Southern California - MIDNIGHT RIDAZZ: The Clown Ride Tonight

Friday, August 10, 2007
GATHER TIME: 9:00 pm
RIDE AT: 9:30 pm
START LOCATION: Rite Aid @ Hollywood/Vermont

http://midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=463

Pretty cool pictures of a 80's theme bike ride over at roadbikereview (http://forums.roadbikereview.com/showthread.php?t=103974):

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9075/dscn000751xv9.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6968/1001662zl0.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1408/1001692nt9.jpg

Do they make clipless Clown shoes?

Do they make clipless Clown shoes?

Look down the next time you are riding.

Look down the next time you are riding.

That's more correct than you know. I have size 13 feet. :D

LOL!!

Hey but you won't be there...:p

LOL!!

Hey but you won't be there...:p

Sounds like fun, but too tooo far away.

That's down the street from where I live. I might do this ride with Mary. I don't need to pose as a clown on this ride...:D

Sounds like fun, but too tooo far away.


Not if you start now...:D

That's more correct than you know. I have size 13 feet. :D

Your clodhoppers aren't anything compared to mine, but ggallin has us both trumped.

LOL!!

Hey but you won't be there...:p

Yeah, but are you finally going to go to one?

Your clodhoppers aren't anything compared to mine, but ggallin has us both trumped.

i'm not sure what size tyler is, but my brother wears a 15. good thing he works for nike.

i wear 16s. know what i mean?

i wear 16s. know what i mean?

jesus christ.

Wokka Wokka!

The photos (http://midnightridazz.com/viewPhoto.php?artistId=234&galleryId=9858) look like it was a fun time. (Click through, for about 40 photos.)

A real (http://midnightridazz.com/images/gallery/large/P1010077_1186936456.JPG) fun time.

you can search "midnight ridazz" on flickr and click the "most recently added" tab and get a bunch more.

any with you? what'd you wear?

i was bringing the ****z shirt back into style. i havent found myself in any.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/1086367522_9defc4d9ae.jpg

I though youse guys were supposed to be in PDX this weekend, WTF?

Next weekend.

So are any of you who post here coming up to Portland (http://bikeportland.org/2007/08/13/las-midnight-ridazz-set-to-swarm-portland/)? Never mind the cranky guy in the comments section. I think he got up on the wrong side of the bed or something. :rolleyes:

I'm the Placid Casual quoted in the story. I'm coming. To Portland, I mean.

PC!!!!!!
-ruinedbyidiots

And ya know this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13_P7syRvRE

That clown music is creepy.

That clown music is creepy.

Clown music is supposed to be creepy.

No Porkland for me.

Those of you who can't make it will be missed. I've not gone on a Dropout ride, as I do not own a freak bike. There's a first time for everything, though. :)

Those of you who can't make it will be missed. I've not gone on a Dropout ride, as I do not own a freak bike. There's a first time for everything, though. :)

lol...seen just about every type of bike and body sizes at these events. What is a "freak bike" anyways? Just show up as a sidewalk gawker and see what happens/transpires before deciding to (or not) participate the next time around.

Wow, that was a great time I just got home from! :)

Wow, that was a great time I just got home from! :)

They are an enthusiastic bunch, no?

They sure kept me up way past my bedtime. :D

They sure kept me up way past my bedtime. :D

They have a tendency to do that. There is a lot to see and do at night in the big city and the perspective from a bike saddle is an interesting view.

hey Donna did you make it into any of the pix from Portland on the Ridazz website??

Linky, please?

http://www.midnightridazz.com/viewPhoto.php?artistId=238&galleryId=10364&pgnum=1

hey Donna did you make it into any of the pix from Portland on the Ridazz website??
No, but I got to see some of those "haircuts" in real life. :eek: I was able to recommend some gift shopping destinations for a few of those guys who were going to encounter some shocked wives when they got home. :D The Angelenos I met on the Dropout ride were such sweeties. I did manage to take a pic of Mr. Placid Casual, Zapatista-style. What a lovely track bike he has. :)

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u94/donnambr/placidcasual.jpg

I learned a lot from going on that ride with those Rideazz. Apart from coexisting easier with motorists than the average Portland biker, they really have a strong sense of cohesion and care for everyone in the group. Frankly, we're spoiled riding here. It's easy to get in the habit of being stupid with cars because you're sure that they're not going to try to kill you. Also, it seemed as though quite a few of the Rideazz were older than the average biker age here - it was wonderful to see how they shouted out all the encountered urban hazards, plus rallied and came to a full stop (all of them!) when a rider went down. Maturity is always impressive. :)

We never met any of the whiners from the comments section of the BikePortland article. We met a whole bunch of Zoobombers and other supercools, including, as it turned out, Jonathan from BikePortland, who took this picture:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1018/1171709868_f12a3b808b.jpg

Hooligans from down south!