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ROOT RUN: The Rootening
Thread started by robin swabin at 02.11.09 - 5:06 pm

Some bike for money, others for fame...



Rootrunners bike for the most important thing...

ROOT


What is rootrun? To define rootrun is like defining a night with brett's mom, it can't be done, you must and will experience it on your own. The terror, the apprehenishion, the SPEED.

We are a FAST paced ride that starts from the west side every wednesday night around 8-9. Check the ride posting for specific time and route. We normally do about 30-60 lays (or miles) on a wed night.

We will try not to drop you if you try to keep up, and thats generally how it works. If you come out, and your head is in getting to the finish with us, then you will definitely be there at the end. That being said, we dont wait much, so youre going to need a road bike or a fixed gear (WITH BRAKES)

The motif lately is long flats broken up by short insane climbs. Our 3 different root planners at the moment are Vanmeter, Brett, and myself, we are open to ideas definitely but in the end the final call comes to us.

IF YOU DO MISS ROOT RUN YOU CAN ONLY MISS IT FOR ONE REASON

and thats if youre getting laid.

Montana and Ocean ave in santa monica, be there!


Make sure you represent our root run colors... Red and Black ( I think white too? youll have to ask stolba or ashford)


And last but not least, a moment of silence for our root brother who started this whole thing... Sean Saxton


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Check the ride posting tonight, Its going to be a shorter ride, but we have a pretty epic climb planned anyways.



robin swabin
02.11.09 - 5:09 pm

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nothing spells epic like WILSON



_iJunes
02.11.09 - 5:12 pm

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Will there be a repreive before the climb so that I can flip my hub?



tortuga_veloce
02.11.09 - 6:13 pm

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sure



robin swabin
02.11.09 - 6:19 pm

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i was hoping to come out today but my red shirt is in the wash. that, and i see that you guys are gonna play in the hills...again...as always. have fun!



tfunk408
02.11.09 - 8:09 pm

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mt. olympus was mega -- word to the wise the streets up there are public and the property owners don't seem to like bikes... they called security on us before i even hit the top and the security guy tried not answer my questioning whether the roads were public... he instead tried to ask us where we lived and suggested we didn't belong up there... if it were private, there'd be a black and white sign posted at the entrance to the community... that being said dont go onto people's properties

remember you don't have to talk to security guards at all or answer their questions... don't say anything about 'root run'... if they seriously harass you or make it dangerous to ride, tell them you're calling the police

ALL THE MORE REASON TO ENJOY OUR TAXPAYER RIGHTS TO RIDE PUBLIC ROADS LEGALLY

a great climb--great attitudes--great job!!!!



hitsthepoles_ow
02.21.09 - 2:28 pm

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what a prick. i want to fuck with security too! what are you guys doing wednesday?



tortuga_veloce
02.21.09 - 2:38 pm

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robin swabin
02.22.09 - 12:59 pm

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robin swabin
02.22.09 - 1:06 pm

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So good to see that all the Runners are keeping true to my vision of a serious but loose west side ride. I've been keeping the tradition alive up north by thrashing guys on $8000 geared carbon machines with my $300 pieced together fixie. All you've gotta do is keep rooting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLachRgX26Y




SFRider
02.24.09 - 12:24 pm

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hrm... it is Tuesday... time to think route


how about a visit to downtown? keep good speed on the flats.. work on formations.... take some rolling hills back and practice peeling when going over peaks



hitsthepoles_ow
02.24.09 - 12:24 pm

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like this



hitsthepoles_ow
02.24.09 - 12:26 pm

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SFRider
02.24.09 - 12:29 pm

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and to stay with the original thread...Wolfpack it's not a shot at you guys...just a kick ass version of the ROOT RUN theme song






SFRider
02.24.09 - 12:32 pm

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IF YOU DO MISS ROOT RUN YOU CAN ONLY MISS IT FOR ONE REASON

and thats if youre getting laid.


Aww, my excuse sucks then. Working late for the next couple weeks.

(i'm scared it going to turn into, "work really hard/fast so we can lay you off sooner...)



nancine
02.24.09 - 2:07 pm

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finally, a ROOT RUN that might be doable for me... but i crashed on monday and i'm still a bit stiff and shaken up.

@SFRider: where've you been? i met you at cubcamp few months ago when you were first mentioning the idea of ROOT RUN.



tfunk408
02.25.09 - 10:56 am

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tonight youre all going to have to draft or youll be left behind. Come prepared to ride some wheels



robin swabin
02.25.09 - 12:23 pm

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who wants to start at 8?



robin swabin
02.25.09 - 12:26 pm

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8 it is!!!



hitsthepoles_ow
02.25.09 - 2:00 pm

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I think i got !@#$? working


Root Down (Live on 2 Dollar Bill) - Beastie Boys



robin swabin
02.26.09 - 12:25 am

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brilliant red jersey's in the vid...

anyone from caturday down for wednesday?



hitsthepoles_ow
03.8.09 - 8:13 pm

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this root run is supposed to be "race paced" so yup, come prepared, were going to try to get to 26 and hold it whenever we can



robin swabin
03.8.09 - 9:42 pm

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26mph is like 120rpm on my fixie.



tfunk408
03.9.09 - 1:30 pm

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nobody averages 26 mph, but you guys should all ride out to the noho sprints, if you do that i can start with you here but we need to leave by like 8.



