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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Where's Waldo?
Weather update: Forecast says dry skies for the ride! Bring canned food! Maps and Routes below updated for clarity!
START:
Hellyer Velodrome (7-8:30pm bike & roller derby races & party)
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former Capital Buick/GMC (regular start)
It’s your choice! (park in Campbell, dt SJ or Capitol VTA – but NO parking in/near Hellyer Velodrome – and please drive instead of taking VTA if possible)
Just as Waldo explores a new environment with every new page, so SJ Bike Party turns the page on another exciting adventure through new territory of Southeast San Jose! This month’s ride brings:
- a food donation drive with Second Harvest Food Bank! bring non-perishable food to the start!
- new roads you’ve never seen before – some great, some sketchy
- a mix of ‘hoods from dense & urban to hilly & country open space within city limits!
- new libraries and other new city buildings
- Northern California’s only active velodrome with a race for you!
Bring a can - you know it!
Reminders
- Please review How We Ride before joining us – it’s the single most useful guide to the Bike Party experience!
- Read Get Ready to Ride for a checklist of things to remember. Bring lights and wear a helmet! This ride hits some very dark roads with occasional rough pavement – be prepared!
- Bring fenders and rain gear – we ride rain or clear – and rain seems likely.
- Help us keep the party festive – colorful costumes, bright lights, and music trailers make the night a blast! Please do try to keep noise down in residential neighborhoods, and be sure to ride sober – some more foolish riders have discovered the hard way that $400 tickets are no fun.
- Ride to the ride! Please do NOT plan to park a car at the start location or at the velodrome – there is absolutely no parking at either location. Plentiful parking near the start/finish at VTA’s Capitol Station, north & south of Capitol Expy @ Narvaez.
Hellyer Velodrome track party before November's Bike Party!
Bike Party can help you get to the velodrome races! These pre-rides will go straight to the velodrome to catch the race event and then meet up with the rest of the Bike Party when it rolls near the velodrome:
If you can’t come early to see the races at the velodrome, join us to catch the main ride:
Full Map & Directions
Main Ride: 20 miles – from the wide expanses of Capitol Expressway to winding Coyote Road to high density development streets… finishing at the starting point.
Turn by Turn Directions: Please print out 10-20 copies so you can share with others. Thanks!
Help Needed!! Can someone can check out actual signage for turn off of Blossom Hill onto Endicott/Great Oaks,etc? Please email what it says to sjbp.prerides@gmail.com Thanks!
Going Home
For those interested in riding home to downtown San Jose after the ride, here’s a map specifically for you: Capital Buick to DT SJ – SJ Rep
For everyone else, just ride the reverse of how you got there!
Wow, what a night! 1,000 riders, by two separate counts, in two separate places, even! So many good thoughts and good times…this really is what it is all about.
Major props go to the many, many volunteers that make the rides flow – many people who go unnamed, who help in all those little ways that are really so hugely important: all of you who helped remind someone to stay on the route; all of you who reminded someone to check their behavior; all of you who helped make rest stops “work” by making sure we all moved in deep to make room and helped get us moving again when it was time; all of you who towed music trailers, couches, and sidecars; all of you who thanked the cops; really just ALL of us, for being so positive and wonderful, showing this valley how to really roll.
A special shout-out to both Santa Clara County Sheriffs and De Anza-Foothill Community College Police, who together blocked off traffic (corked) for us at one of the nastiest intersections – Stevens Creek and Stelling, then Stevens Creek and De Anza. That was wonderful – thank you, thank you, thank you!
I remember saying at our 1-year anniversary in October: we happily reached 200 riders in a year, and hoped to see 1,000 riders in 5 years. That vision has come to pass over 3 years early, and it’s awe-inspiring. Remember to keep it positive, keep it creative, keep it hopeful – we will turn this valley into a Bike City yet!
As usual, please share your (polite & appropriate) relections on this ride in the comments below! Stories, thoughts, reactions, links to pictures or videos, tales of encounters from the ride are all welcome!
Get your troll on as we journey to the brand new Mary Ave bridge.
This is a long ride (near 20 miles) so be ready for a longer night! The route is below.
To download and print the flier: www.deltaactivity.com/Troll_Ride_3up.pdf
