Monday, April 13, 2026
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21+ Only
Abernethy Elementary School, 2421 SE Orange Ave, Portland, OR 97214
On the black top near the basketball court is where we shall stage our departure.
@groundhogzday
Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 7:00 PM
Meet at 7 to congregate and call down our ancestors and animal guides. Announcements at 7:25. Ride off into the night at 7:30
10:42 PM
End location: Poet’s Beach
My name is Conor (@groundhogzday) and it is my distinct pleasure to lead Mellow Monday with my first ride- The Let it Go Ride! Have you been through a breakup recently… or at literally any point in your life… that just rocked you and left you picking up the pieces? Whether you initiated the breakup or got broken up with, the emotional aftershocks can last weeks, months, years… a lifetime. Unless, of course, we actually process it and let it go. In the past few years, I went through a separation and eventual divorce from someone I once thought I’d be with until I punched out of this mortal realm. But alas, the universe had other eventualities in store for me. This year, I broke up with my first real significant other since the divorce, and although I initiated it, it left me raw, reflective, and re-evaluating what I’m looking for in a partner… and in life. Awkward. It occurred to me that I carry a lot of unresolved heartache and just… keep it moving. Maybe you do too. In fact, I carry it in a very literal sense. I keep notes and letters from exes. Tucked away in my closet, they radiate the energy of yesteryear, collecting dust from the weeks I go without thinking of those who wrote them. Why do I keep them? Is it in case we get back together so I can pass them down to our grandkids? I don’t want to get back together with any of these people. Is it so when they cart me to a memory care facility I can have a robot caretaker read them to me and remind me that I once enjoyed intense romance with lovely women before the microplastic poisoning-induced dementia took hold? Is it to document that I was once loved, just in case they find me dead in my apartment, my cat sustaining itself on my rotten guts? I mean… maybe. But I’ve decided something. I’m going to burn them. And I think you should burn yours with me. I think we should burn them together. As a community. Let go. Make room. Say goodbye. Bike with me from Abernathy Elementary to Poet’s Beach, where we will ceremonially burn our exes’ notes and letters while listening to Sleep Now In The Fire by Rage Against the Machine. The ride soundtrack will be a mix of breakup songs, getting-over-them songs, fuck-them songs, and probably some 90s jungle DnB because that’s just a phase I’m going through right now. Please feel encouraged to reach out with song recommendations via Instagram or when we meet up at the school. There will be a store stop along the way for anyone who needs White Claw, a dry turkey sandwich, whatever your healing journey requires. You don’t have to burn anything. You don’t have to say anything. You can just come on the ride and intentionally let go of whatever you’re holding onto that no longer serves you. Maybe it’s that job you got let go from. Let that shit go. Maybe it’s that friendship that drifted for no particular reason. Let that shit go. Maybe it’s the filmmaking career you were absolutely certain you were going to have when you were 20. Let that shit go. Also, it’s all welcome. Cry, scream, shout, laugh, curse, sing. Whatever shows up for you, we will accept and embrace it as a community. Join me, your first-time ride leader Conor @groundhogzday, @nakedheartspdx, and the whole damn gang on Monday, April 13 at Abernathy Elementary, where we’ll come together as a community of fun-loving cyclists and support one another in letting it go- all of it. - Meet at 7, intros at 7:25 and ride at 7:30p.m.,
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