May - June 2007

Bicycle Film Festival 2007 May 16-20

Annual festival in Manhattan showing films with bicycle themes, like “Bikes Rock,” “Monkey Warfare,” “Klunkerz,” “Ayame” and Daydreamers.”

For more info visit www.bicyclefilmfestival.com

Swift Folder Open House, Mon. May 21, 2007, 6pm.

280 Nevins St., Brooklyn. Tour the tiny shop where “Swift folder” bikes are built to order for New Yorkers and the rest of the world. All are invited to see Peter Reich, the bike’s designer. Ask questions, take a test ride and share other good things. For more info, visit www.swiftfolders.com

Ride for Climate

David Koodma & Bill Bradlee will visit New York, at the EMS Store, 591 Broadway, on Tues. May 1, 2007, 7:30pm to discuss developments in climate change research, share stories and photos from Mr. Bradlee’s 15,000-mile bike tour from California to the tip of South America.

Learn about many solutions to develop clean, safe energy, become fuel efficient and to leave a healthy planet for the next generations.

For more info, visit www.rideforclimate.com