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.
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>
> > "When shall we live if not now?" - M.F.K. Fisher
>
>
> --- On *Sat, 12/12/09,
mylifeinthenow@gmail.com
> <
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> <
/*?'mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com>>/* wrote:
>
>
> From:
mylifeinthenow@gmail.com
> <
mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com> <
mylifeinthenow@gmail.com
> <
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> 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>>
> From: "N.O.Bike Project" <
nolabikeproject@gmail.com
> <
http://mc/compose?to=nolabikeproject@gmail.com>>
> 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> wrote:
> > What about the eastern one about new York area in April or may?
> > Is that still on?
> >
> > ChloƩ
> > 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>>
> > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:39:55
> > To: The Think Tank<
thethinktank@bikecollectives.org
> <
http://mc/compose?to=thethinktank@bikecollectives.org>>
> > 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. I guess
> > we'll see what happens.
> >
> > -Victor.
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