Pre-Week Events
| The Bike to Work Week Mayor's Ride, scheduled for today, is being postponed until tomorrow, Thursday, May 14th. The ride will depart from Chauncy Swan Park in Iowa City, at 5:30pm. The ride goes to the Coralville New Pioneer Coop, where there will be food, music and other festivities. World of Bikes will be giving out free sets of bike lights. For more information, please contact Robin Butler, 319-330-5587. As Donald Baxter put it, it's just more fun when it's sunny... Please help us spread the word by posting and forwarding the news. |
Ready To Ride Bicycle Commuter Clinics
Wednesday, April 29, 6-7pm
Monday, May 4, 7-8pm
Saturday, May 9, 1-2pm
Location: Bike Library
FREE Ready To Pedal DVD given to each participant. Clinics will provide tips on choosing equipment/accessories, route selection, minor maintenance/repair and "street smarts". Participants will receive a FREE Ready To Pedal DVD.
Iowa Bicycle Coalition (IBC) Bike to Work Week
CNN.com has issued an assignment for IReporters to cover bike to work events across the country. Click here.
Information on how to submit reports is also available at the site above.
This is a great opportunity to highlight the wonderful attributes of cycling and the environmental and health benefits too. Share your stories and encourage your members to do the same.
Register to win fabulous prizes. Ride your bike to work, to school, or to run an errand, and you can register to win door prizes valued at over $1,000. (The door prizes will be drawn at the Friday night event at Brothers, downtown, Iowa City.)
To register, click here and fill out a registration.
For more information on Bike to Work Week in the Iowa City are, call Robin Butler at 319.330.5587
Sunday, May 10
The Bike Way (click here for flyer)
College St
Noon-4:00pm
Monday, May 11
Commuter Breakfast
College Green Park, Iowa City, 7am-9am
Bicycle Friendly Forum
Iowa City Public Library, meeting room A, Noon-1:00pm
Bike/Bus/Car Race
5:00pm
Tuesday, May 12
Commuter Breakfast
University of Iowa. Melrose Ave. 7-9am
Bike Rodeo
Bike rodeos are fun way to focus on safety for young cyclists, featuring bike safety inspections, quick tune ups, helmet fittings, a "chalk street" course, and prizes and drawings:
Sugar Bottom Bikes, North Liberty
(click here for flyer)
5:30pm to 7:30pm (rain-out date TBD)
Wednesday, May 13
| The Bike to Work Week Mayor's Ride, scheduled for today, is being postponed until tomorrow, Thursday, May 14th. The ride will depart from Chauncy Swan Park in Iowa City, at 5:30pm. The ride goes to the Coralville New Pioneer Coop, where there will be food, music and other festivities. World of Bikes will be giving out free sets of bike lights. For more information, please contact Robin Butler, 319-330-5587. As Donald Baxter put it, it's just more fun when it's sunny... Please help us spread the word by posting and forwarding the news. |
Thursday, May 14
Mayor's Ride
New Pi to New Pi
Start at Chauncey Swan Park, Iowa City, 5:30pm
Commuter Breakfast
Sugar Bottom Bikes, North Liberty, 7-9am
Bike Rodeo
Bike rodeos are fun way to focus on safety for young cyclists, featuring bike safety inspections, quick tune ups, helmet fittings, a "chalk street" course, and prizes and drawings:
Coralville Aquatics Center
(click here for flyer)
2:30pm to 4:30pm
(rain-out date Thursday, May 21, 2:30pm-4:30pm)Longfellow Elementary, Iowa City
(click here for flyer)
2:00pm to 4:00pm
(rain-out date May 21, 2:30pm-4:30pm)
Friday, May 15
Friday Nights Lights
Brother's, Downtown Iowa City, 5-7pm
Entertainment by Irene and The Mad River Band
Door prizes to be announced
Look for special bike parking on Linn Street