Bicycling for Louisville

You saw the fun we had parking bikes for Thunder and the Cherokee Triangle Art Fair, right? Well, now's your chance to try it out yourself!

How the Challenge Works

1. Choose a team of about five co-workers, friends, neighbors, or whoever. Teams can be any size, but only the top 5 scorers will count towards your team’s point total.
2. No more than one team member can be an "experienced" rider - people who have taken more than 365 trips by bicycle in the last 365 days.
3. All team members should register through the GreenLightRide website under a team name you create - creativity is encouraged.
4. Each one-way trip you make by bicycle is worth one point. Ride: to work, the store, appointments, a friend’s house, or just for fun. Just make sure to log your points on greenlightride.com.
5. The team with the most points wins the coveted "Golden Handlebars" and the reputation of being the bestest bikers in Louisville! Join the victory party at the
   Bike to Work Day Celebration, noon, Friday May 18, at 4th Street Live!

Glory! Prizes!

We're rounding up a great bevy of prizes, including the coveted "Golden Handlebars" trophy. 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place teams will receive:

• Bicycle rack from Bike Couriers Bike Shop
   
• Limited edition championship
  cargo panniers, hand-crafted by
  Agent Ümlaut Designs
   
• Gift bag from On Your Left Cycles

What's the Score?

Here is the scoreboard.

Feel free to talk smack on the Facebook Event Wall.

Make sure you and your teammates log in and record your individual trips every day (or so) in May. When you log in, you will be able to see how the other teams in the Louisville Commuter Challenge are doing.

If you have questions about signing up, contact me.
Have fun out there on your bikes!

Have we enticed you? Are you excited about bicycling? Are you ready to form a team and sign up to win fame, glory, and adoration? Terrific! Here's what to do:

Update: Because of the high chance of rain on Tuesday, we moved this back to Wednesday!

Join us (weather permitting) on Tuesday, May 1 for our annual bike ride to Dawn at the Downs! This is by far the best way to experience Derby Week.

Do you want to...

• Unlock the secrets of safe and fun bicycling?
• Meet other bicyclists in your neighborhood?
• Learn to go anywhere by bike?

Then try our bicycling class for adults:

Bike Couriers Bike Shop - 2132 Frankfort Ave
Saturday, May 26th, 2012 from 1 to 4:15

When you become a member of Bicycling for Louisville, not only does your money go to support our efforts to advocate and educate, but you get to enjoy some benefits from local businesses with your new membership card! We are so grateful to partner with these wonderful businesses.

Vic's Classic Bikes - 10% off all parts and accessories

Parkside Bikes - 15% off accessories

Mayan Cafe - free order of lima beans!

Kizito - 10% off purchases of $5 or more

BBC - 10% discount (must have card)

Bluegrass Green Company - 5% discount

Peace of the Earth - 15% discount

Crescent Hill Trading Company - 10% discount

Naturally Horton's - 10% discount

Dropseed Nursery - 10% discount

Green B.E.A.N Delivery - 50% off first produce bin (Promo code: BOLMgbd)

Thanks to everyone who helped last week with two big events: the Annual Meeting and Thunder! We are so grateful for your support of our organization. We got lots of positive feedback from both events.

Once again, Bicycling for Louisville will be providing FREE Valet Bike Parking for KDF's Thunder Over Louisville! This is a great way to see the show without having to deal with the hassle of parking your car. Just ride to the northeast corner of Witherspoon Street and Preston Street across from Slugger Field.

Valet Bike Parking will be available from noon to 11:00 p.m. (The air show starts at 3:00 p.m. and the fireworks go from 9:30-10:00 p.m.)

Bicycling for Louisville is teaming up with Wild and Woolly and Mini of Louisville Live at the Clifton Center to present a fun-filled, two-wheeled night out! Click here to RSVP on Facebook.

Saturday will be a busy day, we know. But for those of you interested in something other than basketball, you may want to consider supporting this rally.

The high school kids who make up Our Earth Now have been working for months on this. They have shown an amazing amount of dedication and organization. We as a community should be quite proud of these young people!