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Average 8-10 mi ride and then hang out. If you bring your beach cruiser, make sure you are fit enough to push all that weight. We don't go fast, but I have yet to see more than 3 beach cruisers finish the ride.
Average 8-10 mi ride and then hang out. If you bring your beach cruiser, make sure you are fit enough to push all that weight. We don't go fast, but I have yet to see more than 4 beach cruisers finish the ride.
Good times planned (if it doesnt rain) .. if it rains or it looks like its going to rain .. we will take a vote .. YES... a vote to see who still wants to ride ...
No buffet ... I thinking of doing this next Monday on the 26th as i want to tell people who show up tonight because like you said .. we have to meet earlier
This is a great question .... and I hope that one day .. some day .. I will have a legit answer for you ... in the mean time .... We can meet up if people want to...
goood times tonight, if anyone wants to come party tomorrow night with us, we'll be doing a quick dash to Push Lounge for cheap drinks, dollar tacos and lots of dubstep and drum n bass!!
I worked and no dice ... some situations you just cant avoid ... I will not be out tonight to lead the ride as I have a lot of work and I need to finish. Everyone can still meet up and ride if that's what you want to do... please coordinate either on the forums or on the facebook group. Sorry for the late notice ... I honestly thought I could finish on time ..
Well everyone, john has informed me he will not be able to lead/ride with us tonight....if you still want to ride tonight let me know, as john has given me his blessing to take over for tonight. WHO WANTS TO RIDE TONIGHT??
neat ride last night but i gotta say you guys dont ride enough for me, but good stuff none the less. who was the chick with the accent? i need a link to her blog to see my sexy pictures!
Yeah MONDAY .... Okay so if all goes as planned tonight will be fun ... chill solid OG pace ... I will be at the ride tonight... BUT ... I'm not leading it... _iJunes has decided he is having 818 withdrawals and is coming back to lead. I plan on making spoke cards ... it will be fun ... soooo... show up on time ... .
scratch that, i have to take tonight to do all my bike repairs as i have no other time to glue on tires. i shall try to make it out next week. oj stick to yer plan
_iJunes responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
05.17.10 - 10:13 am
hey, im planning to come out tonight with my gf's little brother. depending on how fast he is, we might be a lil late. can u text me the first stop or whatever?
KiMS1 responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
05.17.10 - 3:22 pm
i should explain, i am for more women on bikes/ rides. i comment on that to point out if the ladies like it, in my eyes, the guys on the rides may* not be asses. the more i hear about the increase of women on rides indicates that the rides may* not be hostile/too sleazy of an environment. Although the presence of women on rides sometimes doesn't do much. if guys are want to act stupid they will act stupid.
Women seeing other women on bikes encourages more to come out and sometimes come again. Would i go if no other women were the ride? yes, i have done so, but that's because i don't particularly care and i am very adventurous. Although, i wouldn't go again if guys were acting a fool. i do notice that the ladies presence calm the guys down enough to the point that other women come to the rides. i have my limit and i am sticking to it but then that comes from going to many rides. Repeat riders are what i hope for and its what keeps rides interesting/going.
sometimes it's just nice to see a female faces often.
mechazawa responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
05.24.10 - 3:38 pm
this ride has always been good so as long as the majority were made up of regulars.
the few times the ride failed, majority of the riders were knuckleheads. this ride always has been low key with only local levels of promotion and it has worked out.
btw, mech do i know you IRL?
_iJunes responding to a comment by mechazawa
05.24.10 - 3:54 pm
One thing I would suggest to make it a tad bit more lady friendly is to make stops with bushes. My first MNR we stopped on that cool bridge over the 101/170 with the park on both sides an I hada pee like a mofo but it wouldnta been too safe. You boys can pee anywhere and that's cool, but us girls needa plan it out a lil more. Just a suggestion... Regardless the people on this ride are way chill and respectful. I've met some way cool peeps on this ride! ♥
Gizzard responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
05.24.10 - 4:12 pm
Well you can count me in ...this lady << is always coming Luv the chill 13mph pace great for a monday considering My lazy butt woke up at 5am for school / work !!...Luv keeping up with the guys and Watching you race at the end ;) *hopefully this time i wont lose my light and can actually smash at the end as well *
unfortunately not, i have a concussion and my head is still swollen not to mention being unable to move legs. enjoy the ride, my return is inevitable...
