Hey Bike Partiers, time to dust off the old party-mobile and shine up your party bike-shoes, because Santa Cruz Bike Party is back! But before we tell you about this month’s ride theme, a few important notes: 1. Santa Cruz Bike Party needs more leaders. For all these years, it’s been organized almost entirely by …
The Black Death Ride – Friday, August 13th 2021, 7pm Read More »
Our dear bicycle friends, let us rejoice in the beauty of springtime. The sap runs strong in trees long resting for winter. The tender blossoms of the apricot tree are unfolding with their delicious fragrance. Fields of oxalis shine forth with sulfurous brilliance. The physical Santa Cruz winter may have been gentle, but may this …
In our first bike party of the decade, we are thinking about how far bicycles, and so many other things, have come since the so-called Roaring 20’s. Oh, those were the days. A time of joyful partying all the time, when folks weren’t busy with racial violence and crushing striking unions. So this Friday, feel …
This month marks our first bike party of the fall, with more hours of darkness than light. With the ride starting after sunset and just a few days ahead of the full moon, we’ll be dancing in the moonlight. Dress up for dancing and/or for lunar worship! Event starts outside of the Bike Church at …
Dancing in the Moonlight Ride – Friday, 10/11 7pm Read More »
This month’s ride theme is in celebration of that magical process by which plants literally grow out of thin air. You’re encouraged to decorate yourselves and/or your bikes with garden themes, and the ride will visit some community gardens along the way. Much as bicycles represent a small and sensible rebuke to our unsustainable transit …
This month we salute the mighty angiosperm. Whether you connect with flowers through horticulture, counter-culture, or pot-pourri, we encourage you to decorate yourselves or your bikes accordingly. Costume possibilities abound: super blooms, bees and hummingbirds, guns with flowers coming out, floral print Hawaiian shirts. Whatever’s your pleasure, we hope to see you on Friday! Tonight’s …
We at Santa Cruz Bike Party think that bikes are fantastic, and we fantasize about bikes. Although that’s not what this ride is about. Think rather: “Lord of the Chain Rings”, “Drivetrains and Dragons”, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Carbon Fiber”, “The Tire, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”. Help us defeat the forces of …
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and people of all genders: Don’t miss this fantastical, spectacular, amazing edition of the Santa Cruz Bike Party. As we approach the darkest day of the year, we celebrate the coming return of the light with a festive bike party inspired by carnivals big and small. Bike Party …
It’s summer in Surf City and there’s no better way to see it than by riding with some of the rowdy locals on their “bike party” tour of the town. So put on your faux Hawaiian shirt or a “I ❤️ Santa Cruz” tee, strap on that fanny pack and visor, and cruise the Cruz …
Come in your intergalactic finest for a night of extra terrestrial adventure on our favorite vehicles on spaceship earth – bikes! Whether you belong to a federation, the rebellion, are an aspiring Jedi, or Sith Lord, your Bike Party needs you! Trek with us to where no Bike Party has gone before – we will …