DC Bike Party

1) Here is the final route: [ http://bit.ly/154ZQrE] Capital Bikeshare stations are marked by pins on the map. Please meet at the East side of DuPont Circle, on the grassy area between New Hampshire Avenue and P Street.  We’ll ride for just under 10 miles, with a pit-stop in the NE Warehouse district. The after party is at Mellow Mushroom in Adams Morgan, however, City Bikes is generously providing bike parking for DCBP participants inside the store until 11:45pm, so no need to do the DC Bike Party parking scramble once we arrive in AdMo!

2) STAY TOGETHER. The leaders are the people in the yellow D.C. Bike Party shirts and/or reflective vests and/or with flags on their bikes. The route leaders and MPD will be stopping at all red and yellow lights. The rest of the ride will be going through so that the ride can move as quickly as possible, as a whole, through the city. There will also be several ride Marshals and MPD officers dispersed throughout the group. Finally, we will have Sweepers in charge of the end of the ride who will make sure no one is left alone if they’ve got a flat or an injury.

3) CHILL. This IS NOT critical mass. This IS NOT an alleycat race, this IS NOT meant to be anything but fun for EVERYONE. D.C. Bike Party is a slow, cruising ride and it’s meant for riders of ALL levels. Do not speed in front of route Leaders, do not get crazy and ride into oncoming traffic lanes. We will have MPD with us to make sure these rules are followed.

4) RESPECT. DC Bike Party is meant to be a fun, community building activity. We’re not doing this to upset cars or pedestrians, but when a huge group is taking up a lane of traffic, tempers tend to flare. If a driver or pedestrian gets upset, please say something like “Hi, this is just going to take a couple minutes. Thank you for being patient. We’re really sorry if this is inconveniencing you.” There is nothing gained by starting a conflict.

5) HELP EACHOTHER. Protect your fellow rider. If you see a pothole, train tracks, or anything else you think might be an issue, shout it out! It’ll create a human telephone chain all through the Bike Party and keep everyone safe. Remember, this is your ride, too. We have some great volunteers, but it’s up to EVERYONE to keep this group safe and fun! If you see someone acting up– call em’ out!

6) GET INTO IT! This is the D.C. Bike Party 1-year anniversary, and we’re doing it big. Let’s see some birthday hats, noisemakers, streamers, a piñata, and tie some balloons to your bike why don’t you? We’ll have a contest at the end for best costume, bonus points go to whoever brings a cake!

7) Be safe. Show respect. Have fun. BIKE PARTY.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                  Contact: Lia Seremetis

July 8, 2013                                                                                           lia.seremetis@gmail.com

MONTHLY DC BIKE PARTY TO HOLD ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY RIDE

FRIDAY, JULY 12

-Rapidly Growing Cycling Community to Explore Nation’s Capital on Two Wheels with live music and live DJ’s.

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WASHINGTON, DC – Continuing efforts to capitalize on Washington, DC’s large community of cycling enthusiasts, build friendships with like-minded individuals, and explore our nation’s capital, DC Bike Party will celebrate its one year anniversary with a birthday party themed ride. The ride will include live band who will meet the group at the pitstop in NE DC. Participants are encouraged to deck out their bikes with streamers, bright colors and balloons when dressing for the birthday party ride. DC Bike Party, which held its first ride in July 2012, grew to over 600 riders in June.

The group, departing from DuPont Circle, will set out to complete an approximately 8-mile ride, visiting some of the city’s major landmarks and attractions with a pit stop in between where the group will be greeted by a live band, before ending with a celebration at Mellow Mushroom in Adams Morgan. There will be a live DJ set all night and the bar will offer happy hour specials all night for DC Bike Party participants

A map of the complete route will be available at DCBikeParty.com 24 hours before the ride. Riders are welcome to join or depart the group at any point—many riders use Capital Bikeshare.

Everyone is welcome to attend or participate. Full details on the event are below:

WHAT: The DC Bike Party Birthday Ride

WHERE: Departs from the middle of Dupont Circle

WHEN: Friday, July 12th

Meet at 7:30 P.M.; Depart promptly at 8:00

More information on the organization, including details on future rides, is available at www.dcbikeparty.com

About DC Bike Party:

The DC Bike Party is a monthly party ride around our Nation’s Capitol. The District’s biking community, much like the city itself, is growing rapidly, and DC Bike Party’s goal is to be a positive part of this growth. Each month, the event sets out to explore the city via bicycle, featuring an ever-changing route, new playlist for the ride, and a new post-ride bar. All post-ride outings are 21 and older. The DC Bike Party is a place to ride bikes, make friends, and have a real cool time.

