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I Bike, I Vote: Bike Summit Delegates Hone Message to Congress

By bikeleague | March 22, 2012
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Standing-room only crowds attended three National Bike Summit panel sessions called, “I Bike, I Vote: Here’s My Ask,” to hear about the official Summit request of Congress and learn how…

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Repost from IMBA: Mark McKinnon’s Keynote #NBS12

By bikeleague | March 22, 2012
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Our partners at the International Mountain Bicycling Association posted a great blog summarizing the insight from last night’s keynote speaker, Mark McKinnon. Check it out! Political consultant, Mark McKinnon  

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Millennials Love Bikes, Says The Gen Y Guy #NBS12

By bikeleague | March 21, 2012
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Will Generation Y be known as the Bicycle Boomers? If you ride the streets of Washington, D.C., where young professionals socialize at stoplights on their Capital Bikeshare commute home, you…

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Get Up & Ride- Take the National Bike Challenge #NBS12

By bikeleague | March 21, 2012
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Start your pedals, America- The Get Up & Ride National Bike Challenge is on! Launched today at the 2012 National Bike Summit by a powerful alliance of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation,…

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Blumenauer: When Bicyclists Talk, Congress Listens #NBS12

By bikeleague | March 21, 2012
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If you think your calls and emails to members of Congress fall on deaf ears, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) would like to set the record straight. The co-chair of the…

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Secretary LaHood: Transportation Bill = Jobs #NBS12

By bikeleague | March 21, 2012
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The 2012 National Bike Summit got off to an energizing start this morning with an opening session featuring high-powered members of Congress and the man Representative Earl Blumenauer called the…

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Oklahoma Student Gets the Spotlight at the Bike Summit #NBS12

By bikeleague | March 21, 2012
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She had to wait almost an entire year, but a very excited Oklahoma student got her moment of glory on the stage of the 2012 National Bike Summit tonight. Last…

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Bike Snob “Enlightens” Summit Attendees #NBS12

By bikeleague | March 21, 2012
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In his first book, the notorious Bike Snob “systematically and mercilessly realigned the world of cycling.” One of the bike world’s most popular, prolific and profoundly humorous blog personalities, the…

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How to Engage More Women in Bicycling #NBS12

By bikeleague | March 21, 2012
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Perceptions of bicycling are shifting rapidly and radically. No longer is cycling a niche hobby for Lycra-clad athletes. Especially in cities like D.C., biking is tipping the scales as a…

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National Bike Summit Mobilizes Hundreds to “Save Cycling”

By bikeleague | March 19, 2012
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This week, a record-breaking number of Americans will flood the halls of Congress to “Save Cycling.” The 2012 National Bike Summit, March 20-22, will bring together more than 800 cyclists…

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