_iJunes responding to a comment by mechazawa
05.24.10 - 5:03 pm
i remember it! i would have texted you but i realized i broke off early. the place is called pho-king delicious. http://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-king-delicious-northridge-2.
mechazawa responding to a comment by Alisha88
05.25.10 - 12:24 am
thank you all for coming out and being so cool. it was the first time EVER leading a ride for me i thought it went well. i am planning a ride to lead on my own i was a last minute pinch leader. so i felt it went well thanks again JACOB aka 818 rider!
I'm glad all worked out last night .... I made a game-time choice not to go out due to some issues I was having .... But next week is going to be different as we are going to do Monday Night Buffet.. I'm saying this now so people are not super shocked when it goes down and show up with money to eat .....Last MNR Buffet was awesome and I hope this one will be awesome ....
Thanks Jacob for leading this awesome ride! Super chill and super tight. It was great to see everyone again after so many months. See ya guys on the next ride (barchopz?)
Denny's is not an option I will not even step foot inside .... I like the potluck idea .. actually that is that deal... So plan according... it is etched in stone ... I have a solid spoke card for this and since Im not doing shit at work right now I will work on it ....
Yea good ride last night Jake! Good to see SpeedyBrian and Hary (Limefly) out with us. This ride is becoming legit, like the 818 answer to TT.
Monday Night (BYO) Buffet... I'm down! Just have to fig out how to carry food for 8 ppl in my backpack. we should post what is needed and who is going to bring it.
Thank You goosegoose for making my idea into hands down one of my favorite spoke cards ever... I wish we had a camera in our house during the making of this because it was a fun process ... LOL .. see everyone tonight ... also due to the epic magnitude of this Im bumping my normal spoke card count up so Im positive I have enough of these to go around ..... the video below had a huge part in making this card ...
So this is the Monday night before the Monday night that I go on vacation for a couple of Monday nights.... did that make sense? Well... Its MONDAY ... lets roll ...
O yeah ... if you are planning on coming out and where promised a spoke from me .. let me know soon so I can print them out ... July I got you ... everyone else tell me witch one you want ...
Hey, I won't be able to go on the actual ride. But I will be there with your helmet in hand. And I wanted to extend an invite to the bar where I'm going to be at playing bar trivia with my best friend who just came down from SF. You might know her. Her name's Sofia. Haven't gotten the full details but the place is on Ventura blvd, near Laurel Canyon I believe, so it's relatively close and ventura eventually turns into Cahuenga which could be an option if you'd like to stay out past 11:45.
July responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
06.14.10 - 4:01 pm
Dayumn. Another bad creation... and I ain't talking little kids here.
Holy shit. You guys got this spoke card making thing down. You and Barleye.
My bad dude... I even asked for basketball practice to be changed so I could make it. Didn't realize she was coming down.
July responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
06.14.10 - 4:57 pm
Maybe I could do some of the ride and just meet them at the destination. Hey, if you have any idea of what the route might be, shoot it my way on fb, private message.
July responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
06.14.10 - 5:04 pm
I now know that I need to make way spoke cards as the ride has grown from 30 to like 50 plus ... I will make enough so everyone gets a card next time 4sure ....
O yeah ... since someone was shocked by this ... This ride only has 1 stop ... YEAH ... 1 stop ... Its Monday and you dont need to be out until 4am to have fun ...
Whats funny about this is I watched him do it and he looks at me and say ... " Come on.. you know that black people have to bring the bird to the picnic" .... I just laughed ..
LOL ... I have a serious tan most of the time .. but if I didn't I would be really light. As a matter of fact I'm one of the darkest people on my moms side of the family .. one half is Russian and the other is Black ....