_iJunes
03.9.09 - 1:35 pm

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fucking come on our fucking ride tonight


We go fast on our bikes, not much more needs to be said, The more the merrier



robin swabin
03.18.09 - 1:32 pm

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no more exploding derrailuers this week guys please



hitsthepoles_ow
03.28.09 - 12:02 am

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ultra bump

this is the tentative ride for tonight, see you cock !@#$?s in 30 minutes


http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ca/los%20angeles/991123863916640188


E-rock should come



robin swabin
04.1.09 - 7:30 pm

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lordy that was a good root


thanks to Stolba for the cross-training and injury prevention advice--second to none!

we should do that route some afternoon---the palos verdes part at least



hitsthepoles_ow
04.23.09 - 2:46 pm

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next time we go up that hill we have to turn onto crest and climb to crenshaw ... that decent is bigger and steeper



Jakuta
04.24.09 - 8:55 am

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_iJunes
04.27.09 - 1:17 pm

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INCOMING...





wiz_vanmeter
06.24.09 - 9:50 am

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i heart you guys - ROOT!



bondink
06.24.09 - 9:54 am

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if anyone has input for how they'd like the rides to go, we might change up training a little bit post All City 3/are always open to input


what do you like--what works for you?

8PM start time?
9PM start time?

Distance rides?
Climbing rides?

medium-paced ride / then agressive-paced rides?






hitsthepoles_ow
responding to a comment by bondink
06.24.09 - 10:43 am

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stop meeting all the way at the beach.



_iJunes
responding to a comment by hitsthepoles_ow
06.24.09 - 10:59 am

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what up root run! just moved down to LB so i'll be missing yall. but if you guys do RPV again maybe i'll go up to SM (but you guys never post the routes).



tfunk408
06.24.09 - 5:06 pm

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count on it--just need another light... we'll hint the areas we're going when we figure it out in advance



hitsthepoles_ow
responding to a comment by tfunk408
06.24.09 - 6:34 pm

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root run rants are kind of like this






hitsthepoles_ow
08.12.09 - 6:19 pm

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im not rooting tonight... im not biking either, caitlin this is your fault!



robin swabin
08.12.09 - 8:31 pm

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hey fuck you i didnt make you dislocate your finger. and fuck you again ill be there next friday! :3



ktKHAN
responding to a comment by robin swabin
08.12.09 - 8:33 pm

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yeah well im not missing root run for your ass



robin swabin
08.12.09 - 8:48 pm

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bahah fuck you you wont ;)



ktKHAN
08.12.09 - 8:53 pm

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haha its not like i said "fuck you" enough times eh? <3



ktKHAN
08.12.09 - 8:54 pm

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Good seeing ya guys! Oh did I mention....

FUCK YA!!! GOTTA FUCKING LOVE THAT SHIT>... GIVE ME MORE!!!!!!

so that last pot hole fucked my bike...

Rear light explodie
Front light got shifted to pointing straight down (that fucker is on there tight!!!)
Both wheels need to be trued
Didnt realize the brakes were rubbing until we got onto catalina...
Then when i stopped i realized my rear wheel's hub has lose gremlin bearings flying around!?!?!? wtf!!!

It was my Super man visor that saved me... ROOOOOOOT



Jakuta
responding to a comment by hitsthepoles_ow
08.13.09 - 12:24 am

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what jakuta is rooting again!? fuckkkkkkkk.

oh and i thought i should share:




larsenf
responding to a comment by Jakuta
08.13.09 - 1:05 am

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whoops let me make that smaller:





larsenf
08.13.09 - 1:09 am

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someone certainly won the 'ultimate warrior' award





hitsthepoles_ow
responding to a comment by larsenf
08.13.09 - 2:09 am

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whiz !!! can i get those photos ... wanna remember the night since i cant ride cause of broken ass bike now ;(



Jakuta
responding to a comment by hitsthepoles_ow
08.15.09 - 9:42 am

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http://midnightridazz.com/viewPhoto.php?artistId=521&galleryId=37664&pgnum=1

wth is going on here! looks like a sonic boom



professor fate
08.30.09 - 6:09 pm

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Hydro-Man tried to stop the Root Run.

BIG MISTAKE.



BMFW
responding to a comment by professor fate
08.30.09 - 6:36 pm

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Hibernation - we're there folks, but will start shit back up sometime early/mid-October. An aim I have is to get in more intensity-based practices/intervals and back by 11.



a little loss now for bigger gains later... hopefully... everyone get in at the start of a new season's training so we can build up together






hitsthepoles_ow
09.21.09 - 11:38 am

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y'all need to do a better job

of hyping your ride up more.



_iJunes
responding to a comment by hitsthepoles_ow
11.4.09 - 2:52 pm

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i was looking forward to PV tonight but looks like i'm stuck in DTLA til 8.



tfunk408
responding to a comment by _iJunes
11.4.09 - 4:09 pm

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I am in for next week, but I have a prior engagement tonight, sorry.

I miss the rooting, and I built a new bike that you guys will dig.

Stay safe.



richbell
11.4.09 - 6:49 pm

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:O it's more than a feeling





Gav
11.4.09 - 6:59 pm

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Bumping to post route


http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ca/santa%20monica/594125798666052582


Suggestions: Stay behind the people with fancy lights



robin swabin
11.11.09 - 4:46 pm

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fixed route so it wasnt 50 miles long

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ca/-/542125798741477922



robin swabin
11.11.09 - 4:58 pm

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Why are you going all the way down Wilshire? worst road ever.



Gav
responding to a comment by robin swabin
11.11.09 - 5:44 pm

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got a root planned for tmr yet? I vote zuma



professor fate
11.17.09 - 4:46 pm

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