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Lots went on this weekend.

Michael Green — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:14:48 +0000

I doubt I’ll be remotely able to catch up with all that went on this weekend in the last days of Bike Month.

Friday there was midnight “Kierin” style racing on the desolate streets of Greenpoint Brooklyn.
Basically an elite group of NYC’s finest urban riders did some “street racing.”
(photo from Prolly’s flickr set.)

John Prolly has a few pictures and a short report.
–More pictures…
(photo from dollparts)
from Dollparts flickr set.)

–Meanwhile, there was NYC Critical Mass, report to come, but it sounds like the NYPD were playing their usual game of “hardball,” ticketing cyclists for daring to ride their bike in a group…during bike month…such nerve.
Meanwhile in hundreds of other civilized cities around the world, where bike riding is supposed to be encouraged…like, San Paulo, Brazil:
(photos by: aleperenyi)
San Jose:
(photo by: M_rock)
London:
(photo by: manic street preacher)
Even Detroit, for crying out loud!:
(photo by: Iodox)

Listen, people…just because it was bike month doesn’t mean you can go do something disruptive to the poor drivers and inconvenience them for 10 minutes…by riding bikes…sheesh.

BTW, I was reading the post today at work and they mentioned there has been an increase in crime in the supposedly “fancy” West Village, including the mugging of a 91 year old man. Thank Goodness, the NYPD are busy giving tickets to cyclists in full force.

–Meanwhile, Congratulations to: Denis Menchov, for winning this years 100th Giro D’Italia.

More info at Europeloton.com. Also you can take a quiz there and guess who will win this year’s Tour De France.

This weekend was also the ECMC (European Cycle Messenger Championships),
Tons of photos floating around Flickr and there was a pool created, here.
Results:

The full results are here.
I especially love these photos from:
Just (collective)

(look in the background, it’s our own Kym Perfetto.)

Also this weekend…John Prolly, pointed out that it was Shiokaze 09, fixed gear weekend in Japan.

Also lots of photos on flickr.
(photo from: hello_mynameis_1sway

–On Sunday, there was a number of events in NYC including Time’s Up Doggie Pedal Parade.

Chris Ryan from Team Spider obviously not getting the memo brought his cats: Snotty and the Rat.

–There was also the Bike Jumble in Park Slope. Brooklyn’s first bicycle swap meet.
Cyclingwmd was on hand and wrote about it on his blog.

Time’s Up is going to the Dogs!

Michael Green — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:27:28 +0000

Who let the dogs…out and on bikes?

(picture from last years Doggie Pedal Parade-Time’s Up photo)

Time’s Up is rounding out Bike Month with a bunch of great events:

“This Saturday is the SECOND ANNUAL DOGGIE PEDAL PARADE!
Pooches & People for Pedal & Planet
Sunday, May 31st at 2 p.m.
Meet at the Tompkins Square Park Dog Run (near Avenue A and 9th Street)

Bring your dog and bicycle to the Second Annual Doggie Pedal Parade. We will use baskets and trailers, listen to doggie tunes playing on the soundbike, and end the parade at Washington Square Park for a doggie celebration complete with donated tofu hot dogs, dog shaped vegan cookies, other snacks, drinks, and playtime for all.
This ride will highlight bicycles adapted to transport pets as well as the benefits of adopting homeless animals. Cyclists without dogs are encouraged to ride dressed as their favorite animal or join the Safety Pooch Patrol to help escort the ride.

For more information on the ride and the 5/28 Pup Your Ride Workshop to get your bike ready for the parade go to:
http://times-up.org/index.php?page=doggie-pedal-parade and

http://times-up.org/index.php?page=doggie-pedal-parade-faq.

Click here for PICTURES from last year’s Doggie Pedal Parade flickr set
See the VIDEO from last year’s Doggie Pedal Parade!

