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SHO'N'PRV67
June 16, 2012
The cop in Campbell who nearly plowed into BP’rs at a RED LIGHT, YOU are a prime example of douchebag law enforcement. There was NO REASON whatSOever to drive that way you did and endanger 20 or so bike riders!!! Thumb-to-the-teeth to you! You deserve whatever Karma has in store for you.
Craftsman
June 16, 2012
What is it with the people who ride those stupid GoPed, 2-Stroke Shit bikes? All noise, no power and they leave the carbon footprint of all of China in their wake with all the smoke, making it tough to breath. Seriously, please leave the crappy Chinese 2-stroke smoking scooters at home next time.
M
June 18, 2012
I agree. Motorized bikes ruin it for everyone. Organize your own motorized bike ride.
LA-D
June 18, 2012
Yeah keep the motors out. 50cc 2 strokes are not helping the cause….
Wish more “Birds” would ask them not to come.
Ian
June 18, 2012
what do you expect the birds to do? they aren’t empowered to kick anyone off the ride. If folks don’t like the motors boo em…. it’s amazing how effective that is.
Annoyed as hell
June 16, 2012
I only experienced havin to drive through about half a mile of this and it was the most unorganized, irresponsible, dangerous thing I’ve seen that many people do at once. I saw people drinking and riding, you were all taking up all lanes so no one could drive (what if we had an emergency??), you were cutting cars off so you could turn left. So STUPID! I wouldn’t be surprised if a bunch of you got injured or hit by cars. And those of you who went with children..what the hell were you thinking?? Putting your kids’ lives in danger like that. Ugh! Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of. If Bike party has to exist, it should be in a park on a trail or something…AWAY from public streets. Go away!!
Spliffer
June 16, 2012
Mr. “Annoyed as hell” — or, Mr. anonymous poster — we respect your right to post your criticism of the monthly Bike Party event that crossed your path, last night.
Please be advised that San Jose Bike Party brings together “TAX PAYING RESIDENTS” from all areas, and walks of life in the South Bay, to participate in this unique, and single most popular community building event.
It happens once every month for a total of twelve times per calendar year. Plus, the route changes every month; as to not unduly burden any single area with our well attended event.
SJ Bike Party is an all volunteer effort. The event, costs the city: “$ZERO$”, and only uses a portion of the city’s streets “one night” a month. Please do not begrudge us this extremely positive event that unite and builds community.
Don’t get the wrong impression, because I am in no way condoning, nor do I approve, of the “law breaking bicyclists” who were in attendance at Bike Party. We strongly disapprove of all those “STUPID-lawbreakers”, however; they remain the exception, rather than the rule, and I insist that you don’t paint the whole group with your “very broad brush”.
Over the years of it’s existence, SJ Bike Party, has proven to be very safe for families with children.
Over my three-plus years in the SJ Bike Party Community, I’ve seen families with toddlers as old as 6 months, to kids as young as Methuselah.
Please don’t judge, nor try to impose “YOUR views” of what constitutes proper parenting, on bicycling families, before acquiring all of the relevant facts.
Peace!
heidz
June 17, 2012
I couldn’t have said it better myself! As a business owner who pays a hefty share of taxes it was wonderful for me to get off the trails and enjoy the streets. SJ Bike party is an awesome event that I would strongly encourage everyone who hasn’t given in to the fast food-remote control one finger workout routine to attend.
tina
June 21, 2012
i will never ride in your crappy bike party again. im typing with one hand because piece of crap person decided to plow into me right at the last stop sign in santana row. nobody stopped the guy…i believe he was shirtless and had a different type of bike. he literally came flying up the left side of me and took me out. i now have wires and pins in my elbow, a titanium pin to hold in a new tooth in the front (i spit what was left of it on the grass), a bruised up knee, black eyes and swollen nose. i am highly disappointed and will go to sjpd tomorrow. this is not only painful physically but also financially so far i am in debt 3000. because of this guy.
brandon
June 18, 2012
dont judge people who ride safely with their kids and generalize them. go judge yourself right quick. that’d be a funny rant. CLOWN
LA-D
June 18, 2012
Dear Annoyed,
Was that you who screached his tires in front of the group as intimidation???? Maybe if you took some time away from your gas huffing lifestyle and slowdown maybe you would see all the fun we are having without you.
