs)
crank mob (2 designs)
"i bike santa monica" smcm card from a long time ago
as well as a few from the santa barbara midnight ridazz.
ruinedbyidiots11.29.07 - 10:32 am
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AWESOME I am really into this..People should see what we're doing, and its def worth documenting this history in the making!
I have made many spoke cards and defintiely will get you some.
SKIDMARCUS11.29.07 - 10:34 am
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Cool idea, I'll send you a Tofu Love spoke card from LA Tofu Festival.
GarySe7en11.29.07 - 10:56 am
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I was thinking about this the other day! They are works of art- limited edition prints.
Will you point me toward some examples of your graphic design and assemblage art online.
alec11.29.07 - 11:43 am
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You should get in touch with Mabell, one of the original Ridazz. She has some rare spoke cards from the early dayzzzz. love this project I have extras of Swarm the Pier and various others.... I think I know who this is. I will see what I have.
Roadblock11.29.07 - 11:47 am
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ok they are all scanned and everything i just need to know were to send them. email me at robotinsurance at gmail dot com. huzzah!
if anyone has one of the old cruz with us cards thats just the skull hook it up! i lost mine.
ruinedbyidiots11.29.07 - 11:51 am
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I've got some. I'll send them.
tern11.29.07 - 1:04 pm
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On the same lines of documenting stuff, I run a website of vintage Skateboard Park membership cards mostly from the 70's. Anyone here familiar with old skate pros will recognize Alan Gelfand, Steve Cabalero, Christian Hosoi, Steve Alba, John Lucero, Mike Folmer, Gator, and hundreds of random skaters with jacked up 70's hairdos.
If you have any of your old cards, please scan them and email them to the address on the site.
http://www.NOidNOskate.com
barleye11.29.07 - 1:29 pm
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I don't have a digital presence for my art work. I am terribly old school. I do have two cycling related works in a show in Santa Ana right now. There is a reception Saturday from 6 to 10 pm.
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana 92701 (714) 667-1517
I will attempt to post some images to this thread too.
Creative Thing11.29.07 - 1:52 pm
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just post them on this site uner Spoke Cards. It's in there.
Joe Borfo11.29.07 - 1:56 pm
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open up your shoe boxes and start scanning!
Joe Borfo11.29.07 - 2:12 pm
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A few examples of my recent bike assemblages...
This one's titled "Bicycle Kitchen-Superoller"
Creative Thing11.29.07 - 2:19 pm
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Its hard to really get an idea of what the work looks like here. Superoller is 6 feet tall.
This one is about 2 feet tall. Its called "The Dark Century".
Creative Thing11.29.07 - 2:21 pm
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I do have a warped sense of humor sometimes. This one is titled "Retired"
Creative Thing11.29.07 - 2:22 pm
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Franz Ride Limited Edition Spoke Cards - only 20 $!!!
franz11.29.07 - 2:25 pm
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Here are few of what I can find: I got a bunch more just can remeber where I put them.
sc_nomad11.29.07 - 2:33 pm
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we made four for the "rock en Español" ride I'll give you mine next time I see you, It was a pleasure to ride with you.
dannyzuko11.29.07 - 2:37 pm
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Is that a Solstice Ride card, second row from top, third column from left?
PC11.29.07 - 2:38 pm
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(Question was directed at SC Nomad. This damned chat room moves too fast.)
PC11.29.07 - 2:39 pm
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I think I have 3/4 queremos rock cards I may have destroyed them though.
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franz11.29.07 - 2:41 pm
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PC,
Its is a solstice card 12/22/06.
sc_nomad11.29.07 - 2:44 pm
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I don't if you can see it in the pic but I have 20 La Noche 1. I couldn't give them away on the night of the ride.
sc_nomad11.29.07 - 2:47 pm
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After the cult ride, I threw all of mine away in disgust.
rev10611.29.07 - 6:58 pm
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Mine have been put to proper use, stuck to my spokes.
User111.29.07 - 11:52 pm
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When we made the "Noche 1" cards, we created special ones.
Silver stars,Black Katrinas,White Katrinas but mostly some with written quotes..did anyone get one of those?
deesimple11.30.07 - 2:20 am
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Color "TOY RIDE" NELA route is actually a pic of a figurine that was made and photographed for the card..
