Laura's red Madsen and other Zoo specimens (photo by Marco Yunga)
What happens when Brattleboro area activist bike riders come to show off the amazing bike revolution emerging in town? It's a zoo. Well, a Bike Petting Zoo.
Many of you have seen the stunning pictures from the Rise for Climate ride (see iconic pic below) that we had on Saturday, September 8th for an international day of action around climate change and organized worldwide by 350.org. In their perfect wisdom, Brattleboro's 350 node group decided to mark this day with a Critical Mass type bike ride, along with a march and a well-organized and all-around positive rally at the Brattleboro Common. Our ride had over 100 cyclists, including all sorts of electric cargo bikes, ebikes and bikes of all types. And at least 20 kids joined in the great fun and important message we're propelling! There was some 250 in total at the rally.
Many of you have seen the stunning pictures from the Rise for Climate ride (see iconic pic below) that we had on Saturday, September 8th for an international day of action around climate change and organized worldwide by 350.org. In their perfect wisdom, Brattleboro's 350 node group decided to mark this day with a Critical Mass type bike ride, along with a march and a well-organized and all-around positive rally at the Brattleboro Common. Our ride had over 100 cyclists, including all sorts of electric cargo bikes, ebikes and bikes of all types. And at least 20 kids joined in the great fun and important message we're propelling! There was some 250 in total at the rally.
Photo by Eesha Williams at valleypost.org
But what we'd like to tell you about here is VBike's Bicycle Petting Zoo at the Rise for Climate rally. It was a mind-blowing collection of bikes showcased by their owners. There were were cargo bikes from Madsen, Yuba, Xtracycle, Bike Friday, Juiced Bikes, and Larry vs. Harry. And then there was a bunch of bikes that were converted into e-bikes at Brattleboro's local shops and quite a number of purpose built ebikes. Things were topped off by the VBike fleet of cargo bikes, including our new Argo super cargo bike attachment.
Check out some of what we had at the Bike Petting Zoo. We will certainly do this again! Folks got a good taste of this emerging bike revolution in Vermont and how that connects with issues of climate change and making our communities just so much better. And thanks to 350 Brattleboro for organizing this wonderful day of action.
Check out some of what we had at the Bike Petting Zoo. We will certainly do this again! Folks got a good taste of this emerging bike revolution in Vermont and how that connects with issues of climate change and making our communities just so much better. And thanks to 350 Brattleboro for organizing this wonderful day of action.
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And check out how the day went on our Facebook posts and these articles in the Commons and Reformer.
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