Anuncio Retro PRYT/ Retro Commercial for PRYT

No se muy bien como encontré este anuncio, creo que estaba buscando uno de Amstel Light Beer, que viene después, pero me pareció curioso y gracioso y decidí añadirlo, además que el anuncio es de productos de Puerto Rico./ I'm not quite sure how I stumbled upon this ad, I think I was looking for an Amstel Light Beer ad involving bikes, I'll add that one later, but I found this to be interesting, funny, plus props for it being from Puerto Rican products.

La Moda en Bici/ Fashion Cycling

Summer in the city
Originally uploaded by Pauline Franque

Se que la queja mayor de correr bicicleta aquí, luego de el hecho de que no hay carriles para bicicletas, es el calor. Haciéndose casi imposible vestirse bien, así que me propondré a buscar mas cosas relativas al clima de Puerto Rico (ahí van mis deseos de una corrida "tweed"). / I know that the biggest complaint of bike riding, after the fact that there are no bike lanes, in Puerto Rico is the heat, almost making it impossible to dress well, so I'm trying to find things much more relate-able to the Islands climate (there goes my wishes of a tweed run).

Dos Eventos, Una Semana/ Two events, One Week

Esta semana se estarán llevando a cabo dos eventos "bici-protesta" el miércoles (UPRRP) y el jueves (Estación de Sagrado Corazón) intentaré atender a ambas pero de seguro voy a la del jueves, que no tengo clases. Los flyers que se encuentran en este post contienen el enlace hacia el evento. Esperen fotos!!! This week there will be two bicycle protests going on wednesday (UPRRP) and thursday (USC Train Station), I will try to be at both protests but I will surely be there on thursday, I don't have class that day. The flyers below contain the link to the events. Photos will be uploaded ASAP!!!

Rent the Bicycle - Viejo San Juan

Estas bicicletas amarillas son iconfundibles, pertenecen a un negocio local en el Viejo San Juan, se llaman Rent the Bicycle y ofrecen tours en bicicleta alrededor del area norte de Puerto Rico, puedes alquilar la bicicleta por 3 horas como puedes por mas de un día. Igual si te estás quedando en algún hotel del area metro ofrecen entrega de la bicicleta al hotel. Puedes ver más información y fotos aquí y en su grupo de facebook. Si algún día estas por San Juan y quieres correr bicicleta aquí es el lugar. These yellow tourister bicycles cannot be mistaken, they belong to a local shop in Old San Juan named Rent the Bicycle. They offer tours on bikes in northeast Puerto Rico, as well as just bike rental to get around San Juan, you can rent them for 3 hours or you can rent them for days. If you are staying at a hotel nearby they also offer delivery. You can find more information here and this is their facebook group page. If you're ever in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and want to ride a bike, heres the place.

Red Carpet Riders

Gracias a LA Cycle Chic me enteré de un grupo de "ciclistas" que se hacen pasar por "Red Carpet Riders", quienes promocionan el ciclismo urbano y moda, es lo que basicamente quisiera promocionar yo aquí en Puerto Rico, pero pienso que se ma hará difícil conseguir mujeres aquí en Puerto Rico quienes estarían interesadas en este tipo de cosa, la mayoría no quieren que se les dañe el pelo ya sea por el calor o el casco (incluyéndome a mí pero estoy dispuesta a hacer un sacrificio), no hay muchas vías de bicicletas donde nos podamos sentir seguras/os, el fin de semana pasada atropellaron a dos ciclistas en diferentes areas de la isla, y conseguirse una bicicleta tipo cruiser resulta ser un poco caro amenos de que se compre en una tienda por departamentos, como la mía. No estoy ni preparada para organizar una Corrida Tweed, pero supongo que debería ya moverme a hacer estas cosas.
Thanks to LA Cycle Chic for letting me in on this, there's a group called Red Carpet Riders who promote urban cycling & fashion, which is what I would like to promote here in Puerto Rico, but finding women in Puerto Rico who would want to do this I think will be a hard task, most of them don't want to mess up their hair with the heat or a helmet (including me but I'm willing to make a sacrifice), there are not many, if any, bicycle lanes, we have to share the road with the cars, last weekend 2 cyclists were injured by cars, and buying a cruiser can prove to be expensive unless bought in a dept. store, like mine. I 'm not even ready to ask if anybody is interested in a Tweed Ride. I don't know how I'll jump start a thing like this, but I supposed I should start moving this.

Riding Into Danger

This past Friday morning, Metropolitan Puerto Rico was burning up after a Gulf Gasoline Refinery blew up at 12.20am. I'm a photojournalist student so I was thinking about going straight to the explosion to get coverage, it was far away even though this photo below is exactly what could be seen from home, but apparently everybody had already gotten in their cars and gone to see, so there was a huge traffic jam, a friend suggested I should go on my bike, but then there was news about gas lines under the street that were also most likely to explode, so I cowered. But apparently my friend didn't. Well actually I don't know if he actually went on his bike, he lives pretty close to the explosion, but well there is a pretty bicycle in his photograph. The fire was extinguished today Sunday about 12 o'clock midday.

This is the view from my house.

This is the photograph my friend took closer to the fire.

Let's Begin

Hey! Jeighmee here,so I decided, with the encouragement of Shelly at Riding Pretty, to open my own blog about cycling as an alternative method of transport in Puerto Rico. I don't know if it's just me but it's pretty hard to achieve this in Puerto Rico, lots of up's and down's and owning a cruiser doesn't make it any easier. I own a Mountain Bike and recently my boyfriend bought me a blue Huffy Cranbrook Cruiser, I only rode the Mountain Bike at parks for riding or walking but the Cruiser is for so much more, so I decided I would start going to work on Sundays with the Cruiser, on weekdays I work late and I don't deem it very safe for me to be on a bicycle at 11.30pm on my way home. Tomorrow morning first thing I'll try to get a permit for taking my bicycle on the train and check out if my university owns a bike post, also I have found a group in Puerto Rico that actually gets together at my University the last Fridays of the month to just cruise around on their bikes, I hope I don't have to work on the 30th, I really want to meet them and ride along. Till next time!!!

BTW: I want to name my Cruiser, I'm between Margot or Tilly, what do you think? I'm in the process of customizing, she had a black saddle and complete black grips.