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YouthBikeSummit2017

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Introduction/Definition/etc

 

Similar to the Congressional

National Bike Summit,

with adults, and mostly lobbyists, 

too expensive for people who aren't

paid to be in the field, and somehow

a conflict of interest, perhaps,

but the Youth have more attitude,

some behavior (sp?) problems,

and likely other issues, bicycling

learning mechanics, and general life

skills may help with, imnsho...

 

 

Body

 

Original Text

 

Signup and Costs

 

Adults were $50 registration,

kids something like $25-35

with no low to no income,

disabled, nor

seniors options, afaict,

so had to volunteer with descriptions

of "Jobs" which were really tasks,

3.5 hour shifts, several types, from

Ride Marshalls, already full by the time

I knew I wanted and might be able to go,

to registration desk, setup, cleanup,

no Security, or similar clowning,

ride unicycle during plenary wait time,

and no real employment type protections

as far as I can tell, and actual jobs and

careers in bicycling may be scarce to nil,

depending, upon a lot of things...

 

Friday Afternoon to Evening

 

The official start time was earlier

than Saturday AM, so checkin

and registration could happen then,

but also available on Saturday morning,

so I tried resting up, and saved

laundry money, but more anxiety,

normally not a problem,

except in social and other discriminatory,

and hostile environments, which was

and is still a concern...

 

Photo and Video Policy Missing

 

Get there and find Arlington Independent

Media (off of cable, but not anonymous)

is filming the event, not speakers

and session recording, like conferences

(see Legacy2017

and others including to

Conference photography, How NOT to Do It

)

but doing something

and trying to keep out of camera became

like a full time job (an idiom, read hobby)...

While questioned, prodded, almost interrogated

about why I was wearing one, why I didn't

want my photograph taken, even on the

Phoenix photo op wall, with associated

bling like a small tireless BMX wheel,

chains, and a table of props, etc,

as seen in fundraising type

bio of students' and volunteer

manufactured like success stories

used in mass emails and basically

PR/propaganda...

 

AM Continental Breakfast

 

Some snacks and meals included,

not sure which ones,  or what ahead of time,

and low income, so not a lot  of outside choices,

started weigh and measure a month

or so ago, so not having a spare 

scale, brought two cans, while looking

at sweets, pastries, juice, coffee, water for

tea, etc others were eating,

and not being able to...

Cookie monster

not really appreciated, 

and it wore on me, so doing laps around

and trying to not be obnoxious, a quiet

room/ place to chill until ready would have been

good, but why are you using non conference

space, or outsides' oppressive heat,

likely a problem,

so will see...

 

Herded (sp?) from the waiting area,

likely with cow bells, mildly amusing,

some farmers markets open with them,

but can't chill out away from people,

already looked at a few tables,

a raffle from Rails to Trails,

had to come back after lunch

for swag drawing,

and when late find out they wanted

a photograph of the lucky winners

anyways, only two off one of the last

numbers called, earlier, i missed,

going to get something so I could eat lunch.

Out of sequence and spoiling,

but followup on the tables/raffle(s)...

 

 

Plenary

 

=*all together now*

 

History of how it came to be, a Genesis

type story, didn't get her name, but a woman,

and two girls, talking about mostly over 35

probably female white people, and designing

a Youth conference on the way back

to NYC by bus? (check details)

 

National Park Ranger

 

Showed his office, the great outdoors,

likely Great Falls, though he

may be GW Memorial Parkway

specific, idk... 

 

Bike Nomad

 

An African American boy

(er, child? / youth?...) 

transitioning to a man

 who wanted to know what

was beyond McDonalds,

and proceeded to tour,

be on the cover of 

Bicycling Magazine,

and now does a coffee

shop in a bike shop,

among other things

("until I found out what

they paid to be a speaker..."

or similar)

and how that came about...

 

World Record Holder

 

A 66 year old white woman

broke the Guinness Book of

World Records for oldest

woman to ride cross country,

with (Prius?) SAG support, etc,

story of that trip

in a few minutes presentation

with video, interesting, time

lapse use, especially end of

the ride to water/ocean...

 

 

 

Young Riders

 

Several young people

spoke, I'd like to get it 

right, so a place holder

for now, and try recalling

and so you can look

at the program for details,

so as not to be mixed up

representationally...

 

GearinUpBikes

 

Kid turned around story,

with the help of GUP's Stone,

funny too, nervous speaker,

but good, will see on the

Arl Indie Media output,

likely...

 

MasPaz

 

Latino/Mayan name?

Look it up DONE

 

A local tagger, graffiti artist

called muralist

(who graduated from GMU, iirc)

describing doing art,

but doesn't always ride,

a cargo bike might not take

all his big ladder(s), paints,

etc, so will see what can be

done about that...?

(eCargoBike?)

