Join Us for an awesome Friday Night extravaganza!
Free Concert:6-8 PM
SJBP rolls @ 8 PM
Details
If you’re like most people, you love hearing good tunes on Bike Party but are always wanting more. Well this month you’re going to get it! May’s theme isMusic Madness. We’ll fill the streets with bikes and sounds, keeping in mind How We Ride.
Instruments, stereos, trailers, singing, whatever you can conjure up. And to kick it all off, the beginning of the ride coincides with a free concert hosted by Left Coast Live.
Concert Info:
Location: 1st Street & San Salvador, SJ
Time: 6 PM – 8 PM
The following bands will be playing at the start:
- Good Hustle (MySpace page, Facebook page)
- Doctor Nurse (Myspace page, Bandcamp page)
Ride Details:
Ride starts where the concert ends. Come enjoy the music from 6-8 PM.
Total Miles: 25.85 Mi
Start:
1st Street & San Salvador, SJ
Finish:
Fountain, SJSU
Wheels Hit the Street @ 8 PM
Map: link
Bring a copy. Share a copy. Make new friends.
T X T Directions: link (new link updated on 5/21/10 at 3pm , due to server load issues)
Feeder Rides:
Getting to the event should be easy since we start in downtown San Jose. However, check back for any rides that will get you to the event.
- NSJ -Led by Ian, leaves @ 6:30 PM (Peets @ Rivermark)
- Campbell – Led by Ed N, leaves @ 6:00 PM (Campbell Community Center)
Bicycle Gear:
Bicycle Express will have a booth at Left Coast Live. Check them out: link
ALL profits from what they sell will be donated towards us. Please bring cash to buy lights, tubes, or any other items they sell that night. Thank you in advance for supporting the ride.
Vendors @ Left Coast Live:
In addition to Bicycle Express, many other vendors will be present during the concert held by Left Coast Live. They will be on location starting at 6 PM. Check them out.
Rockin Ed
May 17, 2010
Wake up everyone, only 4 days left to the big Friday night ride. Start charging your batteries now and get ready to roll out the tunes!
Lets make this another BIKE PARTY to remember… Whoo Ho!
Ian
May 17, 2010
W00t this is gonna be fun!!
David Rodriguez
May 17, 2010
MY batteries are charged and my bike is cleaned up. AAAAnd my BIKE PART playlist is on point!!!
Double Woot!!! OH and i will be rolling with some new lighting equipment!!
David Rodriguez
May 17, 2010
I meant BIKE PARTY PLAYLIST!! haha
testrides
May 17, 2010
Theme: Music Madness
Music: Bring any size of amplified/acoustic music, instruments,etc
Caveats: You still have to ride, so no cello unless you’re on the “happening couch”
This week/month/year: Go Sharks!
Costume: musician (or anything Sharks related?)
Check out this thread:
http://fans.sharks.nhl.com/topic/6117/t/A-Little-Mood-Music.html
Ian
May 17, 2010
i hope the bagpipe guy shows up again…
Sam
May 17, 2010
I can’t stop nervously checking in to see if the Map has been posted yet!! This will only be my 2nd Bike Party and I’m already addicted.
ryan
May 18, 2010
I don’t know how to contain my excitement. I’m going to explode!
scott
May 18, 2010
guys – sounds like y’all are suffering from lcl & sjbp syndrome. i suggest downloading songs from doctor nurse, good hustle and 15mm and posting on the net and asking if there’s a cure. lol
wilson
May 19, 2010
I hope someone plays Just a Friend by Biz Markie.
Supermike!
May 19, 2010
sam, this is going to be like my 14th or 15th BP and i cant stop nervously checking for a map also!
doug
May 20, 2010
20th bike party for me whoopeee going to be mobbin’ espcially on Peidmont Ave and 10th I love long straight aways. No one is going to tell me not to go fast it should be your choice if you want to go fast or not. I would love to sit back and ride slow and listen to the MUSIC!!! but this girl I wanted to go isnt so Im get my 30 mile work out in haha.
