Midnight MTB

SnakeCharmer said:
Back to the nightlife?
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DangerDirtyD said:
Here again is a futile attempt to conjure up some lunatics to ride bikes. For Father's Day [weekend] mama is offering me an all-night hall pass tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday). It's a free-for-all bonanza, and we can party at the moon tower, a casino, noodie bar, Tijuana, or just ride our bikes.
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Come on up for a midnight ride. There will be challenges I promise.

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DangerDirtyD said:
Here again is a futile attempt to conjure up some lunatics to ride bikes. For Father's Day [weekend] mama is offering me an all-night hall pass tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday). It's a free-for-all bonanza, and we can party at the moon tower, a casino, noodie bar, Tijuana, or just ride our bikes.
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Sorry man, I am riding tonite but we will be finished before you've even started.
 
Sasquatch9billion said:
I might be a few beers deep by then, but I can show you some fun mixed surface stuff from my place.
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Urban jaunts after midnight are Gnar Gnar when the drunkers frolic! I plan on going early tomorrow morning, and maybe we can rendezvous tomorrow night in your neighborhood if you think we can avoid major roadways. Would you be riding your gravel bike?
 
DangerDirtyD said:
Urban jaunts after midnight are Gnar Gnar when the drunkers frolic! I plan on going early tomorrow morning, and maybe we can rendezvous tomorrow night in your neighborhood if you think we can avoid major roadways. Would you be riding your gravel bike?
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Yeah, gravel bike or a good urbane hardtail would work.
Mostly suburban roads through South Pasadena to the arroyo bike trail then head up the fire road to the pond at debs park. A couple of short but fun single track options down.
Then we can avoid the drunk drivers after debs park-hopefully-just winding back through El Sereno and Alhambra neighborhood streets.

I think that’d be 15-20 miles +/-.

@Fueledbyex8 , I’m looking your way…you down?
 
Sasquatch9billion said:
Yeah, gravel bike or a good urbane hardtail would work.
Mostly suburban roads through South Pasadena to the arroyo bike trail then head up the fire road to the pond at debs park. A couple of short but fun single track options down.
Then we can avoid the drunk drivers after debs park-hopefully-just winding back through El Sereno and Alhambra neighborhood streets.

I think that’d be 15-20 miles +/-.

@Fueledbyex8 , I’m looking your way…you down?
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I’m leaning toward bringing the commuter with 1.5-1.75” urban tires on this ride. PM me your address if you are still interested tonight.
 
Well, we gave it a good effort. @DangerDirtyD made it to my house just after midnight, while we were sitting in the living room having a pre-ride beer my front tire started hissing out of nowhere.

I’d put fresh sealant in just a few hours earlier. I spun and shook the wheel up and it seemed to do the trick.

Off we went, passing the LBS in San Marino just around 1 AM, Dio noted the lights were on and the front door was open. He suggested we go over and bug them but I shrugged that off and we kept rolling to S. Pasadena. (We should’ve gone in for an extra tube)

after that, we hit the first little bit of trail through the arroyo before hopping on the paved arroyo bike path to Highland Park. Right as we got to the start of the trail my tire started hissing again and we stopped to throw a tube This was the first of three failed attempts to keep air in the tire.

In Highland Park, we started climbing up the fire road at Debs Park. If you haven't been to Ernest E. Debs Park, it's certainly not a destination for bikes but, the trails are nice for a hike and offer great views of DTLA and the surrounding neighborhoods along with a really lovely and shaded pond filled with turtles. (There are a few fun but short single tracks that don't seem to be official trails.)

The third and final flat happened right about the midway point in our ride. I went through 3 co2 cartridges trying to seat the tire with the little sealant it had left.

This was about the time Dio started brainstorming who to bug for an extraction run. It was just past 2 AM, cold, damp, a bit muddy.
I threw the towel in and called the kiddo to come grab us. He came down in his little Prius C and we stashed the bikes until we could get back to the house and grab my car with a rack.

All said and done, we ended up with a little over 7 miles and got back to my house just before 4 AM. No photos.
 
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