 

Turns out his

art name means more peace...

 

Girls

 

Noted that there are no

boy models when the junior

women/ girls ride in and win

races, unlike Lance and

other big names, with

graphic examples presented...  

A good African American?

speaker, nervous like a lot of

the other youngsters, I'm not

sure the mix of gender nor orientation

and doubt the demographics were noted,

some email or similar website said about

half youth, half adults, and rather diverse

racially and ethnically, compared to

a mostly white male

(acronym meaning

 MAMAIL Middle Aged Men And In Lycra?

or similar

 

TransGender

 

One young femaleish?

presenter mentioned

or main topic was gender

changing, iirc, but forget the

details, maybe look into the

talk a bit more?

 

Some others

 

Fill in with the program?

And/or links to Indy media

coverage?

 

So Many Kids, So Little Time ?

a story tag line?

 

Session 1

 

Trying to decide what to do,

and amongst all the meeting locations,

three floors, basement ballroom type,

and rooms there, upstairs on 2 and 3,

afaict, and some others likely too...

 

Model Streets

 

Design exercises with staff

similar to seen in a DC article,

maybe GGW (Greater Washington?)

blog/ emailing, safe streets goes

design and learning that way, 

mere moments of peering in,

but blocks world on the tables,

and the article had riding some

models, with big wheel like trike

rentals, and other stuff,

good stuff, if I had had the time...

 

Nota Bien (sp?): I might have helped

with pulling  a table in to the

crowded evacuating main

plenary area, but quickly went

elsewhere, as my name called out

by one of the other male helpers/

presenters? and then they had two

(one for each table side/ends)...

 

 

Bike And Build

 

Upstairs (on 3rd floor?),

one of the (~twenty?) presentations/

workshops I cycled thru, sampling,

not riding, plus pacing too,

was the Bike and Build,

which toured, using $2k raised,

and stops/lodging/food were provided, 

touring bike provided at $1k

fundraised, to train, the two

(or three?) young white

female presenters,

from what little I caught,

sampling, near the end  

broke people up into existing

 tables to talk about how they would

tour, and proceed, i guess, from

dream/bucket list, to reality...

 

Police

 

Downstairs and explaining the early

uniformed presence were DC and

Arlington, at least, uniformed officers

presenting a workshop on something

law enforcement, mentioned in the

brief sampling actually ticketing

bikers, and perhaps seeing

more from the bikers' perspective.

Later, stumbled into and I talked

to an attendee who had asked

about enforcement, and I mentioned

law enforcement may feel naked

without the armour usually around

people in cages (read autos)...

And the attendee mentioning

issues local to him, details

might not be good to publish,

but he might already have,

idk, and I'd probably misquote

anyways, not recording

mere mortals, on privacy grounds...

/SlightSnarkUndeserved

 

 

 

Session 2

 

Losing track of the sessions and what

was when, much less where,

not sure how many in parallel,

(guessing towards 20 each time frame)

so deciding was a problem,

while preparing for volunteer shift

(for con admission), required

going to learn more, and

took most of the day,

besides being up most of the night,

though down maybe around sunset,

so not the typical 11 pm - 7 am

sleep schedule...

 

Much of that occurred all the way thru

the con...

 

Lunch

 

Bag lunch in another new to me

big meeting area (this one near the

lobby to B escalator mid landing?

likely under the drive up greeting area) 

arriving early with many empty

round tables, and a speaker's podium

with projectors, etc, staff around limited

even walking amongst the tables of rows

of bags, (chef? jacketed staff:

"they are all the same" likely meaning

each of many tables had the same choices

of types of sandwiches in the bags)

I finally decided/ punted and picked up one,

having asked about nutritional information,

and got some what felt like hotel staff attitude... 

Maybe DC Central Kitchen grads, idk...

 

So eat what I had weigh and measure

information about which was a bag of chips,

skip soda, I had started to pick up a

lemon lime type thing, not Sprite,

not 7-Up, maybe Misty?, will see,

some actually give me a headache,

most others are just too much sugar,

and put back down (ew (sp?), he touched it,

old person kewdies (sp? d->t?), not said

but felt like that sort of thing, sometimes...

Others might be like, get his finger prints,

we want for later, budding CSIs?...)  

It really could have had bottled water,

and Arlington required recycling places,

which was an issue, coffee, sugar, milk,

all sorts of things,

bananas and granola options for

continental breakfast options just

skipped, I brought two cans,

with labels, (large Hormel chicken

and green beans, one required a

can opener, the other pull top,

I've forgotten which was which)

and questioned about why the bag was 

so heavy, nosey (sp?) people,

and beginning to feel they don't like

me much, but too tired to really care...

And generally don't care what others

think...  Not really my concern,

nor my business, in some circles...

 

Session 3

 

Also, see issues elsewhere in situations...

