We're exploring the future of the web and riding bikes at WebVisions 2009 in Portland Oregon. We'll urban ride, party at a local pub, and then put the "blog" in blogtastic at the conference.
Luke Elrath, Product Manager Breezer Bikes, shows us the award-winning Breezer Uptown 8 in Huggacast 106.
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Readers know that we're fans of Dahons and folding bikes in general. We've ridden them all over the Pacific Rim in our travels and hang with the Dahon crew when we're in Taipei.
I suspect Dahon heard our insistence that they lighten up their bikes, cause they built a super light one, and equipped it with SRAM Red components.
I first rode the Mu Ex during SXSW and took it with me to Portland. A pleasure to ride, the bike is responsive, fast, and performs.
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Nuun brings the banana flava to the Mobile Social Portland.
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SmartyPig joined us at the Mobile Social Portland as a new partner -- we gave away 5, $50.00 gift certificates and the winners can use them to save for a bike, upgrades, and new gear.
SmartyPig is for people who want to save for specific goals. Whether it's a family vacation, the latest electronic gadget, a wedding or a down payment on a house, SmartyPig's unique system can help you get there. Just tell us what you're saving for, how much you want to save and when you want to reach your goal, and we'll suggest an automatic monthly deposit you'll make from your existing checking or saving account until you reach your goal.
She was just at Rontoms (didn't ride with us or know what we were doing) and saw us with that wheel and likes wheels, so she came over, and liked the wheel even more. Spinning it, demoing it for us, all part of the bike fun at the MoSo.
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Just back from the Mobile Social in Portland. More pics and stories to come, but a great turnout, a beautiful ride along the water and a great group of folks.
And special thanks to the sponsors, including Breezer, HED, Princeton Tec, and Smarty Pig for such a great night. Also Nuun.
Practice in a feed zone helps when handing the MoSo attendees their schwag bags . . .
See you in Portland. We've got Crumpler bags just like these all packed up and ready to handup.
Byron is always making up names for things, and normally I abstain from recreating the English language. But for some reason I couldn't hold back once Byron started spouting MoSo instead of Mobile Social. I was thinking PoMoSo for "Portland Mobile Social", but apparently Byron grammar has it as "Mobile Social Portland," so we'll have to go with MoSoPo.
But wait...I guess it might actually be "Mobile Social Webvisions"....hmm.....nope, MoSoWebo just doesn't make as much aesthetic sense as MoSoPo.
Regardless, we'll be in Portland tomorrow, having good times rolling around like the pied piper, gathering cyclists to foamy pint at Rontoms. We'll be giving away another load of goodies from companies who believe in the Hugga way, like Breezer, Princeton Tec, Smarty Pig and HedCycling.
Something bizarre always happens when I go to Portland. This year I wonder if I'll have a weirder story than the drunk guy who randomly walked up to us in the hotel lobby before last year's Mobile Social Portland, started speaking German and then gave us a Hitler salute before walking back out into the street. It was one of those events where Byron and I were speechlessly confused. Just trippy weird
Quick reminder that we're in Portland tomorrow for the Mobile Social WebVisions.
"We're exploring the future of the web and riding bikes at WebVisions 2009 in Portland Oregon. We'll urban ride, party at a local pub, and then put the "blog" in blogtastic at the conference."
Meet at the Oregon Convention Center at 6:00 PM (MLK side near the bike racks) and urban ride to Rontoms. Bike Portland is leading the ride. It's a relaxed, no-drop pace with Podcast Hotel bussing us back.
Ride with us during the MoSo and when we arrive at Rontoms, we'll hand you a raffle ticket. Hold onto it with all your hope, like Dorothy wishing to go home, clicking your bike cleats together. If we call the number, boom, you're riding a Breezer 8 around town. We're also giving away Hed Wheels, Princeton Tec lights, SmartyPig gift certificates, and more.
If your attending WebVisions, along with all the other great content, I'm talking about interestingess. I'll go over how we built Bike Hugger, what's next for us, and more.
The 2.5 version of our blog features visual refinements, accessibility improvements, and lots of tweaks.
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Props to Jay Allen of Endevver Consulting, Benish, and Steve Axthelm for the work. I'll talk more about our design and what we're doing during my talk at WebVisions 2009.
Mobile Social WebVisions Portland 2009 is brought to you by our partners:
