Comments on: Reflections – The Mardi Gras Ride

By: ripper rider

ripper rider — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:28:02 +0000

Nice weather and fun ride but i have to say the crappy neighborhoods was no good.I didnt know i need to pack a weapon for this ride and the dummies riding against traffic.Most people that ride bike party drive cars to and should let cars pass.Put yourself in there shoes.Let them pass.I have to say the group we rode with was awsome.Cant wait for the next ride.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:19:01 +0000

This was my 6th ride and it was the first time I had to deal with insults and threats from observers. I did not encounter rock or egg throwing but I did get insulted by several groups of ghetto fools. They acted like of a bunch of ignorant territorial dogs,barking at anything that went by
. If I did get hit by anything I would have retaliated reluctantly. There was also the security guard at Hitachi on Great Oaks Boulevard shining his green laser on the riders as they passed by. That was really stupid and illegal as well. I hope none of my fellow riders were injured. In the future, can Bike Party avoid going through these crappy low income neighborhoods? Otherwise, I will start carrying a weapon with me on future rides.

By: Tian

Tian — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:42:51 +0000

I agree that the ride was great. I wish we’d have had that second regroup. Below is a link to a bunch of pictures of that ride.

http://tian.greens.org/SanJose/BikeParty/MardiGrasRide/index.html

By: Tian

Tian — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:35:20 +0000

I saw them to. I must have seen a dozen wasted eggs on the ground after the one that flew by my ear. What a waste of food!

By: theCat

theCat — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:32:52 +0000

Thank you for not riding with us.

By: Rider 44

Rider 44 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:35:27 +0000

I agree with Steve and Craftsman.

Used to be, when you clicked on ‘How We Ride!’ up at the top of this web page, you could click on the following link.
http://www.sjbikeparty.org/how-we-ride
The page still exists, but I don’t see any link to it.
If you read the section under ‘Communicating with Fellow Riders…’ you’ll see it mentions, ‘boo that person’.

I usually try to stay positive and communicate positive things in a positive voice like,
‘nice decorations on your bike!’ or
‘Thanks for keeping in the right lane’.
But when my delightful evening is interrupted by a certain type of cyclist, I loudly and rudely proclaim my opinion to everyone around me…
‘BOOO!!!! TWO STROKE SMOKE! BOOO!’