Events

Martha’s Vineyard has the perfect infrastructure to be as car free as possible. It’s so much fun vacationing there year after year with all of our friends and family. Navigating the island on any HPV is just thrilling.

This article comes from my friend and Velonaut David, yes that’s him in his Velo.

Enjoy and get to The Vineyard with your bicycle even for a long weekend, you’ll be completely recharged in about one hour!

If you need some info about MV –  The Ride To Martha’s

Activists work toward self-sustaining Martha’s Vineyard

By Whit Griswold

September 28, 2011

More than 30 people turned out for an alternative transportation parade through Vineyard Haven on Saturday, September 24, followed by an open forum at Grace Church on how best to address climate change. Known as Moving Planet, Moving Island, the event was organized by a newly formed group called the Island Climate Action Network (ICAN) in coordination with the global effort of Bill McKibben’s organization, 350.org. Rallies big and small were held in more than 2,000 communities in 175 countries around the world on Saturday.

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Getting involved in shaping their future early in life are, from left, Emmett Taylor, Madison Pittman, and Ada Coffey.

MV Family Campground 2010

I remember my first ride down the Hudson River Bikeway post 9/11. At the time I lived in Palisades, NY. I rode to work everyday over the George Washington Bridge. The Towers always dominated the NYC skyline by a long way. After 9/11 I would stop halfway, mid span and stare at the empty space in complete disbelief.

I rode down the bikeway yesterday from West 59th Street except this time 10 years after there’s the new Freedom Tower – its amazing to see it rise so fast after an 8 year wait getting started. 

I felt the same surreal feeling creeping through my body that I had the first time I dared ride down the Hudson River Bikeway to see that the Towers were really gone.

Just getting started

Along the way

We made a family decision to ride to Williamsburg before Irene really got going…We just didn’t want to get stuck in the Mess Transit System for the trip back!

Nobody out

Bridge to saftey

There were lots of nasty looking clouds around us. I was really relieved to finally get to the Williamsburg Bridge!

Safe in Williamsburg.

Ready for the storm!

We weathered the storm watching about 24 hours of baseball, what else! We rode home without an incident until we got just two blocks from Battery Park City all of a sudden the wind was roaring and even stronger as we turned into Gatway Plaza.

We got home safe and sound!

Fun on the way home

Glad we didn’t have to deal with the Mess Transit System!

Coming home

Cargo Cowboy NYC Urban Adventure…

Trailer Fairy blessing the Cargo Caboose & Micro trailer!

Very excited about going to Williamsburg to pick up 25 cases of empty bottles for Joulebody Kickstart Cleanse!

I could only get 14 into the Cargo Caboose so I thought I better use the Urban Brute. I just love climbing the Williamsburg Bridge!

Nice setup

I saw this cool home made Cargo in Williamsburg and just had to stop to check it out.

All loaded, no problem

I’m sure they think I’m pretty strange at the warehouse. When I got there the manager came out, saw the Urban Brute, thew up his hands and said “That’s never gonna fit.” with a complete look of disgust and walked away shakin his head!

Well eXcuse me!

They have a great crew that loaded me in about 3 minutes.

Looking forward to climbing the bridge

Good thing I have friends in high places!

The art of going Slow is not for everyone

KEEP CLIMBING!

I always take the route home on East Broadway. So there I was siting at a red light, like any law abiding cyclist and some asshole started shaking my trike back and forth. So I turned around thinking I was going to be in some kind of ridiculous NYC type of confrontation but there was no one there?

There was a car next to me so I figured some asshole reached out the window and shook the trike -WTF- no big deal to me so off I went. I was approaching Chinatown and was wondering why everyone was outside staring at the tops of buildings?

Everyone out in Chinatown

Everyone out in Foley Square

Then I realized that a wave had went right under me! I could really feel it because of the three wheels on the ground, I could feel one wheel rise up at a time, pretty wild day in NYC.

Glad to find out that everyone was OK!

Can’t say for sure. All we got were photos and no story sent to us.

Added a couple more to Martha’s gallery.

Is on!!!

Like father, like son. Must be in the Mossey blood.

Leading the attack on MV. This is not Jackson’s first trip out to the island.

Quick pose for the paparazzi

It is his first time getting there on his own steed.

The participants have all gathered

And they’re off! I have a few more pictures here of this afternoon. Look for the complete story from Shelly of the ride in 10 days when they get back.

After sending his piggy bank money to Ride with Larry, Jackson received this great jersey!

R O A M is Rolling!

Just in case you are not aware the cross America Velomobile trip is about to start!

ROAM

The classic tour across the United States, a great adventure, a challenge to will and strength – a world premiere of velomobiling. 5000 km, four weeks, fifty riders from Europe and North America.

Velomobiles amass in Portland prior to ‘Roll Over America’ tour
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on July 26th, 2011 at 3:05

Portland is being invaded by velomobiles as we speak.

This Thursday, over 50, (nearly) fully-enclosed, pedal-powered machines will launch from Portland on a coast-to-coast tour. Organizers of the Roll Over America (ROAM) say it’s the first cross-country, group velomobile ride ever and it will, “be so unique that its participants will find it virtually impossible to escape public attention.”

Had to walk through the promenade because Tribeca Film festival is hosting a free concert tonight! Getting the stage ready for Elton John…

Saw this sign on the ground on the beaten up, battered East Side Bikeway…I guess they fixed the bump. So I took a picture of it… I guess it’s an ad for Ikea?

Thought my cargo set up would look good with all the yellow flowers behind… so I stopped and took a picture. BTW- that’s the east side bikeway just before 23rd street

This is the ultimate Cargo set-up! This set-up is really fast, a streamlined bicycle and streamlined trailer! But you need really smooth roads because of the speed, so I probably won’t use this set-up too much, but man does it fly.

See you on the road!