Posts from ‘January, 2009’

Filmmaker Albert Vazquez and On-Road Representative Eleni Polakoff detour to the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, AL. The director and operations assistant share their opinions, reactions, hopes, and fears on the upcoming Obama administration.

Many thanks to those of you who have already supported this effort by purchasing Tshirts!
I encountered some difficulty arranging their production  with my original supplier over the holidays, thus there has been a significant delay.  (Can you imagine that its hard to coordinate graphic designers and clothing apparel manufacturers while riding a bike across the [...]

We were at the University of Florida on Tuesday and they showed us a whole lot of love, so of course I gotta return the favor. They even included my visit in the school newspaper.

I’m picking the Gators to smash Oklahoma in tonight’s game, I mean, look at the energy they showed us!

Check it out.  Its a rough edit, however this is basically where I’m going to be over the next week and a half as we get to DC. Please check and see if we are passing nearby your town, we still need places to stay all along the atlantic!
for the Technological folks.. see the google [...]

I made it to the Atlantic Ocean.  Its crazy to think that only a month ago I was on the opposite coast!
At Jax beach (Jacksonville, FL) we stopped for a quick photo session after being helped out by American Bicycle Co.’s Chris and Kevin.  They not only tuned up both mine and Josh’s bikes, but [...]

I was given the key to the city of Lake City Florida by Mayor Witt. They received me so well, I’m sorry to have to leave so soon!

What an honor, I never have been in this position of receiving an award like this. Its pretty much surreal at this point where things are [...]

Yes Ryan was on the Takeaway (a radio show from Public Radio International or PRI) again. This time they were checking back on Ryan and seeing how far he had progresses since the last interview they had with him. Click here to listen to the interview!

Ryan was just featured on National Public Radio’s “Here and Now!” on WBUR in Boston.  Click here to listen to the interview.
(Please note that you will need the Real Audio Player in order to listen to the interview.)

So the last two days have been a real test of my own abilities.  Yesterday with support drafting off of Eric Brewer of Orlando, I destroyed my previous day’s record of 120 miles by riding a total of 151.2 miles!!! So in two days we have ridden from Pensacola to Madison FL

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Ryan Bowen welcomes the new year in the Big Easy. Feel free to share your New Year’s resolution and any changes and hopes you wish to see in 2009. Happy New Years!
Shot & Edited by Albert Vazquez.