midnight ride:
since east side scooters will be closed at this time, we will meet directly across the street in the krogers parking lot. we will leave by midnight thirty at the latest, so try to be there as close to midnight as possible. we will tool around the east side for a minute, cross the shelby street bridge, then ride broadway through downtown. from there we will hit charlotte ave. and take that until we reach old hickory blvd. that will lead us to franklin road which will then lead us back into downtown.
as well, if everyone or anyone is so inclined, we can make a waffle house stop at harding and i-65. i am always down for some waffle house.
my notes: when i rode this route tonight, it took roughly 45 minutes. i didn't ride the complete route so we are probably looking at closer to an hour riding. i think it should work out to about 40-45 miles. the speed limits range from 30mph to 55mph. i'm not saying 50cc scooters shouldn't come, but just keep that in mind. as well, if you are scared of the dark, you may get freaked out at some points. i am looking forward to there being more than just my one headlight the next time i go through some of these areas. nonetheless, i think it is going to be a very fun ride and just looking forward to riding in a group at night.
percy warner park ride - 2pm
we will meet at east side scooters at 2pm and leave by 2:30pm. our route will basically be into downtown, west end ave. to highway 100 then into the park. we rode this route on our very first ride and it was a blast. there is a really cool lookout point midway through the park as well. we will end up at bongo java off belmont to just hang out and then go from there.
i am looking forward to seeing a good sized group there this sunday. it will be a lot of fun for sure.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
rides.Rides.RIDES.
so we probably need to apologize for not being as consistent as we really should have been with this, but we will use the excuse that it was cold out, cool? anyways, no more excuses. its warm out. its perfect scooter weather, so that means it's time to ride.
we have two rides planned right now.
may 25th @ 2pm...meet at east side scooters (we know its memorial day weekend and a lot of you might be out of town, but we really just wanted to get a ride together. so as many that can make it out, the best, but we understand if you already have amazing plans to celebrate memorials.)
june 22...we'll meet at east side scooters as usual, but we'll be back with you about the time. we would love for this ride to be a really big one since it will sort of be the first real ride of the summer...not just one thrown together two weeks before the date. yeah, we're really good at putting things off. sorry.
nonetheless, thank you so much for being a part of scoot nashville. we look forward to seeing some of you soon and others even sooner. if you haven't been by east side lately, stop in and say hello. they've got some new scooters in too. there was an amazing new baby blue stella that was there, but it was sold...we both cried a little bit, but we are glad someone has a magnificent scooter now. we'll see you soon.
funky and adam
we have two rides planned right now.
may 25th @ 2pm...meet at east side scooters (we know its memorial day weekend and a lot of you might be out of town, but we really just wanted to get a ride together. so as many that can make it out, the best, but we understand if you already have amazing plans to celebrate memorials.)
june 22...we'll meet at east side scooters as usual, but we'll be back with you about the time. we would love for this ride to be a really big one since it will sort of be the first real ride of the summer...not just one thrown together two weeks before the date. yeah, we're really good at putting things off. sorry.
nonetheless, thank you so much for being a part of scoot nashville. we look forward to seeing some of you soon and others even sooner. if you haven't been by east side lately, stop in and say hello. they've got some new scooters in too. there was an amazing new baby blue stella that was there, but it was sold...we both cried a little bit, but we are glad someone has a magnificent scooter now. we'll see you soon.
funky and adam
Saturday, January 26, 2008
polar bear ride
i know it's gonna be cold, but it's still gonna be a good one.
looking forward to seeing all of you on sunday.
looking forward to seeing all of you on sunday.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
the year of the scoot
Let me first start this blog of by apologizing. Adam and I have been ubber busy this past month and have really been MIA. We apologize if we have appeared to drop the ball on Scoot Nashville, but we do want you to know that we have been discussing this upcoming year quite a bit and are really excited about what this year is going to bring for the scooter community in Nashville. I was at a Chinese restaurant the other night and looking over those goofy placemats they put under the glass that tell you what animal each year is represented by and if I am not mistaken, for the year 2008, there was no animal, but a scooter. 2008 is going to be the year of the scooter and that makes me really excited. (Okay, that is a total lie, but nonetheless, we are really excited about what is going to be happening this year.)
