Last weekend the Five Boro Bike Tour rolled through New York City. Sponsored by Bike New York, this annual 42-mile adventure starts in Lower Manhattan and takes 30,000 riders of all ages and riding styles through Central Park, historic Harlem, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn before ending on Staten Island.
Here at peopleforbikes.org, we think the next couple months are going to be big for bicycling in America. Find out why.
This week, Lance Armstrong tweeted about peopleforbikes.org, asking his more than 2 million Twitter followers to join him in signing the pledge.
Nearly 2,000 people signed the pledge at one of the first big bike events of the season. On the custom peopleforbikes.org stage, mountain bike legends Gary Fisher and Dave Wiens, and hundreds of other riders, told us their stories and pledged their support for peopleforbikes.org.
Childhood obesity is a hot topic these days. Currently, the spotlight of blame is on food—junk food, fast food, too much food—yet this epidemic also relates to another lesser known factor: biking and walking to school.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood spoke with the New York Times this week about his reasons for introducing his new policy on biking and walking regulations, calling biking a "win, win, win" that incorporates benefits for transportation, health, and the environment.
Spring has sprung, and with it, buzz about bicycling. Check out these stories from Salt Lake City, NYC, and London about communities taking a stand for biking.
Since we launched peopleforbikes.org three weeks ago, more than 150 of you have shared your stories of why you ride, your most memorable experience on a bike, what makes your bike special to you, and more. Some are long, some are short. Some are silly, some are serious. But, we love them all!
Now you can track how many people have signed our pledge, telling the world that they are for bikes. Check out the homepage, and scroll over the chain link to see the names, locations, and chosen bike icons for supporters, and also the total number of pledges. Today we hit 5,400!
We have a confession to make: we don't really like the word advocacy. It sounds pretty serious and complicated, and that doesn't always fit in with how fun and easy it is to ride.
We are lucky to have two amazing pairs traveling the U.S. this summer on behalf of PeopleForBikes.org. We wanted to introduce them by sharing their bicycling stories. First up is PFB Crew West, Eric Herbst and Grace Herbison.
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