Clarence Eckerson Jr. started delivering newspapers by bicycle at age 13 and never looked back. Since, he has become a respected environmental filmmaker and the two naturally synergized into bikeTV in 2002.
He has been an advocate in cycling and pedestrian world since 1994 when he became a volunteer for Transportation Alternatives. And he was chair of the Brooklyn T.A. Committee from 1999 to 2001. After producing a film about "Car-free Central Park" in 2004, he was hired by The Open Planning Project (TOPP), a new non-profit group which is using video to advocate for more open space and safer conditions for pedestrians and cyclists.
Clarence still longs to produce/direct that "big movie project " but is a having fun for now. He does not own a driver's license and has no intention of ever getting one.

Steve McMaster serves on the Board of Transportation Alternatives and the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy and is the C.E.O. of Sam Six, Inc. a company that creates control room systems for gas and electric utilities.

He has worked on energy efficiency projects in England, Scotland, Portugal, France, Argentina and the U.S for various organizations including Greenpeace.

Born in England, he has been resident in the U.S. for the past fifteen years. He joined Transportation Alternatives in the mid 90's and has worked as an bicycle advocate in New York City ever since.

Steve O'Neill has worked as a paperboy, dishwasher, fishmonger, waiter, office temp, technical writer and computer programmer. He has been a part of the bikeTV crew since 2002. Steve is also a member of Transportation Alternatives and Right of Way. When he's not filming for bikeTV he's slinging HTML or doing research for the Bridge Tolls Advocacy Project. He hopes to see traffic sanity for New York City in his lifetime. "The true automobile is the bicycle."

Rob Rowan started cycling as a teenager as a part of a budding triathlon career. After a few years on the bike, it became clear that Rob was better at writing about cycling than he was at racing. After a four years and one degree in English literature, he was almost ready. In 2000, Rob was able to convince his new bride that the top of Mont Ventoux in late July would be a romantic place to spend their honeymoon. She too became a rabid cycling fan. It became clear that 1) a website would help Rob spread his love for the sport and the culture around it and 2) with a press pass he could meet some of his idols.

Today, after two Tours de France, two Vueltas a Espana, dozens of National championships and a bevy of one day races, Rob is just starting to spread the disease. Catch it.

Teresa Celemin grew up in Upstate New York and has been moving in and out of the NYC area for over 20 years. This current stint is the first one involving cycling. Since beginning serious city cycling, she has managed to crash her bike on the Brooklyn Greenway, on the Brooklyn Bridge, crossing the Hudson Bergen Light Rail in Jersey City and most recently on Broadway after being doored by a cab. She is currently looking for affordable health insurance.

Teresa is an artist and rides her Brompton to her studio every day. Her artwork may be viewed at www.TeresaCelemin.com

Reverend Phil is a bike culturlist de Portland, Oregon. He like-a-da sauce. He genrally imposes his destructive optimizim upon his surroundings which is often FREE GEEK, a nonprofit that recycles computers and educates folks in Open Source, although revphil initally thought they said "open sores." In general he would rather go outside.

Test your mettel playing bike hocky with The Axles of Evil or fight evil crime with Zoobomb.

Gary Eckerson is the guy who is responsible for this mess you are navigating through. Joining the computer generation rather late (he received his first computer in 1998), Gary took to it with more ease than expected. He worked for Trottown Printing, Inc. in Goshen, NY before venturing out on his own as a freelance graphic designer. In his spare time, he writes for and plays in his band, The Eckersonics, and scores his brother Clarence's cinematic masterpieces (and bikeTV, too). Gary is another one of the car-less Eckersons and uses his bike to get around his new home in Cleveland, Oh. If you found his picture way down here, chances are you are trying to waste your time. We believe you should be out riding a bike or something...It's better for you than looking at Gary's mug!

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Robert Eberwein first learned to ride on a big old Schwinn "truck bike" at Noble ball field in the Bronx. He only agreed to get on it after his mother assured him she'd hold on to steady the bike while he pedaled. Everything went fine even after he made the second circuit and saw her waving to hem from the foul line as he came by.
Since then he's had a number of adventures, both big and small, and since 1996, after having put aside biking for some years, he's become a full-time bike commuter to his copy-cataloging job at NYU's Bobst Library.  When he's not working he becomes a country day tripper throughout the NYC region -- esp. the Hudson Valley via Metro-North.
Robert is interested in portraying the variety of explorations that cyling makes available to anyone who has the desire to get out beyond the city limits (and quite a few within them as well).

Elizabeth Marsh will happily give herself the credit for BikeTV's recent explosion of field reporting beyond the borders of New York City. Her first job was at her uncle's bike shop in Minnesota, she became immersed in the cyclist lifestyle while participating in the vibrant and diverse bike culture in Portland, Oregon, and she's currently reveling in her new commute in California's Bay Area. Elizabeth is a big fan of Unitarian Universalists , anything unconventional, sushi, and keepin' it real.