I guess I lied to the census people when they came to my house because I told them I was African American... I clearly should have had them check other .. because I seem to look like everything other than what I really am...
be ready for the best downhill in los angeles. brakes super needed. my fastest downhill was 55 but its straight and safe and fun and more than enough flat to slow down before an intersection.
"be ready for the best downhill in los angeles. brakes super needed. my fastest downhill was 55 but its straight and safe and fun and more than enough flat to slow down before an intersection."
This ride is not leaving the SFV, right? If it is I need to know. Thanks.
SICK .... solid ride last night ... I will be leaving to go out of town for two weeks so I have talked to a couple of people and the ride will still be going down with me on the East Coast ...
i'm all for growth and numbers, but as of recently the amount of growth has been unsustainable. the leadership of this ride has gone from leading a ride to crowd control. in an attempt to recover any lost 'essence' to rehab, while ojsnapson is in Vaca for 2 weeks, the ride will be leaderless and carried out in old fashion by people who have been to a rehab before. this is not an attempt to exclude anyone, but i'm just bottlenecking it for those that really do want to ride rehab.
_iJunes responding to a comment by thycalmechapstik
06.24.10 - 4:19 pm
Well yeah .. this would be the reason ... i will still keep the facebook group rolling on vacation because Im always on facebook...... I think the person who is leading the 4th of July might have something special..... but that's a guess...
Also.... I only made 50 spoke cards .... I dont know what the turnout was when out of town but before I left it was like 50 plus ... so show up on time ...
OsnapsonJC responding to a comment by kryxtanicole
07.12.10 - 4:32 pm
Last night was the biggest rehab I have ever seen easily 80+.... but ... with the growth .. problems ... My roomate left his phone charging on a wall... and well ... someone took it.. Leaving anything unattended is bad news on a ride or not .... This is the first time anything has happened like this on this ride .. .. Die Hard Rehabers (you know who you are) lets continue to build the Rehab army... You all have stood by since the ride was handed over to me from iJunes and I hope you continue to encourage a safe, fun, theft free and fun filled Monday ride...
I had a fun time last night. Good group of people except for the person who took the phone-BUZZ KILL. That person should step up and return it, cause if karma does not get you, MR will. Thanks to all that hung out for the after rehap party.
I would like to personally thank the random Louisiana guy with the cruiser at the rehap party, ""supposedly"" on his vacation. You just gotta thank randomness, just gotta.
^olsko*jr7 responding to a comment by Longlivelonghairs
07.13.10 - 3:42 pm
Ummmm ... 4sure .... but run it by me first .... well .. wait ... you do you ... We are making like 80 cards now .... so keep that in mind and I dont charge ....
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"Thank you For such a good ride!
Words are never what they seem. They can be hard to find, they can get lost in the moment and they can be no equivalent to what you think. They are too strong or too weak, but sometimes, just sometimes words can be perfect.
THUNDER CATS HO!"
Lion-O
Sick .. Im glad people enjoyed themselves ... tons of old faces .. tons of new faces ... and its amazing that everyone that got a spoke card seemed to like it ..... but who would want a boring un-original card? O-well..... Solid Monday .....
I don't want to sound like a dick but I think your missing a point about these MNR spoke cards.
So far, MNR Spoke Cards are costing you nothing to make. You print them at work. Which is fine. I'd do the same thing if I had the opportunity to do so.
In addition to that, it is so easy for you to make them at home. A lamination machine, a board cutter, and lamination sheets that were all purchased by yours truly, are there for both of us to use.
However, just grabbing a "sick" image off the Internet and just slapping MNR on it and making 80+ spoke cards under my expense, on a weekly basis, with no thought put in on the spoke card it self, just seems unjust for me.
Maybe it's just me, but I take time and effort, and attention to detail, when making spoke cards.
Slapping MNR on a image on an already cool design off the internet is taking the easy approach thus loosing any creative mystique about that spoke card.
Look at Taco Tuesday and XL's approach on making spoke cards. All his spoke cards are all original and have a artful feel and sometimes meaningful design that he created pertaining to that day and route. Same thing with RWNN.
