I would agree that having 80 or 90 (was it that many?) folks from all over the southeast who are passionate about bicycles and bike collectives will be a really good thing for Louisville. That's why I chimed in and said something about being against having the BigBike!Bike! in Minneapolis - there is already what, almost a 5% bike mode share going on there. Not to diss places that have some of the highest bike mode shares, they're probably better places to organize a large conference out of, but there are places where biking is relatively in it's infancy (Louisville has less than a 1% mode share) and a truly grassroots thing like this could really spark some conversation - if you have it in a place that is struggling. Just some thoughts.
- Eli
rachael spiewak wrote: > Same description goes for the previous Southeast version (ATL, > 1/2009). It will only help. > > -rachael > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Carolyn Braunius <brauniusc@yahoo.com > <mailto:brauniusc@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > Hi Victor and all. :) > > We love BikeBike and plan on coming to Toronto for BIKEBIKE this > year by bike and hopefully with reinforcements from the northeast. > > Our thoughts behind bikebike NE was we knew there were a lot of > small shops or shops that are trying to get off the ground who > would love to get some of that special bike bike feeling, but > couldn't make it to Minneapolis and might not be able to swing the > big trip to Toronto. > > They also might not know about the special magic of bikebike and > can come to a meeting and get a little dose of the magic, before > falling inlove with the international event. > > We also wanted to create a stage to address some of the specific > bike culture challenges we face in the north east. We love all of > those cities that have bike paths and bike racks, and let kids > ride their bikes to school, and we want to have a space where we > can make a plan to help bring some of those really wonderful > things to places where we don't quite have that yet. > > We also like to hang out with y'all and promise to do our best to > throw a good party :) > > Cheers, > Carolyn > > www.troybikerescue.org <http://www.troybikerescue.org%3E%C2%A0 > > "When shall we live if not now?" - M.F.K. Fisher > > > --- On *Sat, 12/12/09, mylifeinthenow@gmail.com > <mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com> /<mylifeinthenow@gmail.com > </*?'mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com>>/* wrote: > > > From: mylifeinthenow@gmail.com > <mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com> <mylifeinthenow@gmail.com > <mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com>> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] 4 BikeBikes. > To: thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <mailto:thethinktank@bikecollectives.org> > Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 5:03 PM > > Bike! Bike! NE is still going on in Apri as a warm up for May > is Bike Month! > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:56:48 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <http://mc/compose?to=thethinktank@bikecollectives.org%3E%3E%C2%A0 > From: "N.O.Bike Project" <nolabikeproject@gmail.com > <http://mc/compose?to=nolabikeproject@gmail.com%3E%3E%C2%A0 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] 4 BikeBikes. > > My bad, there are 4. Hmmm. > > winter.snowy.rose@gmail.com > <http://mc/compose?to=winter.snowy.rose@gmail.com%3E; wrote: > > What about the eastern one about new York area in April or may? > > Is that still on? > > > > Chloé > > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "N.O.Bike Project" <nolabikeproject@gmail.com > <http://mc/compose?to=nolabikeproject@gmail.com%3E%3E%C2%A0 > > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:39:55 > > To: The Think Tank<thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <http://mc/compose?to=thethinktank@bikecollectives.org%3E%3E%C2%A0 > > Subject: [TheThinkTank] 3 BikeBikes. > > > > Hey y'all. > > > > In response to the query about a running tally. There are 3 > BikeBike!'s > > that I know of. Louisville and Boulder in the spring (on the > same > > weekend-March20) and Toronto in the summer. > > > > Personally I think regional bikebikes are a great idea. My > only concern > > is that there may be a lower turnout at the big annual > event. 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