Happy New Year!

I hope you got your new year off to a good start, lastnight.

Here's to the best year yet, and I'm hoping to see you on the highways, byways, bike lanes, greenways, and trails. Enjoy the new year by seeing it on your Bike.

Take Care,

Ryan

Holiday Light Parade = Longmont, CO 12/11/2010

Hey All,

We're doing the Holiday Lights Parade tomorrow night. We'll be meeting at 4pm at Bross and Longs Peak in Old Town Longmont. The Parade will begin at 5pm followed by Fireworks. You can get more details at www.dolo.org or ci.longmont.co.us.

Also, we're decorating the Bicycle Longmont trailer at my place beginning at 1pm tomorrow afternoon. My address is 615 Lincoln Street, Longmont We need extra lights so if you have some you'd like to donate we'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Ryan

Halloween Ride - 2010

Sorry, for the late notice, but, next week is Halloween! So, we're setting up a Halloween RIde starting at 4pm at Roosevelt Park on Saturday October 30th. This will be a costumed ride, and will meander through Old Town and down to the Lefthand Brewery. We'll hang out there for a little while and meander back down town.

Bring your kids. We'll do a short ride at the beginning similar to the "kids" ride held earlier this summer. The kids ride will go from Roosevelt Park to Thompson and back to Roosevelt Park. Then we'll depart Roosevelt again destined for the Lefthand. The ride to Lefthand isn't suitable for super young riders. Just a little warning there!

Should be fun! Decorate your bike, too.

OH! Bring candy.

Ryan

Say Cheese - for a good cause!

The City of Longmont would like cyclists to show up at 4pm today at the intersection of Martin Street and the St. Vrain Greenway near Best Buy/DSW/Carls Jr etc. For a photo shoot. The photos will be used in the 2011 Bicycle Route map. Join US!

$60 raised for the Bicycle Longmont Holiday Bike Program

Lastweek was the last Bike NIght. For the fourth time in as many years the after-ride party was held at Abondanza's downtown. We had a great turnout despite the rain. There were close to 30 something, 30 somethings there. Bob Goff, owner of downtown's best pizzeria, donated $60 to the Bicycle Longmont Holiday Bike Program. You can learn more about that program by going to Bicycle Longmont's hompage.

Our biggest supporter has been Pete at Acme Bikes. Pete's been there since the begining - 8 years ago. Pete knows his bikes and once again stepped up with the schwag. Lots of people left the after-ride with some new things, and a few left saying to themselves "Rats. Next year, I'll get me some of that free stuff!" So if there is anything you need I encourage you to check it out with Pete first. Acme is located behind Aunt Alice's Kitchen, near Natural Grocers, BY Vitamin Cottage. (You have the vision of that freaky chica from the commercial, don't you, It's OK).

Eventhough the weekly rides ended there are a couple of rides to look forward to. We will again dawn our costumes and have a Bike Night ride the afternoon of October 30th. This is the same day as the Longmont Halloween Parade. We will meet at 4pm that Saturday at Roosevelt Park. Bring candy and we'll see who we can pelt along the way.

Should be a lot fun. BIke Night will also be representing all that is good and right in the world during the Holiday Parade, too. More to come on that in the medium distant future.

For now, Bike Night may have ended but that doesn't mean you should hang that cruiser on the wall. Keep riding, and remember!

Ride Wednesdays!

Sincerely,
Your friendly neighborhood cruiser coordinator!

See you in a few weeks.

Ryan

Last Bike Night - Tomorrow 9/8/2010

Tomorrow night will be the last Bike Night for the 2010 season. We'll be back next year for another great season of cruising Longmont. This year has been an outstanding year. Lots of new people tried Bike Night, many folks returned after a few years hiatus and then there are the regulars riding every week rain or shine. Together you all made Bike Night's 8th season the best yet!

Tomorrow night we'll have schwag! Acme Bikes stepped up for another great 8th season. Acme has been there from the start and continues their support! Acme donated several t-shirts, a ringer, and what I'm sure will become highly sought after merchandise - a frog and alligator squeakers! If you like Kelly's parrot or Jennifer's sumo wrestler (or Rastler for you Iowans) you'll love these squeakers.

Perky's donated 5 gift certificates for free lattes. Mmmmm caffeinated (or not) goodness.... Visit Perky's when you have a chance and give Neil some love. I learned tonight they make most of their pastries on site along with their organic Ice Cream.... yum.

STATISTICS
This year we set a record for the most people ever on a Bike Night ride. The highest turn out was 110 people in early June. The average number of riders dropped from a whopping 73 in June to a record 55 through the season. Still those are some excellent numbers.

