The 405 is shutting down.

Los Angeles Blogger Joe Anthony has laid down the bet.  The race is on:  Joe Ant will fly JetBlue from Burbank to Long Beach while the Wolfpack Hustle Freddies will ride bikes.  The clock starts when everyone leaves their respective residence.  I’m betting on Wolfpack.

An excerpt from the Los Angeles Times:

Can bicyclists beat JetBlue from Burbank to Long Beach on “Carmageddon” weekend?

A couple of bloggers have laid down that challenge to a bicycle group after learning JetBlue was offering $4 one-way plane tickets Saturday for the crosstown trip.

The cycle group known as Wolfpack Hustle will do the honors for the wheels against a JetBlue passenger plane. The cyclists are slated to take off at 10:50 a.m. Saturday from a home in Burbank.

Bicycle blogger Joe Anthony will take the 12:20 p.m. JetBlue flight from Burbank to Long Beach. The flight is scheduled to arrive in Long Beach at 1:05 pm.

Anthony is expected to make the finish line about 15 to 20 minutes later at the Long Beach Aquarium.

Read the full article at LATimes.com

What I love are the names:

• Wolfpack Hustle
• Roadblock: “You have to remember, the passenger has to come from his house to the airport and then get from the plane to the Long Beach Aquarium,” said a rider known as Roadblock from the Wolfpack Hustle.  (Excerpt from LATimes.com  – see link above)