I'm not saying that any of these spoke cards you made are ugly or stupid. In fact there awesome. And I don't see my Thundercat spoke card from last night on my wall.
But my point is take time and a little effort in making original spoke cards that actually have a point and design, rather then taking an easier approach and wasting lamination sheets, on images found on the internet with Monday Night Rehab written on it.
If you need help, I can teach you Photoshop and even give you Photoshop for you to play around with.
goosegoose responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
07.20.10 - 11:01 am
Im sorry I never learned how to use photoshop like everyone else and Im slowly learning more and more as the weeks go by ... I understand what you are saying ...I'm just not understanding why you couldn't tell me this to my face? I tried to do the best with what was available to me ... But all the cards I have done have all been really random like the ride but something that people will think back to and wow thats crazy .... As I slowly teach myself to use photo-shop they will get better .. I PROMISE YOU THAT.... As the ride gets bigger I'm starting to pay close attention and think back to both of the rides you mentioned and use some ideas to make the ride better .... as they are both big in turnout,
extremely successful and I respect both of the leaders. I hope that one day this ride will eventually even be mentioned in the same sentence as either one... As for the size of the ride ... I meet tons and tons of new people all the time as the make MNR a start to a long MR career....
OsnapsonJC responding to a comment by goosegoose
07.20.10 - 12:50 pm
Just had my noggin thinking, is it possible to squeeze in a little dodge ball game in this ride, cause I have a couple dodge balls that need some Summer Night lovin. =
Should of told you sooner. But when you walk in all excited with spoke cards already done, your all excited how great they look, and lamination sheets all gone how can I say something after that.
Now you know.
My suggestion, you don't have to rush and make spoke cards every single week.
Spoke cards don't make a ride. The ride itself does. We all know MNR is a 'Must Go-To' ride now, and even considered the 'Taco Tuesday' of the Valley. No need to put out Spoke Cards every week for people to keep coming back.
Your also forgetting that your busting out 80+ a week with lamination sheets that I bought. Your obviously going to have to buy more now.
I just want you to consider that making spoke cards, with what you have available, and with images basically grabbed off the internet, just for the sake of making spoke cards every week, can be a costly burden to me and yourself.
Make them special. Make Spoke Cards count. It's not about Photoshop skills.
I have offered you money numerous times... but wait .. you turn me down ...I can afford to buy my own things...I would rather you tell me to my face like a man and show me respect like a friend would ... I can handle whatever people have to say ....but you would rather blast me on the Internet bragging about what you have paid for ....
We were rolling deep as hell last night. Can't wait for next week... Long live MNR!!!"
I agree! It's a great way to beat the Monday Blues and start the week. For the first time in my entire life I actually look forward to Monday...thanks OJ for the great ride. The river is my favorite stop. =)
I guarantee everyone there will be no tension between me and Osnap from this thread what so ever and everything was just blown out of proportion.
I apologize if anyone was offended by any remarks I had on cheap plastic artwork you put between the spokes of your bike wheel. It was just me being home alone on my day off bored, looking at the same porn.
The only tension osnap and I will have is strictly sexual.
sorry guys, i had a shitload of pictures from last night...but some dipshit who actually attended MNR and my ride tonight actually came up on my camera when i was helping a drunk girl up after she fell and knocked her self out...real mature.
im tired of these wanna be thugs comming out to rides and jacking people...this is pathetic. stay home kiddos unless you wanna catch an ass whopping next time i see you, thats a promise.
To deal with the growth, the ride is now moving its start location to NoHo Park by the ameila earhart statue. also since ray is 18, this ride is now an 18+ ride.
Next Monday is my birthday so... someone came up with the idea that we should have a BBQ like we did on Memorial Day ... The only problem we would start earlier ..or we might just start at the same time then BBQ late night status .. Another person came up with another idea ... Instead of me making spoke cards ... other people make spoke cards .... So tell me your thoughts on both and we shall this happen ... or not ...