 

Time Sequence likely blurred

 

 

Volunteer shift went from Session 2

thru the snack time and into Session 3?

 

I was having to eat during the shift,

(which was frowned upon), quickly

weighed and measured (just sandwich

weight, tempting to disassemble it,

and get how much meat (thought it was

roast beef turned out to be ham?,

cheese, lettuce, butter/mayo?, etc)

there at the table,

not many people doing bowties,

made out of inner tubes, I thought

to get the previous shift to show me

how, and record it, and an usher

was assigned to keep to 20 people,

a hand stamp was used,

but kids being kids, away from home,

and it got to be a hang out place,

away from the guards/ 'rents/

chaperones/POs, etc on many floors,

and no Vice Principal saying 'get to class',

like we had in school...

(maybe they thought that was ushers?)

 

Issues with one older kid,

he "own"ed the girl,

as in "I own you" 

and I over heard it, and objected, he

may have been ejected

from the conference,

others, only two adult males in the room,

volunteering the rest mostly teens,

so standard classroom staff to student 

ratio stuff, i guess...

 

Had I had more rest, and not maybe some

stuff in the water I got, someone may have

spiked the water containers, there were several

and after the heat, walking a long ways,

and the salty chips, more water than most

staying there, drinking soda, and other

stuff, so process of elimination, plus vapes

and other tricks of drugging people,

and I was talkative, maybe funny,

maybe annoying, maybe drugged,

but also attacked for defending the girl,

there were three, checking out the table,

and owning is a hot word for me,

after all the harassment I've received,

so objected, trying to make a safe

space for others, no real duties,

described, I surveyed the three

activities of the room, 

Balaclava making scarf making,

ear covering making, trace the pattern,

get the stretch and fold right

(i got a lot of help with that...),

use markers to do lines from

cardboard sized templates,

and then hand to someone to sew,

(sewing and Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator

a plus the  "job" description said,

I had neither, (both Windoze based)

despite ComeOutOfTheSewingCloset2011 )

and vinyl cutting on a printer/cutter/

laser? from a DARPA related?

Makerspace in Crystal City,

which I visited on the way to

get a digital food scale during lunch,

walking all the way back to Rail,

thru other stores, that didn't have

and couldn't find, with no data plan

 to look up, and concierge not used,

talked to a couple leaving, and

rappelling from the hotel roof?

(seen later on?), off the building,

I guess Brave New World/ Columbus

aka native / indigenous people's day 

includes that, but the third was bowtie

making, three sizes of inner tubes

and pulling un talcum (sp? aka talc

rumored to have health problems

especially with women, wonder what's

in all that baby powder, if not talc?...)

powdered precleaned tubes

cut in sections

(size the neck part, and small

diameter roadie segment tire

as knot, and large

2+ inch tube section as bow,

and surprisingly upcycling,

we limited to 4 by consensus

with the other lady helping,

and interacting with kids,

some needed convincing

("a sharp dressed man", I added after

he made one),  you can do this at

your home shops, and other 

gifting type stuff, one kid thought

of doing one for her dog, and showed

a picture of the dog, high contrast,

dress up the dog, send me a photo,

maybe put up here, or really the video

instructables, destructibles might be

best on ThinkTank wiki, as bike

shops, coops and others could learn

that way, and the people who taught

me could make a better video,

after taking a couple minute vid,

wanted that in exchange for 

fixing CaBi problems and other 

deals, I can't really make, too busy

now trying to keep a roof over my

head more slumlord, and attacks

from people, all at once, so busy,

and my mysterious power outage

may have killed my ethernet port

on the RPi3 this is hammered out

on a keyboard, so slow upload, 

and other constraints, or not using

M$ Windows, and what is available

to me so missing another deadline,

will see if things get fixed,

I've asked for help, and the people

paid to do that really want stuff

instead, including trying to disqualify

me from essentials like housing,

transportation, legal and medical care,

and other ableism, you have to work,

we think you can, and here, we get

all your stuff, and your place,

type threats to my security, health

and welfare...

 

Vibe? Risks and Confounding Histories

 

Most of the conference seemed to be

getting the vibe of it, and prep for

the volunteering, plus energy management

and food avoiding sweets, caffeine,

etc, so not much learned, as basically

asleep, but made it there, as leaving

waved to ED, and she said she owns

that, basically trying to take my video,

stills, etc, done off shift, and we own

you is not safe space stuff,

like Bike!Bike! and other places,

so wondering how exploited and 

eliminated/ systemically kids feel

in this environment, given adults

such as myself feel it, that way,

and with the Phoenix potentially

moving above a daycare playground,

even though poor, who keeps the

"Warning:

This product contains a chemical known

to the State of California to cause cancer,

birth defects, or other reproductive harm."

