Long Beach Critical Mass
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sexy at 05.21.07 - 2:57 pm
Was thinking of going to Long Beach this Friday for their Critical Mass.
Is anyone interested in treking down there? Was there a week before the last Ride-Arc, found the streets to be charming. People down there say only about 10 people show up on average for the ride. SInce I don't know the streets in Long BeachI think it would be fun to ride another cities Critical mass. If anything, it will be adventuragous.
PC, 420, AidsRider 2187you all live down there. TWBG, RSR's Armadillos with no numbers or adjectives, Mr. I'am traffic Potato Man, rich2ie, FB, Jockie Troy, 4stbb, RHI&D Yel, BPA&LB, SnD's SnA's SnS's and anybody else I forgot and is interested.
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I don't know if I want to be associated with those critical mass folks. They have a reputation of having political agendas and are often violent and confrontational in high-pressure situations. I think I'll just stay home and eat my cookies. I don't want any trouble. Why can't you be more pure like Midnight Ridazz? I mean, have some class! And what's with bicycles anyway? Get a SEGWAY you morons. Oh, and stay on the sidewalks. I've got Homeland Sexurity phone number! Don't make me do it!
Can we catch the metro back in time?
Joe Borfo05.21.07 - 3:39 pm
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As the General says, we can do whatever we want. Don't kill my lingering buzz from friday night, with anymore of that "do only bicycle related things on bicycles"
Last blue lines leaves at 11:21pm. The only problem I see with this is everybody getting there by 7pm for the start time. If they started the ride at 9:30 or 10pm they would probably get alot more participants.
Its all logistics We could even take CNG burner, HYPOCRACY and blaspamy. We would have to get the 6:09 blue line (at the lastest) outta 7th St/Metro to make it by 7pm
sexy05.21.07 - 3:53 pm
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yeah yeah yeah I get it. word. keep up the movement. I'll shut up now.
Roadblock05.21.07 - 3:58 pm
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Oh no no no, go on, I enjoy hearing you insult my form of protest that I organize every month. You pay for this bulletine board, write whatever you want as frequently as you want. I'll just try to keep thing that make you chringe a little off of it.
sexy05.21.07 - 4:19 pm
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And with a blink of an eye "PRESTO" ---it's gone
sexy05.21.07 - 10:04 pm
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yeah man. I looked at my words and I sounded like a jerk. I deleted the thread because I dont want my words to reflect on the image of midnight ridazz itself my words were not becoming of this thing that belongs to all of us.... I emailed you an apology sexy.In fact I apologize to PC fuzz trick and borfo as well... my bad everyone. it takes a lot to make a movement happen and the antiwar movement IS effective. I was venting in a harsh way. I'm going to do my thing and roll out to city hall today. peace.
Roadblock05.22.07 - 4:44 pm
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You don't have to apologize to me for having a different opinion.
I don't know what kind of nastiness happened between you guys after I last posted in that thread, but whatever it was, you all shouldn't be fighters of one another. You should be lovers. Sweet, sweet, hot, sweaty lovers.
(What? I'm still talking
agape here. And the sweat would be from bike riding. God, WHY MUST EVERYONE TWIST MY WORDS AROUND.)
PC05.22.07 - 9:14 pm
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there was no nastiness actually. it was the way my shit was coming off. sometimes to get a point across it's better to discuss in person. I ended up just sounding shrill. basically coming across as pessimistic jerk.
Roadblock05.22.07 - 9:18 pm
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any1 else wanting to come down to the LBC? Fri-Nite?
dannyzuko05.22.07 - 10:25 pm
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I think Mr Danny should lead the way! See you on Friday!
I LOVE YOU GUYS!... (AGAPE Style)
Joe Borfo05.23.07 - 12:18 am
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I'm in...Anyone want to meet @ 7th & Flower (downtown) to catch the blue line? We would have to catch it sometime before 6:00 to get there before the start time.
420LaHaRR05.23.07 - 9:31 am
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Yes I got a taker and a half (danny it sounds like you are already down there) Joe Borfo's aloof ways makes him a 1/2
sexy05.23.07 - 10:56 am
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i'm down to go to the LBC. never been to a ride down there before. who else is meeting up at 4th and Flower? i'm down. so we gotta be there before 6pm at the station?
t.bone05.23.07 - 11:47 am
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I've never understood Crit-Mass's need to start so damn early.