I promised myself that I wouldn’t let this blog get to lengthy since I am really excited about all that is going to be going on and could probably just keep writing and writing for days, but here is what we are seeing for Scoot Nashville in 2008.
Scoot Night at FooBar:
Chris, the mechanic at East Side Scooters, told me about this a while back, but nothing has been done about it so far. Basically what the owners of FooBar want to do is have a night that dedicated entirely to the scooter community of Nashville. We pick the night of the week and the DJ. Drink specials will be going on for sure too. I personally work five nights out of the week so I don’t know if I should really be the one to head this up, but I really like the idea. I think this would be a great way to really build the community and give us a very informal way to see each other on a regular basis. If anyone is interested in heading this up, please email Adam or I so we can get this baby cookin’.
More Rides:
Our desire is, especially once the weather is nice, to have two rides a month. Once again, we want to bring this community this together as much as possible. This way too, with more rides, if you can’t make it to one, there will be one coming up very soon. As well, mark your calendars, FEBUARY 10TH AT 6PM…POLAR BEAR RIDE. Flyers will be at East Side Scooters and if you would personally like some to hand out, contact Adam or I and we will put some in your hand.
Weekend Trip:
Not only do we want to incorporate more rides in general, but we thought doing a weekend trip would be fun too. We just started talking about this a week or so ago, so we don’t have any set details, but would like to see it happen one weekend this summer.
New Merch:
We should finally have the first pressing of our shirts in our hands by the end of next week. We saw a couple promos and are really excited how they turned out. You can access our merch page through the website. As well, we hope to have shop shirts, work jackets, windbreakers, messenger bags, and more t-shirts soon too. If you have any ideas for designs, feel free to send them our way.
Forum:
We really want to get our forum up and running soon. Stupid computer glitches keep getting in our way, but hopefully we will have this up by spring at the latest.
East Side Scooter Grand Opening:
East Side Scooters in planning a grand opening party this spring sometime. To my knowledge, a date has not been set, but once we hear something, we will post it. I know that most of you are already loyal East Side Scooter folks, but for those of you that haven’t made it there yet, please stop by and see them. James, Josephine, and Chris have put a lot of work into the shop this winter and it is starting to look even more amazing. We the have their grand opening party, lets all make a point to be there and support these three.
It has been great getting to see some of you on the road or at the scooter shop this past month too. It is always encouraging to pass a fellow scooterist on a cold, rainy day, so thanks to those of you that have been riding through the winter with me. As for the rest of you…MAN UP, IT’S NOT THAT COLD!! I’m just messing with you, but nonetheless it is always great to pass you on the road and know whom I am waving to. Well I better sign off because as I mentioned, I could just keep writing and writing and writing and writing…well you get the point. Hope everyone is staying warm and dry and I look forward to seeing you on the road soon.
-funks-
I promised myself that I wouldn’t let this blog get to lengthy since I am really excited about all that is going to be going on and could probably just keep writing and writing for days, but here is what we are seeing for Scoot Nashville in 2008.
Scoot Night at FooBar:
Chris, the mechanic at East Side Scooters, told me about this a while back, but nothing has been done about it so far. Basically what the owners of FooBar want to do is have a night that dedicated entirely to the scooter community of Nashville. We pick the night of the week and the DJ. Drink specials will be going on for sure too. I personally work five nights out of the week so I don’t know if I should really be the one to head this up, but I really like the idea. I think this would be a great way to really build the community and give us a very informal way to see each other on a regular basis. If anyone is interested in heading this up, please email Adam or I so we can get this baby cookin’.