RIDE Details:
We will meet at 6:30 as usual at Roosevelt Park then ride through Old Town in our Hawaiian shirts, up to Sunset Hill then back to Abondanza's for pizza and beverages. We will hold a raffle for the schwag, then.

Please pass the word and let all your friends know about the last ride.

Ryan

70's & 80's and the Greenway

Happy Tuesday!

I hope everyone had a great day. Tomorrow night is Bike Night! We'll be riding from Roosevelt Park to Rogers Grove. There will be a stop at Lefthand Brewery on the way back to Old Town. We won't make it all the way out to Golden Ponds this time. Maybe next year, Right?

Anyway the theme for tomorrow night is 70's & 80's. So grab your favorite polo and big handled comb and come ride with us!

Next week, September 8th will be the final Bike Night of 2010 season! Tell your friends and neighbors. Lets try and boost the ride to over 100 again.

See you all tomorrow.

Ryan

Bike Night Article: Longmont Ledger

The Longmont Ledger wrote a great article on Bike NIght. Look for it in the Ledger available on Sunday in either the Post or Daily Camera, and on stands around town. I know there is a stand at 5th & Main. The Ledger is a free publication. Check it out. The article can also be found by following this link:

Have a great weekend and we'll see you on Wednesday

Trippin' Old Town this week!

Hey All,

Thanks and a big SAH-lute to those who made the trek to Oskar Blues Brewery/Tastey Weasel. We had a great time and about 39 people made the ride a blast! If you're tracking your miles and you made it the whole way our route was approximately 13 miles. So give yourself a pat on the back!

This week we'll be bringing it back to Old Town. The theme this week is Plaid. Any show-tune types might want to do "Forever Plaid". Anyway We're bringing the plaid to Old Town.

Come out and join us. There are only two more rides after Wednesday. (That's 3 total including Wednesday). Next week we'll venture to the Lefthand one last time and then wrap things up the following Wednesday with a feast of Pizza somewhere. If you know cool employers looking to give away schwag - let me know. We have two less bike shops so I'm expecting things to be slimmer this year.

So, see you Wednesday at 6:30pm, @ Roosevelt and we'll Ride.

rjk

Saturday Night Dinner Cruise - August 21st

I've mentioned this a few times at our regular Bike Night rides and tomorrow night is the big dinner cruise. This might be a good time to get a babysitter, detach the trailer and go for a ride. Here' s the schedule.


Meet at Roosevelt around 4pm on Saturday August 21st. Ride to the Lefthand Brewery for a happy hour then set sail for the Rib House in Prospect.

We'll leave Lefthand about 5:30pm and ride to The Rib House. We should be there by 6pm.

Following the Rib House we'll find dessert somewhere along the way back to Old Town/Downtown Longmont.

RSVP via "like" on the Facebook page or leave a comment here.

Thanks!
Ryan

Some Like it HOT

Tonight, it's gonna be HOT, and not entirely in a good way!

Bring water for yourself. If you're bringing your kiddo bring water and a snack for them. Oskar Blues Brewery at Pike & Sunset does not sell food or kid friendly beverages, except Root Beer - which is pretty good.

Anyway.

Tonight's ride will be longer almost 10 miles, think hard about whether or not your wee-one can put down 10 miles at 94 degrees. If not, you can look forward to next week! We'll be in Old Town doing our regular ride.

PS No 7pm wave tonight.

Take Care - bring water.
Ryan

Tastey Weasel - Wednesday (tomorrow)

Tomorrow we'll ride to the Tastey Weasel on Pike Road and Sunset Street. This will be a longer ride - lights would be a good idea. This may not be a good ride for young kids.

Riding to the Tastey Weasel will require riding on several busy streets. Our route will take us from Roosevelt Park to the St. Vrain Greenway via 6th Avenue and Martin Street, south to the Greenway. We'll connect to Lefthand Greenway and take that all the way to Sunset Street through Kanemoto Park and Creekside Park.


Our return route will bring us through Southmoor Park to Bowen Street and back to the St. Vrain Greenway.

We had a great turn out lastweek. Thanks for making the kids ride a success.

Finally, I hope all the kids who participated in Bike Night this summer have a safe trip to school tomorrow! Be safe!

Kids Ride Success!

Lastnight's second annual Fleming Kids Night was a success. Many took part who otherwise might have been in trailers, tag-a-longs, trail-a-bikes or tandems. The start of the kids ride confused some riders who showed up at the regular spot. Sorry. Everything worked itself out in the end.



After the kids took their turn roaming the streets the adults and older kids took off around Old Town. We rode the usual route through the Westside to the Eastside. Stops were shorter due to the later start time. In all it was a beautiful night in Old Town. The heat broke in time for the ride.




