InTandem Bike

06/18/2026

Thank you to the Rotary Club of New York for joining us for a special Captain Training last weekend! The mission of the Rotary is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders and we’re thrilled to welcome them as our newest community partner. Several Rotarians had the opportunity to get trained as new Captains and we look forward to welcoming them to future rides! Also a huge shout out to for keeping us hydrated on a hot day!

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A new Rotary volunteer upon finishing her first loop with Stoker Lisa
A new Rotary volunteer after standing with Captain trainer Shonlee after finishing his first loop
New Rotary volunteers at the trailer

06/13/2026

Let’s give a warm welcome to our four new Captains and welcome back Stoker Renata who is joining our weekly rides after riding with InTandem Youth last year! Shout out to Captain Trainer, Robert, for showing everyone the ropes! Want to join ride with us? Visit intandembike.org to learn more!

06/10/2026

If you’ve ever been on a ride with InTandem, you’ve likely stopped by our trusty Trailer, currently packed with 21 tandem bikes, t-shirts and swag, bike parts, tools, and more! It’s not a surprise that a deep clean is necessary from time to time, and we were lucky enough to have some amazing volunteers from Morgan Stanley (.stanley) come by yesterday to do just that! This enthusiastic crew helped organize, scrub down, and neatly “reset” our Trailer so that we can keep riding smoothly. Thank you, Morgan Stanley, for this priceless support!!

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Photo 1: A crew of 9 Morgan Stanley Volunteers, plus Luis, InTandem’s amazing bike mechanic, stand smiling in front of the InTandem Trailer
Photo 2: 5 Morgan Stanley volunteers “in action” around the trailer - the Trailer is open with it’s contents spread out on the ground as volunteers sort
Photo 3: Picture of the Trailer pre-clean, clear of most of its but still plenty of bins, miscellaneous items, and bags strewn about!
Photo 4: The big wall of InTandem helmets, old swag, bike parts, etc. finally organized and categorized in labeled boxes, back in the Trailer, post-clean

06/08/2026

Over the past couple of months, we have had the absolute pleasure of empowering the next generation of cyclists! As part of the InTandem Youth Initiative, we trained 12 high school aged Captains in tandem cycling, and taught them best practices on tandem safety and how to best be of support to a Stoker.

Through this programming, our Captains grew in their leadership, communication skills, and understanding of how to be more inclusive in their everyday life - and, of course, while riding a tandem! Thank you to these fantastic teens for their dedication and participation!

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Photo 1: A group of about 10 Youth Captains, Captain Trainer Shonlee, and 3 Stokers stand smiling by the Intandem Trailer
Photo 2: 6 Youth Captain smile by their tandem bikes, taking a break after tackling Harlem Hill
Photo 3: 5 Tandem Teams with Youth Captains, about to take off for a Central Park Loop
Photo 4: A sunny picnic with 6 Captains and 4 Stokers sitting in the grass with a picnic blanket with food in the middle

05/18/2026

As things are heating up, the InTandem community is staying booked and busy! We were very excited to have our first 90th Street Ride of the season this past Saturday, along with training some enthusiastic new Stokers. On Sunday, we hosted our 2nd Youth Program session with a crew of 9 fantastic high school Captains, and tabled at Access to Independence Transportation Resource Fair. Whew! We’re so grateful for all these exciting rides and engagements, which serve as reminders of why we do what we do.

Image Descriptions:
Photo 1: InTandem Captain and Stoker, Cindy and Sofia, smile on a tandem bike near 90th Street
Photo 2: InTandem Stoker, Board Member, and Stoker Trainer, Maria, smiling with Guide Dog Eagle
Photo 3: 3 new Stokers stand smiling, two holding up InTandem tshirts
Photo 4: A happy crew of ~10 youth Captains ready to go on their tandems, about to take off
Photo 5: Maria sitting at a table under a tent with a blue tablecloth reading “InTandem” with our logo of two stick figures riding a tandem. On the table, there are sign holders, an InTandem helmet and jersey, handouts, and green InTandem-branded bike lights

05/05/2026

InTandem Friends! Following up on his ride through the 5 Boroughs on Sunday, our very own Noé Socha will be playing a gig live this Friday night at 8PM in Williamsburg at Radegast Hall & Biergarten at 113 N 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Come on out if you want to hear some great Blues! Contact Maria Dimeglio at [email protected] for more info!

Gigs this week!

05/04/2026

What a ride!! We could not be more proud and grateful for Team InTandem’s amazing dedication at yesterday’s 2026 TD Five Boro Bike Tour. Our crew of 20 tandems and 8 solo bikes had a thrilling and windy 40 mile ride through all five boroughs of New York City, taking on hills, bridges, ferries, and more!! Days like yesterday make us incredibly grateful for this community of supporters we have, working together to make tandem cycling inclusive for all.