More Rides:
Our desire is, especially once the weather is nice, to have two rides a month. Once again, we want to bring this community this together as much as possible. This way too, with more rides, if you can’t make it to one, there will be one coming up very soon. As well, mark your calendars, FEBUARY 10TH AT 6PM…POLAR BEAR RIDE. Flyers will be at East Side Scooters and if you would personally like some to hand out, contact Adam or I and we will put some in your hand.
Weekend Trip:
Not only do we want to incorporate more rides in general, but we thought doing a weekend trip would be fun too. We just started talking about this a week or so ago, so we don’t have any set details, but would like to see it happen one weekend this summer.
New Merch:
We should finally have the first pressing of our shirts in our hands by the end of next week. We saw a couple promos and are really excited how they turned out. You can access our merch page through the website. As well, we hope to have shop shirts, work jackets, windbreakers, messenger bags, and more t-shirts soon too. If you have any ideas for designs, feel free to send them our way.
Forum:
We really want to get our forum up and running soon. Stupid computer glitches keep getting in our way, but hopefully we will have this up by spring at the latest.
East Side Scooter Grand Opening:
East Side Scooters in planning a grand opening party this spring sometime. To my knowledge, a date has not been set, but once we hear something, we will post it. I know that most of you are already loyal East Side Scooter folks, but for those of you that haven’t made it there yet, please stop by and see them. James, Josephine, and Chris have put a lot of work into the shop this winter and it is starting to look even more amazing. We the have their grand opening party, lets all make a point to be there and support these three.
It has been great getting to see some of you on the road or at the scooter shop this past month too. It is always encouraging to pass a fellow scooterist on a cold, rainy day, so thanks to those of you that have been riding through the winter with me. As for the rest of you…MAN UP, IT’S NOT THAT COLD!! I’m just messing with you, but nonetheless it is always great to pass you on the road and know whom I am waving to. Well I better sign off because as I mentioned, I could just keep writing and writing and writing and writing…well you get the point. Hope everyone is staying warm and dry and I look forward to seeing you on the road soon.
-funks-
Thursday, December 6, 2007
pictures
so the moment that we have all been waiting for has finally arrived...i got my hands on the pictures from our ride the other week. many apologies i have not gotten these up sooner, but do the lack of internet at my house for the last four days...well i won't get into that.
there are two places that you can access the pictures from our ride:
1. the scoot nashville myspace page
2. hannah elaine photography
thank you so much to helena and to hannah for all the great pictures they were able to get me. i think that all yous guys will be pretty impressed as well. feel free to steal any of these pictures that you want for your myspace, blog, photo album, or for a great christmas present. as well, check out the rest of hannah's photography on the rest of her site.
and keep your eyes peeled...another ride is in the making...be ready to bundle up!
-funks-
there are two places that you can access the pictures from our ride:
1. the scoot nashville myspace page
2. hannah elaine photography
thank you so much to helena and to hannah for all the great pictures they were able to get me. i think that all yous guys will be pretty impressed as well. feel free to steal any of these pictures that you want for your myspace, blog, photo album, or for a great christmas present. as well, check out the rest of hannah's photography on the rest of her site.
and keep your eyes peeled...another ride is in the making...be ready to bundle up!
-funks-
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
nothing beats a great ride
a very special thank to all of you that were able to make it out this past sunday for the first official scoot nashville ride. adam and i were so stoked to see and meet all of you that were able to make it out. i think i can speak for all us when i say that we all had one of the best suday afternoons riding scooters and getting to make new friends.
to those of you that weren't able to make it out, you were missed and you missed a great ride. just to make you a bit jealous, here is what you missed. after getting to meet each other and hang out at east side scooters for a while, we made our way through downtown and out to percy warner park. if you have never riden percy warner park before, i strongly suggest making that trip. the sights are beautiful with all the trees changing colors and the amazing views we were able to capture as we took a break atop the highest point in the park. not to mention just how much fun it is to ride the most curve-filled roads i have ever been on. from there, we all made our way back to the belmont area to bongo java for somemore time of hanging out. we couldn't have asked for a better day to ride with the temperatures right around 67 or 68 degrees, i think. if this didn't make you jealous...just wait until you see some of the pictures that one of my good friends hannah captured for us...i guarentee these will make you wish you were there.