Joe Borfo05.23.07 - 11:49 am
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Joe, where is your phone, did you get my"to do list" for the week?
I don't even remember writing that. Hope to see you before the week is through, so I can fullfill my list before it is over.
sexy05.23.07 - 12:00 pm
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we could start at a later time if thats cool with every1
dannyzuko05.23.07 - 12:20 pm
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Remember...critical mass is on b.p.t. soooooo 7:00 should translate to a 7:45 - 8:00 departure time.
T-bone, Sexy, Borfo, et. all, can you get to the metro stop at 7th (s e v e n t h) and Flower before 5:45? Supposedly the train that departs before 6:00 will get us there on time.
420LaHaRR05.23.07 - 1:42 pm
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Dearest 4:20,
I can be there @ 4:20 if you so desire sugar-honey-pie-oh-I-got-a-bug-in-my-eye-dot-com
Joe Borfo05.23.07 - 1:50 pm
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Borfo wrote:
I've never understood Crit-Mass's need to start so damn early.
The original Critical Massers were bike commuters and messengers riding home from work in San Francisco, and the whole point was to do it during "rush" hour.
P.S. Sexy Dave, I don't know nuthin' about no mp3 players. But there are
alternatives to the iPod if you don't want to make that shaggy-haired "I'm a Mac" guy any richer than he is.
PC05.23.07 - 1:56 pm
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There's always my alternative towards cacophony -
Joe Borfo05.23.07 - 2:16 pm
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yah i can be there before 5:45, i'll try to show up at 5:30 to be safe. See u guys at the staion.....7th and Flower!!
t.bone05.23.07 - 2:29 pm
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may I please get a head count so I can check the
stipper to rider ratio, thank you
dannyzuko05.23.07 - 9:46 pm
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Let's try not to screw up the LBC critical mass. How about we organize a "little" post C-Mass ride @ say 9:30-10:00. So we couold do the Mass ride, regroup and Ride On!!
Any thoughts??
Is the Long Beach Bike Mafia going to be in attendance??
BTW, count me in for Long Beach, DZ ;-).....
420LaHaRR05.24.07 - 12:15 am
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Oh, well. I'm a little confused on what is going to happen.
All I know is I'm going down to long beach and I'm going to ride my bike. I'm sure it will all come together.
I still plan on meeting folks at 7th and Flower at 5:30-45.
Let's keep talking about it and I'm sure we can resolve whatever conflicts Sexy has created for us yet again...
Joe Borfo05.24.07 - 12:57 pm
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I'm down to go.. but having ridden that specific train to do the very thing we are going to do.. at that time... well, lets just say that last time I rode it I had to hold my bike up on it's back wheel, stand in front of the door and peg some guy in the head with my front tire the entire way to the LBC because the train was so damn crowded... if we cram like a crapload of people with bikes into a car during these hours (which is the blackout hours btw- 430 - 630) we are probably going to get booted... or at the very least cussed out. I was planning on gowing down early, like 330 or so (will get you there by 430-5), then maybe getting lunch/dinner/whatever and hanging out being a bum for a couple hours before the ride starts, rather than having to play sardine in a can on the blue line.
FuzzBeast05.24.07 - 1:09 pm
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ok. I can take the CNG burner if it comes down to it. David had claimed a spot and you can have one. I will have one spot open if someone speaks up. I still want to meet lahar at the station in case we change the plans. I have a folding bike in the trunk. dont worry i can handle the hills.
I should be able to fit three bikes on my rack. but two is safer.
So meet at 7th and flower. And if you guys want to take my car it will be available. perhaps it would be the best idea for coming back?...
keep talking.
Joe Borfo05.24.07 - 1:22 pm
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Well, hanging out until the blue line starts again isnt that bad. Although last time I spent the night in Long Beach, I ended up puking of Al's roof (sorry Al), I'm hoping to represent better this time, I'm going to eat befopre bozing it up. But I'm still thinking of taking the line down earlier, dunno about getting back. This weekend is gonna be nuts anyway, I have a feeling I'll be first blue lining it home sat morning, sleeping on a sidewalk in the valley on saturday night after the surf ride, and going to the spring thing on sunday,
FuzzBeast05.24.07 - 1:39 pm
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Roll Call !!
Who am I meeting at 7th & Flower...?
420LaHaRR05.24.07 - 1:41 pm
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Damn, I gotta learn to type faster...
