San Jose Biking Culture, A story Told
RIDEESSJ-Primera Noche 7/9/11 By: Jose “ Beans” Acevedo Around 30 or so riders were met by a cool, simmering night as they geared up for the inaugural RIDEESSJ night ride; Primera Noche ! Start time was scheduled for 9:30p.m., but as is usually the case we didn’t start riding until past ten. Right from the beginning we had a casualty as one of the riders we were waiting for got a flat on his way to the meet point at Mexican Heritage plaza. After trying to fix the flat it turned out that there wasn’t a hole but the valve was messed up and we lost our first rider before the ride even began. As the ride took off the first obstacle was the 101 overpass on San Antonio. “The best part of going uphill is always going to be downhill,” is something that my friend, Ronnie Gibson once said that couldn’t be anymore truth. From ...