I'm going to head down there in about an hour just to see what it is like.

 

That road that goes down around the bay is Old Cutler road. Snook fished in black point my times.Many old good memory's there.The Land crabs would migrate over the road (Old Cutler) and my pan head and I would kick them like playing polo.

 

Just got back from SoBe. It was a total bust.
It has a lot of potential but the organizer needs to get the city behind it.

There are more bikes on Sunday at Café 27 then there were on Ocean Drive today.

 

The Cutler Road ride is a great one, coming down from Cafe 27 on 27, making your way through Coconut Grove then over to A1A back north.

 

Lol, true, i was at cafe27 thurs night and there were more bikes... Heck more bikes at hooters on wed nights on pines!

I was at south beach today, but drove down for the home show and brunch. Yeap, same number of bikes as saturday. I cant see why the city would back it up... Then the organizers call it "bike week"!!!! Really ??.? I think a bike event just evolves, you just cant creat it.

 

It's too hot to hold a bike event in Miami in August. JMO but there's no way I'd go again - last year was worse than bust. Maybe they should consider moving it to cooler months.

 

The arrival at South Beach on Saturday was great. 100+ bikes roaring in with a MPD escort. There was parking along A1A opposite 8th and 9th street, then overflow went to a side street. the Village was a bit "small" and tucked way back from the street, with not great signage or visibility. It was a good reason for a ride. It will never be like Daytona where the area wants the bikes and dedicates parking for the weekend. It needs more vendors too. and it was ungodly hot during the day.


I'd do the ride/arrival again in a heartbeat. The rest of it needs work, to be sure, but it was better than nothing and marks the start of the season down this way.

 

How was the crowd in the morning? Demographics ? It wasnt typical south beach when i got there

 

The crowd Saturday morning when we pulled in was typical South Beach; lots of tourists, 4,000 valet parkers, but the east side of A1A was bike parking only. The tent city didn't draw too many folks mostly because it was a bit far from t he sidewalk and not all that visible if you didn't know what/where it was.
There were a bunch of riders (200 bikes will do that) but they were not enough to overcome the usual demographics. But that is what makes South Beach a cool place to people watch, imo. I had fun. Didn't stay past 3 due to the heat, but I enjoyed it. It would have been nicer with more bike visibility and more vendors, but it was a quantum leap from last year's event. As the 2nd year of the event, I'd say it went well. Next year it should be better and hopefully the city will help out a bit more. Will it ever be a Daytona type event? No.