Check out these upcoming cycling events in Mid-City during this upcoming Bayou Boogaloo Festival weekend on Bayou St. John:

2013 Bayou Boogaloo Bicycle Pub Crawl by MCVG

Check it out everyone! On Saturday, May 18th, the Mid-City Volleyball Group will be hosting a bicycle pub crawl! that will be a joint fundraiser for MCVG and the MotherShip Foundation. The crawl will start at 8am and it will finish at the Bayou Boogaloo around 1:10pm. 

More info

Registration Page

Liability Waiver

Bike Easy's Bicycle Second Line: Bayou Boogaloo 2013

It's the annual Bike Easy Bicycle Second Line at Bayou Boogaloo 2013 on Sunday, May 19th!  Come support Bike Easy and take over the streets with hundreds of other bikers!

More information can be found by directing your browser to http://bikeeasy.org/events/archives/966/.  Registration is free for Bike Easy Members!  To become a member click here.


NOLA Social Ride at the Slow Food Tent with NOLA Locavores

Don't forget to come by the Slow Food Tent and look for the NOLA Social Ride on Sunday!  We will be there promoting our upcoming Urban Farm Bike Tour (blog post about this event to come soon).  Until then check out our Google Calendar Link and Facebook Event

This week's theme is: Mustache Ride!!

I mustache you a question: do you like riding bikes? Do you like getting out on a Thursday evening, riding through the city with a group of fun people that are out to have a good time on two wheels? If so then come meet us on the back porch of Manning's Restaurant at 7:00PM for the Happy Thursday Ride! The ride itself will kick off at 7:45, and we will be taking a leisurely ride through the CBD and French Quarter, with some fun stops along the way to socialize!

Our theme is always optional, but if you want to channel your inner Burt Reynolds or Groucho Marx, rock a handlebar mustache or a 70's porn 'stache, this is your time to do it big!

Make sure to show up early for food, and let them know you are with the NOLA Social Ride for 1/2 price appetizers and 2 for 1 beers! For anyone that is late or want to join mid-ride, we will post a ride tracker here and on our Twitter (@NolaSocialRide). Please pack any snacks or drinks you would like along the way, as we avoid stopping at stores or bars until the end of the ride, around 10PM. If you are new to the ride, please check our tips here: http://bit.ly/RvSigl

Anyone on any type of bike is welcome! Whether you ride a mountain bike, BMX, cruiser, recumbent, road racer, hybrid, cargo bike, unicycle, decorated and decked out or plain-jane you are welcome to come ride! We ride at a slow pace so keeping up is easy! We encourage having operational lights, as the ride happens at night and it helps keep everyone visible and safe. We sell basic lights for $5 a pair during the ride for anyone that wants them!

RSVP at our Facebook Event Page

Introducing a newly formed weekly Tuesday bike event, the "It's All About The Music" Bike Ride!  This is the pet project of none other than Old Man River from WWOZ's Spin Cycle, someone who has his finger on the musical pulse of New Orleans, and a veteran bike tour operator in the city. 

The concept for this ride is beautiful: Each week at 6:00PM, the ride will meet at the cultural center of New Orleans's musical heritage - Congo Square.  From Congo Square, the bike ride commence at around 6:20 (music provided), with each stop along the way being a location with live local music (some planned, and some spontaneous).  For the late-comers, a second meetup spot will be named for 7:30-7:45PM at a location that will change each week.  Each ride will end around 9:30PM at a location with live music and no cover charge!  If you love riding your bike and love experiencing the local music scene, there's pretty much no way it won't be a good time!

Live tracking will be provided each week for those that want to catch up, and


If that doesn't convince you, take this message to heart:

IT'S TUESDAY NIGHT!  YOU CAN STAY AT HOME,
SIT ON YOUR BUTT, EAT YOUR PRUNES
OR YOU CAN RIDE YOUR BIKE AND LISTEN TO TUNES!
IS THAT A TOUGH CALL? IF SO, YOU THINK TOO SMALL!
BE THE PART OF A NEW TRADITION
IF YOU GOT RHYTHM YOU GOTTA RIDE WIT'EM
SO GET ON YOUR BIKE AND LET'S GO GET EM!!!!

Links:
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/522240794481874/

PLEASE NOTE: All riders are welcome, and each individual participates at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety.  Proper safety equipment is encouraged.

What a weekend!  Check out all of these biking events going on!

NOLA Social Ride has been around since the fall of 2010 when a handful of people met on the Blue Bridge on Bayou St John near Cabrini high school; some ideas were discussed, a plan for the future was hatched and the rest is history. 

Now come and show your pride this week by sporting a NSR tshirt, wearing some festive colors, don a pelican, or tattoo Happy Thursday on your forehead. It doesn't matter how you show your PRIDE...just come out and show it!

