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
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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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