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Re: Jersey City Bicycle Tour - May 23, 2010
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Thank you BIKE JC, the J.C.P.D., various city agencies, and to all the riders who made this tour a terrific success. Jersey City made history with their first bicycle tour. Lets hope this will put J.C. on the map as a bike friendly town. The tour went well over 600 riders and no casualties. I bet next year's tour will rival all others, I can't wait.
Posted on: 2010/5/26 16:50
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Great time! Thanks to all responsible for putting on such a successful, well-organized event. Can't wait for the next one!
Posted on: 2010/5/25 17:39
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Great event! Thanks so much to all the people who put this together! I am already looking forward to the 2nd annual! Another thing that would be great to see would be a summer streets/cyclovia event similar to the Park Avenue closing that NYC has had for the past few years. What would the best street to do it? Kennedy Blvd?
Posted on: 2010/5/25 11:02
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what a wonderful event! the community spirit was felt all around! thank you to all the organizers for the event went was so well planned. the energy was in full force and a lot of fun was had by all. why not plan another one for early fall?
Posted on: 2010/5/25 3:32
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As far as the love connection goes, good luck with that, just don't talk about politics, unless your boy in blue is a fellow Republican! Awww...thanks for outing me!!
Posted on: 2010/5/25 2:13
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I was worried about that too! Next time I'm definitely in.
Posted on: 2010/5/25 1:38
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Congrats to everyone that put the tour together. Looked like fun.
I'll do it next year! As far as the love connection goes, good luck with that, just don't talk about politics, unless your boy in blue is a fellow Republican! 
Posted on: 2010/5/25 0:02
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The ride was alot of fun. Thank you to Bike JC and the JCPD.
Posted on: 2010/5/24 22:22
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I'm surprised to hear it was so slow - I guess with so many people. The only reason why I didn't join in was because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep the pace, I'm not a serious rider or anything - now I know for next time.
And I'm happy to hear the "missed connection" worked out - at least to the point of you 2 finding each other. Good luck!
Posted on: 2010/5/24 20:46
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 Thank you for making The Great Jersey City SOUP SWAP an annual success! See you in January 2013 for the next Soup Swap!
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Thank you so much to those who organized this! I really enjoyed riding through JC and with a large group of people (which I had never done before). Yes, it was a little slow at times, but I had a great time!
Posted on: 2010/5/24 18:51
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For those of you keeping track...it has been confirmed that I am the missing boy in blue!
Posted on: 2010/5/24 17:11
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After six months of hard work, the Ward Tour was a total success. We originally were hoping for a 100-150 riders which ballooned into about 600 registered participants. Will have exact numbers later this week. Best part was the horde of bikers coming back via Montgomery Street (video coming soon) to Exchange Place. Look forward to actually riding the Tour next time as some of us had to stay behind for set up. Hope everyone had a blast!
If interested in participating in future events, join and follow us via Twitter, Facebook and Google Groups available via Bike JC.org Again, thanks to the JCPD, Dancing Tony for scheduling One and Nines and the Subway Surfers, Grove Street Bicycles, all the participants, sponsors and of course, all the Bike JC volunteers! More pics: Rob http://www.flickr.com/photos/rob3_nj/sets/72157623998189545/ JCI http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/ ... al-jersey-city-ward-tour/ Marc http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcfrydman/sets/72157624121651200/ Got photos or videos? Send a link over to Damian@BikeJC.org
Posted on: 2010/5/24 16:15
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It was an awesome experience! Huge kudos to all the organizers and JC PD! I am so impressed how smoothly everything went.
Sure, could have ridden with faster speed, but that is kind of a mute point for such a wonderful experience.
Posted on: 2010/5/24 16:07
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Nice ride. But slooooooooooooow was an understatement.
You don't have to have a race at 20mph... But you could at least make it to 10 ! 5 is just ridiculous. Hopefully the next iteration they will work out the kinks and have an adequate pace.
Posted on: 2010/5/24 15:41
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I Just wanted to commend who ever put together the JC Bike tour my friends and I had a great time. Hopefully next year we can make it into a fundraiser for the community. Job well done.
Posted on: 2010/5/24 14:43
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Excellent pictures!! Thanks so much for sharing. The weather was excellent--thank goodness no PM showers.
