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A longtime partner of the League, Deb Hubsmith is the founder and director of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership — and, last week, while visiting the doctor for flu-like symptoms, Deb was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Our latest bike education video focuses on “Shifting Gears.” This video is one of a series focused on the basics of bicycle riding, which can all be viewed and downloaded for your own uses here. What you need to know about shifting gears: When it is getting harder to pedal, shift into an easier, lower gear. Each revolution will propel the bike a short distance, but it will take less effort to push the pedals.
Given that 20% of global internet users are on Twitter, there are almost definitely people in your area who are tweeting about biking and walking issues. And if your advocacy organization doesn’t have a Twitter presence, you’re missing out on opportunities to join those conversations. But if you’re not sure how to start tweeting, don’t fret — we’ve got you covered.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In 2010, Jen Charrette, an avid bicyclist and mother in Colorado, started the Velo Mom blog to showcase her family’s life on two wheels. After her trip to Interbike, Velo Mom reflected on the soul of cycling and three ways the bike industry (and advocates) can start to reach outside our small biking circles.