VCM - 8/29/08 - 7:30pm
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Knittens at 08.24.08 - 5:15 pm
Venice Catical Mass!!11!
venice rhaims wif penus
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BUMP
Venice Critical Mass for me this month!
jonnyboy08.25.08 - 5:03 pm
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eberybody haz a gud tyme
last tyme we can haz bicyz wash by chlobotz:
Knittens08.25.08 - 11:38 pm
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@ robin swabin
I hope you're kidding... Do you really have to ask?
OF COURSE TEAM TOUCH IS DOING VENICE CM!!!!
The beach is WAY more fun to touch than skid row!
Undercover Bob08.26.08 - 4:42 am
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I WILL SEE YOU ALL THERE
CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
monovsstereo08.26.08 - 6:35 am
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Team Touch had better be doing VENICE CRITICAL MASS!!!!
Damn! I want to see all your sweet team touch asses riding it westside, representing!
VEE
SEE
EMM
YEA!!!!!
bondink08.26.08 - 10:26 am
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yea yea yea!
Everyone on the west side should go to this ride
VCM has been getting a lot bigger recently, right? I've only been to one, I think 2 months ago.
jonnyboy08.26.08 - 10:41 am
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because you say so? meh... i need better reasons. maybe something else? huh, I just realized that kinda conflicts with the f'n ride. is the f'n ride vcm's somethin' else this week? do you have ucb's approval jonnyboy?
el zilcho08.26.08 - 11:06 am
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UCB is helping me with the stops for the F'N ride, so I think he's on board :)
jonnyboy08.26.08 - 11:16 am
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Did he tell you about the enhanted forest clearing behind a megamart?
el zilcho08.26.08 - 11:33 am
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what is team touch? and should I go to VCM if I'm not down with the touching, nor on the team?
Jaz08.26.08 - 11:54 am
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fear not el zilcho
I have not revealed the location of the enchanted forrest but I am assisting with the F'n efforts to ensure stops that neither you nor any other rider I've met has discovered.
This VCM will be something else and will end with something F'n else!
Undercover Bob08.26.08 - 11:55 am
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@ Jazzzzz:
no touching.. iffff you don't want touching!
no 1 hazz to come, but you will have F.U.N. on the westside. and it sounds like jonnynoy and undercover bob are planning some sweet times, so super excited!
VEE
SEE
EMM
YEA!!!!
bondink08.26.08 - 12:10 pm
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I am living on the westside and have been scanning the forums and reading the rides for a while. My job restricts me from being more available and just recently I have found a few days open. I was thinking of attending Venice Critical Mass. And this will be my first midnight riders ride and I was wondering what I should expect and how many people. Also, if it is okay for me to bring some friends from the area along who I would like to introduce to what I think could be a good time while riding bikes?
Thank You.
Moriarty08.26.08 - 12:28 pm
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welcome moriarty!
Venice Critical Mass and the following Something Else Ride (A.K.A. F'n Westside Ride this week) are a little different from other Midnight Ridazz rides because they are a little more spontaneous and off the cuff.
You and your friends can expect to be welcomed and shown a good time with plenty of unexpected turns and surprises along the way. The number of attendees varies but you can expect the crowd to start anywhere from 40 to 120 people and slowly dwindle down as the night wears on. Those who stay to the bitter end are likely to have unwittingly ridden upwards of 25 miles at a leisurely pace, form long-term friendships, and may even be treated to a special prize for their diligence.
hope to see you there!
Undercover Bob08.26.08 - 12:47 pm
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expect the unexpected... the last one I went on was pretty chill. seemed like a 15 miler total so if it's still what I remember it to be, it would be good for first timers... bring your soccer jersey and a spare pair of cleets though... better yet, a tank top and sandals would suffice just as good...
el zilcho08.26.08 - 12:50 pm
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kitteh is unsure if der be soccers dis tyme
der seemde to haz less enfusiasm for it teh last ryde
Knittens08.26.08 - 1:52 pm
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Thank You. I am looking forward to meeting new people and merging them with my friends. We have been riding together for a while and it's always nice for us to intermingle with others that may not be in the industry. If you are in the industry then you understand this last statement and we can always hook each other up with gigs.
See ya'll Friday Evening!
Moriarty08.26.08 - 2:06 pm
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@ Moriarty:
Yes - i get what you are saying, These ridazz you are about to ride with on Friday night are laid back and chill and i promise this is a great first ride to meet people and really see what the westside is all about as far as Midnight Ridazz goes.
i had been on many MR rides previous to VCM and ended up just (on some whim) showing up on my own where i met so many great people (and getting to know them on a personal level that i find is a bit more difficult when you are surrounded by hundreds of ridazz) Since then we have all created such amazing friendships. so much so that we often ride on nights when there are no rides posted. and we are there for each other when a rida is down and unable to ride.
i look forward to meeting you and your friends and yes, we can industry swap - i'd love to know what part you are involved in!
Ride On!
bondink08.26.08 - 2:41 pm
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i'm in the industry of killin time... like to meet other peeps in this biz
el zilcho08.26.08 - 2:55 pm
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no soccer? ):
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Jaz08.26.08 - 3:19 pm
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no soccer ???
what?
is that.. what?
huh?
did i read that right?
or am i just unable to understand lolzcats language..
i am hoping it's the latter.. phew!
bondink08.26.08 - 3:24 pm
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If my translation is correct, it looks like knittens thinks that soccer is uncertain at this time. It's not like soccer is necessarily not not going to happen, but it might not be true that maybe a cancellation might not not occur.
jonnyboy08.26.08 - 3:37 pm
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or it might not be true that that might night be true...
