The Ride is Definitely on!
Ride out, it's summer!
Join us for our monthly ride.
This Friday night is the Deity BIKE PARTY Ride!!!! Come dressed like the goddesses, gods, and demi-gods you are and join us in ruling the heavens and hell… okay, maybe just the south bay…. but it’s a start!
Lights are recommended most strongly. Light up this ride!!!
Tell your friends using Facebook
Details:
Please do not plan to park in the starting lot.
Wheels hit the street @ 8 PM
Start: Frozo parking lot at Lafayette and Homestead, Santa CLara
End: The Mission / SCU
Map: MMR (25.48 mi)
Print to share.
TxT directions (includes map on page 2)
Feeder Rides:
For people interested in meeting up and riding together to the start. This info is for you.
- NSJ/Santa Clara / Sunnyvale, leaving from the Mercado Shopping center at 6:30pm, led by Ian
MAP (4.72 mi)
- Campbell, leaving from Campbell Community Center at 7:00pm, led by EdN
MAP (4.80 mi)
- Downtown, leaving from Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park at 7:00pm, led by Britton
MAP (3.98 mi)
- Cupertino/Santa Clara, leaving next to the Shell Gas Station at Moorpark and Saratoga Ave at 7pm, led by Billy Cool
MAP (4.28 mi)
- Evergreen/Eastside, leaving from Evergreen Valley High at 6pm, led by Tyler.
See Facebook event page for this feeder ride.
Volunteer Help Needed
Bike Party happens every month because of volunteers like you. We could use your help. Bring a trash bag to lessen the impact of our regroups. Meet with other volunteers before the ride to learn which intersections need help directing traffic. Learn How We Ride!
Vendors
In addition to vendors you see on Bike Party Rides, there are three places to get food at the start.
Frozo’s, Togo’s, & Hungry Hound are located here.
Frozo’s will donate to Bike Party 15% of Proceeds if you mention “bike party” tomorrow. Check out Frozo’s website
Word on the street:
Signs posted at the newly remodeled airport in San Jose have drawn criticism because it doesn’t allow bicycle traffic.
“The newly remodeled Airport Boulevard doesn’t allow bikes! Tell the county that bikes belong!”
SIGN THE Petition.
Look for people from the Silicon Valley Bike Coalition to be at the start with the petition for people who want to rep their awesome signatures in person.
Perlasum
July 14, 2010
What is a feeder ride?
johnm
July 14, 2010
Feeder rides are rides that meet up and help get people to the start location from various parts of town.
Ian
July 14, 2010
it’s gonna be fun!
360
July 14, 2010
Will the ride end near the beginning or downtown?
[admin/tr: start & end within 1/10th of a mile]
Tyler
July 14, 2010
Heads up for the east side/Evergreen area!
We got a pre-ride, or a feeder ride.
Check out the event page on facebook if you can.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143082095705561#!/event.php?eid=135852566433238&index=1
We’ll meet at six at Evergreen Valley High, under or near the overhang in front of the school.
Tyler
July 14, 2010
Oh woopsies I got the wrong link.
Here’s the CORRECT link to the evergreen/east side pre-ride, sorry about that.
[admin/tr: corrected the link]
scott
July 14, 2010
shout out to ben who has been creating these bike party graphics since the beginning i guess. might big shoes to fill, hope someone can step up!
props out to johnm who’s been on routing and lately comm team. big shoes to fill too. def need some comm help
and of course shout out to all of the many volunteers that make bike party so great
lastly music trailers, racks, backpacks, handlebars, etc… can never have enough music. y’all towing those heavy trailers are really appreciated especially.
ed
July 14, 2010
Will Friday’s ride go through the airport? That would make a louder statement than a petition.
[moderator/tr: no, see ad when we'll announce specific details. each monthly ride takes time and test rides to polish the ride]
Jade
July 15, 2010
where r we going ? lol
[moderator/tr: pls reread the ad, it states when we announce specific details]
ridenaked
July 15, 2010
should i ride naked?
Cris
July 15, 2010
Where does the ride end ?
Nikoson
July 15, 2010
where in santa clara do we meet?
Perlasum
July 15, 2010
Umm.. I dont see the route map, am I missing something? I thought it would be posted today? Or hmmm
[moderator/tr: we post approx. 24 hrs ahead of the ride. in this case it was posted ~3pm, 28-29 hrs ahead of the ride]
John M
July 15, 2010
The internets were down….Check back soon for the update.
fanceynance
July 15, 2010
BIKE PARTAYYYY!!
