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Newport, R.I., has “returned to its roots” as a hub for bicycling. The birthplace of the League back in the late 1800s, Newport was named a Bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community yesterday. Newport is also now the first BFC in Rhode Island, growing the network of BFCs to 48 states.
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It’s pretty basic: How do I start and stop on my bicycle? But mastering these breeds confidence on two wheels. Watch our quick ‘how-to’ video below, as part of our bike education video series. You can watch and download all of our videos on our Ride Smart page…
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As a social network that captures over 20% of active global internet users, Twitter can be an important tool for biking and walking advocacy. But if you’re stuck scratching your head about retweeting, hashtagging, and following, an introduction may be in order. For a beginner’s overview on leveraging Twitter for your advocacy organization, join our webinar, “Twitter 101,” tomorrow at 2 PM Eastern time.
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The national boom in biking has officially found a pedal-hold in a previously unlikely place: the suburbs. The League of American Bicyclists today announced its latest round of Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) — and suburban towns, like Menlo Park, Calif.; Elmhurst, Ill.,; and Ferguson, Mo. are showing large urban centers aren’t the only areas making biking better for millions of Americans.
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A few months ago, the League added a choice of magazines that members can choose from when they join or renew. Members at the individual and family level can choose one of these magazines, while advocate and higher level members can choose all three.
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The National Bike Challenge has become an important part of 3M’s effort towards becoming a Bicycle Friendly Business. This year, our second year participating in the challenge, 3M had 474 riders registered from 34 different 3M locations around the world. 3M finished in 4th place on the NBC national leader board. Seven 3M executives participated in the Challenge and were encouraged by an internal competitive challenge, asking them to recruit new 3M riders to join the NBC during the month of September.
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We’re rolling through the 5 Cs of Women’s Bicycling from our recent report and, this week, we’re talking about the importance of Community. Nowhere is the power of community more evident than in the success of Women Bike Atlanta, which has grown from a few members to a large and diverse group with regular rides in five different counties in less than two years. To get some insight on how they’ve done it, we checked in with Sonja Parham (pictured center), the group’s co-founder.
Read More →As the national voice for America’s bicyclists, the League is based in Washington, D.C., but our staff is constantly on the road to make biking better in your community. We attend conferences and Summit from coast to coast to share our knowledge, listen and learn. We present workshops on how to get funding for bike projects, visit leaders to advance our Bicycle Friendly Community program — and much more.
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Women are far from a homogenous demographic. From spinning classes for fitness to leisurely rides with family, women represent the full spectrum of riding styles and motivations. But one tie binds many of us: We all love that sense of community being among fellow cyclists.
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You may think it’s the handlebars that do the steering on a bike, but your body actually does the majority of the steering. Steering is the next in our series of bike education videos. While riding, your job is to use small motions to steer the front wheel as little as possible to keep the bike directly under your center of gravity.
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