I first read about Barbara Landry and her Schwinn Hope in an article about her and her scooter ride in the Nashua Telegraph. I wrote to her and asked if I could post a photo here and tell you a bit about her ride. Barbara is a breast cancer survivor who lost her friend and [...]
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survivor rides 1,100 miles for breast cancer research
Published by on July 17th, 2008 in news & events, riders, Schwinn and scoot for a cause. 1 CommentJoy’s joyous GT
Published by on July 10th, 2008 in 200 cc, riders, scooter seat covers, scooters and Vespa. 0 CommentsRemember Joy’s scooter seat cover that I posted about last month? She sent me this photo of it on her scooter and I had to share it. And check out the pink Z1R Metro helmet. I happened to find the Metro on sale over at Sandhills Powersports for only $59.96 (it’s usually around $75).
Bonegirl hits the 20,000 mile mark
Published by on July 7th, 2008 in Genuine, news & events and riders. 2 CommentsThis photo speaks for itself: 20,000 miles! Angie “Bonegirl” sent me the news that she and her Buddy, first featured on scoot|pink on June 9, hit the 20,000 mile mark on June 29. Here’s the Flickr photostream celebrating the event. Congratulations Angie! Of course, by the time I hit the ‘publish’ button, I’m sure you’ve [...]
Cynthia Price rides pink
Published by on June 26th, 2008 in decorative accessories, helmets, jackets, riders, scooter seat covers and Vespa. 4 CommentsCynthia Price of San Francisco sent me these two photos, highlighting her love of pink accessories and gear (not to mention a super cool purple snow leopard scooter seat cover). Accenting her plum Vespa LX are a pink jeweled Hello Kitty window cling from Target, a pink silhouette of a woman holding a helmet, and [...]
Kimberly sent in a photo of her Vespa GT 200 and one with its friend Kermit. She writes: “I am the proud owner of Pinky, the only pink Vespa GT200 in Central Florida! She and her brother Kermit cause trouble and turn heads on the streets in Cocoa, Florida. She is a fair-weather scooter. We [...]
19,000 miles in two years: Angie AKA “Bonegirl”
Published by on June 9th, 2008 in Genuine and riders. 2 CommentsBonegirl and her pink Buddy last year during a Rally in Shelbyville, Indiana. I got this great photo from Angie, and here’s what she writes: “Not sure where to begin because my pink Buddy just turned 19,000 miles in less than 2 years. That’s a lot of scooting! I am an x-ray tech in Cincinnati, [...]
I wrote to Bob of 2down365.com after finding his daughter’s photo in a Google search for ‘pink scooter’ and he graciously let me use it here. As you can see, her scooter is in fact very, very pink. Her scoot is a RoadRunner Classic 150 i-scooter (depending on the store selling it, it may be [...]
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