"1 & 1a" Swift Pursuit and Dahon Impulse warming up for the Fold's-Up Ride |
The perfectly-attired Pino's and their mango, Bike Friday Tandem |
Folders at the Astor Place Cube |
Time's-Up! riders Trudy Hutter and John Chiarella wait for the ride to begin |
Sharon Anstey's Microbike |
Ride leader Hannah Borgeson waves "Hello" |
35 year old Raleigh "Twenty" lends some class to the occasion |
The Cooper Union |
Danny Lieberman telling Jessie Brown why his Moulton is the best bike around |
Peter Reich of Swift Folder in his brand new helmet! |
My Swift Folder "Pursuit 24" in East River Park |
Kerith Gardner, aboard another Swift Folder, admires Barbara Ross's vintage, Japanese "Picnica" folder |
Compression stop beside the East River, opposite the Brooklyn Navy Yard |
At the Folding Festival at Stuyvesant Cove |
Thudbusters (mounted beneath the seats) help to soften NYC's rough spots! |
Bromptons lined up for inspection "motorcycle style" |
The little workhorse...Dahon Folder with pannier |
Hannah snaps the picture |
Swift demonstration at Stuvesant Cove |
Veteran folder rider Trudy Hutter (with helmet) and a friend... |
Ride sweep Judy Ross demonstrates her Brompton folding technique |
Red Bike Friday Pocket Metro looking for Lynette (and trouble with its quick releases latched closed in the wrong direction!) |
Smiling Bike Friday driver |
Test ride going out |
A passing folder rider on his Dahon Helios thinks that he just entered The Twilight Zone |
Smilin' Jym Dyer and his Air Friday with cargo trailer |
Glen Nison and his "ink black" Bike Friday, New World Tourist fitted out for touringat the Time's-Up!, Fold's-Up! Festival at Stuyvesant Cove Park (23rd Street and the East River) |
A participant who "trained it in" from Philadelphia displays his Air Friday at the Folding FestivalNote the green BIKE ROUTE signs over his right shoulder and the pavement markings behind him...That's our new NYC Greenway that now goes all the way around Manhattan! We are VERY proud of this wonderful addition to our cycling universe. The ride is about 30 miles long and it is a pure pleasure. Time's-Up! is developing an organized group ride for this route and I think that, without exaggeration, it belongs on the New York City "must do" list, right behind the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. I want to call it "The Manhattan Circle Line Ride" because it follows the same route as that famous boat ride, the big difference being that you are riding THROUGH what the tourists on the boats are looking AT from mid channel! This...is a wonderful thing...and bring a camera! You will never forget this ride. It is special in all of the world. |