Thanks to Celeste who also hooked up Raymond's vision for the "Noche Ride 2" design on T shirts and card.
deesimple11.30.07 - 2:24 am
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i had one of the special noche 1 cards because i bought a shirt, and i got another one for some reason, but i lost both of them. i just have the normal one.
ruinedbyidiots11.30.07 - 8:52 am
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No stars or quotes but a couple of white Katrinas and a few black ones. The special ones where suppose to determine who will have a chance to hit the pinata at the end.
sc_nomad11.30.07 - 12:42 pm
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Lat year toys ride has special spoke cards too. There were several versions because of different start points.
sc_nomad11.30.07 - 12:45 pm
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got 2 of the colored NELA Toy ride spoke card. I don't know how since I started from Hollywood.
sc_nomad11.30.07 - 12:47 pm
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was thinking, maybe it will be a good idea to add with the spoke cards you send. who created the art work on the card.
I'm going to put down a note with all the ones I sent that I know who designed them, who drew the original picture, who creative idea each one would be(because that as far as I can go on photoshop). Even Mil size.
J. Borfo will get credit on lots of these.
sexy11.30.07 - 1:27 pm
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Yeah, Sexy.
That is exactly the kind of information I would like to ducument.
Also route information, map, etc.
Thanks to all of the above for the positive responses.
Creative Thing11.30.07 - 2:31 pm
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I assume these cards are being given away with them being returned?
I think my rarest card is the luger gun card.
Awesome idea on that one!
User111.30.07 - 4:33 pm
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my grammar sucks1
I meant to say...
I'm assuming these cards are being given away without them being returned?
User111.30.07 - 4:45 pm
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The cards will not be returned, yes. I am asking for donations, hopfully from ride organizers and others who have extras left over.
All cards will be recorderd in a spread sheet and stored in the archive for future exhibitions, documentation, etc.
User1, if you are who I think you are, you had a nice wheel full of cool spoke cards. Hang on to those. If you have extras, then please consider sending some to me.
all I want is the extras, ma'm. Just the extras.
Creative Thing11.30.07 - 6:08 pm
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I have given a lot of the spoke cards and small flyers from bike rides I've been on since late 2005, but if you're really going to use this stuff to make an archive (for others to see and study), then I'd be glad to hand over the stuff I've collected.
I have a stack of spoke cards and other ride flyers at the Bike Oven, just stop in on a Tuesday or Thursday night and I'll hand the stuff over.
Ask for Josef.
ubrayj0211.30.07 - 9:49 pm
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This guy is the real deal, Jofef.
tern11.30.07 - 9:54 pm
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Here is a shot of one page of the Spoke Card Archive, which is stored in a binder with a data sheet attached to each card, which is on its own page in the book.
Many thanks to Cutter for making the first donation to this project.
Creative Thing12.5.07 - 1:30 pm
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That photo is pretty hard to see. I am posting it in the photo gallery to give you a better idea of what the page looks like.
Creative Thing12.5.07 - 1:32 pm
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We are STILL missing the "WHAT WOULD FRANZ DO SPOKE CARDS"
Anyone seen em? Last seen at Ashiras!
richtotheie12.6.07 - 12:57 am
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@ Ritchie - I gots mine but that's it...
@CT - awesome project!! I've been thinking aboutt this since I started collecting spoke cards years ago from messenger races!! When I came out here and saw MR handing out spokecards I was stoked!! are you looking for MR spokecards in specific or all spoke cards from rides and races in LA?
I would love to see something about the history of the spoke card as well in there... maybe someone else has more info - but from my understanding spoke cards (in their current form) were given out at messenger alleycat races as a way to identify racers with their manifests, and also as a small memorabilia...
redridinghood12.6.07 - 10:47 am
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I'm sending you the following:
Angel City Rat Race
La Noche 1 - (regular card and a white Katrina card)
All City Toy Ride (NELA route, - color card)
sc_nomad12.6.07 - 12:49 pm
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I'll get together a collection of cruzwithus spoke cards (im going to print some anyways) - but give me like a week! I should have everything except the goth ride (very rare skull cutout)
speedybrian200012.6.07 - 12:54 pm
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I'm a cross between #8 and #22.
Except I regale tales of activities in other cities and how badly they suck, or how cool they are.
And I'm notorious for "short-cutting".
bentstrider12.6.07 - 1:40 pm
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^^^^^ Huh??? Might be the wrong thread.
sc_nomad12.6.07 - 2:38 pm
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S C Nomad,
Many "things" for the 4 spoke cards you mailed to me!
I have a signed and numbered print for you as a thank you, next time I see you at a ride.