Fuzz, I'm sure we'll find something to occupy our time until the blue line starts up again (coughsignscough) ;-)..............
420LaHaRR05.24.07 - 1:44 pm
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I'll be there. at 7th/Flower
If not, I'll call.
Joe Borfo05.24.07 - 1:54 pm
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yo 420, i'll be at the 7th and Flower meet up. Are we gonna be able to make it on that train? Is it gonna be all packed like Fuzz said?
t.bone05.24.07 - 2:08 pm
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T,
Yes, uunfortunately the blue line will likely be pretty crowded. If you're able to get to the metro earlier we would have more options as far as how to get there. Not a lot of choices but if we get together earlier and it's just you and I the bus becomes an option. The earliest I can arrive is 5:10.
420LaHaRR05.24.07 - 3:42 pm
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Well, from my past experience riding the blue line during rush hour, and even not in rush hour, it's pretty busy most of the day, and is nuts during rush hour.
As for *coughsignscough* I've got something like 12 surfaces just gotta draw em out... of course this is probably my supply for the whole weekend, but we'll see.
FuzzBeast05.24.07 - 3:43 pm
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Probably Sexy and Big Bike Dan will be downtown. We keep in touch by the teleie.
sexy05.24.07 - 6:53 pm
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I know most of you coming from LA going to Long Beach, went to the bike to work day celebration.. In that Little bag Enci gave you, is a METRO transit map. If you look at it, there is a bus line that goes from long beach to la , La to long beach all night long. Its called the 60
Yes folks the MTA for all there faults runs bus service along the rail line when they are not running.
The Valley to LA and LA to valley replacing the Red Line at night, has a line called #656, this runs every hour while the red line is closed.
http://www.mta.net/images/1156-656.pdf
The #60 takes about 1-1/2 to get to los angeles from Long Beach. It runs everyhour..
http://www.mta.net/images/060-360.pdf
You could probably ride it in the same amount of time, but might be too tired to do it at the end of the night
sexy05.25.07 - 1:35 am
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I didnt get a little bag :-(
But as I have an hour bus ride to get home anyway (from dtla), I'd rather just sit around and get drunk and wait for the train. I really don't like leaving my bike all unprotected out on the front of a bus If I have another option. It's not so bad on the bus I ride to LA which stays on the freeway the whole time... but at the stops it's always kind of a mini freakout... dont want my bike getting jacked off a bus rack.
FuzzBeast05.25.07 - 3:04 am
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So Fuzz, what's up for tonight? How/when are you going down to LB? Bus, train, carpool...
Damn, I just realized we could probably roll the th river path in the same time as the bus! Unfortunately I've forgotten the cross street used to access the path....
I know it's late but is anyone down to ride out???
420LaHaRR05.25.07 - 9:38 am
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yo 420, imma try to be there by like 510pm too if it makes things easier. how long will it take us to ride down there? if u need to get a hold of me to talk just give me a call. 6263185006.
t.bone05.25.07 - 12:11 pm
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Thank all of you for coming out to CM and no regrets,
Thank you Big Dan for the tunes
Thank you Joe Borfo for the hours of entertainment
Thank you the riders from Montclair was it? & Corona for making it
Thank you the BlueLiners and LA riders
Thank you Fuzz for doin what you do
Thank you all for popping my cherry, I feel like such a slut.
dannyzuko05.26.07 - 3:55 am
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Joe Borfo,
thanks for buying the six pack, the chocolate bar, and taking your slaps like a man. How many bottles on the wall?
420 la har, thanks for always buying cholcolate bars and beer, and etc. Good shot you hit it once.
Thanks to everyone who came out.
Thanks to Danny for making 35 spoke cards, and thanks for believing.
Thanks to Roadblock for the voice of midnight Ridazz and not showing up for the ride.
Thanks to Big Bike Dan for lugging the music
Thanks to Rev Dak, 420 La har for the great conversation at the circle. Dak for the literature.
Thanks to the couisin for mauevering with the pump in the front basket.
Thanks to everybody who put up with my microphone.
Happy birthday Jeff. Wait til tonight, you ain't see nothing yet.
Thanks to Long Beach Police Department for looking out for us.
F*@% that signal Hill security guard for kicking us out of the park.
Thank you Alan for kicking us off your roof. Yeah I know you gave us a great fire. Thanks.
