Artwork by: Ike Greca & Graphic Design: Oscar Najarro
The Circus is coming to town! Wear your colorful clothing and get your clown nose out cause we are going to be having a great time. I hope someone brought the big top because Friday’s forcast looks to be rainy. But clowns have been known to wear raincoats before!
Be safe, legal, and courteous (see How We Ride!). We share the road with other traffic. Helping cars move through smoothly makes the ride more enjoyable for everyone. Do your part to encourage good behavior! Also, please remember to turn down the volume when riding through residential areas late at night.
Information on the route and more after the drop …
BIRDs
BIRDs are our wonderful volunteers that attempt to keep everyone on our rides safe. Please be respectful of their directions and thank them for all of the effort they put into the ride. If you want to help out and make your mark on Bike Party, please join the BIRDs at the volunteer cicle prior to the start of the ride.
Volunteer Circle
If you want to get plugged in, come by and introduce yourself at the volunteer circle just before the start of the ride. Look for a flock of BIRDs!
Ravens
Ravens are the elite group of BIRDs that make sure we leave no trace behind by cleaning up after the party at regroups. They are essential to keeping the party going. If you see any of them with a trashbag collecting your trash, please thank them and if you are so inclined please join them! They are a really cool bunch. Please bring trash bags and help us leave no trace.
How We Ride
If you follow these eight rules, Bike Party will be safe and a positive place for riders, drivers, pedestrians, and the community.
Route information
Feeder rides
Feeder rides are a great way to get to Bike Party They allow you to make great friends and get to know people who live near you. They also make it super easy to get back home as a group as most folks ride home with the group they arrived with. You save the planet and save on parking while getting a little bit more exercise. It’s all good.
- NSJ/Santa Clara — Led by Ian from the Mercado – Meet in front of Subway- Leaving at 6:45 (please RSVP in the comments)
- SCU/Santa Clara — ??
- East SJ — ??
- SJ Downtown — Led by Justin-Meet: Front of Children’s Discovery Museum Address: 180 Woz Way, San Jose, CA Leaving at 7:15 prompt
- Willow Glen — ??
- Los Gatos — ??
- Your neighborhood? (let us know in comments below if you want to lead a ride)
Manuel
January 16, 2012
If i were to longboard(cuz there aint no longboard or skateparty), instead of ride a bike, would i be frowned upon?
pizzasfortires
January 16, 2012
Its gonnna be raining….good luck with a longboard! To your question… ive been skateboarding since 1994 so as long as you have full control of what you are doing and not puting people at risk, I would think its all good. Do keep in mind that it is BIKE party though.
Manuel
January 16, 2012
Longboarding in the rain isn’t a problem, neither will control. haha, until theres a Sk8 party, Bike party seems like my only candidate.
jdehaan
January 16, 2012
I’ve seen other people do it. You might get people heckling you a bit but I doubt anyone *really* cares.
Tanner M
January 19, 2012
not at all my friend. at one of the first bike parties i was at I saw some guy running the whole time. I was like “feet party!”
Linda
January 19, 2012
I have seen people rollerblading,stakeboarding and using a big kick scooter, but not a runner. Kudos to the runner.
aaron
January 20, 2012
no .. no u wouldnt
Boomschwag
January 18, 2012
I know the rout comes out tomorrow, but does anybody know what area the ride will be going through?
Ian
January 18, 2012
The South Bay
BillyCool
January 19, 2012
Funny. You belong in the Circus!
Ian
January 19, 2012
I’ll be the Dancing Bear
Steve Wozniak
January 19, 2012
With an 80% chance of rain Friday night, why not postpone the event until the next Friday to allow people who have made “circus” theme garments an opportunity to want to ride and be seen?
Ian
January 19, 2012
we ride rain or shine… if you haven’t ridden a SJBP in the rain you should try it out it’s a Fantastic Vibe.
Rescheduling would cause conflicts with the outer bike party rides.
Couch Bike Dude
January 20, 2012
Are Segways allowed Woz?
We’ve had some hissy fits here over the acceptability of motorized bikes at bike party.
That hill down New York Avenue to Helm field should be exiting in the rain!
Remember the Couch Bike has no brakes!!!
JustinT
January 19, 2012
Steve, thats the magic of Bike Party.
Rain or Shine, we go at it every month awaiting for the elements to align and !!!BAM!!! You have the most magnificent thing SJ has every seen! Many times though it said it was going to rain and didnt. (for example: November ’12, it rained for about 20 minutes and then cleared up! leaving the ground wet but the air clear, nature just wanted to see who was brave enough to go and then rewarded us!)
Rain Rides are actually my favorite.
Either way, many costumes are interchangeable. This months theme can very well be used with next months theme
Townie Bill
January 19, 2012
Close your eyes and imagine a circus . . . I see . . .
sword swallowers, trapeze swingers, bearded ladies, tigers jumping through a hoop of real fire! Dont’ crush that dwarf! Baby elephants,
This way to the egress . . . (nevermind) OK open your eyes.
Nothing quite like a pre-moistened Bike Party to wash away your fear of clowns.
Hey now.
and the Best Artwork ever!
I can’t wait!
Katie
January 19, 2012
Hey now!
JustinT
January 20, 2012
Preride from DTSJ:
Meet: Front of Children’s Discovery Museum
Leave: 715 prompt.
Address: 180 Woz Way, San Jose, CA
John
January 20, 2012
JustinT… I’ll be joining you for the DTSJ Preride!
JustinT
January 22, 2012
Hey John,
Im glad you made it to the preride!!! we ended up having a lil over 20 ppl at the pre-ride! hope u made it home dry hahah! yeah right!