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Midnight bike ride
Submitted by Jeremy McNaughton on July 12, 2007 - 1:10am.
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Jul 14 2007 - 11:59pm
Jul 15 2007 - 1:30am
Richmond and Central (Victoria Park gate) Description:
At the Alleycat race yesterday, a few people thought it would be fun to do a midnight group ride this saturday. I'm proposing that we meet up at midnight and choose a destination (feel free to suggest them here in the thread).
If you have bike lights you should probably bring them. We'll probably stick to side streets to avoid the cars. And it would be nice if this ride could be a little bit faster than critical mass usually is.
Image: Composite bike drawing by Jennifer Robertson
Jeremy
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Richmond and Central (Victoria Park gate)
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At the Alleycat race yesterday, a few people thought it would be fun to do a midnight group ride this saturday. I'm proposing that we meet up at midnight and choose a destination (feel free to suggest them here in the thread).
If you have bike lights you should probably bring them. We'll probably stick to side streets to avoid the cars. And it would be nice if this ride could be a little bit faster than critical mass usually is.
Image: Composite bike drawing by Jennifer Robertson
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About 18-20 people came out. It was a lot of fun. We rode through Old North and then east, eventually winding up at the picket line of striking OPSEU workers in front of a Community Living London location on Trafalgar near Kiwanis Park.
Compared to critical mass rides during rush hour, it was a lot easier keeping the group from getting too spread out. There were no cars trying to fill the gaps between the various clusters of cyclists.
Somebody else should do the call out for the next midnight ride. It doesn't take much.
Jeremy
i'll still be there if it's raining
I'll still be there if it's raining. If it's raining a lot I might not want to ride for very long... perhaps straight to my porch. But I'll be there.
Jeremy
P.S. My porch has a couch.
Night Biking
I looooove night biking!! My favourite thing to do, and I know lots of good night-routes.
I can't come on Saturday though, and I have to say that I highly recommend going on a night early in the week, like a Monday or Tuesday. Much less traffic, emptier roads, more enjoyable. Although I understand it limits participation by those who have to work in the am.
Jer, i'm glad you used my bike drawing for this.
Here is another one that i did, specifically about night-biking.
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fire in backyard
The ride will also most likely be followed by a fire in my backyard with entertainment courtesy of Xena.
Jeremy
xena
that show sucked.. and that screaming banshee warrior thing she did when she fought people was lame...show had nothing on First Wave, or Forever Knight
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[#londoncommonsnet] /me is 1337two bikes available
There are apparently two (2) working bikes in my backyard that people could borrow if they're lacking bikes.
They might even be able to keep them... but it would be cool if some money could be directed towards James (an american war resister who is AWOL here in Canada... he built them up).
Jeremy
fast?
fast is always nice but i think the speed of the ride will be dictated by the riders who show up.
the 'group' concept of the ride should be in the forefront. however, i agree that crit-mass speed would be too slow. see u out there.
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formation
Chad was suggesting that we should try to learn how to ride in formation. I think that's a good idea.
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standard formations
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