Next week we'll take on the St. Vrain and Lefthand Greenway's as we ride out to the Tastey Weasel. Lights are advisable for this ride. Our theme will be Redneck Cruiser Ride - so have fun with that!

Thanks to everyone who took the School House Rock theme on lastnight!

August 11 - Old Town Cruise & Kids Night at Roosevelt Park - Theme - Schoolhouse Rock

Greetings, All!

Wednesday we'll have the second annual Fleming Kids Bike Night at Roosevelt Park. Last year this was a huge success and everyone had a great time! Come around 6p with a picnic (optional). We'll meet inside the biking and walking path loop near the playground and rose gardens. This Bike Night is geared toward those Bike Nighter's who have had to ride out the season on tag-alongs, trail-a-bikes, their own 2wheelers, or in trailers.


Our theme will be School House Rock - in honor of all those kiddos going back to school next week.



There will be a cruiser ride at the regular time around Old Town for those folks without kids or those wishing to go for a ride without their kids. Rob (aka the Music Man) will lead this ride. Just before the grown-ups take off we'll have a Kids mini-cruise from Roosevelt Park to Thompson Park down Bross Street and back on Pratt Street. The Kids ride will end at the playground at Roosevelt Park.

Kids can bring tricycles, bikes, scooters or even skateboards or whatever they'd like to ride, kick, coast or glide on for the ride.

Hope to see you there.

Bike Night is ON!

Rain or shine! Let's hope for shine!

Old Town in the News

Check out the Times Call today! Neighbors in Old Town on Sherman and Grant Streets (Between 3rd and 6th Avenue) have decorated their common alley. Their home made mosaics were hung on their garages - pretty cool. Here's the link:

http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=22921

We'll check it out tonight on our way north to Perky's - don't forget your grunge attire!

rjk

GRUNGE Ride -Wednesday

Happy Sunday everyone -

I hope your weekend is going well. Wednesday we'll have our first theme ride. We're going back to '90's when the Seattle was known for grunge and coffee. So dig out your flannel and/or your starbucks attire and we'll see you Wednesday. I heard the weather may cooperate with cooler temps, too!



In the meantime I've posted some photos from lastweek's ride. We had approximately 52 -55 people on the ride lastweek. If you haven't made it out for a ride do so this week.

See you Wednesday!

Old Town Tonight & Future Rides

We'll be cruising the streets of Old Town again tonight and will venture north next week. I've been doing some planning and here are the rides and, ready for this, "themes" for the remaining rides!

August 4 - Next week - We'll venture north to Perky's Coffee (formerly Snow Mtn. Creamery) - the theme will be "Grunge" so dawn your best Pearl Jam T-shirt and tapp into your teenage angst.
August 11 - Old Town Cruise & Kids Night at Roosevelt Park - Theme - Schoolhouse Rock
August 18 - Tastey Weasel - Pike Rd & Sunset Street - Theme - Redneck/White Trash
August 25th - Old Town Cruise - Theme Plaid
September 1st - Last official Greenway Ride - Left Hand Brewery - Theme - 70's & 80's
September 8th - Last BN - Old Town Cruise - Bike Night Celebration - Location TBA

Special Rides - Saturday, August 21st, Meet at Roosevelt Park for a Dinner Cruise @ 4pm.
Ride from Roosevelt Park to Lefthand Brewery for Happy Hour
Lefthand Greenway to Prospect and the Rib House for Dinner
Prospect - Ice Cream place for Dessert.
Back to Old Town and the Patio at the Dickens Tavern or the Roof at 7West for an after dinner bump.

August 29th - Bicycle Longmont - Day at the Rockies - Check out the Bicycle Longmont Page at www.bicyclelongmont.org.

See you tonight!

Check this!

I ran across this link while trolling the Nirve.com website. The link is www.kennydoit.org. Kenny is riding his bike across the US - a single speed cruiser, btw. Donations to Kenny Do It will be used to raise awareness and support for better school lunches across our nation and for cancer research. Kenny was inspired by the need for preventative health care and to support/promote healthier lifestyles.

Sound familiar? That movement is what Bike Night is about too. Getting out, meeting your neighbors and pedaling around Longmont. A little exercise can go a long way.

So check out Kenny's website and see if he makes it to DC!

Great Night Lastnight - 60 riders rode into the sunset!

Here are a few photos from lastnight. Next week we'll keep with the Old Town cruising. Also - don't forget movies in the park at Thompson Park on Saturday - Fantastic Mr. Fox - AND the ColoRODans Car Show at Roosevelt on Sunday!



Have a great week!