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Comment by buddaa38 on May 5, 2010 at 3:47pm

This is an update on anyone that would like to volunteer for us. You don't even have to work on bikes to help us in Bike The Drive. It does help if you ride, But not always necessarily. So please contact me as soon as possible.
Thanks

Comment by buddaa38 on May 3, 2010 at 2:18pm

Cycling Friends,

Albany Park Bikes, a new youth and community bicycling effort, has an opportunity to receive much-needed financial support by providing light mechanical support to the MB financial/ Active Transportation Alliance "Bike the Drive" coming up on May 30.

We are in need of 2 sets of volunteers:

-3-6 individuals to staff a repair station at one of the exit/access points of the ride course

-6-10 individuals to provide rolling mechanical support

In both cases, your skill level should be adequate to patch or replace a tube, and possibly help with other minor problems such as adjusting or tightening basic bike parts.

More about Albany Park Bikes:
http://albanyparkbikes.org/

Please contact me at your earliest convenience to let me know you can help!

Sincerely,

Tony Riccardo
Executive Director
Albany Park Bikes
Bicycle Safety Instructor
(847)902-5668
Tony@AlbanyParkBikes.org

Comment by buddaa38 on May 1, 2010 at 6:46pm

Albany Park Bikes (A.P.B.) is looking for some volunteers to help us on May 30Th. We are going to help out in Bike The Drive for Active Trans. If you know how to fix/change a flat tire. I'm working on having 3-4 people at an exit with bike stands doing minor repairs, etc. The rest will be riding the Drive as ride Marshall's. I'll have more information this week.
Please contact Tony @ (847)902-5668

Comment by buddaa38 on March 16, 2010 at 6:44am

Hey everybody,
We would like to bring this C.C.M. Ride up North, Like Devon Ave.
Would anyone be willing to help do a route for this months C.C.M.
If so, Please move over to the Critical Mass Group. We are in need of some great input.

Thanks
T

Comment by buddaa38 on March 15, 2010 at 4:46pm

My Dear Friend,
You should have been there. Nobody was arrested. This time! :-) And yes Sam was there, But not ROOFIS !!!

Comment by globalguy on March 15, 2010 at 4:10pm

WHERE'S ROOFIS????

Comment by KatieP on March 15, 2010 at 6:33am

Jumping in late, but wanted to send a quick note of thanks for Tony's initiative in setting up the activity. It sounds like this event continually evolves - I'm willing to weather all the growth (pot holes and all) - I really appreciate the opportunity to meet great cyclists with whom to hit the road!

Comment by buddaa38 on March 15, 2010 at 3:42am

I did have a route ! !! But due to a family emergency I had called Hector at 5:20pm. To let him know that I might be 1 hour behind. I wasn't that far behind. But the point is when something comes up you just can't help it.


Know 2nd comment! !!

I agree with you to an extend on riding. Like Hector said when it's cold out we only do routes 10 miles or under that.

In the summer time I do map routes 15-20 miles. I map & ride all of our N.S.C.M. before that day. Don't get me wrong that winter I don't map & route it, Because I do.

3nd comment ! !

I do agree that the beer stops are out of control lately . That if you want to drink that's fine, But PLEASE get your beer, whatever before or just wait til we hit our ending point. Which I usually find nice spots with beer & food. I don't drink, But I do eat and I try my hardest to keep people happy & bring there friends out on these rides. I would like that people come all over to this ride & talk about it for days how much fun that they had. I don't get payed for this . It's just something that I enjoy is seeing more & more bicycles on the streets in local neighborhoods . Last year we would go down the side streets & the kids would come out & Hi five us & cheer it was great. Sometime we ever talked other riders into joining us & they loved it.

So I'm SORRY for having a family Emergency & that the ride wasn't what it was turned out to be. I did put a lot all time & energy on that ride. I myself was very disappointed that it when the way it did.

Comment by buddaa38 on March 15, 2010 at 3:11am

I do put a lot of time in this N.S.C.M. Ride. I don't want it to become like C.C.M. Last year when Hector & I took over this or control whatever you want to call it. We started with 20 riders if that at times, And at the end of summer we had 70+ riders! !! In that was 2 trailers with sound, and 1 Happy ~ Friday trailer, 1 kids trailer with 2 kids in it. This is what I'm trying to develop is more families and singles as well.

Comment by buddaa38 on March 15, 2010 at 3:00am

Comment by rik 16 hours ago
Now that winter is over maybe NSCM can go on REAL rides for change and make better group decisions.
At the NSCM rides I have been at, here is what typically happens:
We wait around for 30-60 mins watching Lincoln grow his beard.
The same clique shows up late and has the same lame "Brilliant" plan: "lets ride for 10-20 mins and go to a bar". Everyone goes along including me. We get to the first bar and some go in and some of us wait outside for another 25mins. Then the ride dissipates and splinters apart off into 9min ride bar hopping.
I bailed out at the 2nd bar.
This plan makes some sense when it is 10F and below. What was the reason for it on our March ride; it was a nice night with 45F?
We spent more time waiting around than actually riding!
We even had a rider ready with a music system.
Hello. I thought it was a RIDE.


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