runoff from the patio, down into the playground,

and green patio, from contaminating

when trying to be a green building,

my objection, not on camera to

the County Board, and probably

glossed over, like the keep him out,

have to call ahead, when I don't call,

wear the shirt, and other systemically

eliminating people like me, one of the

reasons one ED may have been removed,

another there when some maintenance

people and kids seemed to be riding

by on my bicycles, when I went to visit,

a few years ago, and they had entered,

taken my bike, riding them brazenly

and told to return them right where they

found them, and now people again forcing

their way in, cutting locks from bike storage

lockers, and not having a completion date

of finishing some unspecified maintenance

on the locker, so people can use it again,

and this stuff is apparently normal behaviour

a VCU trained MSW now questions me

about what I'm doing, this site may make

it clearer, but still, they don't own people,

nor their stuff, one sided sticker contracts

similar to the LiverFunctionTest2017

not getting your own results,

and other reasons people don't really 

complete even earn a bike, many I've

sent to Phoenix, as one of the LBS 

(Local Bike Shops) supposedly doing

good work, but dignity, respect, and rights

besides kids taking over the shop as their

final and finally earning something more

than a storage shed, to work in,

but the duplex might be rezoned,

a couple years ago the cat might have

been killed, gang enrollment initiation,

prank, or left there as a threat, 

and buses, and other transit hubs,

rezoning and making that

into the new space,  probably a better

move than violating green building

and spaces...  Plus a little patch of lawn,

bus fumes and other biohazards,

likely already nearby, from dumpsters,

hill runoff, and other problems to determine

in Environment Impact, moving light industry

into a space that failed to attract snack

and cafe food places, nor the police substation

which is needed given overrun by teens,

even before Phoenix might move in...

 

Facilitated Feedback?

 

Following a previsioning

feedback facilitation, which came

to us, in the room, and quick finish

and cleanup?

 

Extra Food Bags

 

Coming down stairs (read escalator/

elevator), and extra lunch

bags were out with evening snacks,

so got another, found a spot to sit

down and weighed and

measured, in public (not that

shaming, but not that detailed

either, didn't dissect the sandwich

(meat, cheese, bread, lettuce, etc)...

 

 

Day and Evening Outtings

 

Had to sign up and sign a waiver,

and other paperwork to do those

things, night time ride,

ride an eBike by Trek (day? or evening?),

Would have been nice to compare

with eBikeCheating2017

two brands, and one store,

but too busy and tired...

 

Go visit Phoenix was one options,

during the day, several tips/ times,

both locations, current and proposed,

visit the TechShop Makerspace

(check name, provide a link)

in Crystal City Mall

*there are really two Malls, really,

one at 1750, and one further down

(read higher numbers),

both underground,

not a lot of windows,

except to see a fishbowl type 

makerspace shop, which somehow

seems like building glass houses,

(safety glass? projectiles from table saws?)

but like the mini county library,

who's lease might have just been renewed,

breaks for drawing types of people in,

might help business...

 

Rough Night

 

In the bathroom for

part of it, not sure what

it was but gave me the runs,

possible causes Lactic Acid

in the Chips, food safety on sandwiches,

(the time in the heat before getting

to weigh and measure, 1+ hours

walking mid day at ~90 degrees

plus the sun)

and problems with how things

went the day before...

Concerned about some of the kids

I met, and wondering how other things

and parts of the conference went,

despite being tired, and feeling not a

part again of even the biking communities,

especially with today's youth...

Plus I'd walked maybe 6 miles

according to the 

stepFXActivityTracker2017

...

 

Sunday Ride

 

Early ride start was from the 1900 address,

not the hotel, really where the 

IsBikingStillFun2016  Phoenix

fundraiser (an overhang drive

thru type place, if it rains, OK

got canopy built in)

and other WABA like Bike DC

and other stopping points,

Crystal City had a few bike type

stuff, emailed instructions said

to check out of the hotel,

but nothing on the website?

and asked to find a 10 pm decision

of to do the ride or not,

rain & thunderstorms forecast, 

 in the 50-90% chance,

and find other activities going on then too

like the Army 10 miler, etc...

 

A few issues / situations here too,

so add those below?

(check chronology?)

 

Embassy Donated Cargo eBike

 

Before the event talking to a few

people, WABA got donated from

an embassy a big cargo eBike...

Watching it park, and how

that came about,  guessing

retail value of the eBike

in the thousands...

 

Experiences of Ride Marshalling

 

Horror stories

(guy raised arm before out in

an ambulance,

maybe died and why

BikeDC fundraising event

is now DCBikes

and lost (50 States?

but found Girl Scout cookies

(near East Capital?)

and Obama motorcade on PA Ave???)

for a new one,

that signed up /registered,

risks involved,

and somehow I'm scary,

but not telling people of situations

they may experience is also scary,

and lying somehow, by omission,

imnsho...

