Places You Should Know ride, Sat, Aug 18th 2012

[TIII]

Places You Should Know bike ride through West Palm Beach.

If you think you know all there is to know about West Palm Beach, then show up and find out your right, or SEE that one spot you heard about and THEN say you NOW know it all!
Not a pub crawl, but we might stop at a bar.
NOT a historical tour, but history will come into this.
Not a tourist sightseeing trip, but they will wish they were with us.
Not a step by step through the cities own tourist guide. Not...at...all.

We will be going to spots that the locals know about that they tell people they like that THEY should know about.

Secluded beaches, old watering holes, short cuts, cheap/free this and thats, best views. ALL of the stuff that the simple guides of the city don't have room for. Even local old timers might see something they have only heard about.

This will be an easy ride. No one gets dropped. No max or min speed limit, only speed requirement is that the group stay together.

Naturally, Freakbikes HIGHLY encouraged. Make this freaky.

[Bugeyed Earl]

This is a fabulous idea! I hope you do it again soon, I won't be able to make it next month...

[TIII]

I'm getting a few good suggestions to add to MY list so this WILL happen again. Well, you know, assuming it goes over better than a barn fire.

Like a LOT of stuff I/we do here in WPB, this event ride thing can easily be carbon copied and taken to oh say...Westin/Hollywood/Dania etc.

[TIII]

I've EASILY got enough spots to make ANY WPB n00b feel like a local. I am OF COURSE always open to another suggestion though if anyone has one.

If this goes off well, I'm thinking of doing a Places Where You Die ride for October. WPB's SCARIEST places including but not limited to haunted places, evil urban legend places, and downright creepy places.

I want to see how this one goes before I plan TO FAR into another.

[cruiserider]

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[TIII]

As I'm ironing out the final choices for the first (hopefully not the last!) Places You Should Know ride, it occurs to me that riders may want to consider bringing a map.

If we go to...say... the BEST ICE CREAM shop in town (not a stop, just picking an example) if your new to the city, you could mark it on your map to remember it and come back another day in the future.

Also, the flyer mentions that no one will get dropped, meaning no one will be left behind. Now, if you STAY behind you are on your own and you might consider the map I'm suggesting to get you back to the meet up spot. I CAN NOT be responsible if YOU STAY behind. I will do everything I can do keep the group together though.

This ride kicks off during the afternoon, but it could happen where your returning to the meet up spot after sunset. Consider bringing your lights.

A lock, and your helmet, are also highly recommended, but not required.

I wont say what the mileage will be for the day but I will say our range is the Northwood neighborhood to Forest Hill Blvd, and 95 to the Intracoastal waterway. We will NOT be crossing these boundaries. All spots will be within this area.

Of course, any questions, hit me here.

[Sweet]

What a great idea for a ride! Who can't use more places to go?!?

[TIII]

To the couch chickens who watch the weather looking for a reason to not go, you found it. The weather made for some purple clouds that never produced ANY wet-stuff. Dry.

I had a list of 40+ spots to ride to in and around West Palm Beach to work from. I picked about a dozen of them in a curving inwards spiral to give us our route today. These were not particularly the BEST suggestions, but they were all interesting at least. More than a few riders commented about having been somewhere NEW to them!

Our stops (for the couch chickens)
1.Trademark Metals Recycling. The closest recycle yard to downtown.
2. The sidewalk path along Flagler and the Intracoastal Waterway.
3.Critical Mass meet up spot.
4.(in my opinion ((no one offered a better spot))) The best fishing spot in town.
5. Preview of a Friady Cat style checkpoint. (Will it be one>>?? WHO knows!!)
6. Mango Promenade (thanks T-Fork!)
7.The highest point in the city
8. The best free parking in town 24/7
9. Secret bike rack by the library
10. The oldest bar in town
11. The best garage for bombing down
12. The Secret Service Office
then we pedaled over to "Osheys" for brews

I will be doing a haunted/creeped/spooked/urban legend ride in October. L@@k for it and be prepared to have an absorbent towel in your underpants.

I also have another 30 or so good spots that locals know that YOU might not! So keep an eye open for the next Places You Should Know. BE SURE to let me know if you see someone that might be interested or a SPOT that might be interesting.

[Connor]

Oh whoops I totally forgot about this

[TIII]

Oh whoops I totally forgot about this

A pen and your calendar and this ----> viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2065&p=18697#p18697

[Connor]

Oh whoops I totally forgot about this

A pen and your calendar and this ----> viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2065&p=18697#p18697

I know I knoww. I kind of went MIA from the board for a bit there; which is weird since I'm normally foaming at the mouth for an excuse to ride in the city

[TIII]

Pop quiz hotshot.
Whats your next opportunity to ride in the city?
"Urban Assault" would be an ok answer, but that is a training ride of sorts, so not what I'm looking for.

[Connor]

Uhhh crit mass is this friday. I don't think I'm forgetting any in between lol. Maybe I can bring a friend out again

[TIII]

[Sweet]

Some pics from the ride in a sorta particular order, I hope...

...and once again...a good time was had by all