Creative Thing12.9.07 - 5:51 pm
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I was cruising around flickr and found this guys page... ffederico. He's got some from 2005.
digablesoul12.9.07 - 9:17 pm
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Hey CT,
Nice to see you at Wolfpack Hustle last night. Glad to hear you got the spoke cards.
sc_nomad12.11.07 - 12:58 pm
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You still maintaining the archive? If so, I have one for you.
theroyalacademy07.7.08 - 12:25 pm
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still waitin for my first spoke card :(
July07.7.08 - 12:37 pm
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wow! i was just going to start a thread called "scan your spokecards" and then this thread caught my eye...
i was also thinking it would be sweet to have an archive of every single solitary spokecard ever produced for any ride, ever.
an ambitious goal, but I think we could pull it off...
i was just sifting through a huge pile of spokecards that i've collected over the past couple years and i will scan them and post them in a photo gallery....eventually.... i have a pretty big pile....
ingipet07.7.08 - 4:47 pm
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I am sure there has probably already been one at some point before I started riding but, if not, there should totally be a spoke card show at the Bike Oven or somewhere. I would totally love to see a big grid of spoke cards covering some walls.
If others are interested, I am totally willing to help in whatever way I can to MAKE IT HAPPEN.
theroyalacademy07.7.08 - 6:23 pm
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i got inspired and scanned every single spoke card i had in this pile...which is all i've got for now....
the folder is 25 MGs and even zipped it's really big...so emailing or posting might be out of the question.... i'll post them in the photo stream SPOKE CARD ARCHIVE
ingipet07.7.08 - 7:59 pm
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ingipet! I love your scans! come here... gimme a HUG
Roadblock07.7.08 - 8:54 pm
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i just started an album over on flickr for this....
anyone who wants to participate should add the tags, "midnight ridazz" and "spoke card archive" and that way you can find them with a flickr search....
then we can combine them into a giant library.....
visit the Flickr page
ingipet07.7.08 - 8:56 pm
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this will be so awesome when it is complete....
wooooo! *HUGZ*
librarians!! yes!!!
great thread creative thing...and also everyone who ever made a spoke card ever.... !!!!!
i'd love to see a physical collection as well, although that will be a bit more challenging since you need to find extras.... but i would be happy to help with more scanning...my scanner is very portable....
make
it
happen.
!
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scan session for MR Spoke Card Archive.
ingipet07.7.08 - 9:32 pm
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if you made the art in any of those spoke cards, write a comment over on the flickr page, so you can have credit. because I want you to have credit for you beautiful work.
copyright cops!
ingipet07.7.08 - 9:37 pm
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just added shmuck's submissions in real time to the flickr set tagged with who submitted the works as well. that way you can know which rides you were on!
F.U.N!!
ingipet07.7.08 - 10:07 pm
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thanks for posting these ingi, I've been on some of these rides and never got to see the spoke card for it, really cool.
can you scan both sides on the ones that are two sided?
dannyzuko07.7.08 - 10:12 pm
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Please send extras to Creative Thing:
Mail your contributions to:
Creative Thing
4921 Lemon Avenue
Cypress CA 90630
He's already started a collection so let's build on his.
toweliesbong07.7.08 - 10:14 pm
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excellent question danny.... well, i cruised through my batch without doing all of the backsides.... but in general i think it would be good to add... depends on how many people submit i suppose....
i'm having a lot of fun with this! i hope people pick up on the idea and we get a ton more!!! what a wonderful and wild-ass history we all have.
!
ingipet07.7.08 - 10:16 pm
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wurd. definitely send originals also... creative thing is HERO for taking that on.
i literally can't even find the ones i made myself...and would be PAINED to part with my originals...so it's gotta be scans for me....
ingipet07.7.08 - 10:17 pm
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I don't have a scanner at the moment, but I would be happy to work with someone who does.
My idea all along was to scan and post the spoke cards at some point.
I've got about 60-70 spoke cards at the moment.
Creative Thing07.7.08 - 10:18 pm
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sweet. well i'm certainly down to attend a scanner party. especially hosted somewhere at some point (i.e. not my house)....i could bring laptop + scanner....
:)
if we had even a few people with a big mess of cards that would be awesome to scan...
ingipet07.7.08 - 10:21 pm
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somebody add that wave ride scan to the collection.
that was my fist midnight ridazz! I still remember the buzz.
Joe Borfo07.8.08 - 8:31 am
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hey RB!
is there any (easy) way to consolidate those to photo threads into one...
Spoke card archive and Spoke Cards?
ingipet07.8.08 - 1:39 pm
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everyone has a digital camera....take shots of your cards and upload them.
barleye07.9.08 - 1:09 pm
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So, Ingrid, you still wanna do that scanner party? As I said the other night, I'm down to host. When might be a good time?
theroyalacademy07.26.08 - 1:11 pm
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yeah, i'm down.
sometime. somewhere.
it would be cool to get a wide range of cards and scan 'em all at once...
run with it!
ingipet07.26.08 - 6:44 pm
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