Valley rats: red line to ride with no name
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KiMS1 at 11.21.08 - 11:26 am
fucking so stoked that the redline's running late for the next couple months.
who's taking the redline to the ride?
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I'll be jumping on it in Hollywood. I am glad it is running until 3AM, this is going to change the nature of our rides.
skd11.21.08 - 11:28 am
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All the bike people should ride in the front car so we can all kiss.
Graham11.21.08 - 11:30 am
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anybody know which station to hop off at?
KiMS111.21.08 - 11:33 am
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Food fight on the RedLine!!!!!!!!!!!
sexy11.21.08 - 11:35 am
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Get off at union the last stop.
Graham11.21.08 - 11:36 am
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@spiral demon
im probably taking the train but for future reference, where do i jump on the river path and where does it drop me off?
KiMS111.21.08 - 11:38 am
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like rbi's mommy, I've ridden it many times @ 3:00 am
spiraldemon11.21.08 - 11:41 am
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where does it start and where does it go through?
sketchy how?
debris or like homeless maniacs?
KiMS111.21.08 - 11:41 am
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Mike don't listen to RBI, River Path is EZ- i did it crunk as hell last time, take Riverside to Fletcher, get on there and dont stop til it spits you out in Griffith park then make a right and stay on victory til chandler. You never did the river path before?
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 11:42 am
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it's faster going south because it's a slight grade downhill the whole way.
it starts @ Victory/Riverside north of Griffith Park.
I exit @ Fletcher and take residential streets to intersection of the 110 & 5 fwys, then ride Broadway into downtown.
spiraldemon11.21.08 - 11:44 am
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My directions were to go back into the Valley. technically it is frogtown turf, but whatever.
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 11:45 am
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You know you'll get all drunk and either miss the 3AM train or just be like.... I HAVE A FUCKING BIKE, MAYBE I SHOULD JUST RIDE HOME!!!
El Aye Rver pathe is EPICITY!!!!!! EVERYTIME!!!!
or kewanga for a good sobering uppity.
parlorbikes11.21.08 - 11:45 am
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but yeah is RADDEST that the train runz late nowz.
parlorbikes11.21.08 - 11:46 am
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FUCK YEAH if i hadn't rode home last MR, I would've decorated my carpet with a rainbow of colors! The only thing sketchy on that river path was me!
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 11:47 am
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both + no light. if you want to ride back and youre in downtown, take this route. i love it at night.
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/dtla-2-sfv
you can also take san fernando all the way back into the valley.
ruinedbyidiots11.21.08 - 11:47 am
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When do the trains start running after 3?
Graham11.21.08 - 11:47 am
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SAn Fernando is WAAAYYYYYY sketchier, the cars there go superfast cuz the lights are far apart, with some blind turns I DO NOT RECOMMEND San Fernando at nite
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 11:49 am
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You couldn't walk but you sure ass hell could literally...
TALL CAN 4 TALL BIKES
drink a talk can, while riding a tall bike, pozibly the most wasted I have ever seen you.
P....R....O....P....Z 100%
I am just glad we didn't get arrested!
parlorbikes11.21.08 - 11:51 am
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Now that I think about it, as long as you have a decent front light the river is pretty neat.
Graham11.21.08 - 11:51 am
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The river is hella scenic at night
@Parlor Bikes, if a cop had puleld me over i woulda been arrested fo sho!!!
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 11:53 am
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LOL @ "The only thing sketchy on that river path was me!"
kryxtanicole11.21.08 - 11:57 am
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@rbi
hell yeah! dude thanks for that route map. probably the most help i got from this fucking forum other than where to find lolcat pictures.
@ tallcans and spiraldemon
yeah for some reason, i could never figure out how to get into LA through noho.
i used to ride through sepulveda pass to get to the westside but thats when i had a geared bike and thats not happening anymore since my drive train got raped.
also im retarded with directions so i always get lost and spend the rest of my night trying to find my way back home.
anybody else have other routes to gettin into LA?
is there some sort of collective map with all the routes into LA?
KiMS111.21.08 - 12:00 pm
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Coldwater Canyon is my all time favorite, Laurel is badass also, both are for brakeless BLACK BELT fixie ridazz only, or any ol' roadies I guess
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 12:04 pm
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@ Graham and Tallcans
I know laurel is gnar as fuck,
hows cahuenga?