WHERE IS THAT? ITS NORTHWEST OF VICTORY AND LAUREL CANYON.
TEXT 310 807 5729 IF YOU CANT FIND THE BBQ PITS
AND NO WE WILL NOT STOP BY THE OG START TO PICK UP ALL THE KIDS
AND RAY IS NOW OFFICIALLY THE YOUNGEST RIDER ALLOWED ON MNR. WE DON'T BABYSIT AND SINCE KIDS THINK THEY CAN ACT WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO AVOID THEM.
if your mom doesn't have to drive you out there, and you're old enough to have a cell phone, and not a shithead, we wont turn you into a pinata for john's birthday, and we just might not let the air out of your tires at the park.
_iJunes responding to a comment by palucha66
07.30.10 - 5:23 pm
Im lost..? I understand what your trying to say but .. 6:30 thats way to early.. If we start that early sooo many people will miss out on the ride.. My own roommate (who wants to go) can't . I told people about it last Monday and everyone was really excited to be able to ride .... . I think the normal start time and normal meet spot and a normal ride will be fine for me ... Anyone who want to come out AUGUST 2nd Monday a celebrate my birthday with me can .. no age limit and no store stops .... show up with what you want to drink/eat/smoke ... because I have solid spot that I want go to ....
well i was thinking we start at 6:30,. but we'd be posted until like 9-10 and we start riding. cause starting up a grill that late will get us into trouble.
To end all confusion .... We will meet ... we will ride ... we will not have a store stop ( SO COME WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT/NEED) We will stop... have a good time ... then .... well we all know what happens at the end .....
Awesome dash to the finish line. That was like... a mile's worth of hard pumping going on. My legs felt soooo good riding at peak efficiency. I love how the entire ride we keep a steady 10-13 mph pace and then at the end.... we just let it all go. It gives everyone their fix (no pun intended) and is what drives me (again no pun intended) to keep coming out every monday.
July responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
08.17.10 - 12:02 pm
Because I was on the ride about 2 weeks ago going to balboa park.I seen tagging I seen drama about a stolen phone and about a stolen bike.I ride TNS every tuesday we as a group do not allow tagging,stealing on our ride and we have no problem confronting people when they do this.I don't know the ride leader but I would have backed him maybe its a fun ride just not my kind of ride.
I agree that night was all bad news ... and basically the end of it being posted.. we still ride and its nothing at all like that ... get ride of the bad seeds and its all good ,,,,
Sorry for being negative about your ride I live in the 818 and try to support all valley rides and I haven't done a good job with yours only doing 2 ride isn't enough to judge a ride for that I say I'm sorry.Will have to try your ride again
I did a few MNR rides already and I'll be completely unbiased in saying it has seen its bad groups..but they are gone. Everyone riding..especially last night were chill as hell!!! Good times my peeps good times!! Oh yeah...and Ms. Paradise bike had some bomb ass 1/2lb Chocolate chip and walnut cookies!!!!! MMmmmm..Faded...Cookie...Hip-hopanonymous...=P
Thank You ALEX !!!!! I was out of town and you hosted The Special WTF MNR ...... now to the point Im debating if we should start posting MNR again .... we have had some nice groups over the last month ... Im in favor of posting it again ..... cast your vote .... Should we post? Or should we keep it low key word of mouth ( Facebook) .....
Damnit I missed a good one last nigt so the homies told me...its all good. For sure next MNR!!! I vote post it...and I also vote that it is enforced that everyone respect eachothers property and have a good time :D
I say don't post it. It got posted last night and Alex kicked off some kid for stealing at 711 and some kids were tagging on the ride. These kids still can't respect the ride. WTF
DAMNIT!!! WTF is right!! Thanks Alex for kickin them off!! I dunno if not posting it will stop these pricks, but if you believe it may keep them off our rides..I'll change my vote to NO for posting it. I dunno...if I see fools tagging and stealing too..Ima say something, you best believe...