Thanks to eveybody for making another night a very special trip
Thanks to Dingo for kicking my Pen in the Bus, and now it's gone.
For going up againist that explorer on Sherman Way, I think you would of kicked the SUV ass, if it didn't run off like a scared sissy.
Thanks to the guy with the Heavy, low dollar mountain bike for giving Dingo and I a great chase in Resdea. Dude you kicked ass!
To all my Dogs. Ruff
sexy05.26.07 - 11:47 am
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LBC Dawgzz... L... B... C... ruf! ruf! (splat) Squeal! Squeal!... whimper..
Joe Borfo05.26.07 - 12:12 pm
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Thanks to Long Beach Police for harassing me while I was pissing and then accusing me of robbing some guy across the street.
kyber05.26.07 - 1:19 pm
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Should of arrested you, Kyber. Yes you didn't rob anybody, but you where wearing something that looked like all black, and you where riding a bike. You fit the description. You are guilty of something, for some reason. What exactly, does not matter.
You have no idea how much restraint it took for me to not yell to the cops, what a bad guy you are, when they where checking you out.
Good thing I didn't. You might not have heard, but I did suggest that they give you one to the tigh, just for good measure, when they where letting you go. Good thing they didn't take that one to heart.
Oh Kyber, how interesting you looking like a criminal, made the night.
sexy05.26.07 - 2:16 pm
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It's true Jeff the photograpsh don't lie.. 420 La Har, does carry a mini bar in his bag.
sexy05.26.07 - 2:21 pm
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The important thing is that they didn't find the bodies.
kyber05.26.07 - 2:22 pm
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kooool ride everyone. sorry i had to cut out early to catch the last blue line train. hope everyone had fun and made it home safely. that sucks about the cops kyber......haha good thing u didnt get taken in.
t.bone05.26.07 - 2:59 pm
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LBPD is the biggest gang out here, yur lucky they let you go w/o a cavity search,
dannyzuko05.26.07 - 3:39 pm
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Shit, that was a good night. Great ride(s) danny. I just woke up, I got home at 7 45 this morning... man that was fun though. see y'all in the valley tonite.
FuzzBeast05.26.07 - 4:37 pm
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LOL! I wonder if everyone in that photo realized at the time that they were but mere inches away from sexy's be-stretched naked asshole.... smiles.
Roadblock05.26.07 - 4:51 pm
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If you all will excuse me, I'm going to go and inject bleach directly into my brain now.
PC05.26.07 - 7:06 pm
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No they didn't realzie, just look at the faces in the picture. If they, knew, their faces would tell a different story. (Well maybe, Bigsexxy knew)
Another fun memory, thanks to our favorite friend, the bicycle.
Tern insisted that the photo be deleted, we told him it was.
Now Roadblock, if there was ever a time for censorship (which I'am entirely oppose to), this is it. That picture, is just in poor taste. Offensive in worse way possible. Yes, I had to do it, but nobody should be subjected to seeing it.
Although, it does have a beauty of its own.
sexy05.26.07 - 7:29 pm
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"If you all will excuse me, I'm going to go and inject bleach directly into my brain now."
HAHAHAHAHA!! oh my fucking god I cant breathe this shit is KILLING ME.
ok I will delete..... but damn that photo could win some contests.
"their faces would tell a different story" HAHA!!
I'm dieing over here. hope I dont die before I hit delete.
Roadblock05.26.07 - 7:37 pm
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I change my mind, I wasn't serious. Let the Art piece be. Don't delete
I had four different encounter with the LBPD last. Maybe, lucky me.
No problem each time. Maybe because of my Sinsay' Roadblock (Japanese for Teacher) has shown us the way to deal with the police.
One cop ask me, "if we where a church group" I replied, "sort of".
sexy05.26.07 - 7:48 pm
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Hey Man, no fair! You gotta post that pic. I didn't get to see it. All this talk and no show comon where it at?
I just want to see sexy's anus.
Joe Borfo05.26.07 - 8:33 pm
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You have seen this before,
If it must be seen here is the link
viewer discretion is advised
http://picasaweb.google.com/spiraldemon/Flanders/photo#5051520636464645858
sexy05.27.07 - 4:35 am
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is anyone going to the rosarito ensenada ride... it would be nice to see some familiar faces or even meet other la ridazz on the south side of the border
johnCOVA09.28.07 - 2:00 pm
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