KiMS111.21.08 - 12:06 pm
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Cahuenga going INTO Hollywood from the valley is easy peasy... even I could do it fixed probably (although the downhill is gnarls with cars merging from the right... so brakes are a good idea.)
canadienne11.21.08 - 12:12 pm
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I've never done laurel or coldwater. Fuck that. I'd like to do it on a road bike though.
Graham11.21.08 - 12:17 pm
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Chauenga pass at night is a little sketchy just cause everyone is going super fast in there cars to and fro the parties.
Graham11.21.08 - 12:17 pm
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@canadienne
"Cahuenga going INTO Hollywood from the valley is easy peasy"
im guessing hollywood back to the valley is tough?
to make sure i have all my options correct, i can take:
1. cahuenga
2. the griffith park/zoo drive
3. laurel/coldwater (ive done laurel on a geared bike and srsly, i remember that was a FUCKING NIGHTMARE on a friday night.)
am i missing any other routes?
KiMS111.21.08 - 12:18 pm
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I would think laurel would be nice at like 4 in the mourning with no one really on the road.
Graham11.21.08 - 12:19 pm
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@graham
yeah 4 in the morning and with a set of sick ass headlights.
so many fucking potholes!
KiMS111.21.08 - 12:21 pm
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depending on where you are in hollywood, you can take sunset to hillhurst or vermont, and then take a right on los feliz and go down the hill until you take a left at riverside/crystal springs and then ride through the park from there.
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/hwd-2-sfv
ruinedbyidiots11.21.08 - 12:26 pm
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yeah KiMS1... well, if you LIKE climbing hills, Cahuenga into the valley from Hollywood is a quick solution to get home... but without gears I doubt I could do the whole thing.
My preferred route is through Griffith Park (Crystal Springs) at night... it's less sketchy than the bike path, the air is always fresh, and it's blocked off to cars, so you own the road.
canadienne11.21.08 - 12:26 pm
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@everyone
thank you so much for these routes/info
KiMS111.21.08 - 12:32 pm
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OBSERVATORY TO TRASH TRUCK HILL!!!!
drops you down near travel town in the park of GRIFFITH
parlorbikes11.21.08 - 12:47 pm
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@ tallcans
once i get over the hill im good to go. i skate a lot in LA so i know my way once i cross over. i know the LA county freeway system like the back of my hand. useless knowledge if im on my bike though.
idk, riding my bike over and across seems like such a huge hassle since the train is right there too
but now, since i have these routes down, you'll be seeing me more often on that side.
KiMS111.21.08 - 1:08 pm
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that's funny coz i just posted the same exciting news:
METRO REDLINE SERVICE TIL 3AM STARTING TODAY
Thread started by Eddie GOpez at 11.21.08 - 4:44 pm
STARTING TODAY and im not sure til when but through the holiday season we have rail service from noho to dtla til 3 am. awesome news for valley rides or for the lazy way home from dtla to ktown and hollywood.
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Eddie GOpez11.21.08 - 1:48 pm
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bikepath. follow riverside drive to victory. right on victory, left into the bikepath before crystal springs dr. last exit of the path is fletcher, fletcher to sanfernando, right on sanfernado to broadway, right on broadway broadway to chnatown and you'll figure out the rest.
Eddie GOpez11.21.08 - 1:51 pm
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that was a left on fletcher from the path, sorry.
Eddie GOpez11.21.08 - 1:51 pm
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or bikepath to los feliz n riverside, south on riverside to sanfernando left on sanfernando to broadway and so on.
Eddie GOpez11.21.08 - 1:53 pm
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no problem. i love how my geographical knowledge has improved more on the bicycle than by car. although i've always been an l.a. native and have been driving for over 15 years i do feel i've learned much more geographically by the mighty bicycle.
Eddie GOpez11.21.08 - 2:25 pm
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rbi and canadiennes suggestions are also fun routes and i too would prefer those at night if alone or in a group smaller than 3.
Eddie GOpez11.21.08 - 2:27 pm
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I should be able to make it! WooHoo late MTA Red Line!
coolassmike11.21.08 - 2:29 pm
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@ eddie
yeah! i grew up back and forth between the valley, west and east LA, and i really didnt start discovering shit till i got my bike. i knew all the skatespots and how to get to them but never paid attention to anything in between.
i really want to get to know the routes better for getting up and over the hill, i know a lot of cats do that when coming here for SFVCM and what not.
stilline and all those other cats that used to ride in from dtla for TNS rides, idk, i always thought that was pretty sick.
or mike ayers, i think he rode infrom pasadena for awhile.
