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david · hipster Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 65

Is there room for an alleycat on the May calendar? I could probably put something together with a few friends.

politicalhero · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:07 pm Post subject:

I think the calendar is being finalized now. however, that does not mean that you can't throw a race!

I would suggest looking at the calendar and find a date that has fewer events that would conflict and then just plan the race and advertise the hell out of it.

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

Partial list is up, with many of the events listed already. We're still trying to double-check and finalize the full calendar and the printed brochure. That should all be taken care of in the next couple of days.

http://www.bikelexington.com

Good job on the website, Boyd. Looks good!
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mcrib · townie Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 232 Location: 40502

strong work as usual boyd.
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roller · d'oh! Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 294 Location: duncan park

thanks homies

So the interactive calendar is live. I'm asking anyone who owns an event to register and make sure their event is current, or otherwise promote it with photos and additional material. For example, Bike to Bluegrass would pop with some photos and even samples of music. With the comment feature anyone can leave a message saying, "hey biking to bluegrass from here..." I'll still manage the schedule via updates from the committee, so which ever channel you want to go through is your choice.

I've embedded a google map too. If you own an event and have a course, then you can create a map in My Google Maps and drop in the link into a post and viola, a map is generated. I thought about it for the Progressive Dinner, but since it required registration on active.com, I thought twice. Also, the map can interpret GPX files and georss feeds from flickr, etc...

If I need to add any other tweaks or treats, let me know!

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

so, how do we add photos to the events? I'm not the best with links and tags outside of phpBB.
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elzie5000 · cutter Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1177

Anyone know the status of the bike-in movies besides the one at the Kentucky?

roller · d'oh! Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 294 Location: duncan park

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

Just another reminder to everyone about the Bike Lexington group photo pool on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/748560@N21/

We started this group last year to collect various photos that everyone takes at the events throughout the whole month of Bike Lexington. If you take any photos this year, and if you're a member of Flickr (it's free if not), please add them to this group.
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roller · d'oh! Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 294 Location: duncan park

thanks Bryan and it's superb idea to collectivize our imagery....and though I don't personally use Flickr much, it's a great service to forge together groups of people's photos.

I know I harp on/on about contributing to the Bikelex site. Here's my perspective so take it for what it's worth. The website and it's traffic is a key incentive to pull in sponsors. Though you should give love on this forum, the sponsors are looking at bikelexington.com. If you like an event, then post a comment on the bikelex site. It doesn't require a login and once you post one comment, the site remembers you on subsequent visits from the same computer/browser combo.

brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

I'm still not seeing where I can add photos. Not sure what I'm doing wrong... I don't see anything that says "Edit Post".

I've just been leaving comments and putting URL links to Flickr... but it would look so much better to have some photos on the actual pages.
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brokebike · cutter Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2434 Location: local

Nevermind. I figured out that I had to go into "dashboard" first... I wasn't aware of that!
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roller · d'oh! Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 294 Location: duncan park

One more reason to use flickr: http://www.bikelexington.com/calendar/latest-group-of-photos/

elzie5000 · cutter Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1177

Speaking of pictures, where are the progressive dinner pics? There were lots of cameras around but I haven't seen any in the flickr yet.

chadwick2wheels · Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject:

so what are the times/website for the crit races this year?
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