June 20th, 2009
The City of Flagstaff is considering a proposed ordinance that would require all children under the age of 18 to wear a protective helmet while riding a bicycle on any street, road, sidewalk, bikeway, or trail. The City wishes to promote public involvement and invite public comment. FBO supports this effort. There will be a series of public meetings to consider the ordinance, the first before the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee on Monday, June 29, 2009.
For detailed information about the proposed ordinance, go to the city’s website.
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June 11th, 2009
We continued our annual tradition of a family-friendly Father’s Day event with a bike ride and brunch at the Schultz Creek Trailhead on Sunday, June 21. We split into two great groups of mixed kids and adults, including four fathers with their kids; thanks to Robin Hoff and Dave Needham for stepping up to help lead the groups. We came back to delicious hamburgers and hotdogs, fruit, and drinks thanks to TC and Melissa. Thanks to Jack Welch for bringing so much stuff and holding down the fort at the trailhead.
Check out photos from the ride and barbecue.
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June 1st, 2009
About 180 gracious folks joined us June 6th to construct the Flagstaff Loop Trail.. almost a mile…most of Segment 55, Observatory Mesa to Cheshire!
This annual celebration of trails is the biggest event of the year. We had fine weather, great turnout, beautiful trail was built and a great lunch to polish it off! To see photos from this day, go to our IMAGES page here.
Joining us in the festivities this year was partners and many hard working volunteers: Coconino National Forest, Coconino County, City of Flagstaff, Friends of Coconino County Parks, American Conservation Experience, Coconino Rural Environmental Corps, Coconino Trail Riders and Coconino Horsemens Alliance. TO ALL OF YOU A GREAT THANKS!
See here for details and information about the Loop Trail. Our next event on July 11th will return to this stretch of trial, which is a change of plans as easement issues will temporarily postpone work on the I-40/Walnut Cyn. PLEASE make a note of it.
Thanks to our sponsors!
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May 27th, 2009
We have almost reached our Bike to Work Month membership drive goals but we need your help!
Bike to Work Week 2009 was a spectacular success.. With 1250 folks pedalling over 28,000 miles, we kept 15.4 metric tons of carbon from the air and burned over 260 pounds of human kibble. And we felt great!
But Flagstaff Biking’s Bike to Work Week, youth & adult education and riding programs, and trail work need an active membership. Please help us meet our goals…you won’t be barricaded from your favorite urban or singletrack trail, but we know you value these benefits of Flagstaff Biking Organization’s bike advocacy.
Help us now! Join Flagstaff Biking organization online with Paypal Here! Your bike will thank us.
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Bike to Work Week News: The Winner of the Bike to Work Week Photo Contest is John Shoup. His photo of his morning trek through Ft Tuthill wins him a Burley Flatbed Bike Trailer donated generously from the Bike Shop Hub. Congratulations John!
Thanks to the other folks that submitted photos… you didn’t make the choice easy… Go HERE to see the other entries.
Keep Pedalling!
Flagstaff Biking Organization
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May 27th, 2009
IMBA is asking all Arizona mountain bikers to support the Arizona Trail in its pursuit of a $50,000 grant to build five miles of singletrack in and near Saguaro National Park. Winner takes all — five finalists from across the U.S., including the Arizona Trail, are vying for top honors in the Redwood Creek Greater Outdoors Project. The one organization that receives the greatest number of votes from among the proposals wins the $50,000 award.
THE PROJECT: Saguaro National Park Connector Trail
This grant would build five difficult miles of the Arizona Trail into Saguaro National Park east of Tucson. Due to the remote location in a rugged wilderness area, these miles must be constructed by hand. Not only will this project help complete the trail, it allows access into backcountry and protects a sensitive riparian area as well.
HOW TO VOTE: Votes are being accepted online and via text message through May 31, 2009. Each day, you can submit one online vote and one text message vote
Vote online at www.blazethetrail.com/greatoutdoors/vote/
The first time only, you will be required to register on “Blaze the Trail”, Redwood Creek’s community site, in order to make your vote count. After you fill in all of the required fields, make sure you click on the AZT choice before you submit your registration (the box will turn green and the “vote” button will change). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Redwood Creek confirming your registration and vote.
For future voting you can simply login on the voting screen (the link above) using the username and password you selected. You will see a line that says: Already have an account? Click here. This will bring up the login fields. After entering your name and password, select the ATA box and then click on the “vote” button.
Both the first time and all subsequent times you vote, you should see a confirmation screen appear that lets you know your vote was counted
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