The first-ever “Snowball Bike Race” will take place on Sunday, March 1st at Swiss Valley Ski Resort. Weather permitting, this race will be on snow and utilize a gated course. Sounds like a blast!
Please see below for additional details or follow the link above for Swiss Valley’s race-specific page.
Visit http://www.bcycle.com/ to read about the B-cycle concept. You can watch a video, learn about the potential benefit in our area, and add your voice to the crowd. It’s a fascinating idea.
From their site: “B-cycle is the only “next”-generation bike-share program. Integrated data tracking will automatically capture information such as your distance traveled, equivalent calories burned and carbon offset after each ride. It will then upload this data to your personal user profile on Bcycle.com. B-cycle is the future of bike sharing, and it’s available to your city now.”
Maybe I’m a cynic, but I think at least five years will pass before B-cycle – or something like it – becomes feasible in our area. There are not enough safe paths between key spots in our region, and there are still too many anti-bike folks out there.
This past Thurs. (Feb. 19) Danny Graber and Frank Cassella of All About Cycling and Fitness convened the first meeting of what will become the fourth bicycling advocacy group in the Michiana region. This follows the examples set by Bike Michiana in South Bend, Goshen Bikes, and Michiana Bike Safety Awareness in Nappanee.
If our first meeting is any indication of the level of enthusiasm displayed then we will have a vibrant and efffective group. It is amazing to see the drive people have to get bicycling into the forefront. It is equally amazing to see all the individuals coming out of the different grains in the woodwork, metaphorically speaking.
Our name is tentatively “Bike Elkhart” but we still have more discussion and organizing to do before we settle on our “formal” existence. Our next meeting is scheduled for Mar. 5, 7:00 p.m., 1st Presbyterian Church in Elkhart on Beardsley. New members are welcome. For more information call Danny Graber at 266-4265 or Frank Cassella at 294-7243.
The bill that modernizes the Indiana cycling law has been approved by a Senate committee and sent to the Senate floor. In my opinion, this is a great day for Hoosier cyclists. Continue reading »
South Bend mayor Steve Luecke named city planner Chris Dressel as the city’s Bicycle Coordinator during his annual State of the City Address last night at the Century Center. This is a particularly important step for South Bend to become a Bicycle Friendly Community and will facilitate easier communication between the city and community bicycle groups. Jamie Loo covered Mayor Luecke’s State of the City Address in today’s South Bend Tribune.