🏷️ bikes

We continued our bike exploration of Buffalo with a trip down Route 5 to Woodlawn beach. They were having a karaoke night - @terry was cringing to the JLo tributes going on.

The tiki bar area was pretty nice. I never stuck around for it when I worked next door.

On Thursday we headed out on the Black Rock Roller's infringement parade. It started off at the Birchfield Penny, stopped at the coop house where a marching band led us down to Days Park.

Much frisbee and fire dancing happened before the ride kept on going down to Hop Inn in South Buffalo. It was full of ridiculously cute bro boys and the drinks were cheap. I think you'd love it @mike









The weird part about this bar was all the publicly advertised bachelor parties. They have raffles, prizes, tickets and everything. Is this a South Buffalo thing?

Singlehandedly the best bike ride of my life - dream accomplished @joe #58931 I could not believe how well it went. By Matt's count from a youtube video, there were at least 300 riders. Zero harrasment, from cops, riders, or bystanders. And we got our message across. Seems like even the people who drove to the ride had such a good time, I'd like to think they'll be more sold on bikes next time they leave the house - @uchina ;)!

Nothing feels freer than riding around your city, down Elmwood, down Bidwell, down Main giving the finger to the Delta Sonic monster, naked as the day you were born.

The afterparty(ies) were pretty good too. Much props to Handlebar for holding the unofficial one and letting us go down to our underwear. Even better was the sequel at our house after. May be the only time I've had a cop tell a very silly @uchina and I that we can't be naked on our own porch.

Heads up, lots of junk below if you're not down for that.

I've tried to gather up some pictures - a lot of them I pulled from the facebook event. I didn't take many since we decided to discourage it for comfort reasons the first year. Obviously we're all there to show what we've got, so I think next year it'll be okay.

Thanks to everyone who came, see you next year! I know I can't wait.

Tonight is the night! Buffalo's first World Naked Bike Ride, and the weather is looking good. We are up to over 1000 attendees between the two facebook events. Come join us in a body-positive protest against the aggressive, fossil-fueled car culture and consumerism that cyclists face every day they ride.

Come as bare as your dare (body paint encouraged). We cannot guarantee any interactions with the police, but hopefully there will be safety numbers tonight.



Where/when: Starting at 7pm, you can meet us at Sisti Park to get the official starting point for the bike ride. You MUST have human powered transportation or you will not be given directions. This is a protest about bikes and our rights.

No drugs, alcohol, OR photos on the ride. We need this to be a safe ride for everyone involved. There's plenty of people who would love an excuse to shut down the ride - don't give them one.

Expect that the full route will last around 7 miles.

Afterparty: The unofficial afterparty will take place at the end of the ride, at Handlebar (149 Swan Street).
Although you can go down to your underwear at Handlebar, you MUST have yourself covered as they will be serving food.

For the voyeurs:
if you want to watch and not participate in the ride the best places to see the ride is at Bidwell Park around 8:20-8:40 or Lafayette square around 9-9:15.

Rules:

- Celebrating freedom from oil and the beauty of people!
Less gas more ass! Burn fat not oil! Nude not crude!

- DRUGS | BOOZE = arrest.

- Sometimes bystanders get grabby :(
SHY? Stay towards center, out of reach.
CHIVALROUS? Guard our flanks.

- YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE!
Be prepared, stay alert, take care, help others.

- Obey police and thank them for their help.
Goodies may target ticketing. Bare at your risk.

- PARTICIPANTS must utilize Person-Powered Wheels

- NO PHOTOS in our before/after space (xcpt auth'd)
Assume that you will be photographed on ride.

- Arrive CLOTHED&SHOED and carry weather options.
NO GLASS! RECYCLE cans. Bring refillables.

LEAVE NO TRACE!!! PICK IT UP and PACK IT OUT!!!

HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!!!

I've been helping to plan the first annual World Naked Bike ride with the help of two friends, Bike Alex and Matt. I wish I posted here first but I've been a terrible (e:strip) per.



