MARCH TEST RIDES
The feedback from our first March test ride is positive. Join us for a ride this week!
Anyone who has been on a test ride knows how much fun it is. A smaller crowd makes it easier to get to know people and it is a great way to gear up for the 3rd Friday event. We are always looking for people who want to ride bikes and help get our routes ready for future rides.
If you would like to help out and love SJBP please come out!
March Test Ride #2
- Thursday. 03/04/10
- Start 07 PM
- Join the Facebook event for more details: link
March Test Ride #3
- Saturday. 03/06/10
- Start 11 AM
- Join the Facebook event for more details: link
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!
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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Come out for an amazing and friendly evening of bike chat and sweet learning!
Amber & Ben loving the meeting
Bike Party’s monthly volunteer meetings are where it all happens, and where we need YOU to step up to make it even better. Routes get planned and arranged on amazing test rides, but every other part of this unbelievable phenomenon is planned and discussed at meetings – fun ones, at that, full of wonderful bike people!
This month’s meeting is Wednesday, January 6th at 6:45pm at the centrally-located Sophisto Society!
Bike Partier Tim will teach us how to make affordable small sound systems that can go on ANY bike (no trailer needed!) with painless non-technical set-up!
We’ll discuss how to plan “bonus” rides and other events and we’ll get updates on bike events and news around the valley.
See the entire agenda as a PDF!
Most importantly, we’ll hang out and have fun with other wonderful volunteers and figure out ways to make all of our fun crazy ideas happen!
RSVP for the Volunteer meeting on Facebook
Wear your scarfs this month!
Test Rides are a way that we prepare the SJBP route & train volunteers for the main ride. We need many more volunteers & we need these tasks (listed below) performed for both the Test Rides and the main ride. Your help is appreciated. For those that get up early on a Saturday, or want to catch a ride en route this ride’s for you… next Saturday, Dec. 12th, 10:00am-1:45pm
1. help market via FB, SJBP page,etc
2. send out info on FB (direct messages only)
3. print out guest list (2 per ride)
4. make & format documents – “Turn by Turn Directions”
5. create route & site captain sheets on google docs
6. recruit friends to join the test rides – or volunteer
7. lead a test route, ensure pace is good, regroups brief
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Help make our 2 year Anniversary ride the best one yet!
We need volunteer riders for all aspects of the rides!
You’ve ridden SJBP several times, you know what needs to be done to help us …
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Update: This ride was more like and experimental “pre-ride#1″ so THANKS for working with it and your immediate feedback earlier esp. with the “options.” Apologies for going too long on time. We will need to start as close to 9pm as possible obviously and would ask for your help in that regard. We are already making some route changes. Please add you comments here ASAP as we want to finalize the route and turn by turn directions ASAP.
*** We are going to need volunteers on this ride at 3-5 key points!!!
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