 

Robot Service Dog/Stoker

 

Showed the Robot Dog

stoker, sled dog, service dog,

companion, etc,

a store bought WowWee CHiP,

briefly to a couple of curious

onlookers, I needed to repack

it in the plastic, as rain predicted

and others inquisitive...

 

Cross Country Unpublished Journal(s)?

 

Someone wearing a map t shirt

who rode cross country

but didn't blog it, wrote a lot,

a personal journey, likely hand

written, and made a t shirt,

and concerned about pages

of whining, but really I can see

your whining pages, and raise

you the 1000 or so here, mostly

whiny (sp?), not even well written

but other good stuff too...

 

Odd Warden/Jailer?

 

A self declared prisons guy,

attitude while waiting in line,

about a 25 MPH speed limit

going thru town (which one?),

and comparing motorcycles with

bicycles "i've seen video of a

motorcycle cutting a deer in half,

try that with a bicycle" or similar,

and walked away,

He was not a person I really

wanted to talk to,

while I usually entertain people

as they are waiting, but left

wondering why he was there,

why he didn't like my type,

and why he is around children,

and if in charge of children,

say institutionalized (sp?),

is it in a safe way?

But kids as well as adults kill

(see the docudramas

on that, so kids can be in for life,

not sure the legalities on that,

but tried as an adult, etc also

exist)...

Ironically, he looked a little

like Gary Fisher, sad but true...

(see dirt rider? mag

for a recent interview)

 

Elderly Couple near the Start

 

While the line got smushed 

(sp?) basically unruley mob

to single file into the narrow

tunnel going to the 

George Washington Parkway

MVT (Mount Vernon Trail

NorthBound from Crystal City)

entry near the Fix It station

and vending (has a hard to find

CrankBros multi tool for $28 or so

and a few other bikey things)

 

I mentioned to the onlookers

that it was the YBS,

that it might be on Cable,

check Arlington 

Independent Media,

I think they said they helped

fund the event, and wanted 

to see it...

I tried being funny, and hospitable,

but may have missed the mark...

 

Sweep

 

A big guy (Stone? from

BikeBikeHosting2015

and AnUnEventfulWeekend2017

really GearinUp coED/founder)

on skinny tire bike,

having problems with his new

cassette, was the assigned/

designated sweep...

 

I told him I was not really

part of the ride, (thinking I might

go elsewhere, when I wanted,

having done my volunteer time)

so don't worry about me,

as he wanted me to go

before him, and him be last...

 

 

Riding Past

 

As I sometimes do, I passed

most of the people,  riding off

the trail a time or two to

not risk oncoming traffic,

be it a jogger, biker, walking,

and other obstacles...

This gives a few indications

of how well organized the

ride is, whether people are

group riding competent,

and gets me out of a big

pack of people.  SAG people

may have breakdown,

and other problems to deal

with, head people may have route

problems to deal with,

(I missed the rider marshalls meeting,

as went to the bathroom in the

mall, taking my bike and stuff 

in, security mob didn't hassle me,

somewhat surprised, but the

event also didn't have a

chemical toilet, and was serving

food/ snacks.  I think I mentioned

something about paying the union,

which may have fell flat...)

turning a long train of people following,

and a couple of riding issues

along the way...

 

Missed Clowning Activity

 

As the Train Whistle was

in my bags somewhere,

and all the wait time,

I didn't get it out for use...

/BadClown

 

Kid Dropped CaBi

 

Around the Memorial Bridges

(bigger over Potomac River,

smaller over a creek?)

on the Arlington Cemetery side,

going back to get a water bottle

dropped, and his bike not staying

on the kickstand, a big kid,

legs likely getting wobbly,

even happens on the same

bikes you're used to...

So I stop for a bit, be a witness,

watch the Army 10 milers

coming up the ramps,

relatively normal, for 

frequent riders, even adults...

Usually, it's a new person on

a racer roadie bike not getting

out of the toe clips, and

plop down at a stop,

but dropping bike, while not

good, is likely, as learning,

starting, and doing anything

new, legs and waist eventually

get conditioned (if continued),

and not the first time, 

looking at most rentals,

and owned bikes,

nor the last...

 

 

 

Bus Blocking

 

A male Arlington Motorcycle Cop,

tried telling us to go around,

the Phoenix ED woman at the lead

tried saying somethings,

He later, after the main pack

went by, said it was for stopping

bombs...

 

(As long as I can ride on the

grass, me and others don't get hurt),

I'm OK with it...

 

Moto Cop called off location

by loudspeaker H.Q./Dispatch..

 

A Kid Fell Off

 

A folding bike, as starting up

around the bus barricade...

I being one of the few around,

asked if he was OK,

any blood?