Ian
May 20, 2010
Doug you are welcome to ride as fast as you want. However if you ride too fast you need to be aware of the route.
otherwise your gonna get lost…
Marissaaa:P
May 20, 2010
i jest checked the map and we pass by my school >.< milpitas high. (which im at at this very moment) lame… HAHA
:] either way this is going to be a sick assss ride! CANT WAIT!
testrides
May 20, 2010
If the demand this morning crashed the servers at our ISP before they could adjust… this is a clue to how epic this is gonna be.
Plenty of food at this event. Two blocks in the SoFA district will be shut down for this.
Get there early. First band is at 6pm.
Note #1: ONLY Pre-Approved Vendors are welcome to show up. If you have NOT been approved by SJBP already, please do NOT try to come in. You will be asked to leave.
Note #2: For those driving in, please see the DT SJ Parking Map.
Hint: Look for orange spaces on the map, cheapest parking.
http://www.sjdowntownparking.com/parking_map.html
Britton
May 20, 2010
Gonna have to miss out on this awesome ride; brother’s college graduation in Chicago. I’ll make sure to hum a few tunes while I’m on the plane.
timmypink
May 20, 2010
tomorrows ride will be awesome… the party is back in san jose… people please bring an extra bag and throw out your trash at the stops and not on the street please….
David
May 20, 2010
I am ready to roll!!! Got my new Special lights and a sick ipod speaker with a sick playlist. LEt’s do this!!! BIKE PARTY!!! ANd go SHARKS!!
moo
May 20, 2010
@Marissaaa:P, cool! Then you can help make sure riders find the turn at Roger St and ride to the right of the median on Escuela Parkway
Rockin Ed
May 20, 2010
Ya Buddy, 1 day left to happy time, Woo Hoo!
Lets ROCK this BIKE PARTY! See you all at the concert!
bmxer
May 20, 2010
ride bmx
brettman
May 20, 2010
I hope my new homebrew light is bright enough this time around. Last time, only 1/2 the people made comments. Is 2,200 lumens enough? Let’s find out.
Townie Bill
May 20, 2010
May good cheer be as abundant as common sense.
May we join together as a bicycle community and demonstrate how much positive energy can be so well behaved.
And so well lit; may the dusk be bright with all of our lights as this is our night to shine!
Peace though music.
Amen
I REALLY need to ride my bicycle.
scott
May 20, 2010
@Townie Bill – Is that your “irish” showing?
I’d just say we’re all lucky that LCL put together a cool free street concert…. that our volunteers and vendors got together to support bp…. and that it’ll be hysterical to hear all those whistles tomorrow night.
Should be a killer time. Shout out to all the BIRDs in the volunteer circle and those non-BIRDs backing em up on the ride. Shout out to the support of the SJPD and Milpitas PD. I hope everyone gives a “thumbs up” and wave of support for em on the ride.
Sam II
May 21, 2010
I’m on the fence whether I should go or not. None of my friends can make it and never been to a party alone before.
Piedmont should be fun to ride!
Go Sharks!
Jacky
May 21, 2010
Tonight is the night! Can’t wait to ROCK and ROLL!!!
Ian
May 21, 2010
sam 2 don’t worry about it at bike party you’re never alone your with the rest of us!
Jacky
May 21, 2010
Sam II – Ian is right with Bike Party you are with thousands of new friends.
MEH
May 21, 2010
FOR *%$^@ SAKE, CAN YOU PLEASE START POSTING THE ROUTE / DIRECTIONS IN SOME FORMAT THAT DOESN’T SUCK SO MUCH??? HOW BOUT JUST A FREAKIN’ TEXT FILE INSTEAD OF THESE GAWD-AWFUL GOOGLE DOCS / PDF’S? AND MAP MY RIDE IS AD-SPAMMED GARBAGE. WHY DO YOU MAKE THIS SO HARD?
