Bike Month - We Need Your Help

Last week, Jeff P and I met with Barbara H, and talked about Bike Month coming up in May. The League of American Bicyclists is promoting Bike-to-Work Week from May 12-16 and Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, May 16. This week will be the primary area of our focus for promoting the event [...]

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Northern Nevada Law Enforcement/Cyclist Meeting

Back on January 24th, we reported on the Law Enforcement/Cyclists meeting that was to be held on February 5th. The meeting was quite a success and very informative, both for law enforcement and the cycling community. You can read about this meeting over on the Muscle Powered Blog HERE.

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Bike to Work Week Meeting

Some of you may have read my post on the Muscle Powered blog about Bike to Work Week. We will be getting together sometime in the coming week to start discussing this event. Right now it looks like Wednesday the 13th, sometime after work (time and location TBA). If you’re interested [...]

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Law Enforcement Agencies Biased Against Bicyclists?

Anne Macquarie of Muscle Powered sent me this to post:
After several unfortunate incidents, Reno cyclists think law enforcement agencies are biased against bicyclists. Terry McAfree of the Nevada Bicycle Coalition and Procrastinating Pedalers, and others, have arranged a meeting with local law enforcement agencies to talk about what we can do about it. [...]

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Saturday Night Links

Three prominent cycling minds discuss how to get more people on bicycles.

Tim Grahl interviews Tim Parr (Swobo), Brad Quartuccio (Urban Velo), and Tim Jackson (Masi Bikes) over on Commute by Bike. Watch the video HERE.

Suffer from cold hands during winter cycling?

My friend Keith let me borrow his Pogies, also known as Bullwinkles or [...]

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Muscle Powered Annual Meeting - Report

Today was the Muscle Powered Annual Meeting, and the Cycling Carson City staff was there to attend. My family braved the below freezing temperatures and rode our bikes to the meeting, and since Jeff P is still on his crutches from a bicycle accident last week, he chose to drive. Apparently it’s difficult [...]

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Muscle Powered Annual Meeting - Reminder

Today’s commute took me through Hades. I stopped at the Lava Pools near the River Phlegethon, and was surprised to see that Muscle Powered has a rack there!

But seriously…
I just wanted to remind people of the Muscle Powered meeting to be held this Sunday at 9:00 AM. Details are HERE. There will be [...]

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C.C.C. Interview with Anne MacQuarie

I thought I would try something new here at Cycling Carson City. I’m going to conduct interviews with various citizens around Carson City that I hope will be of interest to you. From land managers and city officials to bicycle commuters and trail riders. Luckily for me my first interviewee said yes.

Anna, Anne, [...]

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Muscle Powered Annual Meeting

A message from the President of Muscle Powered, Anne Macquarie…
You’re invited to Muscle Powered’s Annual Meeting this Sunday, January 13. The meeting will be held from 9 am to noon in the Wungnema House (the historic stone house by the Saliman St. entrance to Mills Park) and will be a business meeting combined with [...]

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Goodbye 2007, Hello 2008

Now that we’re beginning a new year, it’s time to reflect on 2007, and also look to the future of 2008.
2007
For the past few days, I’ve been thinking of the most memorable cycling moments of 2007. There weren’t too many days in 2007 when I didn’t ride a bike (and have a good [...]

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