Nearly 50 members of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition took to the streets with the Purple Pedals as a part of San Francisco’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade on Sunday, June 28.
The fun and festive SFBC members enjoyed one of the most thrilling rides down Market Street before an audience of over half-a-million.
In addition to the excitement of the … Continue Reading
Having biked through Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York last week, we entered Pennsylvania and we are now in Ohio. We stopped briefly yesterday in Youngstown, Ohio to help repair two houses for Habitat for Humanity.
It feels like such a great accomplishment after a big climb, taking a small break, replenishing ourselves with water and food. Giving high fives are always a good encouragement.
We always make random detours and stops to take photos and have fun. Here is the bike feeling left out … Continue Reading
Tino has been riding for just over 10 days on his quest across the country to build houses for those in need. With that comes his first from-the-road post about the yBike and its effect on the trip. In the first week the team had quite a bit of rain which put a challenge on both the riders and the technology. Below are Tino’s thoughts on how things are going, along with a few shots from his … Continue Reading
The Purple Pedals have been on quite the journey - From London Hack Day, to Bike Week in Lancaster, UK and now they are visiting France at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Its more than just meetings and awards - Have a look….
Check out the Cannes, France Photo Set to get a glimpse into Shoot N’ Roll’s journey on the French coast.
This Sunday, June 28th are the annual Pride Parades and Swerple and Purple Shutter will join the fun in both San Francisco and Toronto Canada.
Swerple will join the SF Bike Coalition (SFBC) in their 2nd Annual Contingent in SF Pride Parade down Market Street in San Francisco. This will be a very exciting rides with over half-a-million spectators. The music from Trikesaurus will set the mood and Swerple will document it all with live photos!
Purple Shutter will also join in the fun in the Toronto Pride Parade to share the unique Canadian … Continue Reading
Wednesday July 17th saw our annual Bike to Work Day, part of national Bike Week, where people in the Lancaster and Morecambe District are encouraged to cycle to work. The Cycling Demonstration Town team held their own free cycle commuters breakfast on the Millennium Bridge in Lancaster from 7am, handing out goodie bags which included a bottled drink, cereal bar, flapjack or muffin and some fruit.
We gave out over 130 free breakfasts despite what eventually turned out to be a very wet day.
Phil Longton from … Continue Reading
Bike Week 2009 kicked off with a bang in Lancaster City Centre last Friday as the sun shone brightly on the opening of the week long festivities. The Celebrating Cycling team were in attendance fielding inquiries from young and old as one of the ybikes, Shoot n’ Roll, drew a big crowd. Our resident Dr. Bike was on hand fixing all kinds of bike maintenance mayhem to get people back on two wheels for Bike Week. Continuing the sustainability theme, we generated our own electricity to power our sound system for the afternoon from nothing but pedal … Continue Reading
I am Tino and I will be riding my bike across the United States to raise money and awareness for affordable housing.
Sunday, June 14th, I’ll be embarking on a two-month adventure from Providence, Rhode Island to Seattle, Washington. I will be riding almost 4,000 miles from East to West; Spending about 2 weeks in between rides constructing affordable housing with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together. Thanks to Yahoo! and the ybike technology, I will be able to capture and document my entire … Continue Reading
Tomorrow, the Cycling Roadshow will kick off Bike Week in the busiest square in Lancaster and Shoot ‘N’ Roll and Purple Reigns will be there all week to document the whole thing with our friend, Matt Moran. Bike Week is the biggest nationwide cycling event in the UK. A national celebration of cycling, Bike Week helps the community get more out of life - by getting on your bike and exploring the local community.
You can always go to www.celebratingcycling.org/purplepedals and check them out on Twitter (@cyclingtown).
Enjoy their journey:
Do bicycles possess a secret desire to be internationally respected photographers?
Mikael’s Bike in Tanzania and Eli Reed capture the bald beauty of African children.
This is the lofty question that Tarikh Korula, Uncommon Projects founder and Purple Pedals prototyper, posed during the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. Perhaps the photos that the 20 photo-taking, geo-tagging, Flickr uploading bikes have taken over the course of the last 8 months have greater … Continue Reading
See posts from the different locations the bikes have been at so far:
Where would you steer the Purple Pedals? Their Purple Path is up to you. Tell us where you think the Purple Pedals should go around the globe.
