Traffic Alert! The Bike Ride is Saturday. The Free Road will be closed and the Toll Road (southbound) will be backed up. If you're stuck in that
traffic, I'll wave as I go by on my bike Woooosh - 9-20-2010 at 09:27 AM
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Originally posted by bajabound2005
Traffic Alert! The Bike Ride is Saturday. The Free Road will be closed and the Toll Road (southbound) will be backed up. If you're stuck in that
traffic, I'll wave as I go by on my bike
You forgot the poster- maybe the T-Shirts will be the same design.bajadock - 9-20-2010 at 04:20 PM
Best of luck for a fast, safe ride to BB2005 and all this Saturday. And good call/warning on traffic Saturday afternoon from toll booth all the way
to downtown Ensenada. Either get past downtown(or parked there) well before noon or hang somewhere north like La Mision until 4-ish.BAJACAT - 9-20-2010 at 08:44 PM
Good luck Kat, my son has to work so he would not do the race...bajabound2005 - 9-21-2010 at 12:37 PM
yes, the posters, t-shirts and jerseys all have that design for the bicentennial. The ride is an "official" bicentennial event. Unfortunately, the
PC crowd doesn't like the design with the "national heroes" riding bikes. Quite the brouhaha over it!bajamigo - 9-21-2010 at 12:49 PM
But don't criticize the posters, etc., out loud. I got an earful when I posted an item on the ride organizers' Facebook page, merely excerpting an AFN
article that mentioned a few Mexican groups who found the theme offensive (picture Washington and Lincoln on bikes). Not only was I accused of being
rude, negative and insensitive, I was also "unfriended" from their FB page. BFD, but it was kinda funny.DENNIS - 9-21-2010 at 01:46 PM
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Originally posted by bajamigo
(picture Washington and Lincoln on bikes).
That wouldn't offend me in the least as long as their pants were zipped up. Gawwwd....some of these people can be as ridiculous as Muslims with their
Koran.
I mentioned somewhere before that it would probably be a non-issue to the Mexicans if the poster was printed in Spanish. It does kind of look like a
US promotor has co-opted their heroes.
You Can Call Me Dense, or You Can Call Me
Gypsy Jan - 9-21-2010 at 02:06 PM
Mexican art is usually in your face and very unsubtle.BajaGeoff - 9-22-2010 at 11:22 AM
The posters are actually designed and printed by the organizers of the ride in Mexico - they are actually based in Mazatlan.
If any Nomads are interested in riding, we do have a few comped entries that we would be happy to share. Send me a U2U!BajaSerg - 9-23-2010 at 09:34 AM
My nesses and nephews are going to do the bike ride, then its party time at my sister for margaritas and try tip whooooooooooooooooa!bajadock - 9-23-2010 at 05:18 PM
Party after the race is at Hotel Corona, just south of the flag. Music, food and beverages will be abundant. $12 t-shirt, $60 bicycle jersey will be
on sale.Woooosh - 9-24-2010 at 05:40 PM
I want to give a quick shout-out to thank BajaGeoff for dropping by our house today to give us two free ride entries for my nephew and his policeman
friend. That is a whole days pay for each of them and they are blown away by the generosity of a Nomad. They were just going to tag along behind the
pack tomorrow- now they can do the ride and really enjoy it. On top of that Geoff is a really great guy, put up with my six labs- and it was a
pleasure to finally meet a Nomad in person. I doubt the rest of you are all this nice though... LOLBajaGeoff - 9-28-2010 at 04:41 PM
Thanks Wooosh! It was great meeting you as well, and we were happy to provide the ride entries for your nephew and his friend.
I got a lot of great photos of the ride...there were some great costumes this time around. I posted up at Campo Cortez (near K38) and spent an hour
shooting photos as the riders went by.
The starting line....
Ride organizers Guillermo Rodriguez and Gary Foster
Superhombre
Superpollo
El Flash
Stoked
Big bikeKeri - 9-28-2010 at 05:57 PM
Great pictures Geoff. How many riders did they end up with?kBAJACAT - 9-28-2010 at 09:33 PM
Hey Kat how do you do in the bike ride...BajaGeoff - 9-29-2010 at 01:59 PM
It's hard to say, but it sure seemed like there was more than the 5,000 they were anticipating. I took pictures for over an hour as the packs of
bikers made their way south, and they were still coming by after I left.DENNIS - 9-29-2010 at 02:05 PM
Great shots of "Toll Road Jesus" for those who've never seen it.