Next time stop and say something. I bet you won’t………
Lil Mama
June 19, 2012
Spliffer – completely and 100% agree with you,
Annoyed – you actually offended me. We didn’t take my son on this ride, so he could spend time with his grandparents. But last time we did and he had a blast. So me and my husband are bad parents for taking our kid out … GASP … in PUBLIC?! With your mentality, then children shouldn’t be allowed at sporting events or concerts because of the minority of people who act like fools. Next time we should just watch an overrated, overpriced movie while eating 800 calorie snacks instead of enjoying the outdoors, right?
Are you even a parent yourself?
tina
June 21, 2012
after what happened to me i would never bring a kid out there. i rode safe and was plowed into and broken
Lil Mama
June 21, 2012
Tina – I have read your posts and am very sorry for what happened to you. That shouldn’t have happened to you (or anyone) and I hope you heal quickly. I must reiterate that there will always be a minority of losers who have to eff things up for everyone else and make people miserable, no matter where you go or what you do. There are good people on these rides, my group included, who try their damnedest to make this safe, fun and a good community bonding event. Again, I am very sorry for your injuries and financial stress and I really hope that you will be well soon.
moo
June 19, 2012
Most bike party routes go in a clockwise direction to minimize left turns, but inevitably there are some in every route. I’m not sure exactly what you witnessed that you described as “cutting cars off”, but keep in mind that it’s proper cycling technique for cyclists to merge across the roadway to make a left turn (http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/biking/cycling-tips-change-lanes.htm). Some riders are just starting to learn the technique, but the more experienced cyclists on the ride try to help guide them.
By the way, the SJBP riders who follow the “How We Ride” rules are also annoyed by the ones that don’t.
As to your suggestion of putting Bike Party on a park or trail, 3000+ riders on a trail doesn’t sound feasible. You just want the ride to be somewhere where you aren’t. And frankly, the riders would be just as happy to not have you there (there’s a reason that the ride doesn’t happen during rush hour).
Mikel
June 16, 2012
Sorry to hear that ( annoyed as hell ) from all of us 5,000 plus to you .ya stay inside your home one these nice summer nights., and be mad at the rest of us. People that do have a right to be on the public streets enjoying what fredoms we do still have . Sounds like you spend 90% of your time in front of a tv or computer. Get out and have some fun your name should be UP TIGhT as hell only me exstist! )
jacky
June 16, 2012
It was a beautiful night for an awesome ride!
Afrayed Knot
June 16, 2012
Kudos to the SJBP organizers for your planning and efforts last night. It was my first bike party and such a beautiful night to be out. Yes, there is the element of the rude, obnoxious punks and it would be great if everyone in this world had an ounce of respect, but that just isn’t going to be a reality. It shouldn’t keep the upstanding citizens and families from joining in with this fun COMMUNITY activity. I would hope the organizers and our local law enforcement could work together and post enforcement at the “hot” spots along the ride (liquor stores, bars, etc.). Maybe a few rides with strong authorative actions taking place will serve to clean the crowd up a bit. For the time being we are still a country of laws.
LA-D
June 18, 2012
I back this!!! The poor liquor store on Cambrian got looted. The underage kids drinking etc needs to be stopped. Bike Party will be shutdown with behavior like this.
Bike Party founders/leads need to think about this for next ride ASAP.
There was people straight looting last ride….
Yogis89
June 16, 2012
Hey Bike Party peeps….It was a nice ride last night. The guys in the motorized machines, Please dont come to bike party. On my behalf, if your going to ride a bike, you must have light’s and wear helmuts and stop at the signal light’s…..Seeing so many of you taking up the middle lanes and sometimes all the lanes and not allowing cars to pass. This is going to ruin bike party. Please follow the traffic laws just like if your driving a vehicle. Bike party has to enforce this. Just like (AFRAYED KNOT) say’s…….There has been the bad seeds out there. There has to be more BIRDS on the roads for bike party. We need to fix this now….Before the city of san jose, does something we will not like for bike party.
SHO'N'PRV67
June 17, 2012
“Annoyed as hell” needs to ride with us, it MAY just change their opinion. If they won’t, then they have no right to b!tch in my book.
Tina
June 17, 2012
TERRIBLE experience. While in Santana Row, some jerk sped past me on a bike while I was stopped at a stop sign and knocked me over. After falling over, I broke my elbow, scraped my face and broke one of my front teeth. I felt so dizzy and was in shock and eas unable to find or stop the guy who did it. After needing to go to the hospital, I had surgery the following morning on my elbow. Currently, I have my arm in a sling because the doctor had to put pins in my elbow. I am going to the dentist tomorrow to have my tooth fixed. Bike party should not be squished in places like this because it is WAY to dangerous. I am shocked no one in charge helped me or anyone stopped the guy. I am beyond mad!!
