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Should be. I'll be missing this week, parents coming into town, then next week as well, hosting a conference.

How does Flock All Night compare to the 6pm FOC ride in terms of speed, hills, general difficulty, drop policy, etc.?

same exact thing, just 4 hours later and with more lights.

I'm in.

I am so in, although I broke one of my lights today, I hope it still looks good with 2. They are not kidding when they say to make sure they are firmly attached to the spokes, otherwise you'll be sorry when doing 30mph down Negley and you can't stop enough to keep the thing from vibrating itself apart

PS: Noah, I still have a FoC t-shirt for you.

If i am not sick and tired, i am in! Should be nice weather.

forgive me, how does this Flock all night thing work? Where do you guys ride?

we ride all over.... could be 15-25 miles depending on how things are going.... hit the trails, carson st., etc. moderate pace, stop for lights, no dropping, etc. helmets encouraged, lights REQUIRED...

sweet! where do you meet?

We meet at Dippy (the big Dinosaur outside of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Oakland).

Noah, moderate? I'd say it's ...s..l..o..w...

It did not strike me as slow.

If you trust my blackberry GPS app, we averaged about 11mph during active riding last month.... so I'd say that is fairly slow.

http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/851067

There was a good bit of downtime last month, too.... a flat if I remember.... plus riding down carson takes about 30 min or somthing like that!

ok, now if I can just muster up the courage to ride the the dinosaur

Someone ALWAYS gets a flat. Waiting for it to be me. I think that perhaps the faster, more regular riders may do the whole ride.. It seems like we Ride a little faster at the end of the ride,

I am starting a new contest. Fastest flat change on a FOC ride gets a special prize at the end of the year. Current record seems to be about 40 minutes.

We really do go faster at the end of the ride.

I think it's partly Stef's explanation, and partly that as the group gets smaller we're more likely to make lights.

The fastest flat fix I think I've ever seen was on last Fall's urban forest ride. I forget who it was, there were only about a dozen of us (Caitlin might remember), but I swear it was 10 to 15 minutes. Fast, anyway. I can't do it in my own driveway in under 30, even on a front tire.

Haha, i'm with Stu..I HATE fixing flats..I'll walk for a day or two, look at my bike...sighh..kick it..And walk another day..Guess that's why i got called out for "riding the incline when i own a road bike!" Hahaha, just not as 'serious' as some folk.

Okay, Chris holds the record for the longest flat change at 4 days. He wins the least serious award.

We'd go somewhat faster if we didn't hit Carson St.... just sayin'

TBH there were points in the last flock that were so slow you might have trouble staying upright.

Changing my "no" to a "maybe".

I've been really bad at making it to rides that I RSVP for lately, but I should be there this Friday. I'll also be introducing my girlfriend to flocking for the first time...

I won somethinggg!

Sigh. Gonna have to miss out, friends. I'll catch the Flock in 2 weeks.

I'm a firm maybe for this Friday.

I gotta be honest.... I love biking down Carson. I know it's barely biking, but the reaction to the spectacle that is the flock makes this my favorite part.

I half love and half hate going down Carson. On one hand, Carson is a place that I, as a rule, avoid after 6 pm. On the other hand, what better way to travel down it than in a large spectacular group?

I like Carson with Flock. If I was alone I'd never go down there at that time of night.

Definitely helps to have certain elements (tall bike, ridiculous lighting) to throw the drunks off though... replaces hostility with curiosity

So is this week a Flock, or a Flock All Night?

10PM Flock all night.

Man, if it didn't start about half an hour after my last Coherent Moment of The Day, I'd be in. My brain fires up at 4AM and shuts off at 9:30PM (if I'm lucky).

I could handle a Morning After Flock. Hair of the Cog?

Hair of the Cog would be a great follow-up to Midnight Mass, assuming breakfast was part of the agenda.

Hair of the cog, breaky at Pamela's? Mmm... pancakes.

Could take the trail to Millvale and then dine at the P&G on Lincoln.....a Pamela's affiliate.

how delicious, the trail to milvale and pancakes. Hair of the Cog indeed.

The Waffle Shop is open from 11pm to 3am on Friday... I could be persuaded to eat a waffle after the ride.

I can hit Millvale in 25-30 minutes. Sure!

I have family coming into town this friday and can't! Miss everyone, but busy-bee-sy over here!

Stay thirsty my friends!,

Wait, what is this Hair of the Cog thing?!

I think it's a joke. Just come to the dinosaur at 10 pm. Bring your serious face.

Dude, I would totally do a 7AM ride. But Hair of the Cog does not exist.... yet. MUA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!

I would only be there at 7a if it required little sleep the night before and at least 90 miles on a tall bike.

I wanna flock with you.. all night

We're gonna flock the night away...

Couldn't decide if this should go here, or as a time sink, I chose here. Inspiration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8SQlXMJBbU

I second a 7 am Flock ride and breakfast!

Note: ejwme is having a jail trail plants meeting at the bike rental at 9:30

If you guys flock all night and then do the hair of the cog, you can do that next.

"The bike party that never ends."

@mick she just posted that its going to be 10:30 now. plenty of time to get there after pancakes and hangovers.

Hahaha, yeah, i got excited at the thought of a breakfast ride, being a fat kid and all!