at the starting line, different cycling groups converged at tiendesitas....
its a fun ride, so every year, some people come in costumes related to the environment. there were a lot girls wearing butterfly wings, people with leaves and flowers on their bikes and helmets...
and some really go all out like these guys....
there were a lot of kids and families there, too... we saw a foreign family with mom, kid and dad towing two more kids in a "trailer"
(here are the kids inside.... awww)
brave kids!
of course, my pedala guys were there - hihi....
people came out with all sorts of bikes...
we had a whole Padyak bike contingent...
and artist eng chan rode his self-made bamboo bike (complete with straw hat)- the frame is really made of actual bamboo
we had the washing machine bike displayed at the start/finish line too!
(this is where the clothes go)
(and here it is at work!)
i don't think i've ever seen our streets filled with this many bikers! there were over 5,ooo riders this year!
happy earth day!
