The Ride with Larry !

THE RIDE WITH LARRY

The next time you start feeling like you just can't,

Go ride with Larry!

Go to 

www.ridewithlarrymovie.com

 view the trailer and 

make a pledge even its a dollar!

San Diego Arts

San Diego Filmmaker Focuses On Parkinson's Disease

The film’s trailer opens with Smith trading in his cane for a bike. He pulls it out of the garage and settles himself in, with all the accompanying movements and tremors that Parkinson’s inflicts on his body.  The ride will demonstrate the power of keeping the body active and mind positive in the fight against Parkinson’s, and show that even though there’s no cure, the best antidote against succumbing to it’s effects is living life to its fullest.

Read on....  

http://www.sandiego.com/arts/san-diego-filmmaker-focuses-on-parkinson-s-disease

 

Hello Shelly,

I want to thank you for sharing Ride with Larry on your blog and for all of your support!  We truly appreciate it and hope that others can keep spreading the word and help to donate on kickstarter.  We are working to establish a grass roots campaign among those who are passionate about curing Parkinson's, interested in the power of cycling, and need or would want to see a story like Larry's.  We think those people can quickly get us to our goal, even in small amounts.  We've been speaking to some amazing researchers in Belfast, the Netherlands, and elsewhere that are studying mobility/exercise and its correlation to Parkinson's.  They have been using Nintendo Wii game consuls and tandem bikes.

Per your question on the Sandiego.com article we would love to find ways of including others who want to help and of course publicity in blogs and articles is huge for us. 

Thank you again for your support!  Happy Holidays and a great New Year!

Best Regards,

Andrew

--

Ride with Larry

Andrew Rubin

Co-Director/Producer

www.ridewithlarrymovie.com

760-390-1426

labelfilms@gmail.com

 

 

Visit his webpage

THE RIDE WITH LARRY

http://ridewithlarrymovie.com/

Send Money and support Larry on his Mission!

Dog Day Afternoon

  We are so lucky to have your own

Organic Engines Pedicab
In NYC!

Here we are hangin in Wagner Park with some 
Wheel Momma's and BPC kids!

*Click collage for full size*

That's Ken From upstate (in the bottom Left corner) and his extremely beloved  

Scorpion Recumbent Trike

He came down because the trail he rides is covered in snow!

  WAGNER PARK

Battery Park City, N.Y.
Organic Engines

Special Cyclist Recumbent Trike and Burley Nomad!

Not a lot happening in the New York City besides riding back and forth to work on the bikeway.

Winter has really set in. There are some bicycle commuters that I see everyday,no matter how cold or how windy!

We give each other that little nod of acknowledgement and smile as we pass in the freezing cold and high winds. I can't help but wonder,

Do they wonder who I am? 

Do they wonder about each other?

I wonder if they'd be interested in finding out about each other?

I think I should try to find out!

Wonder what keeps them going?

Really liked this story so I passed it on to you.....

Hemet man bikes to help self, others

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

By DIANE A. RHODES

Special to The Press-Enterprise

After he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in November 1995, Jim Wetherell plunged into a deep depression that no therapist or medication could combat.

While the diagnosis was not a death sentence, it was an end of life as Wetherell knew it. He had to give up his job as a tour bus driver. His relationship with his wife fell apart. So he moved from San Francisco to Hemet.

To help with the anxiety caused from the disease, he started riding a recumbent two-wheeled bicycle. He soon switched to a three-wheeled version.

"I thought I could deal with some of the stress by pedaling it away," said Wetherell, 66. After a while, one of his biking buddies asked him where his tremor went. That is when he realized that cycling had more benefits that he knew.

In 2001 he started a Web site to offer information, support and inspiration to patients and caregivers: www.inevergiveup.org.

"I wanted a name people would remember," he said about choosing the nickname "Parky" as he set out to "take the park out of Parkinson's."

Story continues below

Diane A. Rhodes / Special to The Press-Enterprise

Jim Wetherell took the nickname "Parky" in his fight against Parkinson's disease. One of the ways he deals with stress is riding his recumbent tricycle, maintaining a regimen of 20 miles a day. In May, he hit the 50,000-mile mark.

Click This for the rest of the STORY!