Ian
June 17, 2012
wow that sucks … Heres hoping you heal up soon…
Spliffer
June 18, 2012
Tina, your accidental encounter with an irresponsible bicyclist was indeed: a “TERRIBLE Experience”!
Your story is upsetting to the majority of the San Jose Bike Party Community, especially; the large number of volunteers who toil to make this event fun, and ultimately to promote safe and responsible bicycling everywhere.
However, like all successful group activities, Bike Party attracts a microcosm of the greater Bay Area population, so; it does have a sprinkling of “bad eggs” among the overwhelming number of great, fantastic and responsible bicyclists who attend this monthly event.
The San Jose Bike Party Community has been instrumental in teaching thousands of bicyclist of all ages how to ride: confidently, safely and responsibly in traffic, and has dramatically increased the popularity and safety of this alternative method of commuting all over the South Bay.
You have my empathy, and the kind wishes of all the responsible bicyclists at last Friday’s Bike Party for a speedy recovery. And I am quite certain the volunteer route planners will consider your suggestion in future route planning to make Bike Party safer for everyone.
theCat
June 21, 2012
There is a tiny portion of the human population that enjoys anonymous violence. You will find them in the public parks destroying the playground equipment, on the beach breaking glass for people to injure themselves on, and in Bikeparty knocking people from their bikes. I see it rarely, but it always inflames my sense of justice when I do see it.
Nothing can be done with them. They are living garbage but we are stuck with them. They sleep by day and come out like vampiric ghouls to destroy all the beauty in the world and there is nothing we can do to stop them.
It is so sad. It means that the rest of us must struggle all the harder to create new beauty and hope at every turn.
And really that’s not such a bad thing in the end. Is it?
Fitz Gord
July 2, 2012
You could sue. How is this different than a publicly accessible store not being liable for having unsafe conditions?
Flora
June 18, 2012
Last night was my first ride and I fell in love with Bike Party.
Yes, there were some jerks who were riding recklessly in the fast lanes, littering, and definitely riding while drunk/drinking, but these people were the minority.
Most riders were polite, friendly, and safe. I was in such a good mood afterwards. I’m looking forward to going to Bike Party rides more often.
M
June 18, 2012
Bike Party Awesome as usual.
As a two wheeled enthusiast particpant of bike party, please
leave your motorized bicycles/moped at home. Motorized bikes are not for bike party.
Organize your own motorized bicycle party.
Bike pary is for bicycles, not motorized vehicles.
(i am also a motorized bicycle owner and enthusiast)
oreo leader 725
June 18, 2012
what happend to the longer rides guys?? but wow!!!! loved the theme… hey girls!!!! to the pepz that ran the lights and wont let the cars pass…. do you really want to get plowed over?? THE CAR IS GOING TO WIN NO MATTER WHAT… to the next ride… i haope its another santa clara ride(the roads are way better). hope to see everybody there and girls, ill be there and ready to party. holla girls
Jen
June 18, 2012
this was my first bike party and I certainly had a blast. it was a beautiful night for it as well! I did not enjoy seeing the taggers tagging stuff and then throwing their can in the ditch, nor all the reckless cyclist not abiding traffic laws. Overall though, based on my experience, I will be attending the next one as well =]
Jeff
June 18, 2012
This is my second year of riding and had a great time this past Friday. Does anybody know how many riders participated?
Andrea
June 21, 2012
A friend of mine that helps with the volunteers… said around 6,000. Some of the Birds have been known to count attendees going through an intersection st a specific time though.
Jeff
June 23, 2012
Thanks so much. I knew there was a great many of us, but had not realized that there was that many. This must be one of the largest if not the largest in the country. A great thing for San Jose. Thanks again.
moo
June 23, 2012
Whoa, 6000? I heard there were closer to 3000.
Andrea
June 29, 2012
Sorry. I was using my phone and accidentally clicked “6″ instead of “4″ lol. I was told 4,000.
jacky
June 29, 2012
Two BIRD’s did count and both were closer to 3000. One did the count at Santana Row and the other did the count at Bascom.