Perlasum
July 15, 2010
@ ridenaked
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uh, huh.
David
July 15, 2010
Just don’t understand why you can’t post the route sooner than 24-48 hrs ahead of time.
[moderator/tr: it's a best practice we had to institute for various reasons. come to a volunteer meeting to find out why and how you can help the ride]
daisy
July 15, 2010
I have to work early the next morning so would like to park near the beginning/end any suggestions for parking??
kevan
July 15, 2010
Hi this will be my first bike party! Do you have any suggestions advice where to park for this ride?
yekim
July 15, 2010
I’m not sure, someone from SCU prob has to confirm.
They might have day passes at Santa Clara University campus. Should be able to park there.
testrides
July 15, 2010
@daisy, kevan – park on the homestead side. we’d like to keep the whole parking lot behind frozos, hungry hound and togo’s clear if possible.
we need to make sure we do NOT park near those businesses so their customers can get there.
having said that, please know that you have those plus mogo, quick dog and treatbot… .so you don’t need to eat at home first!
@david – we’ve found it works better that way. we’ve posted on facebook that it will be in santa clara days ago… and had more clues if you joined on the test rides.
hope y’all get your togas on!
and secure them so they
don’t get in your gears
Tina
July 15, 2010
Just wondering if SJ International has a place to lock bikes. And do people really ride their bikes to the airport before a plane ride? I know they don’t offer showers. Wish they did.
People drive badly at the airport. I wouldn’t count on them looking out for bicyclists while they try to read the incorrect terminal signs.
Rapid Robert
July 15, 2010
The Santa Clara Caltrain Station is close for parking. Right next to it to the South is lots of opportunity to park.
testrides
July 15, 2010
Diety Ride — Lets Celebrate the life of former SCU President Fr. Loc (Locatelli) — he has joined the other deities in Heaven. Far too early ;-(
An amazing man with an amazing transformation in his 20 years as President of SCU.
Please be flexible with the parking situation and anyone that may be going to and from the Memorial Mass at SCU that starts at 7:30pm!
The Mission Gardens and main Chapel (one of the original Missions of California) are across the street from out start. They expect 1500++ in attendance.
http://scu.edu/locatelli/index.cfm
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15497820
Pancreatic Cancer is the same disease that got Randy Pausch, of The Last Lecture, a moving lecture from a Carnegie Mellon Univ professor.
(ironic since CMU and nearby Pitt and UoP are key cancer research centers)
http://www.thelastlecture.com/
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
(his most famous one – but there are other good ones too)
Macman
July 15, 2010
Yes, there is bike parking in the garage, on the terminal side. The maps on sjc.org show the bike rack locations under Maps & Directions -> (Terminal A/B) -> rollover the Customer Services icon.
And yes, people do bike to the airport – I’m one of them. And I’ve seen another bicycle parked at both my office and the airport, so I can’t be the only one.
It wouldn’t be *quite* so bad if the stupid path alongside the road were paved, or at least on a rideable type of gravel, rather than the crummy gravel that it is.
[moderator/tr: SJC expansion for this phase was on time/under budget. unclear if any $$ is budgeted & committed in next phase to pave the rest of the trail alongside SJC]
ed
July 16, 2010
I second the sentiments of testrides. Fr. Paul Locatelli did many great things during his years at the helm of SCU. When I saw that the funeral mass is a couple of hundred yards from the starting point and at the same time, I thought this was about the worst possible starting point for tonight. With the parking lot being used simultaneously for funeral parking and bike party revelry the potential for conflict is serious. Let’s be vigilant about keeping interactions respectful!
testrides
July 16, 2010
@Ed – it’s normally a mellow place where nothing is happening. go figure… weirdly appropriate that these things happen. Fr Loc made SCU more of an epicenter for many things….
the mass starts at 7:30pm, so those attending the mass should be done parking as many bike party people are still driving or riding in.
as always we ask for volunteers. we need more than ever perhaps for the starting point. last time we had far too many people park at the center, near the food vendors… we need to keep this area clear so we can fit 2-3k bikes!
so please step up folks. it’s crazy to think we have to tell people not to park in the middle of where we need to assemble, but 50-100 people bike party’ers drive in and do exactly that every single ride!! it’s nuts, but some people just don’t think of the big picture!
