Register for the 2014 Climate Ride

CR_logoEnjoy an incredible 4-day fully supported ride in Northern California while supporting the Bicycle Coalition! 2014’s California Climate Ride is set for May 17-20, 2014 from San Francisco up the coast and through win country to Sacramento. There are only 50 spots left, so be sure to register soon!

Climate Ride also features a focus on bicycle advocacy, sustainability, and renewable energy. Sign up for the ride, choose the SLO County Bicycle Coalition as your beneficiary and join our team – it’s that easy! Find more information online.

The route:

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Pedal from the City by the Bay – San Francisco – across the Golden Gate Bridge and along California’s scenic Marin coast. Then, turning east at Point Reyes Station, we’ll pedal past quaint dairy farms and through historic Petaluma to our first camp of the trip.

The next two days are spent pedaling through the verdant vineyards of California’s classic Wine Country growing regions – Russian River Valley, Dry Creek, Alexander Valley and eventually into the famed Napa Valley, where we’ll spend a whole day on the Silverado Trail.

Then, it’s up and over the final hill and across the flat Central Valley to Sacramento where we’ll make our voices heard at a speaking event in front of the iconic Capitol building.

Our professional Climate Ride staff takes care of all the details, so you can focus on riding the 30-60 miles per day of carefully planned routes on scenic back roads. It’s challenging yet doable, and you have all day to make it to the next rest stop. Meals, snacks, bike support, luggage transport, and all of the logistics are included when you reach your fundraising minimum.

Find even more details online at climateride.org

Central Coast Tour de Snapshot

Try the latest New Belgium Snapshot Wheat, win a New Belgium cruiser and support the Bicycle Coalition.

Visit these 8 participating locations throughout SLO County from February 3-9 and you’ll be eligible to win a limited edition New Belgium cruiser. In addition to being eligible for one of these stylish bikes, $1 from each pint of Snapshot Wheat goes to the Bicycle Coalition!

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Check out the latest beer from New Belgium at one of these participating establishments:

CitiBike in NYC

New York City launched the largest bikeshare system in the US on Memorial Day weekend this year. In less than a month, they have already logged 250,000 trips!

No one has done a better job comparing the ‘pain in the ass’ factor* of getting around New York City than filmmaker Casey Neistat, enjoy: 

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*Don’t let the title of the video fool you!

Happy Friday Gift Guide

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Happy Friday!

One of our dedicated volunteers, Jim DeCecco, was awarded PG&E’s Solar Schools Inspirational Educator Award! This week, Jim was able to throw the first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game and get a special tour of the ballpark with students.

Congratulations to Jim, and thanks for all of his hard work bringing bicycle safety and awareness to his students at Oceano Elementary, and throughout SLO County!

Jim DeCecco (left) at his annual Bike Month event, Bikefest in Arroyo Grande with Bicycle Coalition Executive Director, Dan Rivoire (right)

Check out this link for a video of Jim’s first pitch, and some of his simple tips he teaches his students about energy conservation and riding their bicycles.

 

Happy Friday!

We saw this awesome idea for a wall bicycle hanger and had to share it with you! Find the detailed instructions here. Kudos to Kyle Wilson for the genius idea.


Did you build one?! We’d LOVE to see it, share a photo with us on our facebook page

Happy Friday!

Bike Month wrapped up yesterday, and it was a wild success! Special thanks to our over 55 new members, anyone who came out to all the events throughout the month, and to SLO County for loving bicycles more than ever!

Here’s a cool photo series from photographer Zhao Huasen, of people commuting on ‘floating’ bicycles:

 

Happy Friday!