Portland Sunday Parkways: A Great Day
A steady crowd enjoyed great weather at the first Portland Sunday Parkways of the season.
By Raz
The hustle and bustle of the day slowly began to wind down under the sizzling, spring sun as the day drew to a close.
With temperatures into the 90s on a stunning Mother’s Day, the heat began to wear a bit on the thousands of riders trolling the streets of Portland.
That’s when Evelyn Kim rode up to the Bike Friday booth along with her seven-year-old daughter Jane.
That’s when the buzz cranked up again.
Evelyn Kim (right) and her daughter Jane enjoying their new Family Tandem.
“We just came to say hello!” Evelyn said, with a wide, bubbling smile on her face. “We just got our Bike Friday in time, and this is our first ride!”
Behind her, Jane beamed as brightly. They rolled up on their Cream Soda Blue Bike Friday Family Tandem, custom built to fit the unique size of its two riders.
“It’s fantastic,” Evelyn said, “to think that I can be the captain at 4-foot-10 is just great. We’re having a great day.”
The Portland Sunday Parkways program kicked off for 2012 in rousing fashion on Sunday, May 13, with huge crowds of cycling enthusiasts hitting the streets of Northeast Portland.
We had a steady steam of visitors to the Bike Friday booth, both Bike Friday owners and newcomers checking out our bikes and taking them for test rides under the bright sunny skies with temperatures climbing in to the 90s.
The Belt Drive tikits continue to garner a lot of attention as commuters look for a low maintenance solution for getting around town.
The quiet, clean and smooth ride of the Belt Drive system surprises test riders.
But in the end, the day was summed up best by young Jane. She called it, “the greatest day ever.”
Chris Nelson prepares the Family Tandem for yet another test ride.
Add comment May 14, 2012
Pedal for People
Bike Friday enjoyed a wonderful day at Armitage Park on Saturday, May 12, as we participated in the first Pedal For People Metric Century ride to benefit the Oregon Supported Living Program.
We enjoyed meeting the folks who stopped by our booth.
Bike Friday Co-Founder Alan Scholz rode the course along the McKenzie River, and enjoyed the company of some fun riders.
The Band from Cal Young Middle School led the parade around Armitage Park in Eugene.
The Eugene Emeralds mascot joined in the fun and the parade.
There were all sorts of inventions to help adults with developmental disabilities.
Add comment May 12, 2012
MS magazine article
Bike Friday owner Peter Scheff sent us this note:
I got an article published in the Momentum magazine (National MS Society) about my ride in Germany last summer on my bike Friday. Feel free to share with the Bike Friday community. Read the Article here Peter
Add comment May 12, 2012
Bike Friday Nominated for Award
Bike Friday is thrilled to be nominated as a finalist for the Eugene Cascades & Coast/Travel Lane County Partnership Award.
The award will be presented to a group, business or individual that has worked in partnership with other businesses and / or Travel Lane County to market Eugene, Cascades & Coast as a visitor destination.
Bike Friday is finalist along with the Oregon RV Alliance and the University of Oregon Marketing & Brand Management.
The award will be presented at the Eugene Cascades & Coast/Travel Lane County Visitor Industry Celebration on June 12 at the University of Oregon Ford Alumni Center.
Add comment May 9, 2012
The City of New York
Long live the World Trade
- Jay-Z
So they did eat, and were filled …
- The gospel of Mark
All right, Coney Island. Ok, you can take the B or the F and switch for the N at Broadway Lafayette, or you can go over the bridge to DeKalb and catch the Q to Atlantic Avenue, then switch to the IRT 2, 3, 4 or 5, but don’t get on the G. See that’s very tempting, but you wind up on Smith and 9th street, then you got to get on the R.
- Kramer
… unless you had children to think about, even the homeless saw it as a step down to leave Manhattan.
- David Sedaris
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
- Walt Disney
I think, therefore I am.
- René Descartes
Thank you Tori, for running in the rain
Thank you the Ritz family, for generous hospitality
Thank you Cara, for fireworks
Thank you Ryan, for food!
Thank you the Hardy family, I’m still here
Sincerely,
Jacob Publicover
Add comment May 8, 2012
Bike Friday honors Bfold
Bike Friday Special Projects Manager Raz congratulates Bfold Bicycles owner David Lam with Bike Friday's Dave Seybert looking on.
We took time out at the Bike Expo New York to thank David Lam for making Bfold Bicycles in Manhattan the top Bike Friday dealer in North America.
Great job to everyone at Bfold. Check them out.
Add comment May 8, 2012
Sunday ride in New York
While Ruthy Kanagy cycled the Five Boro Tour, Raz took the Carbon Infinity tikit for a spin around New York.
Check out Ruthy’s photos on Facebook.
Add comment May 7, 2012
Bike Friday in the Big Apple
By Raz
Dave Seybert and I hit New York City for the Bike Expo New York, the show that precedes the Five Boro Bike Ride on Sunday.
The turnout for the first two days at the show has been fantastic, and the excitement over the Bike Friday tikits with belt drives is high.
It’s great to see the look on someone’s face when they’ve taken a belt drive for a test ride for the first time.
Usually they shake their head in disbelief of how smooth and quiet the ride is. We’ve been spoiled. We’ve been riding the tikits all around New York.
We cruised over the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday morning as we rode from Queens down to the Expo. Each night we ride to the subway, fold, jump on, get off, unfold and roll.
It’s given Dave in particular a new appreciation for the tikit, since he hasn’t had a big city experience with it before. Our dealer in New York, bfold’s David Lam, has joined us each day. Lynette Chiang has stopped by repeatedly!. Saturday is the last day.
Come on down!
Add comment May 5, 2012
Mother’s Day Family Tandem
Sunday’s edition of the LA Times published an article on gift suggestions for Mother’s Day, including a Bike Friday Family Tandem.
Add comment April 29, 2012
Some Inspiration …
Try as we might, it’s nearly impossible to pass along all the wonderful notes, photos and videos that we receive on a steady basis.
That’s part of what makes working at Bike Friday such an invigorating experience: savoring the fruits of our labor.
Here are a couple of the latest entries you might enjoy as inspiration to get out and ride:
Carl Hemmings posted this video on our Facebook page.
We connected you to The Flying Cyclists, Ashley and Laura, earlier, and this video is an update from France.
KEEP ‘EM COMING!
Add comment April 27, 2012
Older Posts