Bike Everything
Spring is quickly turning into summer and that means bike season is well under way. Whether you’re a spandex warrior or into tweed rides there’s something for everyone. It’s the time to be out rolling your style, spinning, or mashing. Even Lance is riding right now. The final stage of the Giro d’Italia was Sunday and The Tour de France is coming up in early July.
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I’m not a member of the peloton but I do my best to ride to work every day – I’m a strong believer in the bike commute. Bike commuting is great, it’s good for your health, good for the environment, and in my case it’s actually faster that taking the bus. A pretty sizable proportion of the Buzzillions office bikes to work, most days the office bike rack is overflowing.
As often as I’m on my bike, I don’t get out and ride for fun as much as I’d like. I just signed up for my first benefit ride, Waves to Wine, what’s better than cycling through wine country and supporting a notable cause at the same time. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is putting on the 25th Bike MS: Waves to Wine this September. 175 miles in two days, better start training!
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San Francisco had its first ever Bike to School day on May 28th. The sf.streetsblog reports that organizers hoped to draw 500 hundred participants from the 22 schools that participated! Another big SF biking event - Bike to Work day was on May 14th. The events were really succesful, over 200,000 people rode to work! It’s really great to see so many people on bikes, and who doesn’t enjoy stopping for bagels and snacks. Still it is slightly amusing to have someone on the corner yelling “Thanks for riding your bike TODAY!” when it’s nothing out of the ordinary.
Get out and ride! If you’re not racing that new carbon fiber ride from the future, get out ye olde penny farthing, or just hop on a regular bike and take it out for a spin. Trust me, it’s fun!
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