Ride with Lance (on twitter)
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thegodofthor at 03.2.09 - 5:31 pm
So,
Just saw this twitter, from Lance Armstrong
"lancearmstrongMarch 7th. Hollywood. Reserve you spot now! First 100 people to email march7@livestrong.org gets a reserved spot in the ride"
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Aww, man! Two miles! Can we ride it twice?!
Or, like, 20x?
I e-mailed.
katiepoche03.2.09 - 5:47 pm
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"On Saturday, March 7, 2009, Lance Armstrong, Nike and friends will gather for the launch of a global art project that addresses Livestrong’s battle against cancer and Armstrong’s return to the bike. Festivities kick-off with a 2-mile ride (beginning at 5:30pm) from The Children’s Hospital LA and end at The Montalbán theatre in Hollywood. At the theatre Lance will talk about his re-entry into professional cycling and officially announce this project with the help of several of the contributing artists.
Because of the capacity of the The Montalbán and permitting of the City streets, the total number of riders is limited."
Permits? Capacity?
SoapBoxLA03.2.09 - 5:56 pm
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How do you limit a bike ride to 100 participant!
sexy03.2.09 - 8:55 pm
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Our hero reduced to a two mile ride???????
WTF????
User103.2.09 - 8:56 pm
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Will there be an official Lance Crash ride posted?
thegodofthor03.2.09 - 9:10 pm
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Same time as the Bike Summit. Awesome planning.
daymen03.2.09 - 9:30 pm
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HA, I won! I never win.
sadly its only 2 miles.
The ride is planned to start at 6pm, The bike Summit is planned to end at 4pm. Other then the after party there should not be a conflict.
thegodofthor03.2.09 - 10:21 pm
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:-/ no more space... are we crashing?
et03.3.09 - 1:44 pm
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WE ARE CRASHING THIS SHIT. what kind of ride dares come to LA and limits the amount of riders to only 100? This is our town. We ride whenever where ever. besides I just want to invite Lance to th Hustle Ride. muahahah
Roadblock03.3.09 - 1:51 pm
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Sweeeet! Los Ungelopes and Riding w/ Lance the same day!!!!
jericho1ne03.3.09 - 1:58 pm
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Yeah yeah!
Us ridazz tottaly need to crash this shingdig!
I'll be midnight ridazz ride with lance armstrong.
And wtf permit from the city to ride on the streets with just 100+?
Pssh!!
We do that every week.
We Are Traffic!!
madmike03.3.09 - 1:59 pm
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I added the ride.... it's all a clever plan... this 100 person capacity.... a clever marketing scheme.... but it IS Lance Armstrong right?
Roadblock03.3.09 - 2:22 pm
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Los Ungelopes is postponed to 3/14, but luckily there's
LANCE ANGELOPES
AFTER ALL,
Lance is one of us, old one-ball bastid... :)
o======D ~~~~ :O
jajaja
see you there!
I was gonna post it but Roadblock already did. Do you think we should meet at the Hospital, bc I was gonna start it at the Vermont/Sunset station, that way its less hassle and crowd to deal with, then SWOOP ON THAT FOOL...
UNIBALLER STATUS
SKIDMARCUS03.3.09 - 2:50 pm
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Step 1. Swarm around Lance.
Step 2. Pack Tight and isolate the GC Leader.
Step 3. Yell BREAK and sprint as fast as you can.
Step 4. Watch Lance accelerate past you INTO LA Hollywood traffic.
o btw, since this is about 2 miles, expect for heavy police presence. i remember a few caturdays ago, when we say the special olympics torch relay go by, the cops blocked out the streets, and the pack of runners.
_iJunes03.3.09 - 2:54 pm
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so I guess caturday will ride well into the evening.
sancho103.3.09 - 3:00 pm
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we just need the ridazz presence >> police presence.
RB: bring hustle stickers?
zombiefiesta03.3.09 - 3:01 pm
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I hope we're there before the ride. It's gona be hard timing a fucking two mile ride. Unless of course we happen to be on the course.
I say we just swarm the whole fucking mess!
User103.3.09 - 3:05 pm
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point a: was that directed towards me?
point b: i'm both laughing my ass off and horribly insulted. kims 1 back me up here.
_iJunes03.3.09 - 3:18 pm
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not at all. I just didn't know where to put it. come to think of it, that makes it even funnier!
Joe Borfo03.3.09 - 3:19 pm
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the other funny thing is, there are approximately 60 koreans in this office on this floor with me.
