Folds Up! Folding Bike Ride and Festival
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Sponsored by TIME'S UP!
http://www.times-up.org/foldsup.php

The Ride
WHAT: A leisurely 10-mile ride through Manhattan and Brooklyn showcasing folding bicycles. All types of bikes are welcome, as long as their riders are folding-curious! This leisurely tour will take in sights in Manhattan and Brooklyn while enjoying the benefits and promoting the use of folding bikes. We'll roll together through greenways, across bridges, and along city streets, trading tips and tales of folding successes.

WHERE: Start location: West 23rd Street on the Hudson River Greenway, Manhattan. End location: Stuyvesant Cove Park, East 23rd Street at the East River, Manhattan.

WHEN: 2 p.m., Saturday, May 20, 2006
Optional meeting at 1:00 at Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, to cheer on the small-wheeled bike race and ride to Folds Up.

The Festival
WHAT: Think you can't fit a(nother) bike into your apartment? Think again! Learn about all different makes and models of folding bikes, including New York's own Swift Folder as well as classic folders, electric folders, porta-trike folding tricycles, and more.

Test ride all kinds of makes and models, and enjoy refreshments (courtesy of Swift Folder). We'll have demonstrations of folding bikes and space for test rides.

WHERE: Stuyvesant Cove Park (East 23rd Street at the East River)

WHEN: 4 p.m., after the bike ride, Saturday, May 20, 2005

BOTH RIDE AND FESTIVAL ARE FREE TO ALL!