Valley Bike Month
Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Tony Arranaga in Featured, News
Valley Metro kicks off Valley Bike Month this week, a month long campaign aimed at encouraging more people to use bikes as an alternative mode of transportation or exercise. Valley Metro is also promoting a bike and pedestrian safety campaign called Be Bright. As many of you know, this blog has helped me to become more aware of the bike culture here in Phoenix and how to use bikes to along with the light rail or bus to extend your clean-air commute. I’ve learned that bike riding is a great way to not only run errands but also get in some exercise and make new friends. Besides the clean-air aspect of using pedal power, Valley Metro is focusing its efforts this month on bike riding for exercise. Over the next few weeks, be sure to look at the calendar in the sidebar on the right side of this page. I’ll list all the fun events Valley Metro has planned for the month, like bide rodeos, a bike chase to see the Diamondbacks, and a ride to work day. In addition, I’ll also use the month to talk about:
- Must have safety gear for your next Critical Mass
- How I gained weight riding a bike
- Carfree in Phoenix, the Valley Bike Month edition
- Ways to map out and calculate distance on your next ride
This should be a fun month! See you around downtown Phoenix!
Crouching tiger, hidden Stacey. Ms Champion shows us her moves during our last bike crawl through downtown Phoenix.
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Suzanne
02. Apr, 2010
Great article, Tony. I biked to the bus this beautiful morning!
J Seth Anderson
02. Apr, 2010
I rode my bike on the new Western Canal bike path. It starts over by Arizona Mills and goes along the canal through Tempe, Chandler, and I think into Gilbert. I didn’t go that far. I went about 6 miles on it then turned around. It was a beautiful ride. I even saw owl!