KiMS111.21.08 - 2:31 pm
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Where the hell is Mike? I haven't seen him in quite some time.
Graham11.21.08 - 2:40 pm
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does he still live in that area? i heard he moved
KiMS111.21.08 - 2:41 pm
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@graham
he came out to TNS like a month ago. he had a tattoo that said "no brakes" on his calves.
we busted his balls a little bit
:)
KiMS111.21.08 - 2:43 pm
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ive spotted him at thirsty thursdays in chinatown a bunch of times before.
ruinedbyidiots11.21.08 - 2:44 pm
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btw
whos all from the valley?
other than TNS, WNDSRS, and SFVCM heads, i dont know who else.
KiMS111.21.08 - 2:46 pm
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when i dated a girl in noho and worked at the fox lot in century city i would do the morning commute in 40 minutes if i crashed at her place. one time i spent a whole week at her place and commuted to work over coldwater canyon. in that week i concurred the climbs. day one i had to make 2 stops to catch my wind, day two 1 stop and by day 3 no stops (but still painful). day 4 and 5 were a breeze and ran into the same car commuters all the time. she lived on oxnard and coldwater. i'd shoot up coldwater and as soon as i hit ventura around 8:10am there was a never ending trail of cars sluggishly moving up the twisted path of the canyon. when the canyon is congested with traffic it is when it feels the safest to commute or ride because cars are controled to a limited speed. some contractors in their big chevy, ford, and dodge trucks and paisas would whistle and harrass me for wearing spandex as they passed but then i'd pass them again and then they'd pass and then i'd pass them again and so on. after you reach the summit (at mullholland dr) then it's all down hill and you leave all those cars 10 - 15 minutes behind. then i'd make a right on sta. monica and a left on ave of the stars and right after olympic was an entry point to the lot. i loved coming to a skid stop outside my building while everyone was outside drinking coffee or chowing on breakfast. I also loved that there was a gym in our building with state of the art showers and all the toilettries you needed except toothpaste. so i'd shower change and begin work. it was awesome. on the noho coomute back home i'd ride to hollywood and highland and take the redline to the noho station and ride to her place from there. when i wasn't doing it from noho i was doing under 30 from k-town, via beverly or 3rd st.
Eddie GOpez11.21.08 - 2:51 pm
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i live in the valley and work in south pasadena, not too bad because i used the train as well. i had a huge pack, full of my clothes, shoes, laptop, etc. itd get so heavy on the hills. get to work smelling awful
but yeah, arriving to work whle everyones outside smoking cigarettes,
idk, i felt pretty cool.
KiMS111.21.08 - 3:11 pm
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so what time is everyone leaving to get to the ride tonight?
ruinedbyidiots11.21.08 - 3:34 pm
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how far is the meet up from union station?
KiMS111.21.08 - 3:35 pm
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i guess get on at the noho station around 8 then.
wait,
graham, where do you live?
KiMS111.21.08 - 3:37 pm
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im gonna try to get all the TNS heads to come out hahaha
KiMS111.21.08 - 3:38 pm
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exit union onto alameda, take a left, left on traction, two blocks down is 3rd. so yeah, like a 5 miinute ride at the max.
ruinedbyidiots11.21.08 - 3:38 pm
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North hollywood area, but I'm at work with my bike so I'm not going back to the valley. Just straight to the start.
With the way things have been going theres a 70% chance I'm going to run into rbi and cdn some how, its weird how much thats been happening.
Graham11.21.08 - 3:39 pm
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it's no coincidence... we're following you.
canadienne11.21.08 - 3:44 pm
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i'll be at the redline at 8. it takes about a half hour to get down to union station so plan accordingly.
Jazzy Phat Nastee11.21.08 - 3:45 pm
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AHHHHAAAAHHHHHH
MMW is playing....Friends in from Indiana....MR?
What to do? I should ditch my freinds at my house an do the ride? eh?
Maybe I will fix the flats on some of my bikes and bring them alongz.. They might be tired after riding to the station from my house <2miles.
Lets see how good of a salesman I am.
parlorbikes11.21.08 - 3:51 pm
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Anyone else notice theres more hits on the Valley side of this ride to the ride, than the 'official thread' ?