I uploaded some movies of the Grove Street Bike guys showing off their BMX tricks. http://www.efriendz.com/Events/Jersey ... 233_ASVtp#877263095_VDj9k Quote:
Posted on: 2010/5/24 13:11
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Aaaw, I love a good "missed connections" moment! Ha! It'd be awesome if this works, but I'm not getting my hopes up!
Posted on: 2010/5/24 0:05
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Also, this is going to sound more like a craigslist missed connections than a jclist.com post, but could the guy wearing a blue shirt and dark blue shorts (or maybe black shorts?) that rode near me for part of the ride (close to the front) and also parked his bike near mine on the waterfront pm me? I'm a girl with brown hair and was wearing a white shirt, black shorts, and a backpack. Aaaw, I love a good "missed connections" moment!
Posted on: 2010/5/24 0:03
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Thank you for making The Great Jersey City SOUP SWAP an annual success! See you in January 2013 for the next Soup Swap!
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Thanks for the photos. I remember you taking those pictures =)
Also, this is going to sound more like a craigslist missed connections than a jclist.com post, but could the guy wearing a blue shirt and dark blue shorts (or maybe black shorts?) that rode near me for part of the ride (close to the front) and also parked his bike near mine on the waterfront pm me? I'm a girl with brown hair and was wearing a white shirt, black shorts, and a backpack.
Posted on: 2010/5/23 23:39
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Posted on: 2010/5/23 23:25
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To the folks who spent the time and energy organizing this - Great job and thanks! I second that---huge thanks! And thanks to the JCPD for helping keep everyone safe. I heard someone (who appeared to be friends with the organizers) say there were 600 people there. The original plan was to cap it at 400.
Posted on: 2010/5/23 17:54
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Great turnout today. Looked like at least 500 people of all ages. JCPD did a great job with traffic and cheering folks on. Grandmas were clapping from windows, corner boys were smiling at some of the different bikes, and everywhere you looked somebody was taking pictures. Good vibes all around.
To the folks who spent the time and energy organizing this - Great job and thanks!
Posted on: 2010/5/23 17:50
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It was fun. Huge turnout. The only problem was the pace was reallllly slooooooow.
Posted on: 2010/5/23 17:47
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I hope all went well.
Posted on: 2010/5/23 14:53
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Start/Finish Location: Exchange Place, at the foot of Montgomery Street near the Hudson River Waterfront. 9:30 am: Check-in and registration opens. Everyone must hand in a waiver, printed out from the web site ahead of time. If you do not have printer access, we will have a few extra forms on hand for those that arrive in time to fill them out. 10:30: Riders line up in groups. 10:45: Registration closes. 11:00: Ride begins! If you arrive after 11 am, you are riding on your own, due to safety issues. We have a police escort with us. 1:00 pm: Ride ends back at Exchange Place. 1:00 pm: One and Nines (music performance) 1:30 pm: Grove Street Bicycles? radical BMX demo 2:15 pm: Subway Surfers (music performance) 3:00 - 5:00 pm: After party at Iron Monkey ALL RIDERS MUST CHECK IN and SIGN or HAND in a WAIVER. We will have a list of all pre-registered riders. We will check you off and give you a bib.
Posted on: 2010/5/22 0:19
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I might try it. Haven't been on the bike since last year, so it's dust and pump for me too... but 10 miles with a BIG hill climb will be daunting.
But nobody says I can't go forth and back on Grand Street...without climbing that first L O N G hill to Lincoln Park. And then it's up up and up all the way to Griffith Street. Perhaps clipping off the Heights completely and going from the intersection of Kennedy and Newark straight downtown on Newark picking up the crowd again at Palisade Avbe. might be a 7 or 8 mile ride... more tenable.
Posted on: 2010/5/18 22:07
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Just registered online. My girlfriend and I are very excited for Sunday.
Posted on: 2010/5/18 19:57
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should be mentioned that festive dress for both you and your bike are encouraged!!
Posted on: 2010/5/18 1:40
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Just registered!
My bike has been sitting unused in my living room since I moved to JC 10 months ago; I'm excited to dust it off and pump up the tires!
Posted on: 2010/5/17 11:13
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The After Tour - Iron Monkey - 3pm to 6pm
Iron Monkey is proud to sponsor Jersey City Ward Tour and Bike Festival. On May 23rd from 3pm-6pm $1.00 from each purchased beer will go towards the support of the Tour and Festival. We have just expanded our Bottled Beer list to over 250 beers and 30+ drafts. Come and experience beers from all over the USA and from around the World!
Posted on: 2010/5/13 3:04
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