This year we will be hosting the second annual New York City Bicycle Fetish Day will be held July 1, 2006 at the new City Reliquary! This event is open to everyone who wants to come show off their ride. Local vendors will also set up booths offering bicycle repair, massages, food, contests and prizes. Check out the photos from last year to get inspired.
Start shining your hub!
2nd Annual Bicycle Fetish Day
on July 1st 2006 @ noon – 5 PM
Havemeyer btwn Grand & Metropolitan
Our friend and fellow Civic Rider Noah Budnick was involved in a tragic accident
on Tuesday, March 29th. He is currently undergoing extensive rehab under the guidance of his family in Boston.
Please see these links for more information on Brooklyn
Here are some photos from the annual 2004 Brooklyn Bridge Birthday ride on May 24th. Every year, we ride to the top of the bridge and are met with birthday cake for all. Join us this year for the bridge
Last year was also the 100th anniversary of the subway system which was celebrated by a ride of the entire length of the 1-9 lines. First below ground, then above riding Broadway from the Bronx to the Battery.
We are proud to note that as of April 1, 2006, the City Reliquary has opened an actual, enterable museum. We maintain the famed original Grand Street window display, but now our Community Collections and many other exhibits are available for your viewing pleasure just a few blocks away at 370 Metropolitan Ave.
Museum and Civic Organization
“For the People
By Vice President of Operations George Ferrandi
The City Reliquary has the distinction of being a window
museum. People in the community pass it daily on their way to and from the subway, the grocery, or the coffee
shop, or they stumble across it when they’re walking home from work via a different route. It is either an
integrated part of their daily landscape, or a personal discovery. In either case, passersby are offered a kind of
ownership that major institutions strive for in their public relations campaigns, but rarely achieve. We aim to be a
humble but effective hub, of many sorts – historical, cultural, and social. We offer historical displays of modest
ephemera – bits of bridges, old postcards, etc. We organize events – Collector’s Night, Bike Fetish Day, September 11
Memorials, Bike Rides, Writing Contests. We’ve also started a community mini-garden movement in old bathtubs in
front of our windows, and we broadcast a monthly radio show through a local internet station. We post
neighborhood-related political information, and in general act as “the water cooler” of the neighborhood.
Christina Ray is a co-founder of the brilliant on-line project called “Glowlab.” She also collects “Dead Umbrellas” from the streets in our neighborhood. In a city where umbrellas magically appear on every busy corner during a rainstorm, you can imagine a few of these become disposable. One big gust of wind can create all new types of umbrella forms, most of which get tossed onto the curb. My favorite in her collection had been run over many times by traffic until even the metal handle became paper thin. Christina also presented a collection of “Pen Test Papers” which she gathered from stationers and art stores.
Harley “Inspector Collector” Spiller with his line up of fortune teller hand bills. Harley also created an impromptu workshop where guests could design their own hand bills on-site. An excellent way to bulk up his collection with such a sizable crowd on hand!
Here is New York’s famous WFMU disc jockey, Fabio. Instead of spinning vinyl, on this night Fabio was playing a sample of his 8-track recordings, “the failed format.” Fabio is also a co-owner of Williamsburgh’s favorite record store, “Earwax,” on Bedford Avenue and North 5th Street.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Eddie Gonzales of the Classic Riders Bicycle Club. Eddie rolled with his 1964 Schwinn Jaguar and his vintage Schwinn Orange Krate chopper. Both bikes where cutom restored with original parts by Eddie. He also brought in an impressive collection of G.I. Joe action figures (remember the old big ones?) and Hot Wheel cars. In Puerto Rico, racing Hot Wheel cars on custom made tracks is a popular pastime.