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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — If you were around the Financial District or Historic Core tonight (or various other places Downtown) you may well already realize that Midnight Ridazz rode through. Well, actually it more rode around and around and around and through and back. The ride theme was dada, and the path included pretty of circles and looping back. This month's ride was probably around 1000 riders strong.

My favorite thing when Ridazz comes Downtown is taking a huge group of bikes through the tunnels. Tonight's route included the 3rd street tunnel, but check out this video from last July to see Ridazz pass through 2nd street.

I'm all for encouraging Downtown cycling, and if you have a bike but haven't ever done one of the big group rides like this you're missing out.

Picture shows riders gathering at 4th/Flower for a pre-ride relay race.