on a side note, we have created a new email as well specifically designed for rides. one thing i mentioned on sunday was that scoot nashville is not mine, nor adam's thing...scoot nashville belongs to everyone that rides with us and is a part in one way or another. we want all of your opinions on how to make this group better and to reach out to more people. we set up this new email so if you have a date that you want to do a ride, you can email us and we will help you do whatever we can to promote it. the link to this new email is: rides@scootnashville.com.
thank you so much again to all that were able to be there and we look forward to whatever maybe next for scoot nashville. two extra special thanks go out to hannah for taking photos for us...as soon as i have them, they will be up on the site and on this blog...and secondly to james and josephine at east side scooters for all the help they were with promoting the scooter community here in nashville and for just be dang amazing. you guys rock. until next time...keep the scooter revolution alive.
-funks-
funky@scootnashville.com
to those of you that weren't able to make it out, you were missed and you missed a great ride. just to make you a bit jealous, here is what you missed. after getting to meet each other and hang out at east side scooters for a while, we made our way through downtown and out to percy warner park. if you have never riden percy warner park before, i strongly suggest making that trip. the sights are beautiful with all the trees changing colors and the amazing views we were able to capture as we took a break atop the highest point in the park. not to mention just how much fun it is to ride the most curve-filled roads i have ever been on. from there, we all made our way back to the belmont area to bongo java for somemore time of hanging out. we couldn't have asked for a better day to ride with the temperatures right around 67 or 68 degrees, i think. if this didn't make you jealous...just wait until you see some of the pictures that one of my good friends hannah captured for us...i guarentee these will make you wish you were there.
on a side note, we have created a new email as well specifically designed for rides. one thing i mentioned on sunday was that scoot nashville is not mine, nor adam's thing...scoot nashville belongs to everyone that rides with us and is a part in one way or another. we want all of your opinions on how to make this group better and to reach out to more people. we set up this new email so if you have a date that you want to do a ride, you can email us and we will help you do whatever we can to promote it. the link to this new email is: rides@scootnashville.com.
thank you so much again to all that were able to be there and we look forward to whatever maybe next for scoot nashville. two extra special thanks go out to hannah for taking photos for us...as soon as i have them, they will be up on the site and on this blog...and secondly to james and josephine at east side scooters for all the help they were with promoting the scooter community here in nashville and for just be dang amazing. you guys rock. until next time...keep the scooter revolution alive.
-funks-
funky@scootnashville.com
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
the site is up!!
the scoot nashville website is now up and running. you can access the site here or by looking on our profile. there are still a few kinks that we are working out and getting it all polished out, but we wanted to let you know that the site is up and going. on the website, you will be able to find out about rides, news, have a direct access to this blog, find scooter related links, and contact us. as well, merch is available too. the t-shirt are being printed as you read this, but if you are wanting the button packs, those are available right now. it may be a week or two until t-shirts are available for sale, but they are very soon on the way. our forum should be up and running in the next few weeks as well. we are just getting a few final bugs worked out with it. if you have any comments, suggestions, or questions, feel free to contact anyone of us with them. do you have pictures of you with your scooter or photos or videos of any great scooters you have seen? feel free to send those to us as well and we will post them on the website. include your name so we can give you the credit for your photo and the year and make of the scooter if you know it too so we can educate each other on what we have seen and ride. thank you so much for supporting scoot nashville and don't forget...ride...this sunday...november 18th...1pm...rain or shine...meet at east side scooters.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
scoot nashville is here...
welcome to the official scoot nashville blog.