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 3:53 pm
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cdn and i will probably be on the platform at universal city around 8:30.
ruinedbyidiots11.21.08 - 3:55 pm
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The speed comes from over here. We have to work our asses off to get to rides, let alone ride back or crash out in a dark alley till we sober up.
Wolfpack(some valley guys have done almost every single one)
PROPS: TWO WHEELS GOOD
Bicykillers, remember when we CRUSHED Cubcamp down at the stadium climb
OUR LEGZ ARE OAK TREEZ, we don't fit into those hipster jeans.
Don't forget the POLO. OH GOD if we forgot the POLO!!
parlorbikes11.21.08 - 4:00 pm
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@tallcans
idk bout you but im stoked that i dont have to drive back from LA with booze on my breath.
KiMS111.21.08 - 4:01 pm
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Yeah I know what you mean, but I usually get too drunk to DRIVE home, so riding back sobers me up enough (I don't drive to these things). I always felt it was the secret advantage of being a Valley Rida! I cant believe the day where we can come back late is here. I feel like I should throw a ride just for the occaision.
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 4:05 pm
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@parlorbikes
what about TNS?!
we're not as fast as bicykillers but hey, we're pretty quick for how wasted we are.
1 out of 3 rides, someone loses a tooth!
KiMS111.21.08 - 4:05 pm
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+TC$TB-new abro for tallcanz.
Yup thats right tc, if you hold down caps the whole time $$$$ is what you get.
I LOVE THREADS ABOUT RIDEZ!!!!!
and ridez to ridez from the 818.
parlorbikes11.21.08 - 4:26 pm
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YOYOYO Chris, hey if u go to the ride tonite, bring me a sweater yeah? Thanx homey. You wanna go on Mountaineerz tmrw?
tallcans4tallbikes11.21.08 - 4:27 pm
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im posting in here because you two are reading this thread and i doubt jesselisa will.. her bday is the 27th and we're thinking of doing a get together/ride for her birthday, are you two in?
tinycities11.21.08 - 4:29 pm
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Hit me up when you leave werx!
I need to squish that Yeti offroad instead of nose indo's into the boards at the P818(damn I'm good) grounds.
BUT I SCORED!!!!!!!
parlorbikes11.21.08 - 4:31 pm
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ALRIGHT,
TNS AND WNDSRS MEETING UP AT MY PAD AT 7PM, PICKING UP BOOZE AND RIDING TO NOHO STATION
HIT ME UP IF YOU'RE RIDING FROM WEST VALLEY TO NOHO AND WANT SOME PEOPLE TO ROLL WITH.
818 943 4512
SEE ALL YOU GUYS AT THE RIDE!!!
KiMS111.21.08 - 6:00 pm
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when i left the 1st toy ride to take the last gold line back to Pasadena we filled the two little cars up with bikes. the non-cyclists were amazed how many bikes we got crammed in, but, hey, it was the last train, and we had to hold the doors for several minutes while we shuffled bikes around so we people could get off at their stops.
toweliesbong11.21.08 - 6:05 pm
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Yes. All the bike people should go into the LAST car. Not the drivers one.
Graham11.21.08 - 6:07 pm
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oh man this is gonna be so sick
KiMS111.21.08 - 6:09 pm
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SOSOSOSO HAPPY ABOUT THE NEW METRO TIME. The river path is awesome with a friend of two or crank mob. I didn't know there were so many people coming from the valley, that's kind of cool.
meow11.21.08 - 7:00 pm
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STOP THINKING LIKE YOUR IN A CAR !
There are several resedential side routes over the hill into Hollywood that are low traffic. Berry Drive off sunshine terrace,
Multiview Dr. off Broadlawn and Cauenga. Nichols cyn off Hollywood blvd. Franklin cyn resevor Coldwater and Mullholland.
Camino de la Cumbre off ValleyVista. I ride these routes often to go over the hill, nice neighborhoods, low traffic. Sorry fixie people you need to be able to climb.
Dedicated81811.21.08 - 7:11 pm
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Hell yes, Valley ridazz are badass. We ride over hills to the rides, ride the ride, then ride the hills back home (though maybe not if the subway's running until 3am).
Thanks for the props, parlorbikes!
@Dedicated818 - commando routes FTW!
two wheels good11.22.08 - 2:21 am
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the red line runs from union station every twenty minutes until 2:57am.
ruinedbyidiots11.22.08 - 6:53 am
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