Bicycle Indiana Celebrates Bike-to-Work Day on May 15

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Bicycle Indiana is preparing for Bike-to-Work Day on May 15 by organizing routes and meeting places across the state that allow cyclists to link up and safely commute to work. Bicycle Indiana will help promote more than 40 different bicycle-related rides, races and events throughout Indiana during the week of May 11-17—a week proclaimed by Governor Mitch Daniels as Indiana Bike Week. Employers in many cities can field teams to participate in the bike-to-work corporate challenge—a friendly competition designed to reward company teams for riding the most total miles.  continue reading »

Spring is here! Just think how easy the 100 mile radius potlucks are going to be soon!

In the meantime, for the hardcore, curious and determined among you, our April potluck will be on Sunday, April 26 at 6pm.

We'll meet at the Cycling & Fitness Warehouse. CFW sits near the Cardinal Greenway, so it's easy to find by bike or on foot. It's a bit harder to find by car, but there are directions on their site, and here is another map. It's near Richmond's main post office, and we'll put up signs next Sunday. Thanks to CFW for hosting.  continue reading »

Learn how to repair your bicycle. Saturday, Feb. the 7th at 12:30 p.m. Bring a bike to practice on as we'll be getting our hands dirty doing real repairs! Tools will be provided.

The event is FREE, to be held at the Cycling and Fitness Warehouse 213 North 3rd Street in Richmond. Call (765) 935-5047 or e-mail kory@cyclingandfitnesswarehouse.com for more information.

The Richmond Bicycle Map is now available free to the public. The maps recommended bike routes around the city as well as providing useful information for current and potential bike commuters. The primary distribution locations are Ike's Bikes and the Cycling and Fitness Warehouse. A preview of the map is available on Mark's Bike's as Transportation blog, along with details how of the map came about.  continue reading »

Riders will meet at K-Mart at noon for a Critical Mass style ride and ride across Richmond to Trader's
Depot (the old Robert's building). You can contact Ryan Gleeson for follow-up.

As reported in today's Palladium-Item, the Cardinal Greenway has received a $900,000 grant from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources:

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will distribute the money to 28 projects, resulting in 104 miles of new trails and land being bought for an anticipated 26 miles of future trail development. Currently the state trail system covers about 400 miles.

Two local projects get a big boost through the state money. The Cardinal Greenway in northwest Wayne County receives $900,000 and Whitewater Canal Trails near Metamora $300,000.

New bike-carrying racks have arrived for Rose Transit buses and they have been installed!
There will be a public celebration at the City Building (South entrance) on Monday, April 14th at 10am. Take an early lunch and ride on over to show your support for this great development in alternative transportation for Richmond.

Recreational cyclists in Richmond now have a new online resource to organize their rides and events. Earlier this week long time rider Pat Williams launched the Richmond Cycling Google group, which members can use as an e-mail list, while also easily jointly creating web pages and sharing files and photos.

Pat had previously coordinated an e-mail list of about 50 recreational riders. Members of the group often gather for rides on Tuesday and Thursday evenings as well as weekend rides. See the new Richmond Cycling site for details.

This group complements the existing Bike Richmond group which focuses on bikes as transportation and also uses Google Groups.

Join us for Peace Forum, a weekly discussion series (with free lunch!) in the Earlham School of Religion dining room, noon on Thursdays.
Alex Haworth: Tackling Earlham's Ecological footprint: With and against the grain
Alex is a senior History major at Earlham College, and has been a impressive student activist and leader. He has been instrumental in Earlham's Bike Co-op, a writer for the Earlham Active, and involved in a variety of environmental activism.

At 10 AM this morning, the Cycling and Fitness Warehouse will open its doors for business in Richmond. This large, just renovated facility is ideally located near Richmond Ave trailhead of the Cardinal Greenway. Cyclists who have been meeting every Tuesday and Thursday to ride from K-Mart at 5:30, will now depart from this more central location, starting tonight.  continue reading »