green.bike.love

12.7.12

our new york experience

we've survived (and i'd even venture to say greatly enjoyed) yet another week of wandering!
Here's a couple photos from new york. we stayed in a hostel in Brooklyn for the first 2 nights and then with a friend another two and loved braodway (we saw matthew broderick in 'nice work if you can get it') visiting comic shops (forbidden planet is fantastic, and desert island had a signed Moebius!) and visiting parks. (where we watched people play table tennis with great skill and dexterity.)
And here's a few photos to prove it!

a separated bike lane on broadway for all you bike nerds

you'll have to take my word on those table tennis guys. boy were they good!

ride safe and stay tuned for our adventures in Toronto!

Spencer

5.7.12

Portland... Maine, Boston Mass.

The adventure continues!
On Tuesday Sam and I wandered the streets of Portland, had lunch with a friend and then hopped on a bus down to good old Boston. Spending the day in Portland made me realize what a fantastic downtown it has, and I began dreaming of renting an apartment there for a summer.
We really liked the Portland Velocipede, a great bike shop which carries box bikes, and a great assortment of commuters and city bikes from Linus, Biria (which I'm not familiar with) and even Pashley.

We also love Casablanca comics, where we purchased some fantastic french books for cheap. (The art in Noé is amazing.)

Boston has been great as well. I hadn't seen the Boston Pops' firework show since I was maybe 8 years old, and it was great. A thunderstorm prompted the police to issue a temporary evacuation notice and the fireworks were delayed. When the show finally started and we had returned to our spot, the rain hit hard, but exhausted and fed up with walking, we all just sat on our blankets getting soaked and enjoyed an amazing fireworks show.

Happy Independence Day

we miss riding our bikes, but look forward to NYC bikeshare this weekend!

Spencer

ps: Boston has a bike share now!

2.7.12

Acadia

We survived the almost 72 hour bus ride from SLC to Maine better than I ever would have imagined, and without much mishap. (ok, one lady refused to leave the bus and was taken off by police, and our bus driver got lost once and yelled at everyone, but hey, we made it!)
We didn't take photos of that.
But we did take a few photos while hiking and biking around Acadia National Park (perhaps the most beautiful place in America)

I've also been sketching a bit, so more of that soon when I get to a scanner.
anyhow, we're off to Boston tomorrow to celebrate Independence Day and then New York City on friday!

Spencer

12.6.12

Summer Photos and Farewell

Sam and I are about to embark on a two month journey across the United States. If we can swing it, we'll post photos on the blog as we go, if not, you'll just have to wait in suspense until August to find out what we are up to!

In the meantime here are a few photos from this spring/summer to kick things off.

Polo with some of the Salt Lake City guys.

that pink blur is me alright.

The first FFUFR of the year!(Fun Fun Underground Forest Race) I was not a winner.

Rock Canyon

Free Valet Bike Parking at the Provo Farmers Market thanks to the Provo Bicycle Collective

Have a killer summer! Ride safe!