Dennis
June 18, 2012
Now that was a fun ride. I love San Jose Bike Party and have ridden in 10 or more over the past couple of years. The Legs Ride was a blast. Looking out across the crowd at the Shopping Center on Camden was awesome. It does seem like The Legs Ride took on some of the hostile and confrontational characteristics of Critical Mass and I think that is a shame. SJ Bike Party is better than that. We all need to share the road with non bike party people. We need to ride to the right, leave a lane for traffic to pass and stop for at least some of the lights. I think SJ Bike Party passing through an area should be a community spectical that is fun for riders, spectators and motorists too. Mutual respect is the only thing missing.
irritated
June 18, 2012
This whole thing was horrible. I watched people get hit by cars and show utter disrespect for the surrounding homes with the rowdy affair. The first wave of people road in all lanes of traffic, ran red lights, circled the intersection, and were blasting music with no consideration of the fact some have small children. The second wave was more respectful and there was less bs. It sucks that MY TAX DOLLARS went to making sure people played nice in the sandbox. Instead of trying to force your bicycles down our throats why don’t you ride around a school track or in the mountains. You have bicycle lanes for a reason. Use them for goodness sakes!
Gino
June 18, 2012
Dear (irritated)
Yes, it is true we had some rowdy and totally disrespectful bicyclist on the BikeParty this past friday. What do you recommend we do about it? Since you clearly seem to think all of us are bicyclist are at fault. You know how there are people out there that seem to jump to blame a person or group of people for a few things another or many others do to make us, “all look bad”……….
Please take that into consideration, when logging on here and putting everyone on BLAST!!!!!!!
Thank You….SJBIKEPARTY ROCKS!!!!!!
DionRidesBikes
June 19, 2012
My wife and I are not “regulars” at Bike Party. In fact, I am a competitive mountain biker/racer, and I am “in the mountains” daily. On the mountain bike trails, there are no cars, just a few hikers, and all the animals I can love. I NEVER ride on the roads, because it is obvious by the tone of your voice, that many people just hate bicyclists – so I decide to stay away from any chance to mix it up with enraged car drivers.
This past friday was the first Bike Party we have attended in a long time, and due to very hard times and a death in the immediate family, we wanted to go somewhere positive to get the heaviness off our minds. Tagging along with my friend and his wife who have an epic bicycle stereo system, we rode through the night and had absolutely no complications – in fact, it was the most enjoyable Bike Party to date for us, and it was something we really needed in this time of distress.
My previous experiences have not been so good. The brakeless riders, speeders and law breakers really, really turned us off – which is why we haven’t been to an event for so long. But I found that if hung back, enjoyed the ride, and let all those people “get ahead” we didn’t have any issues at all.
I think SJBP needs help in many ways, and their is no answer to correcting the law breakers except for police to ticket them, which I would approve of. However, I don’t think SJBP should be stopped or taken away. I ride the mountain bike trails daily, but a lot of people don’t have that luxury. A lot of people don’t have a sense of community. And during these times, the world can sure use a lot more “Bike Party” experiences. A lot of people go through their lives with stress, depression, sadness, hurt, and carry the world on their shoulders. It’s nice we have a 1-time-a-month community event for people who feel this way to get out and be part of something. It grounds us and realize we are not alone.
tina
June 26, 2012
i agree
Lil Mama
June 19, 2012
This was my second ride and I am falling more and more in love with this event. Thank you to all who make this happen. It is the highlight (and date night) of our month!
Heidz
June 19, 2012
Dear Irritated; Get off your couch and join us you might actually enjoy yourself! BTW: we pay taxes as well…
Faber C.
June 20, 2012
Leave your motorized bikes at home so we can all breathe, keep it pedal powered and keep it real G.
Andrea
June 21, 2012
Although there are some “bad seeds” that join the event and are disrespectful to others’ property, drink while riding, don’t stop at red lights, and don’t use good judgment when on the road with vehicles… overall, these people shouldn’t represent the group as a whole. Of all the bike parties I have attended, the amount of good outweighs the bad! For all the people with negative comments… San Jose Bike Party doesn’t condone the people who break rules and I’m shocked how mean some people get wishing someone would get hit by a car or they will throw stuff at riders next time. It’s one Friday out of the month and they change the routes so not one neighborhood is inconvenienced all the time. Ever heard of Bah Humbug?!?! It’s a community event to bring people together!
DionRidesBikes
June 21, 2012
It doesn’t matter what SJBP “condones” or doesn’t condone – the pure and simple FACT is that there is this element and it has to be stopped. Unfortunately, the only way to stop it is with the police – and double unfortunately, many SJBP goers don’t welcome the police for whatever reason. I don’t think these incidents are even alcohol fueled – they are just stupidity fueled.
What we did was let all the idiots go ahead and hung back (with the “grown ups”) and therefore had a great time.
