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Aaron

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:57 pm

Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 4645

maybe and admin will sticky this.

I thought stickies were for up coming events, yet many do not get stuck. The ROS thread should have been stuck long ago as well as the swap meet threads.

Here is the latest info:

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This is to remind you of our first and probably only organizational meeting for the 2007 Ride of Silence that will begin at 630 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2007. We are starting the meeting this Tuesday at 7 p.m. sharp. We will discuss:

- The revised proposed route
- Volunteer responsibilities before and on the day of the ride
- Corresponding with political leaders at the federal, state, county and city levels.
- Getting press
- Posting announcements at bike shops and other places
- Police cooperation
- Open mike

The meeting should end no later than 830 p.m. I hope to see many of you. If you have already told me that you are not coming but are willing to help out, please do not respond again.

Please feel free to circulate this email to your friends and acquaintances.

Thanks.

Gary J. Strauss

3610 SW Barton Street
Seattle, WA 98126-3842
Office (206) 464-3939 (Ext. 1300) Direct: (206) 816-1300
Fax: (206) 464-0125 Mobile: (206) 948-9024 Home: (206) 937-1852
Just in case, I attach a copy of the directions to CBC's offices.

Physical Address
7400 Sand Point Way NE (formerly Building 138)
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: (206) 522-3222 or (206) 522-BIKE
Fax: (206) 522-2407
Office Open: 9:00 - 5:00 Monday - Friday

The new office space is on the south end of the main gatehouse, building #138, at 7400 Sand Point Way NE. Go under the arch, turn right into the parking area and enter the building through the door facing east.

A view from 1 Mile ...

Zoomable Map

Driving Directions to CBC Office

By bicycle
Southbound From Burke-Gilman Trail, turn left on 77th (by the tennis courts). Right onto Sand Point Way NE, left into Warren G. Magnuson Park at the light (7400 block).
Northbound from the Burke Gilman Trail, turn right on 70th, left onto Sand Point Way, right into Sand Point Magnuson Park at the light (7400 block).
By bus
Take Route #74 or #75
By car, from I-5
Take the NE 45th St. Exit, head east on NE 45th St. about 4.5 miles where 45th becomes Sand Point Way NE. Continue along Sand Point Way NE to the 7400 block, take a right at the light into Warren G. Magnuson Park.
By car, from Hwy 520
Take the Montlake exit, head north on Montlake Blvd. past UW. Following arterial to the right, Montlake becomes 45th and then becomes Sand Point Way. Turn right at the light into Warren G. Magnuson Park (7400 block).
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I love the car directions.......anyone that drives to that meeting or the ROS is the biggest hipocrite! And I should know cuz I am vegan.

joeball

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:12 pm

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 6037 Location: Ether

Sticky Picky, sorry to complain more admins but could the sticky posts be ordered by date?

A calendar seems appropriate as well, especially with summer coming up but then again I have seen too many calendars that only have 3 events on them all year so I never check. I guess making ones own calendar is better if you know what you want to do and when things are coming up.

lantius

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:21 pm

1337 Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 6705 Location: right over

ha, calendar is coming andre, already figured out a clever way to do it now i just need to steal some code from henry.

the stickies are stuck being organized by date of most recent post, unfortunately...

the dreaded ben

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:22 pm

Grumpy Greeb Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 5329 Location: flavor country

joeball wrote:

the internet just hung up on you.

joeball

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:37 pm

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 6037 Location: Ether

lantius wrote:

So will Thursdays always be orange, as in "theater", as in teh WLC pre-ride drama?

applesauche

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:36 am

Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 337 Location: Capitol Hill

I hate to point out that I'm not cool because clearly all of you are. But Aaron, you didn't mention what the ride of silence is in your post? Some of us uncool kids (or maybe just me) have never heard of this. What's it for? Bicycle-related?

lantius

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:40 am

1337 Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 6705 Location: right over

the ride of silence.

henry

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:49 am

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

Last year a bunch of you guys went on this and complained BITTERLY afterward.

Save us the bother and don't go if you don't want to ride single file, in silence, surrounded by tard-barges in sausage outfits.

Also... calendar ... Lee and Derrick, do you guys want to meet for 30 minutes before the ride on thursday to discuss this? I suppose we could do so at the Whiskey Bar.

