Baton Rouge Critical Mass

The next Baton Rouge edition of critical mass will be this Friday (May 30, 2009) Meeting place is the LSU Clocktower at 5:30. Typical roll out time is around 6PM.

I have no idea what the potential route will be as this is an informal, leaderless expression of our right to assemble and our right as cyclists to be on the road.

I implore you though, if you come out to critical mass, please try to be as legal as possible.
I.E. please especially have lights. The ride typically extends into the twilight hours. Lights really are necessary for everyone's safety. Please don't depend on someone else to ride with lights so you can ride next to them... If we all do that, no one has lights...

Weeber Wednesdays are back!!!!

7:15PM at city park, roadie ride, ~20 - 40 miles depending on the night and who's riding.

http://www.mapmyride.com/view_route?r=763123847327659359

My friends in Memphis have informed me....

...that the bicycle film festival is on in their town! The festival will be rolling in on May 29th and 30th. There is a really great hostel in Memphis, as well as a great deal of cool people. If Baton Rouge/New Orleans/Lafayette/Lake Charles/Slidell or any other town want to go up there, we should car pool. 

Go here for more information!

Here is my route from all day Sunday. Started at 10:30 AM, ended at 11:45PM. Lots of LSU Baseball, Bike Polo, and riding around with a fixed gear crew in between.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2620239

If you aren't aware, every Sunday we will be meeting at the LSU clocktower to ride to the courts to play bike polo.

B.R.A.S.S.

Baton Rouge Advocates for Safe Streets (BRASS) is having their monthly meeting tonight at the Terrace Ave branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Library System. Meeting begins at 6:30 and tonight we have a featured guest!!!

Joining us will be Chief Traffic Engineer for the City of Baton Rouge Ingolf Partenheimer.
Chief Partenheimer wants to make big changes in Baton Rouge quickly. I'm not sure if he will be
fielding questions or if he will simply be reading a statement and then leaving or how exactly his presence will be set up, but he will be there.

Please spread the word about this meeting and get folks out there!!!

Only a few more Mayor's meetings

There are only a few more opportunities for you to get your concerns, questions, issues, and ideas heard by the mayor. These opportunites are at the following locations:

Feb. 16 — 4 p.m. at the Zachary Branch Library, 1900 Church St.;
6:30 p.m. at Scotlandville Branch Library, 7373 Scenic Highway.

Feb. 17 — 4 p.m. at McKinley Alumni Center, 1520 Thomas H. Delpit Road;
6:30 p.m. at St. Aloysius Church, 2025 Stuart Ave.

Feb. 19 — 4 p.m. at Kleinpeter Activity Center (near St. George Church), 7808 St. George Drive; 6:30 p.m, Woodlawn Baptist Church (cafeteria), 5805 Jones Creek Road.

Please tell your friends, neighbors, co-workers, enemies, and local hobos about these meetings!! Show up to these meetings! Make your voice heard! This opportunity is not going to happen again anytime soon, so please take advantage of it!!

1st b.r.ALLEY CAT a success!!!!

Baton Rouge hosted its first monthly alley cat race this past Friday. The series, called the b.r.ALLEY CAT, will occur the first friday of every month. Registration will always be $5 and will always be at 6:30PM. The race will begin at 7PM, and will be a different theme each month. These races are intended to get people out on the streets riding their bikes and learning about their city at the same time.

For a complete recap, visit brbikepolo.blogspot.com