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Why I Ride #12: Freedom and Equality

By bikeleague | May 12, 2012

(Nino Pacini is a board member for Programs to Educate All Cyclists in Michigan and the founder of its 2×2 program, which allows people with visual impairments the opportunity to…

Week 2 Challenge Recap: 20,000 Riders and Counting

By bikeleague | May 11, 2012

Just two weeks in, we’re already on track to far exceed our goal of 50,000 riders in the National Bike Challenge. And the team spirit is strong in the Endomondo…

Bike Month Round-Up: Beer, Governors, Film Noire and More…

By bikeleague | May 11, 2012

National Bike Month is in full effect and, as anticipated, the wheels are turning in communities from coast to coast. Perhaps most notably, it was a big week in the…

Why I Ride #11: My Bike is a Time Machine

By bikeleague | May 11, 2012

(Natalie Ramsland is the founder and framebuilder behind Sweetpea Bicycles in Portland, Oregon.) Inga Ramsland takes a ride in the time machine My bike is a time machine. It isn’t…

Pictures from National Bike to School Day!

By bikeleague | May 10, 2012

Grace Williams wasn’t the only happy bicyclist who participated in National Bike to School Day yesterday. From coast to coast, thousands of kids pedaled to class making the first ever…

Why I Ride #10: Fun, Plain and Simple

By bikeleague | May 10, 2012

(Carlos Morales is the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for the City of Omaha, Nebraska) Carlos Morales Like many others, I began my love affair with biking at an early age.…

Happy Bike to School Day

By Scott | May 9, 2012

I skipped the Capitol Hill press conference this morning to participate in the Takoma Park, Maryland, bike to school day with my daughter, Grace. Grace and I ride to her…

Are You Part of the 83%? Share this Infographic!

By bikeleague | May 9, 2012

Earlier today, America Bikes unveiled a new survey that shows overwhelming support to increase or maintain federal funding for biking and walking. Are you part of that 83 percent? Share…

New Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Bike/Ped Funding

By bikeleague | May 9, 2012

Just in time for National Bike to School Day, new survey results reveal overwhelming support for biking and walking, with more than 80 percent of Americans favoring increased or maintained…

Why I Ride #9: To Build a Better Community For My Son

By bikeleague | May 9, 2012

(Leslie Meehan is the Director of Healthy Communities for the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization) Sean Meehan My son Sean is three years old and, although he is too little…