Even though Lisa has given over 300 bicycles to rural students to get to school, she doesn’t have a bike of her own for travel throughout rural Cambodia.

Excerpt from an article in  What’s Up Muskoka:

“McCoy knows the monetary and practical value of the donation, and was amazed when she received the news.

“I was just in awe when I got an e-mail saying they were going to donate one to me for getting around the villages and around the city in Cambodia,” says McCoy, remembering the moment.

The versatility of this bike has McCoy excited for her return to Cambodia in October. It can go on the

airplane with her checked baggage, and even on a bus. “They can even go on the back of a motorcycle, and in Cambodia,

everything goes on the back of a motorcycle,” she laughs. She’s anticipating some double-takes as she travels with her Strida.

“They’ll never have seen anything like this before, and it’s going to be a novelty for them as well. I’m sure I’ll

get some interesting reactions when I start my six-month term this coming winter.”

Here’s the link to Lisa’s blog, thank you and your colleagues for your wonderful work Lisa.

The 2010 Enbridge Ride to Cure Cancer in Alberta was absolutely spectacular !  Well over 2000 participants and in excess of 7.1M dollars raised makes it the largest fundraiser in Alberta ever.

Some of Dave’s impressions, riding a Strida for the 1st time and going 220 kilometres yet.

“There were no other “folders” in the ride.  I was surprised by some of the first impressions people had:  The racer/high performance crowd in general figured that I must be putting out twice the energy…until I let them ride it, and they were blown away by its performance.  I was invited by one “high performance” team to join them for next years ride ! The mountain bike riders were typically embarassed to be passed uphill by a “folding” bike and figured I must have legs of steel.

Downhill I was hard pressed to get much over 55Kph, and glad of it…Uphill was really good…There was one hill in particular, at about 80 K, that challenged the best and defeated many, yet this Strida allowed me to simply keep pumping away and cleared the top in good shape !  Very sweet ride!”

Our thanks and congratulations to Dave, and all the riders in the event!

As posted on RideThisBike.com

“Although a Strida folding bike may not seem like an ideal bicycle for long distance touring, Regis loves his. He has written that the belt drive and simple design makes the bike very reliable.”

You can take a look at  Regis’ blog. There are some stunning images there.

There is also a posting at VivaLaBike.com where they write:

“The Strida that he rides is a folding, single gear, belt drive bike. It’s designer Mark Sanders, designed the bike for urban commuters with the intention that the bike would be used for short commutes. However, we’ve found, and Regis has proven, that the Strida is a more than capable bike for long commutes and can withstand the rigors of the road.”

We were delighted to see the picture and read their email message:

“Here we are in Madrid on our last day. We were 5 weeks in the north of Spain and used the bikes almost everyday! We won’t be going to Europe again without them. No problem with Air Canada …”   “We love the bikes and so many people stopped to ask us about them.”

Thank you so much Roger and Myra.

We just shipped a Strida Sport Duo out to Dave in Calgary, so he can get in a few training rides before the Ride to Conquer Cancer, June 26 & 27.

If you can help, here’s Dave’s page; ALL your money goes to the cause.  We’ll be looking forward to hear how he makes out. Good luck Dave!

Currently, University is a difficult commute; vehicles entering, exiting and turning from many angles. And, perhaps because of this excess capacity, they seem to travel faster than other traffic downtown. We know of a couple of GO Train commuters who take their Strida Folding Bikes from Union Station and head up University to work. They describe University Ave. as a “magnificent street, but scary for bikes.”

Here are most of the details from a Toronto Star article.

Character test for the animation

You’ll have to click here to view this  Strida animation by Seokmin Yun.  Included is a storyboard and some of the process of this artist’s wonderful and patient work.

The animation does a great job conveying the benefits of the Strida folding bike design through something of an origami New York City world theme.

Number 6 is of course, the perennial best tip if you can’t swing number 2. If you decide to take up Bicycle Commuting, here’s a great resource for that.

Please post your own tips below.