Lance Armstrong And Me And Several Hundred Of His Biggest Fans Go For A Ride, Party

By WILL CAMPBELL
March 8th, 2009 @ 5:38 PM Biking in LA, Celebrity, Events, Hollywood, People

hraWhilst certain Metbloggers who shall remain namelessSeanBonner had to resort to renegade tactics involving  media credentials and ride crashing, some of us far less skilled in shenanigans managed to legitimately participate in the Nike-sponsored Hope Rides Again ride across Hollywood with Lance Armstrong and its subsequent after-party at the Ricardo Montalban Theater on Vine Street — all of it to promote the seven-time Tour de France champion’s LiveStrong Foundation and his efforts to find a cure for cancer.

Once home after the event  I found that I’d lost my digicam’s memory card, but on a hunch and a prayer returned to the theater today and somewhat miraculously found it on the floor by the seat I’d occupied. Hope does indeed Ride Again, and so does another of my infamous thumbnail collages above (substantially biggifiable if clicked), as well as my handlbarcam timelapse of the 2-mile bike ride from Childrens Hospital at Sunset and Vermont to the Montalban at Ivar Selma and Vine, below:

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I won’t belabor this post with what an awesome experience it was other than to say what an awesome experience it was. The Flickr photoset is here. And after the jump is another  YouTube embed of part of the speech Lance gave after being introduced by comedian Ben Stiller. Artist Shepard Fairey, who put up a fantastic mural of Lance iconography on the south wall of the theater, came out onstage for a chat with Lance, and the musical guest was Ben Harper.

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12 Comments so far

  1. Burns! (burns) on March 8th, 2009 @ 8:48 pm

    Great video. I’ll bet it really was an awesome experience. Glad to hear the memory card turned up.


  2. Jodi Kurland (jodi) on March 8th, 2009 @ 8:52 pm

    Sounds like an amazing event and I too am glad you recovered that memory card.


  3. Bikes, Bikes & More Bikes » [sic] (pingback) on March 9th, 2009 @ 6:06 am

    [...] Rides Again recap is on LA Metblogs here, YouTube timelapse clip of the ride here; another of Lance speaking here; and the Flickr photoset [...]


  4. lisanewton on March 9th, 2009 @ 8:08 am

    Will, I love your videos, and it was great having you explain to me how you do it at the LA Bike Summit.


  5. Lucinda Michele (la_michele) on March 9th, 2009 @ 9:03 am

    You got namechecked on PSFK, nice work! Although I can’t see where they link directly to you…can anyone else find the link? If not, we should drop them a line.
    http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/armstrong-x-fairey.html


  6. Julia Frey (lajulia) on March 9th, 2009 @ 10:56 am

    Great post, Will and you always have great musical choices on your time lapses. What was the song you used this time?


  7. WILL CAMPBELL (willcampbell) on March 9th, 2009 @ 11:07 am

    Thanks Julia! That piece is titled "Beginnings" by Boone Johnson from an album titled "Works."


  8. Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines (pingback) on March 9th, 2009 @ 11:34 am

    [...] Armstrong Visits La, Leads Hundreds of Cyclists Through Hollywood (Metblogs, [...]


  9. Lucinda Michele (la_michele) on March 9th, 2009 @ 12:09 pm

    That. Is. Awesome.


  10. Jeff Donaldson (fejsez) on March 9th, 2009 @ 1:22 pm

    I was there also. I took video from a helmetcam from mid-pack which I will get online tonight. Next time we can meet!


  11. This week in BIKES (4) « The Bicycle Librarian (pingback) on March 11th, 2009 @ 1:17 pm

    [...] Lance Armstrong and me and several hundred of his biggest fans go for a ride/party — Will Campbell for LA Metblogs. [...]


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