PDX Midnight Mystery Ride: June ‘07
June 9th, 2007 by Chris KingLast night was a great time as I took part in my second Midnight Mystery Ride, which also happened to be a part of this year’s Pedalpalooza.
The premise of a Midnight Mystery Ride, if you’re unfamiliar, is this:
“We meet, greet, gather and drink. At midnight, we ride to a mystery location. Not for the faint at heart.”
Every second Friday of the month, bicycle-riding freaks and geeks meet at a pre-determined location. Although this location usually ends up being a local brew-pub, its whereabouts are only posted on the website the day prior to the event. Around 10pm (ish), crowds of people on bikes of all types begin to gather at the chosen spot to load up on as much barley-pop as possible before midnight. At that time the mystery ride of roughly 150–200 people begins, which is led by one person who is the only individual that knows where we are riding to. Upon arriving at the mystery destination, which is within approximately five miles of the original meeting location, the partying commences. The crowd is comprised of everything from hipsters riding fixes to nude double-decker bike riding weirdos—My kind of peeps!
Below are a few photos and videos of last night’s ride. Unfortunately, my memory card was full, so I was only able to capture as much as I could erase. I was, however, able to get a poorly-lit snippet of a by-passer in an SUV acting-a-fool because he thought someone touched his precious vehicle. Way to uphold the stereotype, f*cktard! Not to mention he was slightly out numbered by 200 people on bicycles. Although, he did have a sweet east coast wise-guy accent.
Anyhow, enjoy my lousy, poorly-lit photos and videos as much as you can. It was pitch-black once we got there and I was pretty f*cked up, mind you. Better photos and videos next month, I promise.
WERD!
June 9th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
That looks like so much fun!
June 9th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
I like the last photo with the guy/girl with his/her pants off
June 10th, 2007 at 11:52 am
That looks way fun! (Sort of a 1 night don’t-have-to-sleep-in-the-f’ing-playa burning man) Maybe we should have a category for “new ways to get drunk and meet people”.
June 10th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Totally. It’s a great time. You guys would love it. There are a ton of similar events going on all week here with Pedalpalooza. I’ll get some more stills and video footage to post.
Great new category idea, too. Me likes.
June 10th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Just added a new category. Your entry is the first to use it.
: )
June 10th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Sweet. Thx man!