Celebrate thy Nerd-om!
Help make this month’s “Revenge of the Nerds” ride memorable by wearing a costume to support the theme.
FACTOIDS:
- Start: Civic Center Parking Lot [ 79 W Hedding St, SJ ]
- End: The “Corona of Palms” [ Downtown SJ ]
- Wheels hit street at 8:00pm.
CHARTS:
See below for additional details.
Parking:
Look for ORANGE on map, we’ll either be in middle/bottom or bottom left:
Virtually unlimited FREE parking AFTER 5pm!
Pre-Rides:
For those of you who may want to ride to the start, don’t worry not everyone wants to drive either. IF this option suits you best, join us on a pre-ride.
Arrive by 7 pm.
Links include maps:
- DT SJ to Civic Center (3.40 mi)
- Campbell to Civic Center (7.07 mi)
- North SJ/Santa Clara to Civic Center ( 5.93 mi) – led by Ian E
- South SJ to Civic Center Pre-Ride (8.50 mi) - led by Townie Bill
testrides
February 18, 2010
Essentially unlimited FREE parking just north of dt SJ – not far from Cirque de Soleil!
Action Jackson
February 18, 2010
ehhh…. rain.
Rockin Ed
February 18, 2010
Wake up people! It is finaly BIKE PARTY time. Giddy up and giddy out there! See you all tomorrow.
I love the ride through Santa Clara, we will be right by my house…. Nice!
Townie Bill
February 18, 2010
Hey now SJBP nerds,
There will be a pre-ride from South San Jose that will leave from the parking area behind Oakridge Mall: at or near the corner of Thornwood Dr. and Santa Theresa Blvd at 7:15pm tomorrow night. Arrive at 7:pm for the pre-ride festivities. Look for the half baked nerd on the well lit Townie. We will make our way to Downtown the exclusive Townie Bill way, famous for the exposure to San Jose culture, political satire, and other factors attractive to most slideruling, pocket protecting, rubix cube solving, code writing nerds . . . that like to ride with the SJBP!
E=MC2! Be there or be parabolic!
Rockin Ed
February 18, 2010
Nicely said Townie Bill, see ya soon!
Blow Trees!!
February 18, 2010
Rain Rain Stay Away!!
Nick
February 18, 2010
Glasses and calculators to the MAX! This ride will be OFF the CHARTS! Rain or shine, let’s roll!
Spliffer
February 18, 2010
If we catch a break with the weather, I will consider this month’s theme and route a can’t miss event.
I could drop my super-cool facade and let me inner geek flow.
I am looking forward to discussing classic Quantum Theory: indulging wave ~ particle phenomena, (((“spooky action at a distance”))) and cosmological constants.
Actually the intricacies of particle physics in the vacuum of space is my favorite!
I just can’t wait for this BIKE PARTY!!!!
Big ups to the Bike Party physics wing.
Brian
February 19, 2010
A request for Ian leading the SJ north preride. Can we ride the street rather than the trail. The section near the airport will be especially muddy from the rain. Otherwise I will meet you at the start.
Looking forward to a great ride, rain or moonshine!
Frenchie
February 19, 2010
what time does the north sj preride start?
Billy Cool (Bill H)
February 19, 2010
Just letting anyone know who didn’t read the starting point parking info above…
The parking lot is public parking after 5pm…No special permits needed.
Ian Emmons
February 19, 2010
Yeah i am looking into alt routes as it is a little wet out and we’ll probably skip the muddy parts
nick
February 19, 2010
@Frenchie: All pre-rides leave at 7pm.
As for the rain, my bet is the threat of rain keeps most riders away (anyone else remember that small, intimate, super-fun November ride? Oh yesss) and at the same time hardly drizzles on us.
Tonight’s going to be awesome. Tell your friends – tonight’s ride will probably be smaller & more social than normal: supersweet!
KF.B
February 19, 2010
im ready…..
David Rodriguez
February 19, 2010
I am ready!! Lets do this!!!
Rockin Ed
February 19, 2010
Hey, things are looking up, I just checked MSN weather forecast. The chance of rain has gone down to 20% It is looking much better.
Rock on Bike Party!
Ian Emmons
February 19, 2010
yeppers odds of rain are getting better
Nick
February 19, 2010
Forecast shows no rain until after midnight!
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/95051#
(even then it’s only 30% chance)
Come out!
Patrick
February 19, 2010
Guys, thanks for riding in front of my house and preventing me from turning into the road for about five minutes
Tim
February 20, 2010
@Ian… What happened with the pre-ride? It looked pretty deserted when we got there (10 mins before 7) Three of us did it anyway, but we were wondering if it got moved or if nobody showed up?
Tall Bike Louie
February 20, 2010
Great ride last night! It was good to see so many people come out with such sketchy weather predictions before hand. Tall bikes for life!
TapedUp.B
February 20, 2010
Had a blast on the ride, and the bridge that we crossed was a great addition to the trip. cant wait for next month… OH AND BY THE WAY, I GOT PULLED OVER BY THE COPS ON MY WAY HOME, (I think the code was B.W.B = biking while black, you know how it goes. 2 cops and 1 Sergeant for 1 San José law abiding citizen, but thats another story!) AND THEY SAID THAT IF WE DONT STOP RUNNING LIGHTS, THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THE “BIKE PARTY” GET A PARADE LICENSE… I think we should take the one lane to the right and the red light rules to heart, I want this BIKE PARTY thing to go on strong with no hiccups.
“BIKE ON”
KF.TapedUp.B
February 20, 2010
woo!
Spliffer
February 21, 2010
***TapedUp.B
That was a bummer my brethren!
I am sure the incident put a damper on what could have been a perfect night, eh…
I guess this just goes to show you that although society is changing for the better; some things just seem to remain the same.
So sad… soo sad…
On a positive note.
At least now you have been baptized — rights of passage — for all JAH People in the U.S. of A., my brethren.
I and I must stand strong!
Thanks for bringing this incident to light and so much for the anti-profiling efforts of the SJPD.
What a shame…
Ian Emmons
February 22, 2010
@tim no we / i was there at 6:30 sitting in front of peets on my recumbent trike. where were you guys waiting?
Tim
February 24, 2010
Ha… We popped in on the other side of the buildings, at Moreland, next to the park. We must have just missed y’all!