_iJunes03.3.09 - 3:25 pm
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haha sweet! we're crashing!
et03.3.09 - 3:27 pm
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her dress reminds me of Tina Turner in Beyond Thunderdome
FuzzBeast03.3.09 - 4:03 pm
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I wounder what lance is even gonna ride on?
Im pretty sure its not gonna be his time trial bike 0_o
madmike03.3.09 - 4:10 pm
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Can we dress our Lance like their Lance and clash? Maybe have Lance race Lance!
neverclever03.3.09 - 4:12 pm
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OH MY GOD I LOV EYOU EPOPLEL>LE>
You don't understand the depths of my love!
I am serious!
I've laughed ... OUT LOUD, even! ... at every single post on this thread!
Lance-on-Lance action. With lances. Because that's what you joust with. Lances.
Lancelot.
I'M DYING.
katiepoche03.3.09 - 6:12 pm
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Also there's that thing with the whole "You won't let us in to your limited event, with your bullshit rules, and your fart noises? No? Eh, we'll just go anyway."
Love.
Big love.
katiepoche03.3.09 - 6:16 pm
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He's so positive.
"lancearmstrong:
@alicestrong nothing we can do about it. we'll figure it out! it'll work out."
FBI03.3.09 - 6:19 pm
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Good point marcus I will switch it to vermont and sunset station...
Roadblock03.3.09 - 6:50 pm
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"WE ARE CRASHING THIS SHIT. what kind of ride dares come to LA and limits the amount of riders to only 100? This is our town. We ride whenever where ever. besides I just want to invite Lance to th Hustle Ride. muahahah"
HELL YEAH!!!!
I say we show up to the start, and if they say "You can't ride with us, it's limited to 100 people" we say "Yeah, we know. We're having our own, different, separate, completely unaffiliated ride start here." Then we just follow. Mwahahah.
imachynna03.3.09 - 6:54 pm
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...and keep going past their 2 mile destination... cause you knows lance wants to ride more then 2 miles.
FuzzBeast03.3.09 - 6:57 pm
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"megaphones, lots of them.."
Plus ten.
imachynna03.3.09 - 7:09 pm
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500+ !
HOPE RIDES AGAIN
MARCH 7, 2009
OVERVIEW:
LANCE ARMSTRONG AND FRIENDS GATHER ON MARCH 7, 2009 FOR THE LAUNCH OF A GLOBAL ART PROJECT THAT ADDRESSES LIVESTRONGÂąS BATTLE AGAINST CANCER AND ARMSTRONGÂąS RETURN TO THE BIKE.
FESTIVITIES KICK-OFF WITH A 2-MILE RIDE FROM THE CHILDRENÂąS HOSPITAL AND END AT THE MONTALBAN THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD. AT THE THEATRE LANCE WILL TALK ABOUT HIS RE-ENTRY INTO PROFESSIONAL CYCLING AND OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE HIS ART PROJECT WITH THE HELP OF SEVERAL OF THE CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS.
WHO:
LANCE ARMSTRONG & 500+ FRIENDS; ELECTED OFFICIALS; LA CYCLING COMMUNITY; LANCE ARMSTRONG FOUNDATION; CHILDRENÂąS HOSPITAL LA
WHEN:
SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH, 2009
RIDE- 5:30PM-7PM
Q&A- 7:30-9PM
WHERE:
START:
CHILDRENÂąS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES
4650 W SUNSET BLVD.
LA, CA 90027
FINISH:
THE MONTALBAN THEATRE
1615 VINE ST.
LA, CA 90028
WHY:
HELP RAISE AWARENESS FOR THE BATTLE AGAINST CANCER; HELP GENERATE SUPPORT FOR THE LANCE ARMSTRONG FOUNDATION.
alicestrong03.3.09 - 9:25 pm
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All participants will go through a security check point. The ride will have a police escort as well, so people cannot jump into the ride en route.
Lance Armstrong's folks are signing up their own participants. I believe
500 riders are expected altogether.
Joe Borfo03.3.09 - 9:54 pm
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I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that part.
How do you put 500 cyclists through a security check?
How do you keep riders from jumping in at any point on the route?
Hmmm
alicestrong03.3.09 - 10:08 pm
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maybe we should get to the meetpoint before security?
zombiefiesta03.3.09 - 10:11 pm
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I'm sure they're going to have some livestrong wristbands for those that suppose to be in this ...... whatever you want to call it.
User103.3.09 - 10:18 pm
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It's a ..a rally??? A rally with a short ride?
