Bike to Work Day 2013

We had over 300 people bike-in for breakfast yesterday between the Horizon Drive and City Hall kiosks!!!  Among the impressive groups to bicycle-train in, 79 Mesa County Health Department employees wearing golden Bike Month shirts arrived en masse. 

That was a fun-filled month of free bike classes, rides, food and prizes, and it could not have been possible without our local organizations and businesses.  Please see below for a list of 2013 Bike Month sponsors to tell them thank you and support their business.  And thank YOU for joining the fun!

Mesa County Health Department

Rocky Mountain Health Plans

Crossroads to Health & Fitness, Inc.

Horizon Drive Business Improvement District

Rocky Mountain Tops

Kannah Creek Brewery & Edgewater Tap
Pablo's Pizza

Chomp's Deli

All of our local bike shops:

The Bike Shop

Bicycle Outfitters

Board & Buckle

Brown Cycles

Palisade Rapid Creek Cycles

Grassroots Cycles

Ruby Canyon

Please sir, may I have some more bike lanes to free-wheel on?

Get Your Voice Heard!

An Urban Trails planning document is up for adoption and we need YOUR influence to improve bicycling conditions in our valley.  To see the Grand Valley Trails updated Master Plan go to http://rtpo.mesacounty.us/template.aspx?id=14444.

If you support the development of More Bike Lanes, Sidewalks and urban Recreational Trails to free-wheel on, PLEASE contact your County Planning Department at (970) 244-1636 or plandevservices@mesacounty.us and let them know you want Mesa County to support the updated Grand Valley Trails Master Plan.

GJ Shares the Road

GJ Shares the Road campaign has recently launched.  We have free “GJ Shares the Road” bumper stickers and Rules of the Road wallet cards available to mail to you.  Please send your request to grandvalleybikes@gmail.com.

Thanks Pablo's Pizza!

Bike to Work Week!

June 24-30th, 2013

Ride your bike to GJ Pablo's, purchase one slice and get your second slice FREE!

Pizza of the Week:
Unicorn Lovin'

bicycle in for a free breakfast...or two

Wednesday, June 26^th is Bike to Work Day

There are two delicious FREE breakfasts celebrating Bike to Work Day: one at Crossroads Fitness Center (2768 Compass Drive) from 6am to 9am, and one at City Hall lawn (6th & Rood) from 6:30-9:30am.

Just a reminder to check your bike carefully (especially the ABCs: air, brakes and chain!) before you bring it out to ride on Wednesday. If you need a last-minute tune-up or repair, we have lots of wonderful bike shops in the Valley that can help you. Also, no matter where you are biking on Wednesday (or any other day), remember to obey traffic laws and be careful of cars who may or may not see you.

That evening, head down to the After-Work-After-Glow at the new Edgewater Tap & Grill (9th and Riverside Pkwy) and celebrate with food & drink specials for bikers from 5-6:30pm. We'll also be drawing for great prizes and although you don't need to be present to win, it's going to be a lot of fun!

Complete details at www.gvbikemonth.mesacounty.us, including a Commuter Convoy map to bike as a group on Wednesday morning!

June is Colorado Bike to Work Month

·        Cycling Commuter Challenge

·        Bike to Work tee-shirts available for $10 purchase through Rocky Tops-choose your color shirt!

·        Bike & Bite Wednesday Classes; June 5^th,  12^th and 19^th

·        Hang a Bike to Work Month poster at your work (email request to  grandvalleybikes@gmail.com)

 

Wednesday, June 26^th is Bike to Work Day

·        Breakfast Kiosks in downtown Grand Junction and on Horizon Drive

·        After-Glow social at Edgewater Tap & Grill, Kannah Creek’s new addition on the riverfront, for Cycling Commuter Challenge awards

Website:     www.gvbikemonth.mesacounty.us

Bike to Work

June is Colorado Bike to Work Month and Wednesday, June 26 is Bike to Work Day!  GVB and GJ City staff are dedicated to an even more awesome celebration this year and will begin coordinating on Thursday, March 21 at 5:30pm in the Mesa Land Trust meeting room, at the northeast corner of 10^th & Main.  See you there!

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TBD Colorado

Governor Hickenlooper has an online forum to discuss transportation and education issues.  Join in the conversation at http://www.etbdcolorado.org/

Roads built for cars will result in traffic, but if you build roads for people you will get a livable community.  Some GVB board members attended a TBD Colorado meeting yesterday and emphasized the need for safe walking and biking options everywhere cars are.  We also suggested active transportation for students as a “two-for-one” solution, since 25% of vehicles in rush hour traffic are parents bringing children to school and kids who are regularly active tend to do better in school and on tests.  School District 51 board members, county commissioners, the governor’s staff, GVB and many other important players had a great dialogue-you should join the conversation online. 

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Got Debris (where you want to bicycle)?

Spring is here, and the City of Grand Junction would like to make bike lanes safer for you.  Use the Fix-It Form on the City website at www.gjcity.org to report exact locations of bike lanes that are filled with debris.  They'll send a street sweeper to clean them off.