We are meeting at Finn McCool's Irish Pub (3701 Banks St, http://goo.gl/maps/ALXKH) at 7PM to eat, drink, and hang. There is ample bike parking and wonderful outdoor seating, plus the food is great from Boo Koo BBQ! (Menu - http://finnmccools.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Boo_Koo_BBQ_menu-page-0011.jpg)

It is best to show up early if you plan on ordering food. We leave no later than 7:45, but if you are late a ride tracker will be posted so you can catch up! Also - please come prepared, as we avoid stopping at any stores or bars until the end of the ride! If you are a new rider, please check out our riding tips here: http://bit.ly/RvSigl. 

Please invite your friends! Share the event, use the "invite friends" button above to spread the word, or refer the non-FB folks to our website http://nolasocialride.org/!

Our new slogan: Slow Miles with More Smiles!

We're supporting a national cause and promoting The Ride of Silence.  It will be held Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30pm.  We'll depart at 7PM and ride to the parish line where we'll continue down the Mississippi River levee path.  The quiet ride will start at the St. Charles Avenue entrance to Audubon Park.  Don't know where that is?  Here is a map!  Invite your friends via the Facebook Event.
A brief ceremony, remembering family and loved ones who lost their lives while riding their bicycle, will be held prior to the start of the ride.  The route is about 8 miles long, continues atop the levee path and then back to Audubon Park.  Speeds will not exceed 10 mph.  Participants of all abilities are invited and please encourage your friends to join the procession.  The ride request black arm bands be worn in memory of cyclists who have been killed and red armbands be worn to honor those who have been injured.

Visit RideofSilence.org for more information and and a history of the ride.

Unfortunately, the following people from the metro area are no longer with us;

• Serge Sumano Ortega
• Frank Bercegeay
• Justin Addison
• Raymond Haywood
• Logan Bergeron
• Jason L. Bauer, Jr.
• Darnell Davis
• Ethan Miller

If you know of someone who died while riding a bike recently that is not on the list email us, nolasocialride@gmail.com.

This Week's Theme is "Bro's and Ho's"

It's the end of the semester, so lets frat it up for our Uptown Ride! Wear your most douchetastic outfit - That's right, we are encouraging popped collars, shutter shades (with lanyard), crocks, khaki cargo shorts, sport your greek letters and don't forget to wear your keys on a lanyard around your neck! It's all in good fun, so don't be offended if someone wants to borrow your clothes! :-)

We are meeting at Dat Dog (5031 Freret, http://bit.ly/JMWraz) at 7PM to eat, drink, and hang. There is ample bike parking and wonderful outdoor seating, plus the food is great! Remember that they give us food & drink specials and will make your food a little faster if you tell them you are a NOLA Social Ride/Happy Thursday rider! Still, it is best to show up early if you plan on ordering food. We leave no later than 7:45, but if you are late a ride tracker will be posted so you can catch up! Also - please come prepared, as we avoid stopping at any stores or bars until the end of the ride! If you are a new rider, please check out our riding tips here: http://bit.ly/RvSigl.

Please invite your friends! Share the event, use the "invite friends" button above to spread the word, or refer the non-FB folks to our website http://nolasocialride.org/!

Our new slogan: Slow Miles with More Smiles!

Beat that drum, blow that horn, or shake that cymbal because this weeks theme is "Make Some Noise" French Quarter Fest was a blast and Jazz fest is right around the corner, and we wanted to keep the music going so lets bring some tunes to the Westbank!

We all know music and rhythm is something that is learned around the country but here in New Orleans you're born with it, it runs in our blood, it is part of our soul, it brings you home when your away, it sends chills down your spine, it can bring tears to your eyes and it is all around us.

We will be meeting up at the front of the Audubon Aquarium (next to Canal Street Ferry landing) & then taking the next ferry after 7:30pm. Don't be late!  If you miss the ferry you'll have to catch the next one 30 minutes later.

Are you wondering where is the Audubon Aquarium? Well, this will help you out...Bike Directions Link: http://g.co/maps/e2z75.

Also here are some ideas and inspiration:
Mr Fibby's musical bicycle - http://youtu.be/0kvrn3Z2zTM
Bell on Bicycle Wheel - http://youtu.be/mwgQWZm7CMw?t=38s
Organ bicycle - http://youtu.be/lxjoTpDZajc
Musical Handlebars - http://youtu.be/3NLKhD_fEvk

If you are a new rider, please check out our website for our riding tips before coming out! http://bit.ly/RvSigl

People have liked riding the River levee on Sunday afternoons to help them get over last nights fun.  The new Sunday ride is the The Hangover Ride: Detox to Retox.  Since the section of the levee in Orleans Parish is under construction, we are meeting at the levee at the end of Oak Street on border of Jefferson Parish boundary.  We're going to ride the levee down as far as we can.  Last week we went ~30 miles at an averaged 18MPH.  We'll try to increase the mileage today.  Be atop the levee at 3PM!

Here is a Google Map of starting location, http://goo.gl/maps/DhNR2.  Check Facebook Event for latest info.