Videos of Local Heroes

Enjoy the Ride

Several of our clips (Sweet Rewards: The Gas Money Jar, Taking Your Bike Makes a Big Difference, Ride Your Bike the Way You'd Drive Your Car, Good Talks Riding with my Kids ) are excerpts from Enjoy the Ride, a film produced, directed, and edited by Paul Hake, Carlyn Saltman, and Scot Broderick of Franklin County, MA. For more information, visit Enjoy The Ride By Bike.

Excerpt from SWEET REWARDS: THE GAS MONEY JAR

Addison (son): With the extra money we each got to get our own dessert. Instead of getting one or two to share, we each got our own.

Beth (mother): The kids were initially surprised when we had to pull 35 dollars out to pay for a tank of gas. They said,”Oh, that much!” and so seeing the depletion of the jar with a single fill-up was useful.

Addison: At first, the gas jar was really motivating. But now, I’m just so used to biking that we do it all the time.

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