Bike OK?

ABCs? Air, Brakes, Chain/Cable,

derailleur bent?

Some grass in the chain,

easily fixed... (National Parks

Souveniour (sp?)/Momento?)

 

Reported it to known staff I knew

who had the SAG wagon (aka Black

Pearl) near the mid way stop hill

security blocked intersections...

 

 

Popping Wheelies

 

At the monument stop,

(and likely ride starts)

waiting on people for a group

photo, on a wet stone surface,

with rental bikes,

and nobody saying much

about it, I think I said a $1200

bike, "You break it, You buy it",

or similar...  Not a lot of crap

back, but they kept doing it,

on different bikes... As an old

stuffed shirt white guy,

besides picking my battles,

I eventually just went took my

break/ timeout elsewhere,

checking out the nearby

Iwo Jima construction from

different angles, just past the

chemical toilets...

 

Latino? CaBi Tourists The Other Weekend

 

The YBS2017 mud ride stop

and turnaround near

where I had shown some 

tourist Latino? family

how to check out CaBi's

and rode them from near

where Phoenix is maybe

heading into the monuments,

a previous weekend,

thru the dog problem area,

(a dog was loose and the dad

like guy caught the dog,

getting it to the owner/handler,

and she had some issues

besides being barefoot,

saying someone let out their dog,

neighbors do that, and worried

about the major road(s) nearby,

stopping at the Arlington Fair site,

showing CaBi stations along the

way, and into where, it turns out,

 they (whom?: those who carry

yoga matts, i Guess)

do Yoga on the Mall/

Reflecting Pool...

 

Maybe CHiP gets to

show them how to do that

sometime, IDK, yet...

 

Bananas

 

Four bananas on the trail,

possibly where someone

would slip, intentional???

30k (really 40k) pounds

of bananas Harry Chapin

song mentioned, and other

non funny stuff... Stopping

it turns out, the big Sweep

(with new cassette problems)

was not going up the hill...

I split the bananas with

someone else there,

they didn't care if squished,

I had one squished, and

another possibly better,

I considered

stopping and weighing and

measuring but rain has started,

and I was tired, I could have,

but (out of sequence)

threw them near trash

cans (one on top, one missed,

no points...)

at the Gravely point rest

stop area, and kept going...

 

Sniper Photog

 

One photog (occasionally at

BikersAndDrunks2015 ?)

seemed to go out of her way,

after I said I didn't want to be

photographed to got ahead

of me on the parkway trail

and stop turn around and

do it anyway...

 

Probably on orders from the ED,

though the board, or similar seemed

to be saying they would be fired,

that never seems to actually happen...

 

 

 

Enough

 

 

Eventually riding back alone

and getting to the start,

gave a quick verbal report to

the host staff guy, and

wandered around, considering

going home to rest, or elsewhere,

as leaving, the lead kids and/or their

reception/finish/finale showed up

made a lot of noise, popped

wheelies, and generally started

to party again...

 

Visioning

 

I missed that whole section

of the event, tired, and thought

the kids mean more than what 

I'd have to say about it...

/LameExuse#43

 

 

Feedback?

 

I usually write these types of

things up to process the event,

some to give back, they were

doing visioning and other

agenda items, but I wasn't feeling

a part of, maybe let the kids have a voice,

on volunteer "job"/gig was for

facilitators, I've been trained in that,

various ways, but didn't use those skills,

at all, just getting tired, and wondering

what the youth will have as lives

and society as we go forward,

trump, and disasters, and technology,

education and even WWIII if

it gets to that, maybe next year,

several years from now,

how many of the kids and adults

will be alive, some killed riding,

some gang, and other violence,

joined military and nearby Arlington

Cemetery, and/or paraplegic

like a few running, walking, and rolling

at the Army 10 miler...

 

Departure

 

Went back out the route, leaving

thinking of going to DC, and other

stuff, encountered stragglers,

a volunteer stationed at the MVT

turnoff asking if it was done

and thought I had seen Sweep/

Stone already, but said I didn't know,

call staff, only to see more people,

a kid in the imported WABA

cargo eBike but no bike?

(went back with SAG

in Black Pearl?) and wondered

how it all went, for others,

as I had bailed, if ever really

a part of it, besides being

a likely too old and worn out biker...

 

Take Aways?

 

I went home, without snacks,

only the swag hankerchief (sp?),

(pre start I'd riffed on the gang colours,

football like flag on the play,

makeshift tourniquet?),

collecting a few video and stills

(probably nothing turned out,

usually the case, just might

jog my memory of some details),

and more issues to think

and possibly write about...

 

 

Modified Text

 

(usually a place for changes

to the intro, rough drafts,

learning writing by editing,

and put up before others

sort of deadlines, and 

writing under pressure,

instead of the intended therapy,

and creative types, which take

more skill, than apparently I have...)

