December 14th, 2003: A regular Sunday night pho and bike ride. Vic took
photos
.
I recovered Goldmember December 4th at 04:30 AM while I was tracking down my very newly missing GTV in 4km fresh snow to 519 Bronson Avenue, 4 blocks from me. The organ trailer made it 1/2 block before being ditched.
November 22, 2003: Nepean Santa Claus Parade. Vic took
photos
.
November 15th, 2003: Ottawa Santa Claus Parade.
Vic took
photos
.
Greg also took some
photos
(mirror)
.
Hallowe'en rides: early ride through residential area (The Glebe) with the organ to entertain trick-or-treating kiddies, then a late ride without the organ through areas of night-clubbers.
Vic's
photos
have been posted.
Richard also took
photos
(
more
from after midnight.)
A small contingent of HPVOoOers went out to the Gatineau Gliding Club to rescue
a 24 foot glider fuselage from certain destruction. Juergen has plans to turn
it into one or more HPVs... Later that day, Jody and Richard rescue another
19" equipment rack. It really
*did*
happen.
The Centretown News has a photo
essay by Rebecca Roberts in the November 7th issue. (scans: small large
extra large) Richard took some
photos
at the time.
Saturday September 27th, 2003, 12:00-16:00. 2003 HPVOoO Parking Lot Meet: at the Museum of Science and Technology, St. Laurent Boulevard at Alta Vista (Lancaster Road). Please bring your recumbents and other odd bikes, homebuilts and creations.
Richard took some photos of the retrieval mission, meet and the night ride.
Vic took some
photos
.
HPVOoO was invited to participate in Ottawa's Car-Free Day
Richard Guy Briggs took some
photos
.
Ryan Lanyon took some
photos
.
So did Edelweiss D'Andrea.
HPVOoO was asked to participate in the Symposium for Sustainability, hosted by the Carleton Club for Sustainable Design. Vic took some
photos
.
HPVOoO members
transport 7 bikes to Juergen's
and go on to see the
Twike
.
August 21st to 24th, 2003, HPVOoO was asked to provide a
dynamic display for the Enviro-Tent setup in conjunction with Arbour Environmental Shoppe at the 2003 Ottawa Folk Festival at
Brittania Park.
Friday, tour of Mike the hitch guy, Mike Watson's for lunch, folkfest, drumming at Mark's , Vic's photos
Saturday, folk fest
Sunday, folk fest
RGB takes visitor Jay for a tour of Dave's Bike Dump
Penguins in the Trees: Linux geeks go camping, July 28th to 30th, after
the Ottawa Linux Symposium.
Photos from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We demonstrate short-haul
transport of canoe and kayak by trike and long-haul transport of canoe
by trike. Vic Gedris also took photos on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The 5th Hacker Bike Ride takes place the Sunday after the Ottawa Linux Symposium. Here are
RGB's photos.
Jody and RGB return the load of funny bikes to Mike Watson and try out
some of his bikes. Here are some good
photos
of the mount/dismount sequences for the tandem tallbike.
Sunday, July 6th, 2003, 10:00-16:00, HPVOoO'ers showed up with their
HPV's, recumbents and other creations. HPVOoO had been invited to
participate in an event by the NCC at the Canada and the World
Pavillion. Some of you will recognize the location as the place where
we tested out the APAX last October. They held a Sunday showcase of
Canadian Innovation. It was called "Two Wheels are Better than None" and
wanted HPVOoO to come and display our vehicles to the public.
(click 2003 Special Activities).
Vic took
photos. AJH also took photos.
HPVOoO goes to the beach and retrives bikes for next day...
Vic took
photos.
A few HPVOoO'ers decided at the last minute to bring a
portable patio
up to Parliament Hill to watch the fireworks.
Need to carry an extension ladder?
No problem!
Need to carry a wheelchair?
No problem!
HPVOoO members come out to support a
"smog breakfast"
to help protest 417 widening.
Several HPVOoO members were at the Tour de l'Ile, part of the Montreal Bike Fest.
Vic took photos of the
Friday night ride
,
Saturday mucking around
and
Sunday big ride
.
May 31st, 2003:
The Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa
held their Electrathon
2003.
Location: Museum
of Science and Technology, St. Laurent and Smythe.
HPVOoO piggybacked on this event and held a parking lot session open to
the public.
The
Solar
Sprint kid's model solar car rayce was also intended to happen on
the same day, but they bumped to the rain date, the following day.
Solar Sprint programme runs from 09:00 to 15:00. (Rain date: June 1st,
2003)
RGB took photos during the Electrathon and Solar Sprint. Vic took photos during the Electrathon. Brett Delmage also took photos during both events.
...a visit to Michael Wolfson
Richard Guy Briggs moved from a
3-bedroom apartment to a 3-bedroom house about 5 km away with help from
HPVOoO. Vic took
photos(mirror).
Richard also took some photos.
Le tour Nortel Networks, May 4, 2003, (613) 765-8687, Vic took some photos.
Jody and I moved a bit of furniture... more to come next weekend.
April 26, Earth Day Forum at Billings Bridge Shopping Centre:
HPVOoO participated by displaying a few HPV's, and
attending an information booth for the day.
Coordinating contact is:
Dena Splinter,
Executive Coordinator,
Earth Day Ottawa,
41 Condor Drive, Ottawa, ON K1V 9C1,
613-733-8733
Fax: 613-733-8683
email: earthdayottawa at cyberus.ca
web: www.earthdayottawa.cyberus.ca. Vic took photos and Richard took some too.
How many drummers can you fit on a bike trailer? Survey says 8. We met
a guy with these insane 144-spoke radially-spoked wheels. Sweet.
Richard originally set out to build a bike trailer to carry his PA
equipment. The equipment easily fits on the front half of the trailer.
I would say this was overkill...
Some HPVOoO members planned on a little outing to a local burger joint
called "The Works" on March 30th.
Jody and I brought a load of furniture
over to the new house as soon as I got possession. The next day, we did
a tool
run which included a dehumidifier.
We won our first award at The Irish Society St. Patrick Day Parade: March 15 2003. Here's a pic of Mike's butt high up on a tallbike, on the Irish Society web page.
Here's a description of
what happenned and what led up to it
.
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium did
an interview with
HPVOoO member Juergen Weichert about winter cycling.
There is a decent article about winter
cycling in the January 19th edition of the Ottawa
Sun.
A number of us showed up for a photo op with a Sun photographer to
demonstrate our resolve at
winter cycling
.