The Great L.A. Beer Run: August 2007 Archives

Here it is: the design of our demise. Don't be intimidated. This ride is going to be an awesome way to waste the day, and then get wasted.

Due to a few blog blitzkriegs that have been pushing our RSVP numbers nearer to 30 riders, we decided to post a few recommendations, assurances and perfunctory legal brush-offs.

Things We Recommend

1. Don't get hammered on Friday night.

2. Bring water, and drink like a fish throughout the day.

3. Bring some snacks that are high in protein and or carbs: nuts, energy bars, etc.

4. Sunscreen. We don't want you guys looking like meat on Sunday.

5. Bring something to carry your beer booty in.

6. Lube your chain, pump your tires, bring a spare tube if you have it. We will have tools, tubes and lubes, but it can't hurt to bring your own. (Especially if we have a gang of 30.)

Assurances

1. There will be a half dozen or more riders in our company that have loads of experience biking in the streets of L.A., riding long distances, and dealing with large numbers of bikers.

2. We will take breaks.

3. There will be at least one point in the ride where a car will meet up with us to unload and chill as much beer as you want to take off your back.

4. The day before the ride we will post an amended map, with a few "escape routes." If you don't want to join us for the last legs of the ride, then we'll post directions to some metro stops for you.

5. This will be rad. We assure you.

Obligatory Statements

1. This is not a booze cruise. Obviously the express purpose is to gather an insane amount of beers, but if you are planning on chugging beers midday and riding over 40 miles, well...you are insane.

2. Please know your limits as a biker, and a human being. If you start to feel particularly exhausted, don't bottle it up until you pass out in front of a bus.

3. While it is perfectly legal for us to occupy entire lanes of traffic, we will obey street signs, traffic lights etc. If you defy the law, you might get a ticket--draining your beer cash reserve. Bummer.

4. "We will not be held resposnisble for personal injury or death." But we will help you if you get hurt etc.

Most Important of All

1. Consult each destinatino point on the map and review each store's beer selection footnotes. Communicate with the ridersbuying beer around you, so we don't end up with 100 IPAs.

2. The Goal of the ride (other than the party afterword) is to bring readers into our reality, by showing you our favorite places to buy beer, via the streets of the city we love. If you want to burn ahead of the group, feel free, but this isn't a Wolf Pack ride in the daytime. Half the awesomeness of this event hinges on unity. Get into it.