TAU
TO
LOGY
el zilcho08.26.08 - 3:42 pm
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last tyme was won gayme
n hoomans strated leeveng dureng it
Knittens08.26.08 - 7:03 pm
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met some people on bikes this morning - new to biking and invited them Friday night :) VCM is great for meeting people on the westside.. am looking forward to a nice chill ride with unexpected goodness and surprises..
@ soccer:
it's fine.. maybe we can vote.. or do it next time.. or do it at Mar Vista Park while we are waiting for the next ride to begin.. either way.. it'll be entertaining!
VEE
SEE
EMM
YEA!!!!
bondink08.27.08 - 4:00 pm
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There's also the option to do a ride based around playing soccer.
FACIAL EXPLOSION
jonnyboy08.27.08 - 4:04 pm
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WHOA!!!
a westside ride where we possibly ride around to different park-type areas and play soccer ???
speechless.. i can only type :)
bondink08.27.08 - 4:08 pm
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There might be two forms of facial explosion.
One would involve the people who come to VCM expecting to play soccer. Facial explosion from not playing soccer.
The other would involve people going to a soccer type of ride. Facial explosion out of excitement.
There is always a good and a bad. Same goes for facial explosions.
jonnyboy08.27.08 - 4:15 pm
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Soccer in between the rides could work.
franz08.27.08 - 4:34 pm
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Soccer?!! Argghh!
I am going to LACM. They don't play soccer. They just ride.
urbanpedal08.27.08 - 4:45 pm
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oh.. VCM rides.. but when we briefly stop.. we know how to kick FO REAL !!!
and then we ride again!
VEE
SEE
EMM
YEA!!!!
bondink08.27.08 - 4:47 pm
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urbanpedal says:
"Soccer?!! Argghh!
I am going to LACM. They don't play soccer. They just ride."
Yep!
LACM +1
VCM -1
jonnyboy08.27.08 - 5:45 pm
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urbanpedal,
If for some reason VCM does not satisfy your riding urges, I guarantee you that the after ride (F'N WEST SIDE RIDE) will.
Seriously.
Don't let the fact that some people wanna play soccer deter you from VCM. I am with you on the soccer. I don't like to play it at all. You MIGHT catch me throwing a frisbee-- but I'd rather save my energy for riding & altering my state of consciousness later into the night. Soccer is about the last thing I wanna do.
I am not hating on those that want to play soccer, go for it guys. It's critical mass! Do what you want! Plus there is time at the stops for it. The worst thing that can happen is that some of your friends will play and you'll have to stand talking to me on the sideline rapidly drinking beers.
jonnyboy08.27.08 - 5:56 pm
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@ jonnyboy:
i won't hold it against you - hahaha, j/k!
but i may just have to sit out a soccer game cause hanging on the sidelines drinking with you sounds like a blast!
bondink08.28.08 - 10:28 am
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exciteed. im coming home today any venicers wanna ride and blaze.
theshues08.28.08 - 11:23 am
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@ theshues:
come play at Friends of the Friendless -------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>
bondink08.28.08 - 11:42 am
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@ theshues:
then come play with VEE SEE EMM.. YEA!!!!!!!!
bondink08.28.08 - 11:42 am
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@ Shues
Free Toots and the Maytals show tonight at the SM pier.
7pm-10pm
A few of us will be there. I plan on riding after.
Coe coe buttaa08.28.08 - 1:49 pm
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shues its been too damn long, I need your email address
robin swabin08.28.08 - 7:48 pm
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hay guize, i herd there are bike rides tonight?
Should I go on LACM, or VCM? I can't decide.
On that note, after the F'n west side ride, there is possibility of a house party to be ended at. As in I know a place, and haven't cleared it with anyone yet, but just putting it out there.
Jaz08.29.08 - 1:22 pm
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@ JAZ:
to be fair, i would go to the CM that you are closest to, however, and being very biased here:
VEE
SEE
EMM
YEA!!!!!!!
and YAYE! for house party..
bondink08.29.08 - 1:42 pm
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I vote for soccer. Frisbee too.
Ken C.08.29.08 - 2:22 pm
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"I am going to LACM. They don't play soccer. They just ride."
If all you want to do is ride I suggest you don't come to CRANKmob's first birthday this coming month, it will be too much fun. Perhaps you could start a Critical Manners ride somewhere on the competing evening.
franz08.29.08 - 2:58 pm
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They get fucked up at LACM too, he left that part out.
They do ride quite a bit, but you still have the option to re-inebriate yourself at every stop ;)
That is the plan for the F'N ride, too. Ride / Drink / Ride / Drink
Of course the drinking is optional :)
jonnyboy08.29.08 - 3:25 pm
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But wait, that's what happens at VCM too!
jonnyboy08.29.08 - 3:28 pm
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isn't alcohol to bikes what petrol is to cars?
did I miss something here?
el zilcho08.29.08 - 3:56 pm
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Whats the decision. Soccer at VCM tonite or no?
BrianC08.29.08 - 6:04 pm
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I'm assuming there will be. Otherwise a swift game of soccer with a beer can will commence.
Jaz08.29.08 - 6:26 pm
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VCM was full of awesomeness!
there was no soccer to be had.. but that was okay cause the peeps came out and we rode the streets and had F!U!N!
those that missed out on soccer.. i hear rumors of a ride to fields all over the westside to play soccer.. YEA!!!!
rogue ride to soccer!
VCM + F'N Westside Ride = + 1,000,000 tons of F!U!N!
bondink08.30.08 - 3:37 am
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