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pointless rides to distant places: week 11

ride to somewhere you never go.

this week, the poker ride that wasn’t meant to be.

unm duckpond.

weds.

7pm.

cranking rad alleycat

like watching breaking bad and riding bikes?

cranking rad.

Hone your urban cycling skills on Walt’s playground. See if you have what it takes to be a Burque criminal mastermind in this checkpoint-style alleycat. Choose your own destiny as you carefully plan your route to include as few or as many stops as you like. No prior Breaking Bad knowledge required. Scientific profundity will be rewarded handsomely. Ride will end with a season finale viewing party.

sunday, sept. 29th, 230pm.

where? stay tuned.

seek and zine

…poker swim

saturday night was another of those wtf moments.

8pm…everything is going as planned, the sun has set, some clouds in the sky. it’s starting to cool off…i’ll take long sleeves please. 922pm…matt and i are the first ones at the park. we sip frosty beverages as we contemplate how the poker ride went from 900 to 922 (actually, it was 930 before others start to arrive). 925…i comment that the base is doing bomb tests. by 930, i realize that i’m hearing thunder in the distance. 1010pm…ten of us start to roll south towards the impending storm. we’re heading to veteran’s memorial park. there’s a covered amphitheater that we can use for shelter if necessary. as we reach the corner of morningside and zuni, the first thin drops of rain begin to fall and i assure bob that we’ll just miss the storm…how wrong i was.

1025…we arrive at the park, winded from sprinting through the steadily strengthening storm. we get to the amphitheater, only to find that the roof is made of perforated steel. we end up on the front porch of the veterans museum, drippin’ and sippin’. 1130…on the phone with my lady. she’s wondering how we can only be @ the first stop. 5 minutes later the rain stops. we wind our way through the way cool park when suddenly we are redrenched by another wave of rain…we head back to the museum. suddenly the 1st stop has become the second.

1151…i talk to karl, who mysteriously disappeared just before wave 2. he has resurfaced at the chevron station on wyoming near the base. 1208…we start heading to the chevron to meet karl. halfway there we’re soaked again. after a quick game of squeegee basketball, we start back towards the new last stop…my garage.

of course it starts raining again. we find a park, deep in the war zone, with sheltered picnic tables. 115am…to make a long story short, we get to the garage, order some pizzas from domino’s and enjoy the dry.

so if you were wondering where the poker ride went…the same park twice, a gas station, trumbull park and a garage. epic.

Urban Art Tour series 1

We will be seeking out graffiti spots.

UNM Duck Pond

1. Central Ave NE & Aliso Dr NE (East of Absolutely Neon)
2. Central Ave NE & Monroe St NE (Hubb City Outlet)
3. Central Ave SE & Richmond Dr SE (Astro-Zombies, Sachs, Mask y Mas)
4. Central Ave SE & Buena Vista Dr SE (behind Pita Pit)
5. Central Ave SE & Terrace St SE (the LA Underground)
6. University Blvd SE & Coal Ave SE
7. Lead Ave SE & Elm St SE
8. Central Ave NE & Edith Blvd NE
9. Gold Ave SW & 2nd St SW
10. 3rd St SW & Santa Fe Ave SW (across from the Rail Yards)
11. 3rd St SW & Cromwell Ave SW (between 2nd & 3rd)

UNM Duck Pond

Route Map: http://goo.gl/maps/5VZre

Meet location: UNM Duck Pond
Meet time: 9:30 am
Ride Time: 10:00 am

We will be stopping along the way for photo ops & for somewhere to grab a bite to eat.

Please remember to bring the following:

Bike lock
Repair kit
Water/snack

my poker ride

this saturday night, yours truly will be leading the poker ride. where you ask? come out and see.

hidden park.

9ishpm. roll by 1000.

be there!

pointless rides to distant places: week 10

ride to somewhere you never go.

this week, fruit loop.

weds.

7pm.

unm duckpond.

torgv 2013

torgv (tour of the rio grande valley) century is back for another horrible ride up mlk. okay, let me explain…torgv starts in los ranchos, goes south past belen and then back to the start. if you’ve never considered riding a century (100 miles in one day), this is the one to ride…it’s about as flat as you can get in nm on a century ride. the hill climbs are better known as bridges. hence, that horrible ride up mlk if you happen to live near the university. other than that, this is a fixie friendly century.

 

sun., september 15th, 700am @ the los ranchos de albuquerque village hall on rio grande blvd.

 

‘Registration is $50, ($10 late fee after September 3rd) and includes the ride on Sunday with maps, rest stops, sag support, post ride party, TORGV T-shirt with TORGV water bottle (to pre-registered riders) and a membership in BCNM good to TORGV 2014 (a $20 value). A TORGV patch will be available for an additional fee.’

(as always, registration is optional for the poacher in you.)

sunday morning cruiser ride no. 11

Sunday Morning Cruiser Ride No. 11 (aka Ride to the We Art the People – Folk Art Fest)

 
We will be meeting at Tingley Field.

Meet time: 9:00am
Ride time: 9:30am

We will be riding through the historic Barelas Neighborhood & then to the We Art the People – Folk Art Fest @ Robinson Park (Central & 8th Street Downtown ABQ)

FEATURING:

Giant Puppet and Samba Dance-n-Drum Parade at Noon.
Over 100 artists with locally-made, handcrafted items
Two stages with musical and dance performances
Baked goods & white elephant fundraising sale
Art Making Tent and Community Art Project areas for children and adults.
Magic acts, fortune-telling and much more!