Using cops and letting them give out tickets for lack of brakes, running stop signs, crossing over into oncoming traffic, harassing cars would be to the benefit of this whole thing – but people have to accept the police and realize they are there to limit what happened to Tina. Cops ought to be there to ticket motorists who are having fits of road rage and endangering bicycle riders, as well.
Tina should not be responsible for her medical bills – the idiot who crashed into her should be, and a police report would’ve helped that cause.
I was a bar bouncer many moons ago, and it’s amazing what security can do to ensure people still are having fun, but doing so safely.
Maybe that’s what SJBP needs: Bike Party Bouncers with active communication with police dispatch so that the “Tina’s” of the world don’t have to fall victim to a hit and run and she could sue the pants off him for medical bills.
Ian
June 21, 2012
assuming he has pants to sue off …
Realistically this is exactly why we carry insurance. to pay for the unexpected.
respectfully disagree
June 22, 2012
Disagree popo are the answer.
(click link)
I know we are not CM, but we could police our own if we cared to. There really are advantages to owning our own ride.
DionRidesBikes
June 26, 2012
Yes, because SJBP has so much control over these things. What is the answer we always get? To “boo” this behavior? Yup, that works.
tina
June 26, 2012
thank you so much for comment. i now have police report from sjpd and a report from santana row…sorry for improper punctuation but i am down to one hnnd!
theCat
June 21, 2012
I missed this ride, but I hear the usual refrain: Someone acted badly. Let me just say something for the record here. There are people (maybe, a lot of people) in our community who do not know how to behave at all. Anywhere. Anytime. With anyone including their mother. They never get out. They have few friends and all their friends are just like them, retarded. Their personal lives are a sucky mash of alienation, drugs and failure. Then once a month they get on a bike. What do you expect them to do differently on a bike than they do in their basement bedroom? Or in their dad’s car downtown at 93 mph for that matter? These people are lost. Utterly failed. Hopelessly regressive troglodytes. They destroy everything they touch, and failure burns through their retched lives like radioactive ebola on crystal meth. You don’t have to express compassion for them, it’s okay to hate them and hey they hate themselves. But notice one thing; if they have any hope of salvation it is found in joining a larger group, finding their place, and moving along under some kind of rough guidance. Bike party for these empty retards is about as close to therapy as any of them will ever get before the day they kill themselves driving drunk on the freeway. Maybe a large group activity will turn someone around. I doubt it, and what do I really know about them anyway. But it’s part of why we ride and in the end it’s one of the things the road is good for. Peace out.
Oreo Leader 725
June 22, 2012
thumbz up!!!!
Townie Bill
June 24, 2012
Sad but true.
I couldn’t have said that better even if I was 20 years younger.
Thank you Cat.
Fish
June 24, 2012
I’m interested in joining the next bike party in July. I’ve read a bit and heard a bit about this and a little concerned about some of the attendees. I’d like to bring my toddler to this but wondering if there is a “family group” I could ride with??
Sense of Justice
June 24, 2012
I have been going to SJBP for a long time and I too am getting fed up with the bad elements. In the past, I just threw up my hands in frustration but starting next ride, I’m going to do something about it. If I see someone breaking the law, I am going to try and get a picture or video of them doing it (while being safe myself of course). This includes ppl that drink and just toss their beer cans on the streets when they ride, red light runners and anyone that loots from the stores. As most of the riders have stated, there is little we can do to stop other’s bad behavior ourselves but that’s not to say there’s nothing we can do. This is OUR bike party and OUR community, we can’t stand by and do nothing.
FBMH
June 28, 2012
This was my 3rd time attending bike party. A great ride and good route. Just hope the future events will be a bit more chill in general.
$gt ku$hm4n
June 29, 2012
Does anyone know when the next bike party is ? I have only went once an would like to take more people this time .
jacky
June 29, 2012
San Jose Bike Party is always the 3rd Friday of the month and wheels hit the street at 8:00pm. So the next one would be July 20th.
Kevin
June 29, 2012
Sorry. You can’t organize an event with 3000 participants and then use the excuse that SJBP doesn’t “condone bad behavior” and that there will always be some bad apples that spoil the fun for everyone else and be a responsible organizer.
SJBP is a fun event and there is no reason it can’t be fun and safe. Obviously there are no guarantees and accidents do happen, but without proactive monitoring and robust policing during the event, the SJBP organizers are not being responsible and asking for something really bad to happen during a SJBP ride. SJBP really needs to start putting as much effort into making the event safe during the ride as they do into planning the ride and stop mouthing ‘doesn’t condone bad behavior’ and start doing something about it during the ride. If SJBP doesn’t start to actively enforce the ‘How We Ride’ rules then more and more so called bad apples are going to be drawn to the event.