(this is what went wrong at the world cup ride – no volunteers stepped up to keep 100+ cars out! so 1000+ riders could not get into the pre-assemble area nor get food from the vendors and the vendors couldn’t get to their pre-assigned parking spots themselves. let’s not make this same mistake twice!)
so we need volunteers to help to keep the main area free of cars – EXCEPT for the customers of Frozo’s, Hungry Hound, Togo’s, the laundrymat, etc, etc.
thanks!
sanjosebikeblog
July 16, 2010
NO MOTORIZED BIKES PLEASE! I dont need a motor to ride 60 miles do people need one to ride 25? I dont think so! leave your motorized bike at home and ride a real bicycle! its pretty dang easy! and I dont feel like breathing “2 stroke smoke” when Im behind you…
scott
July 16, 2010
there are some nice mixes on here, as expected from bootie – http://bootiemashup.com/blog/
Perlasum
July 16, 2010
I may sound like a re-tard but, I cannot figure out how to print the daaang map. I click the map link and a the map route pops up click the print route and I see printable map preview options. Do i have to sign up for this service and pay to print the map?
Uggg,
testrides
July 16, 2010
@perlasum – i’ve heard that on apple laptops etc that you can do a screen capture, etc.
it is the MMR that has print issues, but MMR has other benefits. hope we can find a better solution… as some like TxT and some like visual maps better.
Perlasum
July 16, 2010
Oh doh’ nevermind = D TEE HEE
David
July 16, 2010
Thanks to the volunteer that made the pdf map!!!
biketurtle
July 16, 2010
The TxT Directions pdf file (http://www.sjbikeparty.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SJBP-2010-07-16-Deity-Ride-MAP-TxTs.pdf) has a map on page two.
There’s no need to print from MapMyRide.
Rockin Ed
July 16, 2010
Well people, it is FUN TIME agian, Lets ride responsibly and try to keep our route clean, please take your trash with you. We really enjoy our BIKE PARTY rides and want to make sure that they will be around for a long time!
Get out your tunes and lets ROCK THE SOUTH BAY!
E.OCHOA
July 16, 2010
YEA THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT NOW!!! LOOK FOR ME ILL BE WEARING A PANDA BENE
Michael Wright
July 16, 2010
I took some video last month with everyone gathered in front of the store on Story Rd. This also includes the guy with a sound system in tow, plays “music that scares the white people.”
I have a few DVDs to hand out and I can shoot some more video. If I can get there tonight… (also have to prepare a potluck dish for our dance studio).
Perlasum
July 16, 2010
Ha! Look for me too! I’ll be teh uh’ one wearing a toga!
Jacky
July 16, 2010
Tonight is my 1 year anniversary ride with Bike Party! Even after one year I still get really excited and anxious before the ride. I love you San Jose Bike Party!!!
Rockin Ed
July 16, 2010
I hear you Jacky, I am counting down the minuites to leave work, see you soon.
Woo Hoo Bike party will be rockin the South Bay!
David
July 16, 2010
I am getting really excited and anxious too!!!! Come on 5:45 hurry up and get here so i can leave this hellhole i call work and get my Bike Party on!!!!
BillMo
July 16, 2010
The ride tonight rolls by Trace Elementary school at the Rose Garden, which was largely destroyed by arson last week. You can donate to the rebuilding fund here: http://www.sjusd.org/school/district-new/more/16269/featured-news
Have a great one!
Spliffer
July 16, 2010
My emotions are in serious overflow.
The butterflies are going wild!
It’s our first official summer ride.
I can’t wait for the start of the top event in the South Bay this weekend.
Let’s all have a safe ride.
Observe all traffic laws.
Show much respect for property.
And “share the road” my bicycling brethren.
LET US ALL OWN THE RIDE!
The larger crowd requires a bigger commitment and focus.
Please everybody speak up, shout down, and keep your friends, neighbors and all bicyclist in line: to keep ours, yours, and everybody’s SAN JOSE BIKE PARTY going strong for long!
It is BIKE PARTY Time!!!!
BIKE PARTY forever…
Funeral Attendee
July 17, 2010
It is amazing that you all knew your party tonight was set to start right next to a major funeral and went ahead with it any way. To be sure, your air horns disrupted the service perfectly right at a solemn quite time. That was so cool. You really made huge strides for bicycle rights.
[moderator/tr: apologies to you or anyone else that felt this way. this was not the intent to disrupt the services, every intent was made to minimize noise and disruption. the air horn was from a truck, not from bikes]