A HUGE Thank You as well to our “off-bike” supporters for the ride - InTandem Volunteers providing bagels and coffee at the start line, and SecondSkin for providing goodies for our Five Boro Cyclists, and of course, and to our friends at for making the ride both welcoming and accessible.

If you’d like to support our work, check out the link in our bio or visit intandembike.org to learn more!

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Photo 1: 40+ cyclists from InTandem’s 5 Boro Team, gathered in front of Engineer’s Gate, posed and smiling, some cyclists with their hands raised in the air in celebration
Photo 2: 2 Tandem Pairs - Captains Rich Wilner and Felix Apfaltrer, and Stokers Lisa Cantwell and Rich Fernandez smiling after finishing the 5 Boro Ride! All 4 are standing, smiling, wearing their medals and bibs.
Photo 3: InTandem Board Members Susan Robinson and Maria DiMeglio, along with Captains Mike O’Brien and Andrew Miller, stand smiling at the beginning of the ride with a tandem.
Photo 4: Video of Team InTandem’s takeoff at Engineer’s gate! Tandem’s head onto the course one by one, directed by one of Bike NY’s great Course Marshals
Photo 5: Captain Shonlee and Stoker Sandra smile for a selfie in front of a TD Five Boro Bike Tour Banner
Photo 6: InTandem Board Chair Mark Carhart stands with his stoker, Ida, smiling by their tandem at Engineer’s Gate

04/30/2026

Thank you to the team from for joining InTandem for a special group Captain Training in Central Park this past Tuesday! We welcomed nine new volunteers from JPMorgan and they had the opportunity to learn how to safely support our Stokers at our weekly tandem rides and they even had a chance to get in a loop of the park! What a wonderful way to celebrate !

A special thanks to InTandem Stoker and JPMorgan team member, Ida, for putting this together! You can cheer on Ida and our other 19 tandem teams at Sunday’s TD Five Boro Bike Tour! If your organization is interested in partnering with InTandem, please DM us or shout out in the comments!

Image Descriptions:
Photo 1: A crew of about 9 smiling JPMorgan Captain Trainees, plus InTandem Volunteers Maria and Maggie, stand smiling and waving at the camera, most standing with or besides their tandems.
Photo 2: Captain Trainer Shonlee goes over tandem bike parts as group of JPMorgan Captain Trainees and InTandem Volunteers stand, watching
Photo 3: InTandem Stoker Kate riding a tandem with a JPMorgan Captain Trainee
Photo 4: 2 JPMorgan Captain Trainees ride a tandem together, smiling!

04/22/2026

What a lovely weekend for another Out of the Park Ride! This past Saturday, our friends from and , Anna and Eric, led us on a great 15 mile ride through Central Park, East Harlem, and of course, Randall's Island. We got to see the spring blooms, explore neighborhoods, and overall, share great times together! So grateful for partnerships like this, and looking forward to more rides together 🚲🌸

Image description: Faded backdrop of some beautiful pink flowers on a branch, taken along the ride to Randall's Island. Two photos overlaid - one of Anna and Eric from Randall's Island/El Barrio posed with 7 InTandem Cyclists, and a second of InTandem Captain Robert and Stoker Kate, triumphantly with their hands joined and raised in the air by their tandem.

04/17/2026

Want some extra motivation to join Team InTandem at the TD Five Boro Bike Tour? Join our Fundraising Challenge and you’ll have the chance to win some great prizes! All InTandem team members who raise $1,000 will receive one raffle ticket, with additional tickets for each $250 raised over $1,000. What can you win? Our Top Prize will be a Peloton Stationary Bike, generously donated by our friends from !! Other prizes will include: tickets to an upcoming show at the Gotham Comedy Club, and a Dinner and Drinks package, which includes a special bottle of wine, a premium bottle of Vodka from our friends at Rocvaka (The Vaka that Rocks!), and gift cards to the Michelin Rated Enzo’s of Williamsbridge in the Bronx. How exciting is that?!

If you’re still interested in signing up to ride with Team InTandem at this year’s Five Boro, there’s still time! Sign up using the link in our bio, or visit https://charity.pledgeit.org/TDFIVEBBT2026

Image description: Blue square with white font reading: “Team InTandem’s 2026 TD Five Boro Bike Tour Fundraising Challenge!” In the middle, a green circle decal has 4 images: a Peloton Stationary Bike, the logo for Gotham Comedy Club, the logo for Enzo’s of Williamsbridge, and a bottle of Rocvaka Vodka. By the Peloton bike, text reads “Top Prize!”