The DNC is over now but I wanted to post a few pictures from my time volunteering there. I have to say that overall, it was really fun to have the convention just a mile or so away from our house. Thankfully, I always take my 1971 Schwinn or my scooter when I venture downtown, and my route to work and the kids' schools is via the interstate, so I didn't have to deal with driving downtown.
So for the DNC, I volunteered with Freewheelin which is a program of Humana, and they partnered with Bikes Belong out of Boulder to bring 1000 bikes to the DNC (also to the RNC). My CBL teammate Kate Scheider works for Bikes Belong. So with Freewheelin, anyone could check out a bike and ride it from 7a-7p. There were cruisers, auto shifters, mountain bikes, and zippy single speeds with disc breaks (my personal favorite) from many mainstream manufacturers like Giant, Specialized, Trek, Schwinn and Raleigh. We had two single speed belt drive front suspension Spot Brand bikes. Those were sweet but reserved for the VIPs. Mayor Hickenlooper and some other governor rode those around. Here are some pictures.
We were right next door to the Alliance Center also known as The Big Tent. It was the blogger headquarters. Google had half the building and had white leather couches, a smoothie bar and chair massages. I got to go inside when I was helping the Pedros guys figure out where to park. Lots of action here. 
We had a bike with a wheel-powered blender. Here's Ryan giving it a try in the morning making smoothies.
This Spot bike is SWEEET! Can you tell Iiked it? This one had Barak Obama on the toptube in the name spot, but I don't think he rode it. I don't think it's going to the RNC with the other 930 bikes. Freewheelin is leaving 70 bikes behind for Denver to start a bike sharing program.
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