Believe me I don’t want to rag on SJBP but I really think that the SJBP organizers are in denial about this aspect of the ride. If you really want to have a safe and fun ride then be serious about enforcing the rules. The rules are pretty basic and exist to make the ride safe and fun, not to be a killjoy. I’m sure it’s hard and most people don’t want to play the enforcer, but if SJBP is going to be responsible then that is one of the things that has to be done. With thousands of participants it’s time for SJBP grow up.
DionRidesBikes
July 1, 2012
Great comment. Like I said before, there needs to be a security aspect implemented that has a direct line to the police, call them ride monitors, guardian angels, whatever… but DO IT. BiRDS are out there trying to direct traffic, they can’t have an eye on the bad behavior that goes on, too.
I was a bar bouncer – most of the time, just being a presence was enough to keep people at bay.
Ian
July 1, 2012
we are always looking for volunteers to help. you should come to the volunteer meeting and tell us what you plan to do to make the ride safer. if everyone on the ride just did a little it would make a huge change. I know folks say booing bad behavior dosent work but it really does when everyone around a guy who is being stupid starts yelling at him and booing him whatever he is doing stops being fun. But it does take the whole community yelling at him to be effective.
Spliffer
July 1, 2012
Kevin, your words like: “proactive monitoring and robust policing during the event” sounds like very tough talk.
You should realize that the SJ Bike Party Community does not condone, nor promotes any rough stuff during the ride.
The Bike Party Community has safety, PEACE and personal responsibility as it’s major tenets. BIRDs are trained to avoid any type of physical confrontation. They use persuasion and all kinds of psychological techniques to maintain order and they are 95 to 98 percent effective.
BIRD-Ravens and BIRDs are among Bike Party’s most prized volunteers.
The primary duties of BIRDs is to get all bicyclists safety through the route. “Robust policing” sounds like what police officers do.
On Bike Party’s rides through cities like; Sunnyvale, MT. View, and on the Stanford Campus, we’ve received, and welcome “proactive monitoring and robust policing” from police departments of those cities and Stanford Campus Police. It works beautifully, and we’ve always enjoyed friendly relations with the police depts. in these areas.
I came to SJ Bike Party with proposals similar to what you suggested so eloquently in your post, however; once I got on the inside, I realized it was a totally different situation. After my first few rides, I learned that SJ Bike Party works because the BIRDs are very successful in keeping the majority — 95 to 98 percent of bicyclists — safe from aping the irresponsible, 2 to 5 percent, who show up to run their own personal and disruptive agenda, that is anathema to the ideals of the Bike Party Community.
Bike Party thrives, and needs to remain healthy because — to quote one of SJBP Community’s most influential philosophers — “Bike Party does far, FAR more good than it has wrought”.
Antoinette
July 1, 2012
How do you find out when the bext bike party is? What time? And where to meet? Id love to ride
thanks
Jonathan
July 1, 2012
SJBP is every 3rd Friday and the meeting point + route is posted on the main page about 24 hours prior to the ride
Jonathan
July 1, 2012
I’ve been attending SJBP and EBBP (east bay bike party) for a few years now and every time I’m at either party there are always people doing the wrong things and proliferating dangerous cycling habits. The legs ride was a blast but I just about had enough of riding alongside and witnessing the idiocy. I would very much like to become a volunteer to help keep SJBP safe and continue it’s community building. When’s the next volunteer meeting?
jacky
July 2, 2012
The volunteer meetings have been on the Tuesday the week before SJBP with a start time of 6:30 to mingle and 7 for the actual meeting. Check back under “Upcoming Events” closer to the date for more details. Thanks for offering to help keep our bike party alive. We are always looking for more help.
irritated
July 3, 2012
Gino, thats why i specifically said the FIRST WAVE of people were blatantly disrespectful and caused issues where as the second wave was more respectful as for heidz, I did get off my couch and watch the first wave of irresponsible stupidity. Also working for a living it would be nice to not have my kids woken up by the shenanigans. As for your implications that I am lazy, I own horses, ride daily,work and would like time to relax. saying get off my couch and join you, im sorry but i have no desire to be involved in something wreakless. If the first wave had as much consideration for the surrounding houses and traffic as the second wave there wouldn’t be a problem in all honesty.
ripper rider
July 4, 2012
Sorry you were hurt at bike party.Bike is to have fun with friends.