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1) Here is the final route: [http://goo.gl/maps/vot52]  We’ll ride for just about 10 miles, with a mystery pit-stop and ending at Hawk n’ Dove on Capitol Hill. City Bikes is generously providing bike parking for DCBP participants in Seward Square, so no need to do the bike party parking scramble once we arrive!

2) PLEASE BE ON TIME. Meet time is 7:30pm at the DuPont Circle fountain. We leave at exactly 8pm so if you need to fix a flat, fill up your water bottle, find your friends, etc—please do so ahead of time.

3) STAY TOGETHER. The leaders are the people in the yellow D.C. Bike Party shirts. We will have several ride leaders with flags on their bikes, giant bike speakers, and a pedicab at the front of the pack. They will be stopping at all red and yellow lights to make sure our group stays together and stays safe. There will also be several ride marshals dispersed throughout the group. They will be reminding you to stay in one lane and making sure that everyone is having a good time.

4) CHILL. This IS NOT critical mass. This IS NOT an alleycat race, this IS NOT meant to be anything but fun for EVERYONE. Some of you love to ride fast, some of you don’t. D.C. Bike Party is a slow, cruising ride and it’s meant for riders of ALL levels. We ask that those of you who love to ride fast do NOT try to lead the pack. The route takes us a long time to put together and when people who don’t know it get up front, you inevitably end up taking the ENTIRE bike party in the wrong direction, or way too fast. Uncool.

5) RESPECT. DC Bike Party is meant to be a fun, community building activity. We’re not doing this to upset cars or pedestrians, but when a huge group is taking up a lane of traffic, tempers tend to flare. If a driver or pedestrian gets upset, please say something like “Hi, this is just going to take a couple minutes. Thank you for being patient. We’re really sorry if this is inconveniencing you.” There is nothing gained by starting a conflict.

5) HELP EACHOTHER. Protect your fellow rider. If you see a pothole, train tracks, or anything else you think might be an issue, shout it out! It’ll create a human telephone chain all through the Bike Party and keep everyone safe.

6) GET INTO IT! The Undercover ride is meant to be a clandestine cruise ride through our fair city. Dress in black and white, wear your sunglasses at night and throw on a fedora.

7) Be safe. Show respect. Have fun. BIKE PARTY.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                  Contact: Lia Seremetis

MAY 29, 2013                                                                                          lia.seremetis@gmail.com

MONTHLY DC BIKE PARTY TO HOLD UNDERCOVER THEMED RIDE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE12

-Rapidly Growing Cycling Community to Explore Nation’s Capital on Two Wheels –

PDF Version Available here

 WASHINGTON, DC – Continuing efforts to capitalize on Washington, DC’s large community of cycling enthusiasts, build friendships with like-minded individuals, and explore our nation’s capital, DC Bike Party will hold “D.C. Bike Party: Undercover”, a celebration of all things clandestine. The playlist, which will be blasted through the massive SoundBike DC, includes Booker T. & The MG’s, Reverend Horton Heat, Johnny Cash and tunes of the like.  Participants are encouraged to embrace the spirit of The Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” video and Spy vs. Spy when dressing for the event—think black and white, sunglasses at night, and fedoras. DC Bike Party, which held its first ride in July 2012, grew to over 450 riders in May for its Daft Punk themed Robot Ride.

The group, departing from DuPont Circle, will set out to complete an approximately 10-mile ride, visiting some of the city’s major landmarks and attractions with a pit stop before ending with a celebration at Hawk n’ Dove on Capitol Hill. The bar will offer happy hour specials all night for DC Bike Party participants.

A map of the complete route will be available at DCBikeParty.com 24 hours before the ride. Riders are welcome to join or depart the group at any point—many riders use Capital Bikeshare.

Everyone is welcome to attend or participate. Full details on the event are below:

WHAT: DC Bike Party: Undercover

WHERE: Departs from the middle of Dupont Circle

WHEN: Wednesday, June 12th

Meet at 7:30 P.M.; Depart promptly at 8:00

More information on the organization, including details on future rides, is available at www.dcbikeparty.com and on Facebook.

The DC Bike Party is a monthly party ride around our Nation’s Capitol, with the route’s starting in DuPont Circle on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. The District’s biking community, much like the city itself, is growing rapidly, and DC Bike Party’s goal is to be a positive part of this growth. Each month, the event sets out to explore the city via bicycle, featuring an ever-changing route, new playlist for the ride, and a new post-ride bar. All post-ride outings are 21 and older. The DC Bike Party is a place to ride bikes, make friends, and have a real cool time.