 

National instead of Congressional 

League of American Wheelman

originally now League of American

Bicyclists (non gender specific as

AroundTheWorldOnTwoWheelsByPeterZheutlin

and many other women and girls ride)

 

 

What's Missing?

 

Some dignity and respect,

maybe not a high school level

thing...

 

What Can Be Found?

 

Bikers, bikes, technology, and social

issues abound...

 

What Can Not Be Found?

 

Accessible and welcoming

conferences including disabled?

Con or peer created and collected

video of speakers, talks, workshops,

so study up after the fact,

(or those who missed it, all together)

busy trying to see and do it all,

sampling possibly a good strategy

for a first visit to a bike con,

but next annual con likely far away,

and not returning here for years,

with travel money limited,

as disabled and poor...

 

How To Analyze?

 

Maybe call it Process

instead of analyze?

 

Lenses

 

Perspectives and angles

on the same event/experiences?

 

Noob

 

I'd say virgin con attendees,

but likely the goal of kids going

to cons, even some adults,

meet that someone, have hotel

there, and make more babies?

But its not prom, and not 

good conduct for many attendees...

Though Wedding Crashers 

and a neighboring wedding party,

but not a divorce lawyer, actor,

nor that unethical, afaict...

 

Younger Riders

 

Two kids, perhaps  competing

for the youngest and cutest,

brother and sister and sibling

rivalry already evident,

photo ops by staff, already happening...

 

Hosts

 

How to hear that everyone got home

OK, no one asked for political

and/or other Asylum (sp?) from their

home environment, state, country,

runaways, and other risks, of travel,

as teens, and adults, 

nobody hurt while riding,

mugged, raped, accosted,

banged in, got pregnant/ infected,

enslaved, disappeared, missing,

etc...

 

And/or same old, same old,

Boring, but also possibly

life changing, Great!,

It'll do, etc and other teen

non P.C. Non attitude...

Chill, dude(/ette)s...

 

 

 

Funders

 

Who pays for this?

Do the people bringing rental

bikes make anything?

Or its it just giving back?

Do they raffle off the folding

bikes as end of season touring

bikes, instead of storing them

over winter?  

(anyone make a folding tall bike? ;-)

aka cooper mini?)

 

How much are they?

What do they weigh?

 

Parents

 

Do you want your kids

hanging around with these

types of people?  

And/or, are you these

types of people?

As in bikers and other

characteristics

described herein...

 

Alt Reality:

What?  You want me to buy you

a cargo eBike now?

Do you know what those cost?

(kid answers in the thousands...

be specific ;-/ )

 

 

Indie Media

 

I wonder what semi official

documentary video and stills

were captured, how to avoid

being in them

(YT/FB unacceptable content?),

and what story line they

developed about the event...

 

Locals

 

Should we really host and be

supporting the degenerate

lifestyles of those bikers?

Well, Honey, it's not

as loud as Rolling Thunder...

 

Assumptions

 

Kids can take care of themselves,

given a proper environment...

 

Virginia is not a slave state,

despite problems in Charlottesville,

(sp?) and the general tobacco  

and cotton civil war and after

history(ies)...

 

Time Limits

 

Lots of other things,

and may have to punt on writing this,

for now...

 

A three day event, once a year,

during a quasi holiday weekend,

before other Horrors, like

pagan Halloween, Election Day,

ThanksGiving, and other 

religious monstrosities...

/ObviousJournalisticNeutralityHere

 

SWAG

 

Black String BikeArlington

conference bag

(I'd suggest you don't take

too much nor heavy stuff,

as the string may limit

circulation, plus noticed some

rips out near the seams some) 

 with a white reflective stripe.

Someone said I was the

reason it was black...  

Maybe they read this,

and hear not everyone likes red...

Plus grease, bike dirt, etc...

And variety, full rainbow

of con colours, wondering

afterwards of putting the hat/

balaclava, etc fashion show,

all Frogs over here, black bowtied,

and others congregating likely

for the missed group photo shoot

at the mid ride rest stop...

 

Safe Routes to School Bike blinkie lights,

night ride on optional agenda, so supplied

smart, but might need brighter too...

 

Pens

a few logo'd branded pens

pencils too? Yep, at least one ...

Safe Routes to Schools, iirc.

 

 

Idears

 

Crayons, that's what we need,

and some water solluable (sp?),

permanent, and other markers,

for  doodling, but not tagging,

etc the surroundings maybe

personalizing the con bags,

etc, white would be difficult,

riding, keepinn clean, but like

others tie dying the bag(s),

as a crafting hobby the first

night? But I digress into

geeky insanity/senility (see

can't even spell/type)...

/CueTheReaganSong(s)

/NowTrump's

 

What about making T Shirt mods?

a reflective strap to give pockets

we are used to with jerseys?

as a maker craft hack?

