Saturday's Ride

First and foremost, let me say that Saturday's ride was a blast! 

We had a great crew turn out and a gnarly time was had by all. 

Ride Overview:

Our trip there:

Everyone that came rode bikes this time. The weather was beautiful and we all had a great         time. 

Culhane's:

-Without our knowing, it was live backpipe and drum night at the restaurant with      authentic Irish music and my hero playing the drums. ( He played the drums with two Guinness bottles at his side, and a draft sitting on top of his drum ready to drink as he was playing.) 

-We also got free Southern Comfort bandanas!! 

The Ride Back:

- As we were galavanting around on our way back, we stumbled upon an awesome house/front yard party in Neptune Beach. There was a keg going with live music (awesome acoustic reggae/surf style) and a bonfire raging in the front yard.

It was great until we were accused of stealing a camera phone and then decided we had about a minute to either bail or brawl- we chose to bail. 

-The rest of the ride back was blissful, with the ocean breeze in our faces and no encounters with angry vehicle operators or police. 

This ride was the same as the first ride, but I would love to go on a different ride 

for the March B.A.R.  I'm thinking we will start further south and ride to a different restaurant just to change things up a bit. Let me know of any ideas. So far, I'm thinking we could meet at the Marsh Landing Target parking lot and go from there to somewhere cool in Jax Beach or Atlantic Beach. Let me know what restaurants/bars you would want to go to. 

Thanks! 

-B.A.R. 

This Saturday!!!

  Our second monthly ride will commence this Saturday (Feb. 21) at 5:30 p.m. at 16th S. Jax Beach.  You will see us hanging out riding around and showing off our rides before we leave... 

  I'll plan on being there a little bit early for anyone who needs to check out their ride and make sure it's functional. 

  If you need to borrow a bike, I have one available.  Just leave a comment or call Adam at 

(904) 537-2800. 

  As the flyer says, we'll be riding from 16th to Culhane's Irish Pub, which is owned and operated by some really cool, authentic Irish people that visit my Starbucks on occasion.  If you don't want to participate in the ride, people have been known to meet us at Culhane's and just hang out there. But I won't lie, the ride there and back is my favorite part and you'll be missing out for sure. 

See you Saturday

-B.A.R.

Weather

For the last (also the first) ride we did, the weather sucked. Straight up rainy and gross...

I just saw the weather report for next week and it is supposed to be clear, dry and cool on Saturday for B.A.R.! It should be perfect weather for a rambunctious bike ride. Hopefully the weather.com's forecast did not lie.

I also wanted to note that it is a good idea to bring a bike light if you have one because the police like to give people tickets for riding at night without a light. I can think of much better use of their time, but I'm not making the calls.  Just a heads up. 

"Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live."

-Mark Twain

Bike-A-Roo II Flyer

I don't know what happened...

Obviously the whole flyer did not make it into the 

post. 

So I will try to figure this out and maybe repost it at a later time. 

But for now I must work on a peace corps application.

"The bicycle is a curious vehicle.  Its passenger is its engine."

  -John Howard

"Why should anyone steal a watch when he could steal a bicycle?"

  -Flann O'Brien

Bike-A-Roo Flyer

A Note

We are getting totally stoked about the next ride.
It will be a fun and relaxing gathering for sure.
Last time it was a blast riding back on 1st street with around 10 people hogging the road just cruising and laughing the whole way.

If your bike isn't in perfect condition, no worries mate. Just come out a little early and we'll see what we can do. I have some tools and a bike pump at the ready. At the moment I have two extra bikes, too. So if your bike is non-existent or really in need of some shop time, just let me know and we can grab a bike for you.

I have also heard concern about how far the ride is and what kind of pace we keep up. It really isn't long at all. It's five miles there (Culhane's Irish Pub) and five miles back at a leisurely pace where no one had a hard time keeping up. There is no need to train for this or purchase a road bike to participate.

I have a friend of mine who is going to start teaching my lovely wife and I print-making (Is that how you write it?). With this new acquired skill, we will have the ability to have t-shirts and various paraphernalia for future Bike-A-Roos.

If you can draw and have any ideas for shirts and various propaganda, don't be afraid to share on here or with us in person at the next Bike-A-Roo (Feb. 21. @ 5:30, 16th S. Jax Beach).

Thanks.

Bike-A-Roo Co-Founder