DCBP_Undercover

1) Here is the final route: http://goo.gl/maps/uHZDK  We’ll ride for just about 8 miles, with a pit-stop on 4^th and Pennsylvania, ending at The Brixton on the corner of 9^th and U St. NW. The have reserved the entire 2^nd floor just for D.C. Bike Party!

2) PLEASE BE ON TIME. Meet time is 7:30pm at the DuPont Circle fountain. We leave at exactly 8pm so if you need to fix a flat, fill up your water bottle, find your friends, etc—please do so ahead of time.

3) STAY TOGETHER. The leaders are the people in the yellow D.C. Bike Party shirts. We will have several ride leaders with flags on their bikes, giant bike speakers, and a pedicab at the front of the pack. They will be stopping at all red and yellow lights to make sure our group stays together and stays safe. There will also be several ride marshals dispersed throughout the group. They will be reminding you to stay in one lane and making sure that everyone is having a good time.

4) CHILL. Some of you love to ride fast, some of you don’t. D.C. Bike Party is a slow, cruising ride and it’s meant for riders of ALL levels. We ask that those of you who love to ride fast do NOT try to lead the pack. The route takes us a long time to put together and when people who don’t know it get up front, you inevitably end up taking the ENTIRE bike party in the wrong direction, or way too fast. Uncool.

5) RESPECT. DC Bike Party is meant to be a fun, community building activity. We’re not doing this to upset cars or pedestrians, but when a huge group is taking up a lane of traffic, tempers tend to flare. If a driver or pedestrian gets upset, please say something like “Hi, this is just going to take a couple minutes. Thank you for being patient. We’re really sorry if this is inconveniencing you.” There is nothing gained by starting a conflict.

5) HELP EACHOTHER. Protect your fellow rider. If you see a pothole, train tracks, or anything else you think might be an issue, shout it out! It’ll create a human telephone chain all through the Bike Party and keep everyone safe.

6) GET INTO IT! The Robot Ride is meant to be a futuristic Daft Punk fueled ride through our fair city. Spray paint yourself with some silver body paint why don’t you?

7) Be safe. Show respect. Have fun. BIKE PARTY.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          Contact: Lia Seremetis

April 24, 2013                                                                                 lia.seremetis@gmail.com

MONTHLY DC BIKE PARTY TO HOLD DAFT PUNK THEMED RIDE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

-DC Bike Party to Explore Nation’s Capital on Two Wheels, Complete with Mobile DJ-

PDF Version Available Here

WASHINGTON, DC – Following a record-setting turnout in April, DC Bike Party is excited to announce its May theme as the “Robot Ride”, celebrating the highly-anticipated release of Daft Punk’s new album, “Random Access Memories”. The ride will feature a mobile DJ, toted by National Pedicabs, who will be spinning his own Daft Punk mix along the entire route. Participants are encouraged to channel the movie “Tron” and all things “robot” when dressing for the event.

DC Bike Party held its first ride in July 2012, and has since grown to over 450 riders. The event capitalizes on Washington, DC’s large community of cycling enthusiasts to build friendships with like-minded individuals and explore our nation’s capital.

The group will depart from DuPont Circle and complete an approximately 8-mile ride, including a mid-way pit stop. The ride will pass through many of the city’s major landmarks and attractions before ending with a celebration at Brixton on U Street. The DJ will continue his set and the bar will offer happy hour specials all night for DC Bike Party participants

A map of the complete route and disclaimer will be available at DCBikeParty.com 24 hours before the ride. Riders are welcome to join or depart the group at any point—many riders use Capital Bikeshare.

Everyone is welcome to attend or participate. Full details on the event are below:

WHAT: The DC Bike Party Robot Ride

WHERE: Departs from the middle of Dupont Circle

WHEN: Wednesday, May 8th

Meet at 7:30 P.M.; Depart promptly at 8:00

 More information on the organization, including details on future rides, is available at www.dcbikeparty.com.

About DC Bike Party:

The DC Bike Party is a monthly party ride around our Nation’s Capitol, with the route’s starting in DuPont Circle on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. The District’s biking community, much like the city itself, is growing rapidly, and DC Bike Party’s goal is to be a positive part of this growth. Each month, the event sets out to explore the city via bicycle, featuring an ever-changing route, new playlist for the ride, and a new post-ride bar. All post-ride outings are 21 and older. The DC Bike Party is a place to ride bikes, make friends, and have a real cool time.