Maybe...

Shows others how to do it?

Brings last years con shirts

back, and improves on them,

see how they stand up?

Variations?

(Velcro?  waterproof? 

see thru?

lint trap?

etc)

 

besides the destructibles

and other make a how to

video of bikeythings

possibly giving Gong Show

like Lightning Talks presenting

fodder as well...

Kickoff night party atmosphere/

mood?  

Maybe that's what I missed...

 

Awards dinner are also traditional,

but rather costly, and usually the

big Saturday Night event, not the

welcoming Friday...

But dances, er, loud music,

teen wallflowers,

etc sometimes

happen then or after too...

 

More SWAG

 

Arlington VA Visitors' Guide

 

Rails To Trails Magazine

Spring/Summer 2017

 

Maps?

Picked up at a table a Pittsburg map

and how to type thing on something,

will see, if/when i read it...

BIKEPGH! Biking 101, 3rd Ed. ...

 

No T shirt (wondered if I was shorted,

deliberately or not?)

 

Nor Jersey

Maybe the tabling places were selling some

branded stuff, I barely afforded getting there

and participating, but as a wish list, will see...

 

Dude Rag Ride Hankerchief

Orange, before Halloween,

safety like colour, and imprinted,

helps id the riders along a shared

public federal route...

 

Folding Helmet Price

One table had Anne's? folding helmet,

in development from EU/England?

PreOrder then at ~$160 US?

 

 

 

Files

 

Prelude/Intro to making bowties

3D_L0021.MP4

22 MB or so

 

and PBWorks will not upload the 

hundreds of MB of the real next one,

without upgrading the type of wiki

to paid, afaict...

And out of drivespace on GDrug accounts,

and don't like Flicker, etc, so not sure,

might have to figure it out, somehow...

 

But above gives a sample of the quality,

built in mic is on my chest, so real

lavalere (sp?) mic near the speaker

suggested, (kids have all the neat toys

now, don't they? /sigh), for those redoing 

it? And other more professional

things, like framing, zoom, lights

camera, action, etc...

 

But you heard it here first people,

or whatever citizen journalism

and stuff like blogging does...

/Ducks

Oh, and run the whole vid

to make sure I don't do a upnose

shot of "is this thing still on?"

(Better than forgetting going to the

potty...)

 

Sent HowTo BlackTie, But not heard back...

Account foobarbaz, so here...

https://youtu.be/BS2ewfe674M

 

 

 

CaBi Alt?

https://youtu.be/3U8Fl9FlRXw

 

 

End of Ride Merriment

https://youtu.be/4IaEcDKjTnU

 

 

 

Links

 

https://youthbikesummit.org/

 

https://youthbikesummit.org/about-youth-bike/history/

 

https://youthbikesummit.org/2017-event-schedule/

 

https://youthbikesummit.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/keynote-presenters_ybs171.pdf

 

https://youthbikesummit.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/session1-descriptions_ybs172.pdf

 

https://youthbikesummit.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/session2-descriptions_ybs171.pdf

 

https://youthbikesummit.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/session3-descriptions_ybs17.pdf

 

https://youthbikesummit.org/2017-host-city-committee/

 

http://www.phoenixbikes.org/

 

http://gearinupbicycles.org/

 

http://velocitycoop.org/

 

https://www.railstotrails.org/

 

http://techshop.ws/arlington.html

 

http://www.waba.org/

 

Find something on the Army 10 Miler?

route, schedule, how to get around it?

Cross thru it, on a bike and off?

 

More Names Photos  and Professionalism

 

http://peopleforbikes.org/blog/stories-youth-bike-summit-display-bright-future-bicycling/

 

Conclusion

 

Summary of experience or similar

 

Got there, problems abound,

both societal and personal,

interpersonal,  organizational

and governmental, including

the new Governor's council/

committee following Charlottesville,

might need some information on that,

start with the name, to look up,

and how it might help/ hinder

actual residents, and disadvantaged

peoples of various types...

 

How would I do it differently?

Well reading what I wrote, some

time later, maybe have some idear(s).

Will see, likely just lucky to get

toe another one, sometime later,

be healthy enough to ride,

to and/or from it, and

keep running away from

my childhood, one trip and day

at a time...  I think I said,

the statue of limitations of

bad parenting, runs out at 30

(years old),

Fine Print: extended if (and only if?)

you go to art school and/or into therapy...

Maybe edit above and add writing, 

will see...

 

 

Discussion

 

A place for feedback on the page presented

 

What issue did you face?

What did you avoid?

 

Was it safe?

Physically? 

Emotionally?

Spiritually?

Financially?

 

and many more substantive

questions, when I have more time...

 

Also, write in ones, from others,

Maybe...

 

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