Ohio was a party, spent 2 days staying with Kyle and his roommates in Toledo, lots of partying, zero bike riding.
This kid called Jeff showed up from Cleveland, and we ended up following him down there and hitting up a house party the first night. After that we ended up sleeping on the floor his girlfriends dorm room. Next day we went to this place called Ray’s which is bike heaven(thanks to Jeff for getting us in free, and no questions asked). It’s this old factory that has been gutted and turned into a gigantic bike park(over 88 000 square feet!). I rode for 4 hours the first day, exploring every different room I could find, and I didn’t even manage to see the whole park. Actually I lost all the people I showed up with and didn’t find them until hours later.
The Rhythm room!
More pictures here
That night we went to Justin Simpson’s house(I think the guy is a pro bmx dude or something?) for some drinks before a big group of us headed to see some KISS cover band. That was a gnarly night.
Next day got up super hung over and got super lost trying to find somewhere to eat. Ended up eating at some McDonalds, and seeing how segregated Cleveland is. Went to Ray’s again for a few hours, and rode all the stuff I missed the first day. Your supposed to have brakes on you bike to ride there, but I just snuck my bike in, since I don’t have any on it. Someone finally caught me on the second day, but he didn’t kick me out, he probably should have though, cause I ended up running into 4 different people and nailing a wheel barrow in the dirt room.
After Ray’s we decided to start driving towards Pittsburgh. That night we stayed in a wal mart, but the van is out of propane so we have no heater. It was so damn cold, I wore 3 pairs of socks and still barely slept.
Tonight we still have no propane(gas stations only seem to do bottle exchange around here) so were moteling it.
Ohio
October 19
Ohio was a party, spent 2 days staying with Kyle and his roommates in Toledo, lots of partying, zero bike riding.
This kid called Jeff showed up from Cleveland, and we ended up following him down there and hitting up a house party the first night. After that we ended up sleeping on the floor his girlfriends dorm room. Next day we went to this place called Ray’s which is bike heaven(thanks to Jeff for getting us in free, and no questions asked). It’s this old factory that has been gutted and turned into a gigantic bike park(over 88 000 square feet!). I rode for 4 hours the first day, exploring every different room I could find, and I didn’t even manage to see the whole park. Actually I lost all the people I showed up with and didn’t find them until hours later.
The Rhythm room!
More pictures here
That night we went to Justin Simpson’s house(I think the guy is a pro bmx dude or something?) for some drinks before a big group of us headed to see some KISS cover band. That was a gnarly night.
Next day got up super hung over and got super lost trying to find somewhere to eat. Ended up eating at some McDonalds, and seeing how segregated Cleveland is. Went to Ray’s again for a few hours, and rode all the stuff I missed the first day. Your supposed to have brakes on you bike to ride there, but I just snuck my bike in, since I don’t have any on it. Someone finally caught me on the second day, but he didn’t kick me out, he probably should have though, cause I ended up running into 4 different people and nailing a wheel barrow in the dirt room.
After Ray’s we decided to start driving towards Pittsburgh. That night we stayed in a wal mart, but the van is out of propane so we have no heater. It was so damn cold, I wore 3 pairs of socks and still barely slept.
Tonight we still have no propane(gas stations only seem to do bottle exchange around here) so were moteling it.