scoot nashville was designed to bring those who love scooters, riders and non-riders alike, together in one place to share a common bond. we are not a biased club. we don't care if you ride vintage, new wave, mod, one that is a beater, one that you have spent your lifesavings fixing up, one passed down to you from someone...it doesn't matter...if you have a scooter, bring it on. we just want to ride with others that have the same passion for scooters as we do. we also want to do all that we can to promote scooters here in the music city and beyond as a fun and affordable way of transportation. as the scooter scene in nashville has continued to grow over the past years, nothing has been established to bring together all the other riders that you see on the road. other than the wave, how well do you know the other scooterists in town? here at scoot nashville, our desire is to bring all of us with this common interest together to share stories, advice, and fun. in my opinion, there is nothing better than going on a ride with a couple of you buddies on a beautiful sunny day, or for that matter, a gray rainy day...i just wanna ride my scooter.
on this blog, we will let you know what is going on with us here at scoot nashville in all aspects. any rides. any website updates. any advice. answer any questions you may have. any fun stories about riding. any great deals on scooters around town. and anything else that you may want to hear about. this group was designed for you and your friends that love scooters as much as you do. let us know what is on your brain. what is it that you want to see happen with the scooter scene here in the music city? how can we be of help to you in achieving that goal?
below are a couple links to our myspace page...our website will be up soon...we promise. thank you to those who have been pushing us to get it up and going...it's not far off. as well as a link to the one exclusive scooter shop in nashville.
we look forward to hearing from you and know what you want to see scoot nashville do. thank you to all of you that we have met already and been so stoked about having this group in town...it means a lot to us here at scoot nashville. have a good day scootin'.
-funks-
oh...keep your eyes peeled...a ride is coming up in november. check back within the next week to find out when.
the official scoot nashville myspace
east side scooters - this shop is the exclusive scooter only shop here in nashville...and josephine and james are some of the greatest, friendliest, most helpful people you will ever meet...you owe it to yourself to go check them out.
scoot nashville was designed to bring those who love scooters, riders and non-riders alike, together in one place to share a common bond. we are not a biased club. we don't care if you ride vintage, new wave, mod, one that is a beater, one that you have spent your lifesavings fixing up, one passed down to you from someone...it doesn't matter...if you have a scooter, bring it on. we just want to ride with others that have the same passion for scooters as we do. we also want to do all that we can to promote scooters here in the music city and beyond as a fun and affordable way of transportation. as the scooter scene in nashville has continued to grow over the past years, nothing has been established to bring together all the other riders that you see on the road. other than the wave, how well do you know the other scooterists in town? here at scoot nashville, our desire is to bring all of us with this common interest together to share stories, advice, and fun. in my opinion, there is nothing better than going on a ride with a couple of you buddies on a beautiful sunny day, or for that matter, a gray rainy day...i just wanna ride my scooter.
on this blog, we will let you know what is going on with us here at scoot nashville in all aspects. any rides. any website updates. any advice. answer any questions you may have. any fun stories about riding. any great deals on scooters around town. and anything else that you may want to hear about. this group was designed for you and your friends that love scooters as much as you do. let us know what is on your brain. what is it that you want to see happen with the scooter scene here in the music city? how can we be of help to you in achieving that goal?
below are a couple links to our myspace page...our website will be up soon...we promise. thank you to those who have been pushing us to get it up and going...it's not far off. as well as a link to the one exclusive scooter shop in nashville.
we look forward to hearing from you and know what you want to see scoot nashville do. thank you to all of you that we have met already and been so stoked about having this group in town...it means a lot to us here at scoot nashville. have a good day scootin'.
-funks-
oh...keep your eyes peeled...a ride is coming up in november. check back within the next week to find out when.
the official scoot nashville myspace
east side scooters - this shop is the exclusive scooter only shop here in nashville...and josephine and james are some of the greatest, friendliest, most helpful people you will ever meet...you owe it to yourself to go check them out.
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