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[socialpurgatory]

ok lets catch up a little

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[andthenyoudie]

What part of LA to what part of OC are you riding to/from? I've never taken the river channel, but I've heard from a bunch of people that if you plan on riding it - bring a gun. These are also from old 30 and 40-something cyclists, and supposedly things were way worse in the 80's/90's, but still. If I'm in Orange County and want to ride around Los Angeles, I'll ride to Long Beach and bring my bike on the Metrorail to LA and then ride around wherever up there. I don't think that's really your goal/intention, but whatever, just kind of throwing out a just-in-case anecdote

[socialpurgatory]

i just drive by the river everytime i go from LA to long beach (101 to the 710) and i always think "it would be awesome to ride alongside the river to long beach, then down the coast to newport". but ya, i dont doubt that its pretty creepy. and ive spray painted old beach cruisers way back in the day, but it was a super shitty job. maybe it was shitty cause i was like 13 when i did it, now im all old and skilled.

[itna]

cheese and crackers! THAT"S where you hook up that extra part for the u-lock? i don't know where mines is anymore. darn
i'll ask curtis your bike questions and get back to you. he's real gay for the bikes

[socialpurgatory]

i remember seeing chris that night. i was in LA and i saw him before he was about to leave. i thought he was crazy. i guess i still do. i think i'll tackle it during the daytime first.

[bas_jan_ader]

Haha, ya, on that note, it was a sort of illicit substance influenced decision. We got way lost and never found our way to the river, and at one point ended up inching our bikes along a wall under a scary LAX overpass while cars zoomed by inches away from us. I'd recommend mapping it all out before you start. We found out later that the route we took was almost 65 miles long. Way longer than it should have been.

That said, I'd love to do it again when I'm back for the holidays so do a test run!

Congratulations on your graduation. Wish I could have made your party. Hope it was a blast.

[bas_jan_ader]

P.S. Is that the bike you're gonna ride from LA on? Is it a single speed or fixed? I'll tell you in advance that you'll probably want some gears and at the very least, the ability to coast.

xx.