HOT AUGUST LIGHTS!
Light up your bike & share the road (ride to the right)!!!
There will be a Theme Contest this month so Get your Ride Lighted up.
Sofar the Following Vendors are donating Prizes:
- http://www.monkeylectric.com/ – they make a really cool POV Spokelight
- http://www.geomangear.com/ – These guys make the Brightest for your Dollar LED lighting System.
- http://bikeglow.com/ – These guys make a Cool flexible EL wire Lighting Solution that makes your bike easier to see
- Sports basement is also Donating a Prize – These guys are an awesome local Sports shop they are HUGE!
sj rider
July 21, 2010
interesting..
Spliffer
July 23, 2010
Great one and, if properly marketed, it will be destined to be SJBP most popular theme ride ever!!
dalton
July 23, 2010
i like this idea a whole lot
watani
July 24, 2010
love it! light up the ride!!!
b:ichiban
July 25, 2010
This is a GREAT idea!! Not only is it a clever spin from the original “Hot August Nights” but it’s also going to look like we’re all right out of Tron.
Blu
August 1, 2010
Will you be joining the fun B?
whispersiren
July 25, 2010
Hey this is the perfect theme as I’ve been updating the bike party wiki site on this subject. Check it out for ideas! (some of the links aren’t quite up, but will be ready very soon)
http://wiki.sjbikeparty.org/wiki/How_to_light_your_bike
And please contribute your own ideas!
Ian
July 25, 2010
I’m going to try to get a Contest setup for this month. Hopefully we can get some vendors / Manufactures to donate some prizes. Please post suggestions / offers to help here.
Perlasum
July 27, 2010
I think this is a great idea too! Perhaps some great possible parties would be like cycling shops, performance, or trailhead. I definitely more interested in bikes and accessories since SJBP.
Ian
July 28, 2010
So far the guys from Monkeylectric have agreed to provide a prize and i have feelers out to more Light companies.
So the Contest is ON!!!
get ready and you can win some cool prizes and have fun doing it.
whispersiren
July 28, 2010
Have you contacted Bikeglow?… they’re out of Santa Cruz. They have pretty clever El Wire bike safety kits.
http://www.bikeglow.com/contact
Rider 44
July 26, 2010
Contest award categories could be… (just to get the ideas rolling)…
‘best lighting’, ‘most colorful’, ‘most technical’, ‘brightest’, ‘best use of lasers’, ‘best POV (persistence of vision) display’, ….
And the award recipientS could receive a flag (cloth or paper) that they could proudly display during the rest of the ride so everybody riding around them would know of their achievement.
Ian
July 28, 2010
i love the flag / ribbon idea but i don’t really have the cycles to make flags… is there someone who can take this on?
Rider 44
July 28, 2010
I’m planning on coming to the 8/11 meeting and could take this on. If there is someone with more artistic talent, that’d be better. Otherwise, if someone could provide me a logo/graphic I could incorporate into the banner, that’d be good. Either the SJBP logo or the ride theme logo.
And for those of you lighting up your bike that think you have a shot at winning, you should include a flag pole with a light so, if you do win, your banner is lit. (just an idea…)
One last thing while I’m here, I see some people have a name you can click on, how’d they do that? and, is there a way to include an image instead of the grey/white silhouette? Just curious.
Bike Party!!!!!
whispersiren
July 30, 2010
Here’s a link to a DYI project: “How to Build a $10 Whip Light!” Perfect for those wanting to make a flag-ready lighted pole!
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-10-Bicycle-Whip-Light-Be-seen-and/
sanjosebikeblog
July 26, 2010
FINALLY! A GREAT theme brought back! Some of the themes you guys have picked for previous rides were…LAME! “Light Rider” has been one of the best themes and everyone who Ive talked to since that ride has wanted to do it again! “Diety ride”?? sorry but as soon as saw the toga pic on the BP site I thought “a toga will get caught in my spokes and I will crash!”, Togas are for jocked-out-frat parties, NOT Bike Party Rides! Please pick more themes involved with Bicycles not costumes, what percentage of riders dressed up for this last ride? not very many…I saw about 40 people outa 3000! I know you guys are trying to keep the themes interesting but this is a Bike Ride, involve the Bike more often!
Ian
July 28, 2010
The theme ideas come out of the Volunteer meetings if you want to get better themes come to a volunteer meeting and give us better ideas
Perlasum
July 27, 2010
I love this idea!!!
Spliffer
July 27, 2010
@ sanjosebikeblog
Good comment, but please be aware that Bike Party is not solely an all bicycle event. Don’t overlook — nor minimize — the all important “party and fun” aspect of the ride that gives Bike Party it’s unique appeal.
The themes are not always on-the-money, however; I think a majority of us would agree that they get right about 98.5 percent of the time.
Like we see positive momentum building for a clever August theme ride.
Bike Party baby!
shen
July 28, 2010
I love this idea! Can’t wait!
the cat
July 28, 2010
Contest, huh? Does it count if I have 36 volts on-the-frame to play with? Seems like cheating; I already run probably 1kw of lighting on my daily beater!
Those who think lasers would be cool need to keep in mind that lasers in a large crowd can be dangerous, especially at night when someone’s night vision is really important. There is a reason why they have cautions printed all over them, even the pen lasers …
Looking forward to the ride.
billy
July 29, 2010
It also would have been the Birthday of Dimebag Darrell, guitar god of Pantera
Jenn
August 5, 2010
How do we get lights from the donors?
Wuss912
August 5, 2010
Jenn what do you mean?
are you asking how to support the folks who are sponsoring the contest?
I think they all sell lights via their websites…
Jenn
August 5, 2010
Ooook. I think I get it. So they are sponsoring the lights contest…are they selling lights at discounted prices?
Bob
August 17, 2010
Great theme!!!
Last month a friend told me he had to wait a 1/2 hour before being able to make a left hand turn through Bike Party. He was furious! If our riders can’t respect the rights of our fellow drivers we will be shut down!
At the beginning of each ride and at each rest stop one of the organizers should broadcast loud and clear that unless we respect the rights of the cars we’ll all lose an event that we have grown to love.
sharon ahern
August 20, 2010
My twin daughters Megan and Shannon are riding tonight on their 18th Birthday. Everybody wish them a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
balance
August 20, 2010
billabud420 will finaly invade san jose bike party . please no photo s thank you