About
Since 2009, The Passage of a Few People Through a Rather Brief Moment in Time has explored far-flung areas of Los Angeles on bike. Departing from Koreatown's California Donuts #21, each Wednesday night we set out on a unique route based around a different theme. Sometimes historical, sometimes conceptual, often nonsensical, sometimes a game, our routes aim to give participants a balance between seeing new things and seeing old things anew. Convinced that bicycle infrastructure encompasses much more than bike lanes and river paths, we climb hills, wander off-road, and venture underground to bring out the hidden and unexpected connections between otherwise disconnected places.
On this bike ride, you might expect:
- - inconvenient passageways
- - oblique strategies
- - Oulipian constraints
- - parts of the city of which you are not familiar
- - familiar parts of the city, defamiliarized
- - maps that are no longer accurate
- - rivers that no longer exist
- - disorientation
- - reorientation
- - playgrounds, pool halls, bowling alleys, karaoke
- - geocaching
- - full moon picnics
- - traffic median tea parties
- - cover versions of other people's rides,
- - performed with amateurish enthusiasm
- - amateurish enthusiasm
- - smell tourism
- - Couchwick v2.0
Furthermore:
- - a medium pace
- - (possibly not for beginners; certainly not a hustle)
- - approx. 20-35 miles
- - likely some hills
- - maybe some off-roading
- - few stops, short stops
- - but we're not in a rush; we don't need to run every light
- - victory donuts!
Visit ThePassageRide.com for more information.