new bikes del pueblo forum!

the sheldon brown birthday ride takes off!

have you heard the big news? bdp has a new exciting forum! we're experimenting with all new types of communication, everything from email lists to smoke signals and bee dancing. but so far i think the best two are blogging and face to face communication. lets see how this forum works out. what i like about it is that we can have discussions that we can save for later and that are accessible to the any reader, and if we say good things then its like we're creating a resource! a history! a manual! the success of projects like sdbikecommuter.com make it seem like this just might have a chance.

in other news, bikes > jets, the bike union is biking to brunch, the next full moon ride is planned out, the bike coalition has a new director, and next month is the critical manners/courteous mass ride! and of course, those fabulous people paseo urbano down in tijuana are going to have another paseo de todos the first of the month.

so register at the forum, get the discussion going, keep checking bikesd.org every morning for hot news, and keep riding!

update! para los quien puede hablar espanol/spanglish: viene el foro de movilidad urbana tijuana, aqui son los detalles

missed the last wombat biking workshop? the notes and 

discussion are all on bdp's forum!

two new great events!

San Diego Bike Union Mid-Town Holiday Lights Tour

the san diego bike union is having a ride coming up. heres what they have to say about it:

	Join the Bike Union for a tour of San Diego's mid-town (or uptown, if you like) neighborhood holiday lights. Velo Cult Bike Shop is hosting a pre-ride social @ 6:00pm at which they will be debuting their new line of speciality coffees (and there will be cocoa for those who are already too high-strung). Decorate your bike, bring your lights, don't forget the camera, and enjoy a casual, conversational social ride to admire the handiwork of folks with electric bills larger than yours!

and heres a flier:

and heres the facebook event page and their website

reminder from ted

Hey everyone,
Just throwing out a reminder that the Bike Union Fall Picnic is this Sunday.
Planning to meet at Velo Cult for a ride to Trolley Barn Park for the
picnic. Is anyone else from BDP planning on going? If you can't make the
ride from VC, the Picnic starts at 2pm.

Peace and bikes,
Ted

irc bike drive + bike union haul in rescheduled

so i know everybody noticed the weather lately. the horribly inconsistent annoying rain we've gotten. because of rain the bike union's fall haul in and picnic is rescheduled for november 7th, still at trolley barn park. the really really free market is the next weekend, november 13th, same place.

in other news: the irc, partnering with bikes del pueblo, is starting a bike drive to help refugees in the area build bikes for their own use. this halloween from 9 am to 2 pm @ the velodrome swap meet we will be out collecting donations and looking for volunteers. if you have wanted to volunteer but could never make it saturdays this might be your chance, so shoot an email to Hong.Tran@theirc.org

SD bike union's picnic + the really really free market

ok, so two big things happening at the same place at the same time! first i'd like to announce the sd bike union's fall picnic, called the bike union because they are dedicated to doing as much as possible by bike. thanks to ted, one of our newer bikes del pueblo associates, for sharing this and inviting us. i believe that we will be out with some tools hopefully and ready to share some skills.

going on mere feet away will be the really really free market! the best place to come get something you can use for free and leave something you dont need anymore for somebody else.

i hope to see you all out there! and just a reminder: october 9th and 10th are the bike rides against climate change. what a busy two weeks!