Happy Holidays!

We have a neighborhood-focused ride full of holiday lights this month.

There are a few important things to remember:

• Arrive on time!  Wheels hit the street @ 8pm!
• Light up your bike!  It’s dark, it’s the holidays, DO IT.
  
• Please don’t forget to follow the “How We Ride.” Make this a successful ride by keeping fellow riders, pedestrians, and cars happy and safe on their commute.  We don’t want any crashes or $400 tickets.
• Bring a canned food item or two to be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank.

The route for the event is here: Scarf Ride Route Map.

Please print (1-10+) these out before the ride:

• “Visual” Turn by Turn Map (thx RR!)
• “Traditional” Turn by Turn Directions

The starting and ending point of the ride is 101 Paseo de San Antonio Walk – by the SJ Rep. Please do NOT park at the starting location.

Volunteers needed! Meeting @7:30pm (prob towards the SJ Rep box office)

First time?  Need a refresher? Check How We Ride!

We have something a little different this month, so don’t get scared!  We are starting the ride from 3 different locations.  (Yay, close to your house!!!)  The ride will then converge and everyone will ride together.  Many neighborhoods and many types of riders make up San Jose Bike Party, but together we ride as ONE COMMUNITY!

Find the Best Starting Location for You!

Where do you live?

1. Downtown SJ – join a pre-ride to a meetup point (@ Cesar Chavez park, 7pm)
2. East/Alum Rock Leg Start (@ McKee & Capitol, 8pm)
3. South/Oak Hill Cemetery Leg Start (@ Tully/Curtner & Monterey, 8pm)
4. West/Campbell Leg Start (@ Winchester & Campbell, 8pm)

(The route links are posted in each starting points descriptions.  Regroups are indicated by water on each map. Each route ends exactly where it started)

Tune your radio to KSCU 103.3 FM during the ride!

That’s right, one of our very own volunteers, Kipp (also the promoter of the Tuesday Bike Nights at Campbell Sonoma Chicken Coop) will be broadcasting on-air LIVE during the Bike Party!  Tune in to KSCU, at 103.3 FM, and program your phones to call in:  408-554-KSCU (554-5728).

1.  Downtown SJ Pre-ride Start

Meet at 7:00pm at Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park.  This ride will leave at 7:05. Be there on time!!

Pre-rides from downtown will ride to the South/Oak Hill Cemetery leg start (about 3 miles), East/Alum Rock Leg Start (about 4 miles), OR to the West/Campbell leg start (about 7 miles).

If you arrive late to Cesar Chavez park, just ride down Market to 1st St which becomes Monterey Rd – you can turn Right [corrected] into the Plant Shopping Center just before Curtner/Tully, which is the Southeast/Fairgrounds leg start.

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2.  East/Alum Rock Start

From many neightborhoods...one community!

Meet at 8:00pm at the Mervyn’s Parking lot at Capitol and McKee.

Route Map for East/Alum Rock leg start – This is the MapMyRide link for the entire route, starting at this leg’s start, joining with the rest of the ride, to the finish in downtown, and back home to the leg start.

Print your route here:  3-column PDF route directions! (print 2-sided)

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3.  South/Oak Hill Cemetery Start

Meet at 8:00pm at The Plant shopping center at Monterey and Curtner/Tully.

Route Map for South/Oak Hill Cemetery leg start- This is the MapMyRide link for the entire route, starting at this leg’s start, joining with the rest of the ride, to the finish in downtown, and back home to the leg start.

Print your route here:  3-column PDF route directions! (print 2-sided)

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4.  West/Campbell Leg Start

Meet at 8:00pm at Campbell Community Center at Winchester & Campbell.

Route Map for West/Campbell leg start- This is the MapMyRide link for the entire route, starting at this leg’s start, joining with the rest of the ride, to the finish in downtown, and back home to the leg start.

Print your route here:  3-column PDF route directions! (print 2-sided)

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Get ready for Friday’s ride! Some highlights of the ride to get you pumped:

Donate here!

• A great mix of scenery, roads, people and a smooth 24 (feels like 16-18) mile ride.
• Among the best start, regroups and ending points we’ve ever had!
• Located near common major work areas!  Bike to work!
• Lots of restaurants nearby to eat before the ride, plentiful parking nearby for $2.

Additionally, by popular request some BIRDs will be wandering around the ride with donation cans just like the one pictured here.  If you want to help make this ride sustainable, please donate (cash only, sorry) whatever you can.

Now, let’s give you the location and route – which means it’s time to review How We Ride!

If you follow these eight rules, Bike Party will be a safe and a positive place for riders, drivers, pedestrians, and the community.

1. Stay in the right lane when possible.  NEVER ride the sidewalk.  NEVER ride against oncoming traffic.
2. Pick up your trash, leave nothing behind.
3. Stop at red lights.
4. Ride straight, ride predictability.
5. Roll past conflict.
6. Leave no one behind.
7. Ride sober!  It’s illegal and dangerous to ride a bicycle inebriated.
8. Make some noise!  (We need your help to remind those who aren’t following the rules!)

For more details on these eight rules please read here.

If you AGREE with these rules, please click here to view this month’s ride route:

• I AGREE to follow the How We Ride rules.
  
• I do NOT agree to follow the How We Ride rules.

Here’s the latest, most updated route for this Friday’s Troll Ride!  We’ll update this post if last-minute changes happen in the next day or so.

May 15th Troll Ride on Map My Ride

This route takes on a tour of Cupertino to the brand-new $15M Mary Ave bridge – and a WAY cool photo op for the photographers on the Stelling Ave overpass – only a half-mile away from our crossing of the lit-up Mary bridge.

Update, 5/15:

I know it’s last-minute, but here are the directions for the route tonight!  Learn them early so you can help keep our ride on-route!

May 2009 Route Sheets

Directions
R on Bascom Ave (watch the traffic!)
3 Lefts!  on Whitethorne, Spruance, Pamlar
R on Bascom Ave
R on Hamilton Ave

3mi – REGROUP #1:  Parking lot by Del Taco
R on San Tomas Aquino Rd
R on Marilla Ave
L on Williams Rd

6mi – REGROUP #2:  Longs Drugs Parking lot
L on Moorpark/Bollinger Rd (cross De Anza)

R on Kim St
L on McClellan Rd
R into De Anza College – go towards observatory

9 mi – REGROUP #3:  De Anza Observatory Lot
through campus, out to Mary Ave

cross Stevens Creek, to Mary Ave bridge!
R on Homestead Rd
R on Stelling Rd – take a picture of the bridge!
L on Stevens Creek Blvd – No turns!

12mi – REGROUP #4:  old Mervyn’s Lot

16mi – REGROUP #5:  Circuit City parking lot
R on Santana Row
R on Olsen Dr

18mi – END at Century 21/22/23 parking lot!