Urban Jacksonville

Listen to episode 14 now or subscribe with iTunes.

Thanks again to Matt From BikeJax for being a great co-host/guest.

Topics

• Ghost Bikes and Bike Valet
• Jacksonville Jazz Festival
• Jacksonville Developer Threatens Demolition of a Building in Riverside
• Discussion of Bike Safety Laws

Recommendations

• Joey: Urban Facelift Project
• Jonathan: Before the Next Full Moon Scavenger Hunt
• Tony: ArtWalk, Sons of the South at ArtWalk, dwarfs and GIANTS: New Work by Jenny Henley and Madeleine Peck and Saturday Mother’s Day Specials at the Riverside Arts Market
• Matt Uhrig from BikeJax: Jacksonville Jazz Festival

Show Links

• BikeJax.org
• Follow BikeJax on Twitter
• Volunteer for to help with bike valet during the Jazz Festival
• Current Ghost Bike locations
• Ghost Bikes Info
• Bike Valet
• Jacksonville Jazz Festival
• Jacksonville Developer Threatens Demolition of a Building in Riverside
• Zombie Bikes

Video and Photos JaxScene.

If you walked up to me a year ago and told me on a weekend in early May Jacksonville would host a 2-day bike festival, Diplo and Black Kids all in the same weekend I would have called you crazy. But that’s exactly what happened last weekend. Jacksonville is growing up fast and it’s all due to people in the city making things happen.

Bury Your BIke Two

Here are some awesome bike tricks posted by the Urban Velo site. They also publish a magazine about urban bike culture called, hmmm, Urban Velo

Bootleg Sessions v.3 — Full Trailer from Ride/Relax Productions on Vimeo.

Fixed Magazine produces a top notch publication with great photos, layouts and art direction. You can tell they put a lot of effort into the design. You can download Issue 2 here. Issue 3 coming soon at fixed-mag.com

Finally you can see photos of track bikes and fixies from around the world on Flickr. Here are two good links:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/56662375@N00/pool/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/fixie/

It’s a big week for bike events. This weekend is the Night Ride and they need volunteers:

Just an hour or two of your time is all that is required and most of it can be done while you are out enjoying the different festival happenings. None it requires anything in the way of labor or heavy lifting. If you can help out email bikejax@gmail.com

1. I need a couple of people to split time and help out at Fuel (festival central)
2. I need a couple of people to hawk raffle tickets throughout the day. (Can be done while out enjoying the fest.)
3. I am going to need several ride guides for The Night Ride itself.
4. I am in need of a couple of people with digital video cameras that would be willing to document the event in all of it’s glory.

Here is the massive Night Ride schedule. The Night Ride is a day long celebration of the bicycle and it’s rider. All events are Free to all that attend and are held throughout Riverside and Five Points.

• Bike Art Show – All Day @ Flux Galley – Creations of Local And Not So Local Artists Held at Flux Gallery.
• Bike Tour of Bold City Brewers – Noon to 5 PM – Celebrate the Opening of Bold City Brewery With a Tasty Bike Tour. Tours are on the hour every hour Noon thru 5 PM.
• Bike Film Festival – Starting 1 PM @ Fuel – Features and Shorts staring the bike and those who ride it. Films will be running thoughout the day starting 1 pm at Fuel in Five Points.
• Bike Polo – 1 – 2 PM
• Woman’s Workshop – 2 PM @ Jax EBikes – A ladies only workshop. Learn how to maintain your bike along with basic repairs from the gang at Zombie Bikes CoOp.
• Bike Polo – 3 – 4 PM
• Bike Maintenance Workshop – 4 PM @ Jax EBikes – A workshop open to all. Learn how to maintain your bike along with basic repairs from the gang at Zombie Bikes CoOp.
• 70′s Theme Costume Contest – 5:00 PM @ Fuel – Funkyist Male & Female Receive a hand made bomb proof Burro Bag.
• Raffle – 5 PM @ Fuel – Sweet swag from the fine merchants in Five Point and Jacksonville Area Bike Shops.
• The Night Ride – Ride starts 6:30 PM – The Night RIde is the culmination of our day long celebration of the bike. I hope you will make plans to join us on this epic event for and about cyclists. Where: Riverwalk Under the Fuller Warren Bridge When: leaving at 6:30 PM Oct. 11th
• 8:00 PM – Bike Films @ Fuel

On to other bike related events. Yes, there are more.

Burro Bags is planning a birthday party for this January
Movie Night! Tomorrow Night at Zombie Bikes: 12-4 and MOVIE NIGHT at the shop bring blankets/chairs we’ll be watching Quicksilver at 8pm