"Own the Ride."
Bike Party is Built and Run by You!
Find out how you can “Own the Ride.”
Bike Party keeps growing and we hope to build on the volunteers that help to keep this awesome vibe happening each month.
I am only one of hundreds of volunteers.
Volunteer: link
Most of the support we need are on the rides themselves. Maybe you like to fix flats, help direct fellow riders, keep the ride safe, or bring bike first-aid. Whatever your talents or interests are, sharing them with the Bike Party community is a positive force.
Ian
April 24, 2010
I an Bike Party!
Tanner
April 26, 2010
THE BIRD FLU … A GOOD ONE.
You know, I think a lot of people believe that Bike Party is ran by a bunch of uppity bike folk who have secret meetings and handshakes. This couldn’t be further from the truth. We are bike nerds who love the ride … It’s as simple as that. Some of us simply saw the need and decided to step up. Everybody has their specific strengths and we truly shine when a ride finally comes to fruition. It’s amazing to see people at volunteer meetings with the curious attitude of “how can I help” … and later they change to an attitude of “this is how I will help”. So many new ideas come from our volunteers. One way that anyone can really step up is to become informed … Of “how we ride”, learning the route, and kindly passing that info on.
Think about it … when you show up to a party, club or event you are real critical about the people, the venue, the music, the service. You are really rolling the dice on how your night is going to turn out. It makes it easy to say to walk away and say “I hope they get it right next time.”
Yet, when you throw your own event, party, concert you have a little bit of your own spirit invested in it. You want people to have a good time. You want people to take pictures. You want people to be talking about your party for weeks. You want people to be asking about the next one. This is the change in attitude that I already see happening. It is like an epidemic, a BiRD flu, if you will. I know there are big groups of riders who come out and use bike party as a venue for you to build friendships amongst your crews. Can you imagine if each one of these clicks modeled good bike party behavior? Most already do this … send a representative to a meeting, stay informed, follow the very simple rules, help someone in need, boo the knuckleheads and above all have a effing blast. You’d be surprised at how much your group could help. (big ups to Booze Cruise for leading us out of the startpoint last month)
In other exciting news, did you know that a group in the East Bay has started their own East Bay Bike Party on the same night as our ride? SJBP, I think we are doing something right!
Find out how you can become a BIRD … I know a lot of you care for the ride … it’s time to make sure that the ride endures the 5000+ riders we expect this summer. Thank you SJBP for all that you have done and how you continue to build community through cycling.
Own. The. Ride.
//end rant
firefox0911
April 27, 2010
hey july 4 10:00am red white and blue parade is in san jose i think bike praty can help out
slowflyingbird
April 27, 2010
Hey Tanner – I’m glad I caught the “bird flu.” I too hope it is an epidemic.
Tanner
April 28, 2010
Fox, keep us updated …
sfb, I don’t just hope … I feel it brewing. We have some great volunteers on board. Thanks for stepping up.
firefox0911
April 28, 2010
hey yea if we can get bike party to help the parade
testrides
April 28, 2010
@firefox0911 – our volunteers are stretched thin as it is… we need more to do what we’re already committed to.
if you can get more info and spearhead this effort and get more volunteers, then come to the next volunteer meeting to see if it can be done. but a “hey sjbp should do it” isn’t enough. and what is the “help” you mentioned mean anyway?
upcoming events:
SJBP every 3rd Friday
Test Rides every month – usually 2 day/1eve
Via Velo – May 15th
Sub Zero – June 4th
Ladies Ride – July 24th
Billy Cool (Bill H)
May 2, 2010
@ Ian
I like your comment #1
Here’s mine.
Don’t B ill. Help out if you can.
jrock
May 5, 2010
i want to become a bird and i signed up on that other page but i have not recieved anything from anyone. what do i have to do? and where is this next volenteer meeting on the 12th??
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