[Moderator/tr: By all means step up and volunteer to make it happen "MEH" cuz we'd like a better map too]
Mike
May 21, 2010
How long does the ride take? I would like to go, but I cant get to SJ til like 9ish. When is the next bike party?
Tanner
May 21, 2010
SHARKSSSS!!!!!! Wear your Sharks gear 2nite people!
Dj Frrrrresh
May 21, 2010
Someone better play some hip hop and i mean real hip hop and sharks are going to loooooose!
RS
May 21, 2010
@MEH – You want cheese with that wine? You could help the ride 5 ways imho:
1) stop the “you guys should” attitude
2) make the map
3) print out a bunch
4) convince others to print out extras
5) hand em out
This ride only survives cuz the volunteers, BIRDs and non-BIRDs alike, make it happen. You want it better, own it.
moo
May 21, 2010
The link to the turn-by-turn directions seems to be broken. MEH, I’m a fan of plain text directions myself, so try this:
May Music Madness Ride Turn by turn
Start North on First St
R on San Carlos
L on 3rd Street
R on St James St
L on 17th St
R on Julian St (stay Right Becomes McKee RD)
L on White Rd
L on Penitencia Creek Rd
R on Summerdale Dr
R on Berryessa Rd
REGROUP 1 (Berryessa Community Center)
R on Berryessa Rd
L on Piedmont Rd (becomes Evans Rd) (becomes Jacklin Rd)
R on Arizona Ave
R on Dixon Landing
R on Conway St
R on Coelho St
L on Roger St (becomes Washington Dr curving to the right)
L on Escuela Pkwy (keep right of median)
L on Milpitas Blvd
L on Town Center Dr
go straight on Town Center Dr to end before following it to the right near Mervyn’s)
REGROUP 2 (in front of Mervyn’s/Big5)
R on Hillview Dr
L on Los Coches St (becomes Sinclair Frontage Rd)
L on Yosemite Dr
R on Park Victoria Dr (becomes Morrill Ave)
R on Sierra Rd
L on Capitol Ave
REGROUP 3 (main entrance, former Century Berryessa Theaters)
R on Berryessa Rd (becomes Hedding St)
L on 10th Street
R on San Fernando St
L on 7th St
End at the SJSU Fountain
Spliffer
May 21, 2010
Hey, MEH, your moxie is hella-funny!
Are you Dj Frrrrresh’s alter ego?
I honestly find you both “awfully” amusing, eh…
Cameron
May 21, 2010
MEH++
If I’d seen it in time, I would have made a plain text file out of the PDF directions.
As with too much software, the only folks who have the information to make better docs are the only people who don’t need the better docs, so they don’t get made. Show me *how* I can own it and I’ll own it.
mapmyride.com == frustration
[moderator/tr: cameron - pls send email to sjbikeparty gmail com ]
brettman
May 22, 2010
That was a great ride! Looking forward to next month’s Bike Party ride!
Alicia
May 22, 2010
I just want to thank everybody who participated in and volunteered for this month’s bike party. This was my second ride, and while it wasn’t easy (I’m not a small girl) I never felt alone or abandoned by the group. Thanks for your good vibes, and playful spirit.
Brian
May 22, 2010
The easy way to get around the map my ride issue is to print screen the map and dump it into powerpoint or some other program and crop and edit the size to fit on the page/pages you want. Takes about 4-5 minutes. It may seem like a lot of time in todays “want it now/deserve it now” atmosphere but “free” normally comes with a price.
I thought tonights ride went really well! A good turn out and not many belligerent drunks. Thanks to all the volunteers that made it happen.
[moderator/tr: we do need a few volunteers to take turns creating a simple one click printable map for us for every ride. next ride is a June 4th SubZERO ride]
Mike
May 22, 2010
This was my first bike party, I really enjoyed it.
Thank you all who organize and volunteer to make this happen, it’s a lot of fun!!!
Can’t wait to see what & where the next one goes.
Clinton
May 22, 2010
that was fun