Get into the spirit of this ride!

The 10 day forecast is good, join us next Friday.

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Celebrate thy Nerd-om!

Help make this month’s “Revenge of the Nerds” ride memorable by wearing a costume to support the theme.

FACTOIDS:

• Start: Civic Center Parking Lot                           [ 79 W Hedding St, SJ ]
• End: The “Corona of Palms”                                 [ Downtown SJ ]
• Wheels hit street at 8:00pm.

CHARTS:

• MAP
• Printable Directions

See below for additional details.

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Bike the Limits!

Have you ever wanted to ride 100 miles?  Or attempt to ride all the way around the City of San Jose?  How about a daytime Bike Party ride?

On Saturday, April 3rd, Bike Party will ride FARTHER and LONGER than ever before as we ride along San Jose’s city limits, going places where Bike Party tires have yet to tread. With 30, 60, and 100 mile versions of the ride, this party has something for everyone!

Turns-by-turn directions will posted once the routes are 100% finalized and well before the day of the ride!

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IMPORTANT INFO ON THIS EVENT (please click “more”):

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We will have a test ride this morning, Sat, Jan 23rd. If you can only do a 24 mile loop, then drive over to Cupertino Square and meet us there. If you want a longer ride, you can try either of the earlier starts.

10:00am – Pre-Ride at SJ City Hall, by the Fountains (look for Yoshi)

10:30am – Start at Winchester (Century) 21&22 (across from Santana Row)

11:15-20am-ish — Cupertino Square (Vallco) by Macy’s

http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=254628248173

The only day this week w/o rain? Keep your new years resolutions and ride!  Weather underground and weather.com

Kick off the year Running the Bulls with a mellow OR challenging ride through the Evergreen hills!

You've always wanted to run!

We will start together at Eastridge Mall (Eastridge Center) then split horns at Ruby & Quimby, with the “mellow” flatter steer chase heading North and West. The “challenging” steeper bull run will roll East and South. Both rides will meet up again on Yerba Buena road near Hwy 101 to ride to downtown San Jose. We’ll try to keep the mellow steer ride regroups short so we can coordinate both routes to meet at a similar time on Yerba Buena. If you’d like to go back to Eastridge after Regroup #3, simply take a right on Tully Rd.

TIME: Show up by 7:30pm – Wheels hit the street at 8:00pm!

• 8:00-8:10pm Regular riders get a head start
• 8:20-8:25pm Fast riders chase ‘em down?!?
• START: EASTRIDGE MALL - Eastridge Loop – West corner toward Tully & Quimby
• END: 101 Paseo de San Antonio @ SJ REP, downtown San Jose

Maps

Mellow Steer Ride: MapMyRide (the flatter version), “Visual Map” (all of ride) , the “Turn by Turn” directions (double sided format)

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Challenging Bull Ride: MapMyRide (the hilly version), “Visual Map” (only miles 3-10.5, see other map too), the “Turn by Turn” directions (double sided format)

Note: The Mellow ride at 220ft elevation overall is slightly more than average…but the 486 ft for the “Challenging” ride is great… but only if you know how to ride! Be sure to let faster riders pass on the left *inside the rightmost lane* and let slower riders merge right.

For Pre-Rides please look at “more” down below.

Note that the VTA Alum Rock station is only about 2.75 miles away and the Curtner station is about 4miles away. (DT SJ is 5.65 mi away – you can park there and join a Pre-Ride)

As always we need Volunteers at key intersections and to ensure riders go deep in to the regroups!

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***UPDATE***

Directions for today’s test ride.

TURN BY TURN DIRECTIONS for Jan 9th

What are your New Years Resolutions? Smaller hills than the first ride?

• TIME: Sat, Jan 9th, 11:00am – 3:00pm
• ROUTE:  East SJ and Evergreen areas of SJ
• Start (changed): Lee Mathson M.S, 2050 Kammerer Ave (visible from Hwy 680 West, just east of Hwy 101)
• End: dt SJ

We’ll see, we “might” even investigate starting in two places. But we will still focus on the east side.

OUR Test Rides’ New Years Resolutions? To have many more riders step up and OWN the ride — the test rides process… and during the main rides: the start, during the ride, at key turns and in and out of the regroups!

Even if you don’t have Facebook, the overall information is there.

Bike Party comes quick this January! On the 15th!

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