More Time’s Up events:
4. CRITICAL MASS: MANHATTAN
Friday, May 29th, 7 p.m.
Union Square, North Side
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5. BIKE PUNK CRITICAL MASS AFTER PARTY
Friday, May 29th, 9 p.m.
Angel’s Lounge, 990 Broadway, Brooklyn (JMZ to Myrtle Ave)
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6. GRAFITTI RIDE
Saturday, May 30th, 2:30 p.m.
Time’s Up! Brooklyn at 99 South 6th Street, off Bedford Avenue
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7. RIVERSIDE RIDE
Saturday, May 30th, 10 p.m.
Columbus Circle (SW corner of Central Park, at the intersection of Broadway, Central Park South 59th Street, and Central Park West)
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8. SECOND ANNUAL DOGGIE PEDAL PARADE
Saturday, May 31st, 2 p.m.
Tompkins Square Park Dog Run
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9. FRANKENBIKE BEGINNER’S WELDING WORKSHOP
Sunday, May 31st, 2:30 p.m.
XUP Brooklyn, 99 South 6th Street, off Bedford Avenue
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10. MAILING PARTY AND VOLUNTEER MEETING
Monday, June 1st, 7:30 p.m.
156 Rivington Street between Suffolk & Clinton Streets

Bike Month in full swing.

Michael Green — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:28:59 +0000

Some events this weekend…

–Friday (tonight)

Times Up Central Park Moonlight ride. (might be rained out)
Going strong since 1994!

This is a fun, relaxing auto-free ride through Central Park. Enjoy the tranquillity of the park & its beautiful ponds & waterways: a nature lover’s dream. Totally safe. Bike guides front & rear.

Meet at 10 p.m., Columbus Circle (SW corner of Central Park) on the first Friday of the month, every month. (There is also a Prospect Park Moonlight Ride.)

–Saturday–Here is a chance to check out first Saturday’s at the Brooklyn Museum.

Free Ride to First Saturday + Repairs
Date: Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: 7pm @ Union Square South or 7:30pm @ the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge
Summary: Come ride with TIME’S UP! to the Brooklyn Museum’s monthly free day and evening of arts entertainment and dances.
Details: Come ride with Times Up! to the Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturday. Every month the Brooklyn Museum opens its doors for a free day and evening of arts entertainment and dances. The theme for May’s First Saturday is Eco-Art, and how your daily life choices affect your environment.

Volunteer mechanics from the Time’s Up! Bike Co-op will be hosting free outdoor bike repair workshops at the Museum from 5pm until 7pm.

NOTE: the ride is one way. There are subways right at the museum that will get you back to the city. Typically people group back up for rides back over the bridges and back into Williamsburg.

Music by: Pistolera and Dance party with DJ Franco of Voodoo Funk, with his vast collection of music from West Africa.

–Sunday, May 3rd.

BIKE NOISE 2 !
–a FREE concert in Tompkins Sq Park/NYC–
When: Sunday, MAY 3rd 2009
TIME: 2-6pm
Where: Tompkins Sq Former bandshell area ( 7th st, btwn Ave A & Ave B )
Why: ‘Cause we’re loud and we’re proud ( to ride bikes!)
Bands: Mischief Brew, Team Spider, Wombat IN Combat, Public Serpents, Ja Moustache Eddies, Social Standards

An Electric-Boogalooo style sequel to last years hit outdoor bike concert BIKE NOISE, it’s “Bike Noise 2″. -Return of the Noize- Where local bike riding mischief makers welcome visiting bands and like-minded bell ringers to relax, skank, eat, dance, and enjoy Tompkins Square Park in the perfect musical kick off to BIKE MONTH 2009.

Bring food, blankets, bikes and dancing boots. Times-Up! will be there tabling, while volunteers from the bike community and the D.IY. music scene join hands and C-wrenches to make a stage, wire a sound system, and rock the house… it’s Radio City Music Hall entertainment, on a Community Recycle-a-Bicycle budget.