2nd night of BBFF

Phew! A lot of work culminating in what I hope was a good time had by all. The final film of tonight's roster was definitely not for the squeamish. As mentioned in the program, it was gritty and intense. I think it turned a lot of people off (or maybe it was the delay because of problems in the projection booth), but a lot of people voted for it as their favorite. Unfortunately, fewer people voted tonight than last night so our top three winners are all from last night! #1 was Fat Bike, riding with some very tough cyclists from the 50th state; #2 was a history of mountain biking called, Klunkerz; and #3 was our rapper video called, Performance. Congratulations to the winners and hope to see folks on the postponed ride to the movies tomorrow (actually, today, now). And see you all next year!

one night down, one to go!

We had an energizing night of some really great films, food and fans last night. I look forward to another one this evening. Unfortunately, our movie site ride was rained out. Hope people will still join us tomorrow - it looks to be a sunny and gorgeous day for a ride. We just won't have the film festival to look forward to at the end :(

Last night's audience favorite was Fat Bike, about a group of intrepid Alaskan cyclists and their efforts to ride in some really harsh conditions - including a ride on the Iditarod trail! Once we get the top three audience favorites tonight, we'll factor in the audience from both nights and come up with the top three overall.

I was given a lovely photography book last night by Federico Muchnik, called, Lost: Abandoned Bicycles of Harvard Square. If you have a chance to check it out, do. It's lovingly photographed, and as anyone who lives in this area knows, it's something many of us see every day, but will now look at from a different perspective.

So come on down this evening. We have a whole slew of new silent auction items and door prizes, including a hand built bike trailer by Somerville artisan Doug Moore. And keep supporting bicycling advocacy in greater Boston!

BBFF tomorrow night!

I'm really excited about the film lineup this year. I know I say that every year, but we received some really cool films and I hope everyone thinks so too.

I am sad to say that the weather looks really unpleasant for a ride on Saturday, and we may have to change our BBFF Rides to the Movies to Sunday, which looks much nicer. If so, we'll make that announcement on the website, on Friday night, and via Urban Adventours (where you can rent a bike if you want to just for this ride). I'm excited about the ride, too, so I hope we can do it!

See you at the movies!

Rain Date for the Ride Saturday

If it's really pouring, I'm thinking of having it Sunday. Any thoughts? I would rather have more people enjoy this ride than ride in a windy drizzle :( Hopefully, Urban Adventours is still on board!

One thing I know is that the rain won't keep people away from the Film Festival! Our roster is very exciting this year and I don't think we'll disappoint. Obviously not every film will please everybody, but I think a good time will be had by all.