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joeball

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:57 am

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 6037 Location: Ether

lantius wrote:

the ride of silence.

huh, Seattle doesn't have one

gsbarnes

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:20 pm

Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 2666 Location: No Fun Town, USA

joeball wrote:

lantius wrote:

the ride of silence.

huh, Seattle doesn't have one

We're just quiet about it.

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derrickito

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:00 am

now with 50 percent more EVIL Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 10566

henry wrote:

Also... calendar ... Lee and Derrick, do you guys want to meet for 30 minutes before the ride on thursday to discuss this? I suppose we could do so at the Whiskey Bar.

i just saw this. lets yammer about it next time we're out on a ride. curious to see what you've come up with.

henry

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 12:01 pm

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

What was that derrick? I can't quite hear you, could you say it again please?

Last edited by henry on Thu May 03, 2007 12:07 pm; edited 1 time in total
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derrickito

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 12:05 pm

now with 50 percent more EVIL Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 10566

that was from yesterday when we were having DB errors. i didnt think it was going and i kept hitting submit submit submit

im going to cut you when you sleep

Aaron

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:58 pm

Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 4645

Anyone riding this?

TBC wants to know:

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email from Louise Kornreich to aaron

Hi Aaron,

I just checked the .83 website and it didn't look like there was much interest in the ROS this year. Did you see the article on the http://www.jew-ish.com/index.php?/stories/item/548 website? I think you will like it; it's like a juxtaposition of old and uptight with younger and fun(ner). I'm not naming names, you'll have to read the story.

I hope to see you and your colorful crowd next Wednesday.

Louise

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I emailed her telling her I had not really heard much interest from us.

joeball

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:16 pm

Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 6037 Location: Ether

I thought we were all just keeping quite about it.

I was interested. Anyone else?

ksep

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:08 pm

Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Westlake

I'll be there and well behaved.

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-Kevin

TrikerTrev

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:21 pm

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 2303 Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!

i'll be there.

i'm working x-tra hours to make up for the time I'll need to participate.

anywho, a trikers gotta represent!

Remington

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 4:13 pm

Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 457 Location: Remington Country

Duane Wright wrote:

We had a large turnout in Seattle -- 500 - 700 riders...
...We did discover that it was difficult to keep this large of a group
together, due to stop lights and one bridge crossing. Those of us at
the front slowed down to 10 mph, and even rode the brakes on downhills, but still it was tough to keep together as a single group. Not that we
necessarily thought this was a bad thing, it was just the reality of
the situation.

I believe Critical Mass came up with a solution for pesky stoplights. If only I could remember what that was...

Come to think of it though, even CM has problems keeping the stragglers with the group, leading to messy corks at times.

pete jr

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:58 pm

Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 1930 Location: balls deepx

SSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH!!!!

no, but for real, i think the same point was made last year by many people smarter and more eloquent than myself that being silent is not noticed at all by people in automobiles. they can't hear us anyways.

there are a lot of people who don't know what critical mass is, even though that crew whoops and hollers and tells everyone their name. a bunch of people silently obeying the law in 30 different chunks with no visual cues to tie them together really isn't the best way to get a point across. wear all white, wear all black, etc etc. it's much more likely to make people that there's actually something going on here and maybe be curious enough to figure it out when they (finally!!!) get home

although tacomadude in his van will probably give us props for being "on messsage" and only yell for half as long

derrickito

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:57 pm

now with 50 percent more EVIL Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 10566

holy christ alive is that ever a slow nerve jarring ride

is it wrong that i just got home with a strong beer buzz from the ride of silence?

trevor, me, dashap, ro, and (shit sorry i forgot your name!) showed up from our group. by the time we hit eastlake (2 miles) i had to stop for beer and cream cheese bagels. i was that asshole blowing stoplights and splitting lanes by downtown, i just couldnt take it any longer. i pulled up and gathered the troops for a sidewalk beer stop in belltown. we made a few friends there with PBR handouts. Ro couldnt take it downtown and was hitting a car that almost clipped him.

it was nice and quiet, we drank beers. a girl pulled up at one point and gave us the "oh you guys must be the point83 people ive heard about" and had a drink with us

overall, it was slow, it was quiet. not sure if it made any noticeable point to any motorists really, even with the proper red light stopping and single fileness. but i needed to head out for a spin on a wednesday and it fit the bill nicely.

mmmm pbr.

