Midnight Ridazz

In 2004 in LA 8 people got together and started a monthly night ride. In 2007 over 1,000 people each month come out for the ride.

It's about fun, not much else... the good times. And Ma3k, it's not a race.

Their manifesto (if that's what you can call it):

What Midnight Ridazz is:
-Fun
-Friendships
-Non Confrontational
-Family
-Compassionate
-Open - Minded
-Multi-cultural

What Midnight Ridazz is NOT:
-Mean Spirited
-Political
-Commercialized
-Non-inclusive
-Abrasive
-Protest

Think of it as a social critical mass, but without the protest, and with a lot more beer/fun/shananigans.

Come in fancy dress, decorate your ride, do it on a BMX or a shopper. Who gives a fuck, just do it and enjoy it.

And so Harry from the Midnight Ridazz has contacted us and basically said, "Why the hell don't you guys get something going too?".

And so I'm posting this.

The details for their shit is here:
http://www.midnightridazz.com/

All we need to do is come up with a time and place, and then start doing it.

It should be a regular thing, a fun thing.

Who's up for regular night rides?

good idea dk. i've liked the way the midnight ridazz do their thing. their rides are epic, so many cyclists. they literally take over wherever they go.

Sounds like a lot of fun, I'm in.

we already do them don't we?
bridges
docklands
halloween

dogsballs we already do them don't we?
bridges
docklands
halloween

Yes and no.

We do night rides, but we don't do regular night rides that aim to be as fun and accessible as possible for absolutely anyone and with the emphasis purely on the fun, good stuff.

If you think we do then do you think 15 > 20 miles by night down narrow cobblestone paths along the Thames in darkness, is fun and accessible for anyone on a bike?

So we do night rides. But we don't do big night rides around the West End, purposefully to bring in as many riders as possible and have a laugh. Cruising the streets making noise and a rolling party on wheels. That we don't do.

if you came on the docklands ride, yes!! well fun and open to anyone.
more regular than once a month?!

velocity boy It's about fun, not much else... the good times. And MA3K, it's not a race.

I have been maligned, but I would still be up for joining you guys :p

MA3K|³| [quote]velocity boy It's about fun, not much else... the good times. And MA3K, it's not a race.

I have been maligned, but I would still be up for joining you guys :p[/quote]

You're always off the front charging around. I saw you on the social ride... that's quite a pace. It should be possible to smoke dope as you ride.

dogsballs if you came on the docklands ride, yes!! well fun and open to anyone.
more regular than once a month?!

Regular as in: 2nd Friday of each month, 10pm at a specified pub, and the meeting place and time never changes.

You know regular as in predictable.

And of course the only difference is that were it to happen here we couldn't plan a route, and we couldn't have a leader. The idea would be thrown out there, and we'd all just make it up as we go along (save for the time and place).

I'm in, could we incorporate a parks element into it as well, maybe the major central ones, hyde, green, regents, holland, if you wanted to you could also incorporate the parks further out, like richmond, queens, gunnersbury, brockwell, possibly hampstead heath, primrose hill, clapham common. Since on the places you love/hate to ride, night park riding scored pretty high.

isn't it just going to end up like CM? the prospect of which doesn't appeal to me at all. but then i am generally:

-Mean Spirited
-Political
-Commercialized
-Non-inclusive
-Abrasive

Sweeeeeeeeet.

velocity boy It should be possible to smoke dope as you ride.

Sold. I'm in.
But, one condition, can all words PLEASE be typed correctly, without the dodgey txtspk?

(I don't mean to be a dick, but "ridazz" does my swede in. I mean, how can "ridazz", compared to "riders", be any easier/faster to type or say - it has more letters!!! And it doesn't even sound like the word it is supposed to be...)

Ooh, fnck. Sorry about that.

Yeah, we should Anglicise the 'Ridazz' to some thing like 'Midnight Riders', 'Pitch-Black Pootlers', or perhaps the youthfully British 'Midnite Riderz'.
Original group was called Midnight Riderz (follow the link). Velocity Boy could never be accused of poor grammar in 'his house'.

It wasn't a pop at VB, I promise.
I did look at the link, and it is rife with it "cruzz" etc...

Ahh.. sorry. I just wanted to link to this anyway..
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3811296

I am up for the midnight rides becoming regular - Friday is good. Slow dope-smoking pace is good.
List?

Sounds good. I know a load of people that would be keen too.
Perhaps it could take in some of the favourite places as voted in an earlier post.

So like:

"Past my bedtime bicycle band"

?

Yeah I am definitely in,
As most of us love ridding in the dark it makes sense to me. I think in doing lots of parks is a great idea but some thing like this would be good to bring your mates to after drinks and who don’t really ride very much and cant face a 30 mile ride after work. Some thing easy but not too easy. Just fun ridding,

After dark is now any time after 4pm :P

After 3pm :( -soon-

I thought there already was a monthly 'social' ride?

Where's the monthly anti-social, fast bunch ride? No, I don't mean London Dynamo I mean the other cnuts on here that get drunk and lairy and oh wait doc says I can't no more..

hippy you're one post away from 5555 .... scary dude

5555? I just had a look and mine says 56xx or something.. ?

Not really into post counts.. they make people post shit for no reason..
I post shit for no reason but not to move from Mage to Dark Wizard or some shit :)

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