I'm registered for the ride, all that entailed was signing and submitting a typical waiver...
alicestrong03.3.09 - 10:21 pm
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i say climd shit break in shit and............................CRASH shit
GOOFYRIDA03.3.09 - 10:22 pm
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oh dear i can't wait to see the threads sunday morning...
_iJunes03.4.09 - 12:16 am
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OMG this thread is so not noodle-eating friendly.... poor monitor, I'll make it up to you someday.
I'm so down to crash this. I'll be at the Kitchen earlier in the day.
danya03.4.09 - 12:18 am
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We could just @-tweet Lance. He (or more likely his marketing people) will see them in his @-tweets, and maybe they'll respond. (@-tweets show up in your list even if they're from people you don't follow.)
katiepoche03.4.09 - 1:43 am
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I mean, @-tweet him about our sincere hope he rides with Wolfpack Hustle.
And also crash the Exercise in Short-Form Biking and/or the art thing at the end.
katiepoche03.4.09 - 2:00 am
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Lance is Bike God's only begotten son...
Roadblock03.4.09 - 8:49 am
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that's awesome! should we start spamming? I'd LOVE to hear about him showing up, although I'm leading my own (very short) ride that night. Actually, bring the Hustle to Bike 'n' Bake-we'll feed you!
danya03.4.09 - 8:56 am
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tweets are so impersonal
alicestrong
03.4.09 - 11:48 am
You're right, but on the off chance that he doesn't respond to us in person, or if we can't get close enough to him because of the security set-up, it might work.
katiepoche03.4.09 - 9:29 am
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I twittered Lance yesterday no reply yet.... everyone... help us get lance out on monday.... twitter lobbying!
Roadblock03.4.09 - 9:37 am
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What I wrote:
katiepoche: @lancearmstrong We'd love to join you on Saturday, but if we can't, will you ride with Wolfpack Hustle on Monday? Fastest riders in LA ....
katiepoche03.4.09 - 9:42 am
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Danya717 @lancearmstrong Just how fast are you? Let's see you ride the REAL streets of L.A. with @wolfpackhustle. Monday, 9 pm Sunset/Fountain. PLZ?
danya03.4.09 - 9:49 am
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Twitter lobbying.... THE FOOTURE
I'm gonna send him the link to our site... its more than a fast ride its a well behaved riot.
Www.wolfpackhustle.com
10pm at tangs Lance....
Roadblock03.4.09 - 9:52 am
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guaranteed to not be riding in dark LA streets during season.
he'd have to be fucking stupid.
_iJunes03.4.09 - 10:01 am
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Some people call it stupid some would call it bravado.... either way quit hatin and start tweetin'!
Roadblock03.4.09 - 10:09 am
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@ijunes he was riding a tall bike in Texas not to long ago!
larsenf03.4.09 - 10:15 am
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Speaking of Texas, he rode with Mash SF when they were in Austin... so shouldn't he ride with WP when he's in LA?
Can someone find some sound logic for this association?
danya03.4.09 - 10:29 am
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The kid's right. Our hero is not going to risk the season riding around LA at night. He's dealing with a substantial risk riding two miles in LA!
User103.4.09 - 11:53 am
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I refuse to unbelieve. meditatiting meditating...
Roadblock03.4.09 - 11:55 am
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I'm on the list! They first said there was no more room ... but either they added more people or some people cancelled because I'M ON THE LIST!
Friends, ridazz, countrymen! Lend me your Wolfpack stickers!
katiepoche03.4.09 - 1:57 pm
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stickers aren't lent. their earned.
_iJunes03.4.09 - 2:01 pm
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You think you could make an exception to get the fastest biker in the world to ride Wolfpack?
katiepoche03.4.09 - 2:06 pm
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hmmm I dont think lance or anyone gets a message unless they are following you?
Roadblock03.4.09 - 2:09 pm
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stickers arent earned.... the black spoke card however... that one is earned
Roadblock03.4.09 - 2:12 pm
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10 bucks says there will be at least 2 motorcycles separating lance from the crowd. lead by a pace car up front.
untouchable.
_iJunes03.4.09 - 2:14 pm
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Roadblock, lance responded to alice and most questions on his twitter. He follows you if you follow him.
Joe Borfo03.4.09 - 2:14 pm
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ok, yeah I just dont see any kind of straightforward way to contact Lance or anyone for that matter other than the reply button to a tweet. is there a way to direct message someone on twitter
Roadblock03.4.09 - 2:18 pm
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"You were patient and you waited - and guess what....we have more spots available for this weekend's ride!"
LOL, i guess the max capacity is up to 500 now. Let's break 1000...
jericho1ne03.4.09 - 2:53 pm
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@ roadblock - you enter 'd' and then their @name to direct message.
d @lancearmstrong TANGS AT TEN. WE HAVE BALLS. DO YOU?
SKIDMARCUS03.4.09 - 3:04 pm
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ha. you are one sick person marcus SICK
Roadblock03.4.09 - 3:08 pm
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yes you can direct message from twitter, click your "following" group, i think it's somewhere there
Antranik03.4.09 - 3:09 pm
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twitter is just one big giant message board. hahah geniuses....
Roadblock03.4.09 - 3:13 pm
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Not sure if he'll get a direct message if he's not already following you. Maybe? But one benefit of just the regular ol @tweet is, it's less invasive. They show up in his list of @tweets, but not in his timeline of messages from people he follows. And then, if/when he does go, and he sees a (small) flood of people talking about this amazing tuff-stuff ride in Los Angeles, it might pique his interest, & he might check out the sites sent his way. At the very least, he will have heard of it should someone ask him about it at the event.
I'm thinking it might make for a good question at the press conference.
katiepoche03.4.09 - 3:15 pm
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MASH SF went to AUSTIN to ride with LANCE in his HOME TURF
i think the whole MASH SF thing was more like lance went on a ride and MASH joined them, instead of the other way around.
point being, he is a contract man, and whenever he is wearing gear, on a bike, or doing anything cycling related he is (a) paid to do so (b) gets clearance from his sponsors/team/publicists
you factor in shitty la traffic, shitty la streets, and dozens of aggressive self-motivated riders.
however..... for those going to Austin, you should drop by Mellow Yellow, and drop off some wolfpack stuff there. try to get him out after his season is over (i dont think he's riding anything post TDF)
_iJunes03.4.09 - 3:22 pm
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I'm hoping Lance from chinatown mosey shows up.
Joe Borfo03.4.09 - 3:24 pm
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I always hope my team midnight ridazz brotha shows up to wph!!!
I refuse to unbelieve that the other Lance shows up!!
Roadblock03.4.09 - 3:47 pm
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its mellow johnnies, not mello yello. mello yello is the souths (superior) version of mtn dew.
ruinedbyidiots03.4.09 - 6:08 pm
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well, they dont make a diet mello yello, so being a diabetic, i cant drink it anymore. mtn dew wins since they have a diet version. but mtn dew didnt sponsor cole trickle in days of thunder.
ruinedbyidiots03.4.09 - 6:11 pm
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ohh what a bumm bumm. I hate diet mtn dew. I havent had a mtn dew in sooo long. Ive been really good about cutting out the soda actually. went from like 5 a day to maybe 1 or 2 a week.
la duderina03.4.09 - 6:24 pm
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way down... holy shit see yous guys @ sunset & vermont
Drooby42003.4.09 - 7:14 pm
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i know we should start a LA hate thread, and fill it up to a 1000 posts, and then link lance to it
_iJunes03.4.09 - 8:05 pm
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I'm so crashing this ride today....
Oh wait, I'm on the list...
I'm so crashing this ride anyway.
alicestrong03.7.09 - 8:10 am
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i love you guys soooo much
with your cute devious minds
see ya'll at the start
revolutionary03.7.09 - 9:58 am
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mann i want to be DANCE ARMSTRONG!!!!
and just dance the whole time!! YAHHH
richtotheie03.7.09 - 2:38 pm
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So do we meet up at Sunset n Vermont @ 5 or what?
Alfredo03.7.09 - 3:20 pm
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i heard L.A. @ LA FAIL.
TWO WORDS
MAGLIA ROSA
_iJunes03.7.09 - 5:57 pm
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Yes, this was a good time - we rolled it MR style!
Look for Lance on a tall bike soon.
mr rollers03.7.09 - 8:23 pm
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Great fun!
Sad to see "Greg' get taken out by one of the rent-a-motorcycle cops. Even worse that the guy took off and had to be chased down to get his info.
Mad fun to watch Brass Knuckles and Stilline upstage Lance with their bikes.
Richie was last seen chalking the W Hotel!
I was ready to hate but it was great.
Good to see so many friends out and about! It's what Hollywood should feel like all the time.
SoapBoxLA03.7.09 - 10:38 pm
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man, I suppose I could have taken a break from studying long enough for this. oh fucken well. my lights got jacked anyways.
la duderina03.7.09 - 10:38 pm
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fuck sounds like it went well more info! pics or it didnt happen!
larsenf03.7.09 - 10:45 pm
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"Mad fun to watch Brass Knuckles and Stilline upstage Lance with their bikes."
