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The Inaugural Asheville Mayor’s Ride

MJ — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:59:44 +0000

In an effort to highlight the upcoming “Strive Not to Drive Week”, we created the “Asheville Mayor’s Ride”. BioWheels owners Matt & Eric pedaled the “commute” from the Asheville Chamber of Commerce to City/County Plaza with Mayor Terry Bellamy and a host of other Asheville dignataries and bike commuter activists. City Council Members Brownie Newman & Robin Cape were on hand. Commitments were made, in writing, as well as spoken, to push the alternative transportaion agenda at all levels of government & planning.

The Mayors’ Ride Event was produced by all of the folks that have been pushing the bike plan; UNCA, Asheville on Bikes, Liberty Bikes, ProBikes, and BioWheels. Thanks to the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, the Asheville Police & Buncombe Cty Government for their participation.

We were even joined by a environmental superhero - The ‘Air Avenger’ on his 8-foot tall bicycle. Follow this photo of the Mayor Bellamy to a slideshow of the entire event. You must check out these photographs!

‘Dirt Kids’ 5/10 postponed until 6/7/08

MJ — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:44:55 +0000

Due to the large number of involved ‘Dirt Kids’ families that are attending the Lake Eden Arts Festival on May 9th-11th, Jon & I are re-scheduling ‘Dirt Kids’. We have set the date to Saturday, June 7th. We tried to do it sooner, but there are bike events every single weekend the we are already committed to.

We apologize for this, but LEAF is all about the kids, as well.

Thanks for understanding. -Matt J.

Register for Strive Not to Drive

Yuri — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:38:53 +0000

Strive Not to Drive
18 Years and counting!
This year celebrate: May 12th - 16th, 2008

- Register NOW & get your co-workers to register

- then get free breakfast

- then the employer with the largest participation will be recognized in the paper

Be green, save money & have fun! Please view this poster; SNTDPoster final 2008.pdf

Cincinnati - Final CORA Mitchell Memorial Trail Day Saturday May 10th!

Mitch — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:40:40 +0000

Mitchell Memorial Forest Trail Build - 5/10/2008 at 9am

Directions: Take Rybolt Rd exit off of I-74. Turn right onto Harrison. Go a few miles, turn left onto Wesselman. Go a couple miles, turn right on Buffalo Ridge. Climb hill and turn right onto Zion. First right into park. Park vehicle at Tall Trees lot, last lot on left.

We have ~1/2 mile of trail to build and the loop will be 99.9% complete! All that will remain are the two openings going into the woods at the trail head, which we will complete on the June fine tuning trail day. But, that won’t happen unless we have a turnout in May like we did in January. There is no doubt in my mind we can do this. The majority of what is left will be only raking and clearing. Most of the 0.42 mile we did in January was bench cut. There is still quite a lot of dead fall on the route, so I’m hoping to get most of that cleared prior to the trail day.

Jonathan Walters
Cincinnati OMBA Representative

PARK(ing) Day- San Francisco

Yuri — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:20:11 +0000

Check this out! www.youtube.com/results?search_query=parking+day+san+fran&search_type=

Cincinnati Earth Day April 19

Mitch — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:03:02 +0000

Malaprop’s event with author from book on Bicycling!

Yuri — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:30:28 +0000

Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:00 p.m.
	Bicycling with Jim Joyce and others Location: Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe Description: Meet Jim Joyce and other cycling advocates! Jim is the editor of The Bicycle Book: Wit Wisdom and Wa… More info on this event: www.malaprops.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp;jsessionid=bacNwZ0WSsm2acYIc-tLr?s=storeevents

Portland Considered Most Bicycle-Friendly City in North America

Yuri — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:17:52 +0000

Check out this video & audio piece on Bike in Portland! Gives us a set of goals in Asheville.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/15/portland_considered_most_bicycle_friendly_city

For many, Portland is a haven of green-friendly urban planning. It recently topped Popular Science‘s list of the Greenest Cities in the United States. A big part of that is bikes. Portland is widely considered the most bicycle-friendly city in North America, so much so that bikes are on display throughout the Portland airport. Worldwide, it’s seen as only second to Amsterdam. We speak with two local Portland transportation activists.

Wheel Ride For Food : Metric Century & Family Fun Ride is part of ‘08 Mountain Sports Festival

MJ — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:14:39 +0000

Some information may change & will be updated here & at our website: WheelRideForFood.org

“Wheel Ride for Food” (WRFF) has 2 distinct goals; 1) Provide an event for beginning & intermediate cyclists, their familes & friends to ride the beautiful backroads of rural WNC, & 2) Raise funds for “Meals on Wheels”-Buncombe County. Each day in Buncombe County, over 550 homebound elderly depend on Meals On Wheels for a hot, nutritious meal and a friendly visit. We believe these seniors deserve our respect and the opportunity to live in their own homes among familiar surroundings and maintain their dignity while aging. By helping them, we are assisting the families who love them and the community we live in.

(WRFF) has 2 distinct goals; 1) Provide an event for beginning & intermediate cyclists, their familes & friends to ride the beautiful backroads of rural WNC, & 2) Raise funds for “Meals on Wheels”-Buncombe County. Each day in Buncombe County, over 550 homebound elderly depend on Meals On Wheels for a hot, nutritious meal and a friendly visit. We believe these seniors deserve our respect and the opportunity to live in their own homes among familiar surroundings and maintain their dignity while aging. By helping them, we are assisting the families who love them and the community we live in.

Here is the printable Wheel Ride For Food flier

Follow this Link to the interactive Ride Map

This exciting event is part of the 2008 Mountain Sports Festival, with the support of Asheville Parks and Recreation Department.

We will gather at Carrier Park, with registration in Festival Village at the Deltec tent, near the Track. Riders should make their way into the circle of the track, as we all ‘roll-out’ after a parade lap. We will hold a brief riders meeting at 8:45 to discuss the rules of the road & answer questions. We will begin at 9:15 am.

The Road Ride will consist of a Metric Century (65 miles) and Half-Metric (30-ish miles).
Both routes offer a challenging and scenic ride throughout the river district and various parts of Asheville and Buncombe County before returning to Festival Village and joining other WRFF riders in a finish line party.

Advanced & Intermediate Riders- We hope that the regions advanced riders will participate, although the support emphasis is on beginning riders. In that spirirt, you may choose to ‘coach’ friends, family & co-workers at this event. Otherwise, you can ‘race it’ with your buddies.

Beginners- BioWheels will conduct pre-event beginning group rides in from our shop at 6 pm on Wednesday nights after daylight saving time ends (March 9th).

Cost: $40.00 Advance Registration at BioWheels / $55.00 Day of Event Registration

Registration includes: Premium Jersey, Souvenir Water Bottle, lunch and admission to the post-event victory celebration and a variety of other goodies.

BioWheels is the official bike shop sponsor of “Wheel Ride For Food” & will be offering a free helmet ($35 value) with complete bike purchases and 10% off service labor to registered participants! Also, training rides will leave from our downtown location on Wednesday nights.

Some information may change & will be updated here & at our website: WheelRideForFood.org

Check out this book

Yuri — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:52:14 +0000

Bicycle: The History
by David V. Herlihy