Freak Bikes,
Ride with AoB on Halloween!
AoB,
Asheville on Bikes presents the Pumpkin Pedaller – a Halloween tour through
Asheville's
ghoulish grounds.
Friday, October 31st Halloween Evening

The fun begins at 6:30 at City County Plaza and culminates at 8:30 at the Wedge
Gallery's Halloween Bash . Of course, costumes are customary.

The ride isn't strenuous, but there are a few short climbs so design your
costume to be
bike functional. Be well illuminated and wear your helmet.

ProBikes, Liberty and BioWheels wants you to be properly equipped for the ride
so save
$2 on bike lights or a bell with an AoB handbill.

You'll want a little spending money for the evening, as well. We'll arrive at
the Wedge
Bash just in time for hot music, dance, refreshing beverages supplied by The
Wedge and
light fare. $10 at the door for Asheville's premier 21st century traditional
jazz, The
Firecracker Jazz Band. Food venders will be on the grounds so you can replenish
your
energy after the ride.

The next AoB event is the Holiday Parade on Nov. 22. The parade theme is "the
art and
heart of giving." AoB's theme is "Ride your City with Love." More to follow....

Ride you City.

Michael Sule

has anyone been riding in the critical mass? is it still happening, when and
where?
thanks sunny

There were four of us.  All boys, no girls. :(  A cop parked across
the street to keep an eye on our ride, and a police van made an
appearance but probably thought it wasn't worth the effort of being
there, and left.

We stripped to undies and went ahead, and quickly lost the cop car
down an alley.  There was no full nudity for fear of arrest in our
small numbers.  I wish there had been a better turn out, because we
were all prepared to get nekkid had we been in group of about fifteen
strong - as the police presence was minimal-to-none - but alas we were
only four, and easily (and probably unnecessarily) frightened.

We circled town a number of times, making lots of noise.  Everyone
cheered wherever we went, lots of smiles, cheers, whoops, and
ironically shouts to get naked. XD  There was also lots of picture-
taking, "you rock"s and "you're awesome"s.  I think we represented,
and got across the message of the WNBR.  It was a really good
experience and I met some cool guys, and only a shame because it could
have been an incredible experience that shook up the town with a horde
of naked protestors.  Next year I hope.  This is still the only WNBR
in a giant area of the south east US, after all.

If we organize earlier next year, and have better luck with the
weather (a downpour between 12:00 and 1:30 may have turned away
riders, but by 2pm when we left it was just a pleasant soft drizzle -
unlucky timing because the riding condition became perfect on cue),
then next year can hopefully be the one.  Everyone else around the
world is having record rides.  Viva Asheville!

Thanks for all your help, and to everyone else that got involved
(including of course the three other riders).

Heh heh.  I'd love to hear all about it.  :)

See everyone who's coming there :>

The following AshevilleFreakBikes poll is now closed.  Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: Do you want to ride in the 2008 Asheville World Naked Bike Ride?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Yes, 3 votes, 75.00%
- No, 0 votes, 0.00%
- The what?, 1 votes, 25.00%



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Good news, and that seems to be the plan.  I'm trying to gather some
Charlotte people to bring with me so hopefully that'll work out.

looks like someone updated that nakedwiki page.

so to be clear on time, meet at noon to body paint, at 1:00 to gather
and ride at 2:00.
  right?
I'll make teh planning meeting if I can, and I will ride if it works
out with my kids.
sunny



--- In AshevilleFreakBikes@yahoogroups.com, "jacksdemolition"
<jacksdemolition@...> wrote:
>
> It's offical: http://newfrontier.com/asheville/naked/
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Wow, great organizing.  I just thought everyone would ignore me. XD
> Well, I went ahead and posted the event to Craiglist, Best25, a ton of
> relevant livejournal groups and I wrote a story for Asheville
> Indymedia.  Someone already posted to a few of the websites I listed,
> so that was pretty sweet.
>
> Can anyone here edit this Wikipedia entry to get that up to date?
>
> Here: http://nakedwiki.org/index.php?title=Asheville
>

It's offical: http://newfrontier.com/asheville/naked/

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Wow, great organizing.  I just thought everyone would ignore me. XD
Well, I went ahead and posted the event to Craiglist, Best25, a ton of
relevant livejournal groups and I wrote a story for Asheville
Indymedia.  Someone already posted to a few of the websites I listed,
so that was pretty sweet.

Can anyone here edit this Wikipedia entry to get that up to date?

Here: http://nakedwiki.org/index.php?title=Asheville

Good news - people have begun mobilizing on the other Asheville WNBR
group.

Cross-posted to: Asheville Naked Bike Ride
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakedbike/)

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Great, and I've ascertained that 14th June is more like the official
date this year so there's plenty of time to organize. I've also
been told that the French Broad Food Coop is the usual meeting
place, so if everyone can confirm this and decide on a definite date
and time, then I'll go ahead and make fliers and advertize on these
active sites below that I'm familiar with. If anyone knows of
anymore good ones then let me know.

