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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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.
Breezer Bikes is joining us during WebVisions in Portland for the Mobile Social. Besides riding and talking bikes, they're giving away an Uptown 8. A bike that won Bicycling Magazine Editor's Choice Award 2009 for Best Commuter and is equipped with Nexus and Busch & Müller generator lights.
Ride with us during the MoSo, get your raffle ticket, and clutch it lovingly while we call out the numbers. If you're number is called, boom, you're commuting on a Breezer 8. If you don't win the Uptown, well we're also giving away Hed Wheels, Princeton Tec lights, and more.
The 2.5 version of our blog features visual refinements, accessibility improvements, and lots of tweaks.
Shift + Reload to refresh the page and see all the changes.
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.
Later this month, the Huggas are making our annual pilgrimage to Portland for Webvisions (May 20-22)--one of our favorite Web conferences of the year. In conjunction, for the second year running, Bike Hugger we're throwing a Mobile Social for all local riders and Webvisions attendees. We'll be taking a ride, drinking beer, and giving away a ton of schwag--last year's WV Mobile Social was a gas.
Hugger-in-Chief Byron is speaking at Webvisions this year on the topic "Try Making Yourself More Interesting," but the top of the bill is especially spectacular this year with Mark Frauenfelder (Boingboing.net), Tara Hunt (The Wuffie Factor), and Jared Spool giving keynotes.
And for those of you in the interactive industry, don't forget that there is still time to enter the 2009 Webvisionary Awards. With judges like Jeff Veen, Lynne d Johnson, Molly Holzschlag, and Roger Black, it's a web award that actually means something. Hurry: deadline is May 8.
For the Mobile Socials at An Event Apart and WebVisions next month, Princeton Tec sent us a box of light love. We're giving all those lights away . . . also giving away a Yuba Mundo and a Breezer city bike.
Bike Hugger is bringing the Mobile Social back to Portland Oregon and exploring the future of the web at Webvisions 2009.
We'll urban ride, party at a local pub, and put the "blog" in blogtastic at the conference.
Of course that means we'll have schwag and giveaways as well.
We're also hanging out in a Hugga Booth at the conference expo with special guests and events planned.
I'm talking about Being Interesting and doing epic shit.
Check the Mobile Social Webvisions page for the details.
... Read more »Bike Hugger is hosting a bike community event at SXSW this year with rides, a barbecue, and all-around fun times. Of course, you’re all invited!
Besides the free beer, free food, and cool scwhag (yes, the BBQ is free!), you can also discuss the web with members of WaSP, hang out with dudes like Hugh Forrest, and meet the internet famous.
The BBQ is open to all Interactive, Gold and Platinum badgeholder and Bike Hugger guests. To get on the guest list, sign up on Upcoming.
Check below for the ride details and back here for updates.
Don’t know what SXSW is; well, it’s where the various music, film, interactive industries converge and we’re bringing a bike hugga flava to it.
Bike Hugger Beer & BBQ on Upcoming
Saturday, March 8
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Brush Square Park, North Tent (across from the Austin Convention Center)
It’s pedals not panels and bike culture blogged. Free beer! Free Food! Cool Schwag! Bonus browser debate with WaSP!
Open to all Interactive, Gold and Platinum SXSW badge holders, and our invited guests.
First round of beers is dedicated to Sheldon Brown.
The BBQ and Urban Ride sponsors include
Saturday morning, we’ll join a local ride, and get back in time for the Urban Ride.
Meet at the Susanna Dickinson House — map — North end of Brush Square Park, at the corner of 5th and Trinity Street.
Saturday, March 8
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
After meeting, we’ll ride to the REI Austin Store (get some schwag!), then to the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art for a tour, and back to the park.
Join the Urban Ride on Upcoming. Note that the REI Schwag and Museum passes are limited to the first 20 SXSW badgeholders.
Austin Yellow Bike Project is bringing 4 bikes to the ride and BBQ. You can grab one of those to ride or rent a bike from Bicycle Sport Shop. Please bring your helmets.
If it rains, we don’t expect many Austin cyclists to show and will just meet at the BBQ. We’ll ride regardless cause we ride in the rain all the time.
Ride all over Austin, as a bike hugga would do
We’re in Portland Oregon for our next Hugga Event and it’s on May 21st to coincide with Webvisions. Just like we did at SXSW, we’re going to ride and then meetup at a pub for a reception with a raffle, giveaways, and schwag o’ plenty. Register for the Mobile Social on Upcoming. Participation is limited to 50.
Check below for the ride details and back here for updates.
WebVisions is a two-day web conference that explores the future of Web design, technology, user experience and business strategy.
We’ll meet at the Oregon Convention Center main entrance at 3PM and ride to Lucky lab Brew Pub Hawthorne for some beers. Route is around Portland. Check back for more details.
Ride Date/Time
Wednesday May 21st
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Rentals are available from Waterfront Bikes and Clever Cycles.
Register on Upcoming and watch for updates.
Lucky Lab Brew Pub
915 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, Oregon
Our friends and Clever Cycles and Recyclery have offered to help us with bike parking. They’re right across the street from Lucky Lab Hawthorne where the reception will take place.
Our Mobile Social Event @ Webvisions sponsors include
The first day was a mixed success--our winners seemed genuinely excited, but Twitter made the process very difficult by inexplicably swallowing any messages that contained an @ symbol. Our first batch of winners came out like this:
Tomorrow, all the stuff we're giving away can be mailed to you, so you don't have to be at Webvisions to get it. We've got a SXSW Interactive pass, a bunch more Ibex stuff, some Bike Hugger shirts, and more. Stayed tuned--follow us on Twitter because you WILL need to meet certain deadlines if you're a winner.
Tomorrow night is the annual Ride of Silence. We’ll toast the ride during the Mobile Social reception and pay our respects. Our event ends just as the Ride of Silence begins at 7:00 PM in Portland. And we encourage all to ride silently from Lucky Lab. We will.
Following the Mobile Social @ Webvisions, we’re giving away even more schwag via Twitter. Check how we’re doing it on the Twitter Giveaway details page. All you have to do is follow us on Twitter, tweet us, and pick up your prize if you win.
The instructions and how to with visual aids are on the Twitter Giveaway Details page.
A reader wrote to say
The Mobile Social. What the heck is that? It sounds like so many wonderful things. I’m interested in the intersection of bike culture and mobile technology.
Well that’s exactly what it is! The Mobile Social is the intersection of bikes, technology, and culture. We ride bikes, we’re mobile, use technology, socialize, and into gear. So we combined all that into an event and called it the Mobile Social. We think it’s wonderful and the first one was a success. Our next one is a week from today in Portland. And here’s what you need to know
Comment if you’ve got questions and we’ll see you all there. I posted on all the schwag and just added to the list is a free SXSW 09 Interactive pass.
Traveling a lot leads to airport fatigue and there’s nothing more refreshing than seeing a bike exhibit!
The goal of the exhibit is to offer a glimpse into the role bikes play in the lives of Oregonians – racing, replacing a car, riding up and down mountains, or just riding for the joy of it. The exhibit is organized by the Port of Portland, Sweetpea Bicycles, the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Portland Development Commission.
PDX is my fav little airport and many of Webvision’s attendees will see the exhibit as they arrive.
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