Awesome.
toweliesbong03.8.09 - 12:05 am
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The front part of the ride, with people swerving every which way to get a view of Lance, was probably more dangerous than Crank Mob. I'm kind of surprised no one wrecked.
nathansnider03.8.09 - 1:01 am
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yeah I was curious about that...somewhat surprised they let Lance ride in a group of who-knows-what-level-of-skill-riders...was he surrounded and separated from the group or what?
la duderina03.8.09 - 1:31 am
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lance rode one of the SKIDMARXXX tallbikes in austin before. that stuff is nothing new to him. maybe he will buy the premade brooklyn machine works tallbike rather than welding two treks together to make his own.
ruinedbyidiots03.8.09 - 1:36 am
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@duderina
Lance was kind of shielded from the horde by a couple of motorcycle cops. Kind of, but not really. Mostly, people just gave him space and let him lead the pack. At some point, one of the motorcycle cops got caught in the middle of the crowd and was accelerating and decelerating unpredictably, making people swerve even more. Yay for the po-lice. The fact that there were no crashes is probably a testament to the general skill level of the riders.
Also, lest my cynicism here lead anyone to think that I'm slagging on the ride, I should probably clarify that I thought the whole thing was pretty awesome.
nathansnider03.8.09 - 2:33 am
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Lance is a rock star pure and simple but a really nice rock star. He was very cool and rode along side brass on his tall bike even talking to him a bit. I was stoked that we were able to just melt in at the front along side the man.
Viva Lance Armstrong!
Roadblock03.8.09 - 9:19 am
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i'm still giddy that he talked to me during the ride.
brassknuckle03.8.09 - 9:24 am
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He was asking questions about the tallbike and whether or not I trusted it. Then stilline asked if he wanted to trade bikes and he said he did consider it. Not too much was said. I got nervous because of the crowd and decided to drop back because I didn't want to crash. Plus those motorcycle cops or motorcycle rent-a-cops were fucking douchebags. I couldn't believe they were just riding straight through the crowd. At the corner of sunset/vine one of them stopped right in the middle of the street during the turn which almost caused me and a few others to crash.
brassknuckle03.8.09 - 9:45 am
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Viva Lance Armstrong!
what you're using my viva's now?
lmao god I love how this place is just a goldmine of seinfeld referencing opportunities.
la duderina03.8.09 - 10:49 am
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That was really awesome!!!
He has a picture of the bike he rode on twitter...
alicestrong03.8.09 - 10:56 am
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They actually closed off the street!
Sure its a treat riding without the hassle of cars being on the road.
What does that say. Only ride your bike on the streets when it is closed off. How much cooler would it made Lance look if he did that in regular traffic.
sexy03.8.09 - 1:32 pm
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good point sexy. that would of been cool to see Lance riding in traffic but that goes to show some people are just well taken care of.
KABS03.8.09 - 1:45 pm
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"They actually closed off the street!Sure its a treat riding without the hassle of cars being on the road.What does that say. Only ride your bike on the streets when it is closed off. How much cooler would it made Lance look if he did that in regular traffic. "
Oh brother.... it was a ride for cancer not a protest for traffic. there's a time and place for every message. this was not the time to comment on traffic.... it was treated as any other permtitted march.... they closed off the streets. sorry no ant traffic message this time.
Roadblock03.8.09 - 3:32 pm
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Riding withthat many people was scary. So much swerving.
stillline03.8.09 - 4:18 pm
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Riding with Lance was pretty cool. Having him ride over to us after the ride merged on us, and chat with our tallbiking ridazz, Matt & Dan, was really cool to see. The motorcycle in the middle of the bikes was completely nervewracking. The jerk on that motorcycle nearly rode right into me, revving into the crowd...I pulled away and back as fast as I could.
Brandon cracked me up on the ride, confessing "I feel so much closer to Lance, I think I really understand him now." HAHAHA.
I wanna see pictures....anyone find any?
kryxtanicole03.8.09 - 4:33 pm
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i was pretty disappointed he wasnt wearing lycra ...
bakedcake03.8.09 - 9:15 pm
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Was he wearing *gasp* jeans?
I was disappointed I couldn't go upstairs with the "black shirts".
Somebody told me Lance and Brad Pitt were giving out foot rubs...
Other than that, awesome...and yeah where are the pix? tons of cameras...
alicestrong03.9.09 - 6:25 am
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