Protein Man

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:22 pm

Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 56 Location: N. Seattle

Holy crap is right.

I can feel the underlying desire to pay respect to those cyclists that have been hit by cagers, but that ride was seriously painfull in the boring and uneventful sense. I looked for those who didn't seem to be members of some proper cycling group, but didn't end up finding any .83 folks (I've never met any of you in person).

I introduced myself to one older chap who didn't fit the jerseyed, club member mould. Turns out he is friends with a few other bikers I know. We finished the ride, and ended up sinking a few pints at the P.I. afterwards. He is a likely candidate to drag out to 'mass next time.

Anyway, I'm Jeff and I work at a belltown biotech company. I found this site after getting hit last month and becoming posessed with an overwhelming desire to find local, like-minded cyclists to drink beer with.

Cheers

derrickito

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:38 pm

now with 50 percent more EVIL Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 10566

welcome aboard jeff
we ride tomorrow night at westlake center. 7pm. if you want to come out and say hi

Aaron

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:00 pm

Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 4645

New name for the ROS: Shut Up and Ride!

any number of cyclist reports?

MikeOD

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:27 pm

Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 545

I overheard some ride organizers (I assume that's who they were) saying turnout was roughly half of last year.

langston

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:59 pm

Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 5547 Location: Columbia City

MikeOD wrote:

I overheard some ride organizers (I assume that's who they were) saying turnout was roughly half of last year.

skipped it this year. If I'm going to go parade with the wannabes, I want to have some fun doing it, and not have a embolism from sitting through empty intersection waiting on a light bulb.

Last year was ok, in that I brought my dad and my boss and got them both very stoned beforehand. Otherwise, I had a crap time. A crap time, that is, until we got dropped with mechanical issues. This event is more about feeling good about yourself on a bike than making any statement.

ksep

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:02 am

Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Westlake

derrickito wrote:

trevor, me, dashap, ro, and (shit sorry i forgot your name!) showed up from our group.

You've been introducing yourself to me over and over since February.

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dashap

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 7:22 am

professor Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 1566 Location: central district

My take, in 327 words:

Ride of Silence

derrickito

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 7:58 am

now with 50 percent more EVIL Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 10566

abamfici wrote:

derrickito wrote:

trevor, me, dashap, ro, and (shit sorry i forgot your name!) showed up from our group.

You've been introducing yourself to me over and over since February.

i have one awesome memory

the dreaded ben

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 8:57 am

Grumpy Greeb Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 5329 Location: flavor country

abamfici wrote:

You've been introducing yourself to me over and over since February.

a picture to go with the name couldn't hurt.
well, unless you look like derrick.

*shudders*

TrikerTrev

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:47 am

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 2303 Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!

derrickito wrote:

gah...if it weren't for ito and his beer break I was doomed to go MAD from the slow boring slog that was ROS. I have to give cred were due, Ro is an excellent mind reader by offering a glass of red wine after we met at GWP. Thanks Ro! I'll be sure to repay the favor at some point.

As my first ROS, I can say I wasn't impressed all that much. Even though there were folks obviously part or some organized ROS group directing the riders, I fwwl like the point was completly missed by the masses. Will I do it next year...eh, well see. Not corking intersections (especially downtown) seems like an accident waiting to happen.

I agree with Dashaps wright up that when I finally go, i'd like a loud. altered party that at least makes folks notice that something important is happening.

Someone in the ROS group took my pic...I sure hope I can find it.

henry

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:49 am

somewhat piggish Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 5415 Location: on porch with shotgun

Last year everyone bitched like crazy about this ride.

What did you people think had possibly changed?

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winter men

derrickito

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:53 am

now with 50 percent more EVIL Joined: 22 Jul 2005 Posts: 10566

i remember some of the bitching about this from previous years, but this was the first one i have made it out to. it started close by my house and i wanted to go for a spin.

Remington

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 10:00 am

Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 457 Location: Remington Country

henry wrote:

Last year everyone bitched like crazy about this ride.
What did you people think had possibly changed?

Henry, you effectively persuaded me to avoid this ride. I'm just glad I get to make it to CM this month before I head off to Switzerland to become a cherry picking hay-baler.

TrikerTrev

Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 11:30 am

Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 2303 Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!

whos whining? It's called feedback you hairy gasbag.

any excuse to ride (and drink) i'll take

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