UPDATE 1:18 p.m. The cyclists got to Long Beach long before the JetBlue flight from Burbank, according to their Twitter feed. Their journey took a total of 1 hour and 34 minutes, while the flight they were racing had only taken off ten minutes prior to their journey's finish.
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A group of cyclists known as the Wolfpack met in North Hollywood on Cahuenga Boulevard Saturday morning to start a journey in protest of the kerfuffle around Carmageddon.
According to the leader of the cyclists, who identified himself simply as 'Roadblock,' the bike ride was organized as a protest against Los Angeles' over dependence on cars.
Click on the video above to watch the start of the race, and follow the cyclists progress on Twitter by clicking here.
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to read the Echo Park Patch story on how the cyclists came up with the idea in the first place, of their celebration Monday.