Roanoke, Va., April 2010- RIDE Solutions and its partners are exited to launch Bike Month with three events to get your bike ready to ride and your family on the road:
- Bike Ready, Sunday, May 2nd from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. At Virginia Western Community
College. Bike technicians from Cyclo-Ward Bicycle Repair and Bike Barn will offer safety checks and basic bicycle tune ups, all for free. Sharebike will offer a bicycle recycling service, where bicycles which are beyond repair may be offered as a tax-deductable donation. Sharebike will strip the bikes for usable parts and make sure the rest is recycled. Instructors from Wilderness Adventure will be on hand for riding and safety lessons. Sponsored by RIDE Solutions and Virginia Western Community College.
- Mayor’s Bike Ride, Saturday, May at 10:00 a.m. Starting from Roanoke Parks and Recreation, 210 Reserve Ave. Join Mayor David Bowers on a 2.5 mile family ride along the Roanoke River Greenway to Downtown Roanoke, where riders can enjoy the Strawberry Festival and Chili Cook-off. The Blue Ridge Bicycle Club will also offer their annual Bicycle Friendly awards. Sponsored by the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club.
Visit www.bikeroanoke.com/events for more information on these and other events.
The Bike Month mission is to bring attention to both the opportunities and challenges of bicycling as recreation and transportation in the Roanoke Valley by creating events that involve all interest, skill, and age level of cyclists. To support the region’s move towards certification under the League of American Bicyclist’s Bicycle Friendly Community Designation, events are aligned with the six E’s of Bicycle Friendly Communities: Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, Engineering, Evaluation, and Equity.
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