Southern California - What did you get at bike-to-work day pitstops?

I got a bag, energy bars I can't eat because they have peanuts, a Metro blinky, Foothill Transit flashlights, pens, spoke cards, stickers, a bike map, and other stuff I haven't bothered to look at yet. :thumb:

Nothing as far as I know there was no such thing here in Irvine. :(

Every year for as long as I can remember, there has been a luncheon with goody bags and door prizes. Until this year. Nothing. And its also the first year that I am commuting. What a time for them to stop.

I got to my local pit stop too late today, they were already shut down...:(

But I'm getting a nice cache of Clif bars, shot bloks, sunscreen/moisturizer packets, maps and Luna moons from Bike Week Pasadena...:lol:

Nothing and I work in Downtown Los Angeles.

Laid off.

I hung out at the UCLA campus pit stop for a few hours promoting our team and swiped a bagel and a banana.

^^ Ouch, 1955.

I didn't get anything as my commute doesn't go by any of them. If I had dragged my @$$ out of bed 15 minutes earlier (as I set my alarm to) I could have used an alternate route to stop by one or two, but sleep was apparently more important than energy bars and blinkies.

Oh, I did get one of those Metro blinkies at the Tour of California for using their bike valet, and they rock! I can clip it to my helmet retention piece and it's more visible than my seatpost mounted one.

Banana, food, shower, clothes waiting for me so I didn't have to drag them...oh...I forgot....that was at my office and I put those things there! Nothing on the road!

^ Hehe yeah, I leave snacks and stuff at work. It was so hot this afternoon that I left my knee warmers, arm warmers, base layer and skull cap at work to ride home light and cool.

I hung out at the UCLA campus pit stop for a few hours promoting our team and swiped a bagel and a banana.

Dang, I wanted to go, but I don't have classes on TTh and I didn't want to go all the way to Westwood just to get freebies :lol: How was it up there?

Oh also, I finally sorted through the other stuff and found note pads, patch kits, sunblock keychain, a small red led light with compass, a bus-shaped keychain, and california poppy seeds. I went WTF at the poppy seeds.

Do'h! I made a new post (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=418773) before I saw this one! Anyways, I got the same things it seems. They weren't handing out any t-shirts. They made a comment that they were holding a raffle for the LA Metro employees to give them out. None for the bicycle commuters.

While I was waiting for my friend to show up, a photographer for the local paper showed up and took my picture. That's me in the yellow jersey. :D

http://images.townnews.com/glendalenewspress.com/content/articles/2008/05/16/news/gnp-bike16.jpg

I got a rock.

I got a rock.




A pet rock? A magic rock?

Sounds like a lousy pit stop. Where was it? I'll call MTA...:lol:

My coworker showed me an article in today's newspaper on some guy who commutes from Ventury to Chatsworth every day. What is that, 30-40 miles each way with the Santa Susanna grade to boot? Hardcore!!!

I got a rock.

:lol: That sucks, Charley Brown

I hung out at the UCLA campus pit stop for a few hours promoting our team and swiped a bagel and a banana.

Sounds like a nice warm day on Bruin Walk watching girls who are walking to class. Brilliant!!!

Well, only a short trip for me. SD's Bike to Work day is today. My first time biking to work since I switched offices 2 months ago. A water bottle, rear blinky (how did they find out I keep losing mine?), 10-20% coupons to lbs, and a few bars and gels. Not as fancy as last year's (t-shirt and bike-to-work day ceramic mug); but hey, can't complain about free stuff. :D :p