The main problem with posting it .. I cant see what 100 people are doing all at once and most of the hardcore MNR people are in the front ... The reason Im thinking of posting it... is I caught some kid tagging .. ripped on em for doing it ... then he not only came back (after asking what authority I have) over and apologized.. he introduced himself to me and a entire group of people he didn't know ... we then talked for 15 minutes and he said he wanted to come out again and he understood the rules .... Also a lot of people want to come out and if they dont see it on the right they forget ....
Do you know whats funny ... we where just talking about this last night ... For a ride that isn't even posted we still have like 40 people and not one person takes any pictures ...
I have a question; I noticed you don't post this ride, but you also don't send invites for it on Facebook, do you just want close personal friends to come? I noticed last week that not only were there fewer "trouble makers" but that lots of other nice people including female riders, older riders and couples (tandem bike) did not show up. :(
My impression from your comments is that you not only don't want "trouble making kids" , but that you also prefer if only your close friends come to the ride. Maybe I'm wrong, but that is the sense that I had.
Maybe you can start posting it again here if only to let people know they are welcome, and since school is back in session you may not have to worry about kids who tag and steal being on the ride.
Just a thought, see you tonight! =)
Girl Power responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
09.20.10 - 11:35 am
Im not going to answer it because its kinda a silly question ... Its wild how new people somehow come out every Monday night without me sending anything ... I wonder how people know what to do .......
Great spunk ... but please do not screw yourself up coming ouot to MNR >..... if you are really hurt STAY HOME ... the ride will still be going when you get better ...
PROPS to the girl that fell on the hill and took it like a G !!!!! Also props to the first time people that came out .. that was a longer than normal ride ... its way eaiser normally ... Also thanks to all the people who were respectful during the moment of silence for Tomatoes.....
I was one of the dudes that came from LB last night, chill ride. This maybe my new monday night ride. And def props to the female that fell, she took it like a straight G! But that hill was lowkey sketch, it wasn't timed properly with the light.
Yeah .. it was cool then it was like OSNAP ... that is asctually the first time that we didnt make the light ... if it rains tonight we will not ride ...
OsnapsonJC responding to a comment by patrick chewing
10.18.10 - 11:04 am
Im not worried about myself .. I can handle that .. A lot of new people come out .. but its not raining until 12 and we are already done so.... RIDE ON ...
Yeah man that shet was mad chill!!! Glad I came out!! I still have adrenaline pumping! Next Monday will be the day after my wedding so I may miss it..SHET! Whatever...the following Monday I'll be there!
the guy i was supposed to buy the bike from sold it before i could get there, then tried to sell me some shitty bike. by time i got back home it was too late to catch the train to make it out there in time, so i just watched the giants game. ill be out there next monday.
I was dropped with about eight others last time, and I've not been able to keep up the last three rides, but, me and my cookies will give it one more try tonight...
I wish we had a larger group and music like before. Even if we don't do the liquor stops. :O)
This sounds serious ... we should get the wambulance out to you soon....
Part of the reason it has gotten faster is because when I made the choice to pull the plug on posting it on MR it slowly became the same group and we all got really comfortable with each other ... So much so that we just got use to the same 40 heads and everyone slowly became quicker and lost what MNR is all about .... So after last Monday ... Starting this Monday (tonight) ... back to keeping it slow, not dropping people and really enjoying the valley .. dont worry we will still have the little surprise at the end .. race ..cough ..cough ...
Broke my wrist on that stupid median crash...that shit came outta no where...ahh fuckin casted for 4 weeks plus...bent my saddle when flipping with the bike..lol but my wheels r still good! Road rash is yummy...wish I could atleast hold my xbox controller!
FIXMYLIFE responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
11.17.10 - 9:40 am
Damn .. this sucks .... I watched it happen and well you fell pretty graceful for hitting a median going that fast... You also got up really fast so hearing this is shocking ... Heal up ...
Thanks bro! I bunny hopped to minimize damage..at least I tried tom
I didn't realize anything was broken tillva few skids later. ..eh see ya in a month!
FIXMYLIFE responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
11.18.10 - 12:13 pm