We posted it the as a private event two weeks ago. This week we posted it on facebook as a public event. In less than three days, we have over 775 attendees on facebook. I got calls from WBEN (no thanks), we were on Buffalo Rising Buffalo News
Channel 4 and Channel 7 - it's been absolutely insane. Who would have thought how popular this was going to be? I even got a call from my mom asking me not to be naked.

Time: 7:00pm. Ride should commence at 8.

Location: Checkpoint will be announced today. You can find it either here or on the facebook event here. We're hoping to limit spectators and harrassment at the start by giving the start point at the time of the event.

Why: The whole point of this ride is to protest against our society's addiction and dependence on oil, life-destroying cars and aggressive consumerism against human powered transportation and community. The nudity is to draw attention to cyclists and pedestrian vulnerability to motorized transportation. Didn't see us before? Now you do.

Wear: Bare as much as you dare. I'm planning on at least some body paint and likely @paul's speedo shorts.

There may be an unofficial afterparty we are planning as well ;)

Rules:
RULES

- Celebrating freedom from oil and the beauty of people!
Less gas more ass! Burn fat not oil! Nude not crude!

- DRUGS | BOOZE = arrest.

- Sometimes bystanders get grabby :(
SHY? Stay towards center, out of reach.
CHIVALROUS? Guard our flanks.

- YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE!
Be prepared, stay alert, take care, help others.

- Obey police and thank them for their help.
Goodies may target ticketing. Bare at your risk.

- PARTICIPANTS must utilize Person-Powered Wheels

- NO PHOTOS in our before/after space (xcpt auth'd)
Assume that you will be photographed on ride.

- Arrive CLOTHED&SHOED and carry weather options.
NO GLASS! RECYCLE cans. Bring refillables.

LEAVE NO TRACE!!! PICK IT UP and PACK IT OUT!!!

HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!!!

after being subjected to the worst movie ever, I had a therapeutic bike ride with @YesThatCasey and @terry. We rode around for a while until we got to Tifft.

Later I went over to the bike jaunt quest post party at the coop house. I'll have to make the ride next year. The karaoke was pretty bad but the party was fun. I ended up hanging out with Claudia and Marcus at Don Tequila before I ran into @flacidness at Cathode.

@terry and I went down to the library for the presentation of the final city bike plan. The plan is pretty good (they even have protected lanes designated all the way down Main, and separated lanes going from the Buff State path to the city line) if they can actually manage to implement it.

After we rode with the Black Rock rollers like a block (lol) to Big Ditch and Electric Aveneue. There was a drum'n'bass night starting but we left Thankfully we got to do a real ride to the park and then our to house. @YesThatCasey came over to get spanked.

I really like riding with that group - maybe I'll make it out of work earlier to ride with them.

You can view the plan here:

@paul and I have been taking a lot of slow rides at night lately. It's usually a perfect temperature. No one is on the road. And at Paul's preferred pace we could ride forever, chilling and talking brogramming.


On these rides he discovered maple water - water tapped out of maple trees with a slightly sweet taste. How boug!



Down at canalside they have these weird glowy men. It's cool how many people just end up hanging out there at night. How many places in Buffalo are almost occupied 24 hours a day now?

Last week as part of Buffalo Bike Month, we went to Bike Smut, a bike porn/art show at Hot Mama's Canteen. @heidi, @Dianne, @YesThatCasey, @Robert - everyone was there.

It combined two of my favorite things, bikes and porn. Its definitely my favorite art piece ever. I don't think I've ever watched porn in a collective experience like that. There was every type of porn involved, gay, straight and even literal sex with bikes (like penis in the moving spokes). Crazy.

The host of the show was so jazzed about it too, he even got everyone to sing a rousing song about their "bikesexual feeling" s at the end. @uchina I bet you would have loved this event.

Its been a year of Buffalo bike parties now. Alex made amazing cupcakes. @paul, @terry and @YesThatCasey didn't seem to like the ride but we really didn't mingle.

I love riding together, but sometimes I think going alone forces you to be more social because every time I go on rides by myself it seems like I talk to more people.





Front Park's phallic cannon aimed at the passing cars. Too bad it's not functional.