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  Two Wheels Good: Hellooo, Dahlia
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I took a beautiful, serene ride through south L.A. last night.

The flesh-and-blood members of the notorious fictitious bike gang known as the International Association of Armed Librarians - Mobile Assault Force were joined by some great folks and good riders for this, our inaugural invitational ride in honor of Elizabeth "Black Dahlia" Short.

I had a great time talking with newcomers Roger, Felipe and Michael and others, and the smooth ride bode well for future invitationals. We're probably going to start scheduling more open rides for the fourth (or is it the third?) Thursday of each month. We're talking about making the next one a full-dress ride to Musso & Frank for good steaks, martinis and more old-L.A. noir vibe ...
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Will already posted some good photos here (including the great spoke cards put together by Sean and Stephen) and Stephen's photos are here. If anyone else on the ride took some, I hope you'll post links here, too.

Meantime, here's what I shot, in between chatting, answering questions from passing motorists ("Why are you doing this?" "Because we like riding bikes!") and gliding blissfully down the cool, quiet streets of south L.A..
We head out through downtown. I think I need to get a faster camera ...
We cruise down Grand, past the entrance of the Biltmore Hotel - the last place Elizabeth Short was seen alive.
We roll down past the Grand Olympic Auditorium, historic location of fight nights and other sporting events for decades.
Cruising the streets southwest of USC, into Leimert Park
Spencer (right) chats with Eric at a stoplight.
We gather quietly at the spot where Short's body was found six days later and ignited one of the biggest L.A. crime stories of the century.
Its dead-quiet here, 54 feet south of the fire hydrant, in the bedroom community that was built years after Short's severed body was discovered. Some of the bikers take photos of the group, avoiding using flash.
By now, the owners of this property are probably sick to death of the attention. We manage to avoid disturbing anyone, and roll on.
We cruise up a little hill into West Adams, admiring the big, gorgeous 1920s homes.
Among them is this handsome mansion, which was used as the chief location of "Fisher & Sons Funeral Home" in the HBO series Six Feet Under.
Some nice old houses here. Beautiful architecture.
Get a load of Roger's sweet, sweet fixie at this rest stop - a very clean machine, to be sure.
Back out on the road for the cruise homeward
... past the Hotel Cecil ...
St. Vibiana's was beautifully lit up inside for a movie shoot or a massive wedding, I couldn't tell which.
The reward at ride's end - sushi and a very large beer at Joy Mart, enjoyed by Spencer, here resplendent in IAAL-MAF colors.

More ride blogging:

- Two Wheels Good: Heroes and Villains
- Two Wheels Good: The Odorama Tour of Industrial L.A.
- Two Wheels Good: The L.A. Taint Ride
- Ridazz "Pirate" Ride (brief)
- Two Wheels Good: Midnight Ridazz 2nd Anniversary
- Two Wheels Good: Biking the L.A. River at Dawn
- Feeding Mosquitos at Griffith Observatory
- Full Moon Ride: Griffith Park & L.A. River by Bike
- Full Moon Ride: Ballona to Hermosa w/ Mystery Lights



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Posted by: Mack_Reed on Friday, September 29, 2006 - 04:55 PM  
 
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