Also, I don't live in Asheville any longer but I'm going to be in
town for the ride, so someone else will need to put up the fliers.
However, I do live in nearby Charlotte so I'll put up fliers here
for the Asheville ride, because we don't have one but I know plenty
of people who'd make the trip to have a laugh up there. Here are
the sites I'll post to:

Easy Bake Coven (http://easybakecoven.net/)

Around Asheville (http://aroundasheville.blogspot.com/)

Explore Asheville (www.exploreasheville.com)

Downtown Asheville (http://www.downtownasheville.com/index.php)

Asheville Rocks (http://community.livejournal.com/asheville/)

University of North Carolina- Asheville
(http://community.livejournal.com/unc_asheville)

Mountain Xpress (http://www.mountainx.com/)

Asheville Craigslist (http://asheville.craigslist.org/)

Asheville Citizen-Times (http://www.citizen-times.com)

Carolina (Lesbian) Girls
(http://community.livejournal.com/carolinalesbian/)

The North Carolina Freaks
(http://community.livejournal.com/nc_freaks/)

North Carolina Bike Community
(http://community.livejournal.com/ncbikes/)

Warren Wilson College
(http://community.livejournal.com/warren_wilson/)

North Carolina (http://community.livejournal.com/north_carolina/)

Virato Live! and New Frontier (http://viratolive.com/ &
http://www.newfrontier.com/)

World Naked Bike Ride (http://nakedwiki.org/)

Asheville Indymedia (http://asheville.indymedia.org/)

Asheville Naked Bike Ride (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakedbike/)

Asheville Freak Bikes
(http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/AshevilleFreakBikes/)

Charlotte Naked Bike Ride
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldNakedBikeRideCharlotte/

Let's do this!

Cool.  6/14 gives more time.  So that's two riders; anyone else?

Who's organizing this year? Is it June 12th like the internet rumors
suggest? Where is everyone meeting? If no one knows the answers then
post in this thread if you want to ride and we'll try and organize it
ourselves. Let's get moving though because there's only three weeks
until ride day.

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
AshevilleFreakBikes group:

Do you want to ride in the 2008 Asheville World Naked Bike Ride?

   o Yes
   o No
   o The what?


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web site listed above.

Thanks!

APRIL #2
FILM: "A Crude Awakening" Friday, April 4, 2008 7:00 PM, West
Asheville Library (942 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806)
85 minutes

A Crude Awakening: Compelling, intelligent, and highly entertaining,
this film visits top experts and comes to a startling but logical
conclusion – our industrial society, built on cheap and readily
available oil, must be completely re-imagined and overhauled. Shot on
location in Azerbaijan, Venezuela, the Middle East, and Texas, the film
provides not only questions but possible solutions to the most
perplexing and important economic, environmental and public policy
issues of our time.

In a report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, Robert L.
Hirsch, Senior Energy Program Advisor, Science Applications
International Corporation) challenged the notion that the free market
can solve the peak oil emergency: "The world has never faced a problem
like Peak Oil. Without massive mitigation more than a decade before the
fact, the problem will be pervasive and will not be temporary. Previous
energy transitions (wood to coal and coal to oil) were gradual and
evolutionary; oil peaking will be abrupt and revolutionary."

PANEL DISCUSSION:
WNC Peak Oil Perspectives Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:00 PM, West
Asheville Library (942 Haywood Rd., Asheville, NC 28806)

Panelists:
John Sticpewich , retired petroleum geologist
Jim Barton, Smith Mill Creek Permaculture School, "Transition Town
Movement

If you're new to Asheville you won't want to miss the Bike Love this Saturday at
the
Wedge Gallery in the River Arts District. Doors open at 8pm. It's $12 to get in.
Once
inside you're promised to the best in local music, beet and food.
The event support the bike locker project and Asheville on Bikes, a community
bicycle
advocacy group.
The Wedge Gallery is located off of Robert St behind the Grey Eagle. Follow
Robert to the
stop sign and then make a hard right. Head straight back on the gravel
road/parking lot
toward the bridge. You won't miss the party in action.
  See you there.

--- In AshevilleFreakBikes@yahoogroups.com, "ghia2006" <ghia2006@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm pretty new to Asheville, and was wondering if there is a naked bike ride
scheduled
for this
> year.
>
> Thanks for any help
>

Hi,

I'm pretty new to Asheville, and was wondering if there is a naked bike ride
scheduled for this
year.

Thanks for any help

---

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Asheville, NC – February 4, 2008 - Asheville on Bikes (AoB), an advocacy group
focused on
advancing Asheville's urban bicycle culture, is hosting its Second Annual Bike
Love event
to be held at the Wedge Gallery on Saturday, February 23.  The event will
feature local
bands and local beer and will highlight Asheville on Bikes' community
initiatives, including
its support for the Bicycle Network Map project.  Bike Love is co-sponsored by
Arts2People
and the French Broad Brewery.

Performing at this year's event is Count Clovis (featuring Toubab Krewe's Justin
Perkins
and Drew Heller), Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work, and Red Dirt Floor (featuring
Marty
Gallagher of ProBikes).  Doors open at 8:00pm.  Admission is $12.

This year, Bike Love falls just before Asheville City Council considers the
proposed Bicycle
Network Map, the long range plan for Asheville's bicycle network created by the
the City's
Transportation and Engineering Department with the support of members of
Asheville's
bicycling community, on February 26.  Asheville on Bikes intends to use the
celebration to
increase awareness about the advantages of improving and expanding Ashville's
bicycle
transportation infrastructure and garner support for the Bicycle Network Map
project.


About Asheville on Bikes -  Asheville on Bikes (AoB) is an advocacy group
focused on
promoting bicycle commuting as a preferred transportation option in and around
Asheville, NC.  Ashville on Bikes has been actively involved in promoting
community
initiatives such as the Bike Locker project and implementation of the Bicycle
Network Map
project.  In addition, AoB holds community events to celebrate Asheville's
bicycling
culture.