Handy Links You might need:

Places to LOG YOUR DATA: Your Daily Commute;  or   The WS Coordinator’s Daily Totals;   or   New Worksite Registrations
To VIEW REPORTS: For Daily Commutes;     The WS Coordinator’s Daily Totals;       New Worksite Registrations

Some highlights from the week so far:

Monday: Logins= 650, Total Participants= 650, Total Miles= 5,280, Average commute= 8.1 miles
Tuesday Logins= 283, New Participants= 77, Total Miles= 1,731 , Average commute= 6.1 miles
Totals so Far: Logins= 941, Total Participants= 728, Total Miles= 7,072, Average commute= 7.5 miles

Longest commutes: Monday’s 50.4 miles, Mars Brimhall; Tuesday’s-23 miles, Alan Kaufmann

Here at BTWW we are still scratching our heads trying to figure out WHY participation took a hit on Tuesday. Was it the primaries keeping folks home??? Did gas prices drop when we weren’t looking? Hmmmm.

Actually, this is impressive… even with (okay, I admit it) SUB-standard commuting weather Tuesday, we have almost topped last year’s 5 day total for numbers of participants. Now that the weather is great again… let’s crank it out!

Prizes for Tuesday are posted.

Ah Spring in Flagstaff… gotta love it. Well, yes, perhaps the snow had a little to do with it. It was an elite and hardy crew that showed up for Jack and Martin’s Excellent FUTS Adventure. We patroled about 7-9 miles of trail out to Cheshire and back. Excellent Indeed.

Competition for the Breezer Bicycles has never seemed so intense. We will have to do on-site inspections of the top 5 or 10 worksites contenders to verify the validity of team composition. BE WARNED! Signs of gerrymandering or cherry-picking could disqualify offenders. Remember: We are ALL winners when folks Bike to Work and School!

Upcoming Events:

Be sure to come to the Town Hall Meeting tonight. It’s in the lobby of the Flagstaff City Hall at 211 West Aspen Ave. Let your voice be heard and learn what’s being done to make Flagstaff a better place for bicycles.

Are you planning on coming to Friday’s Cyclobration Bike to Potluck?  Coconino County has generously volunteered to provide meat and veggie burgers to grill… please drop us an RSVP so we can get an idea of numbers.

Happy Cycling!

Monday morning’s Kick-Off Commuter Ride was a huge success with over 200 cyclists showing up to support cycling in Flagstaff. Mayor Joe Donaldson led the parade with Kevin Burke, Flagstaff City Manager, and Martin Ince, Flagstaff’s Multi-Modal Planner. After the parade Jack Welch was awarded the FBO 2008 Bicycle Advocacy Award and was also presented a bicycle as a token of his SuperHero Powers of Cycling Goodness! Way to go Jack!

Monday’s totals:

87 Worksite Coordinators reported their totals: (We have 161 worksites… are y’all getting your worksite totals reported?)

651 individuals logged in– AN EXCELLENT STARTING DAY!

Still want to sign up your worksite? It’s not too late… Go HERE.

Flagstaff’s great spring weather hasn’t detered many of you… we’ve had about 150 login’s today already… Keep it up. This picture of Tom Sabol, USGS Bldg 4, was submitted by N. Voichick. I don’t care how much snow Tom’s standing in, he looks HOT!

Be sure to join Martin and Jack’s Excellent FUTS Adventure Tuesday Night at 6 pm. Starts in front of Pay-n-Take, bring a HELMET.

Go check out Monday’s Commuter of the Day, Mark Daniels of NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute.

Prizes for Monday are now POSTED.

“Bike to Work Week: The week the FBO Board of Directors has to drive things around in cars and can’t bike…”
–Melissa Dunstan, FBO Executive Director.

The moment so many have awaited! You can Log Your Commute NOW! CLICK HERE!

A Great time was had by all at yesterday’s Bike Bazaar and Swap, and the Human Powered Parade. We had perfect weather and a fine crowd of bike enthusiasts, bike merchants, bikes, families on bikes, and bike gear. Bikes had one wheel, 2 wheels, and up to 4 wheels.

(Below) The Parade in the home stretch: Jay Holt on his tall bike, winner of the 2008 Best Decorated Bike in the parade.  

Hello Cyclists!

If you have some extra time this Sunday, and would like to help out with Bike to Work Week, FBO could use some help with the Sunday Bike To Work Week Bike Bazaar.

We need:

• 3-4 volunteers on Sunday morning (~6:30-7am) to unload and setup tables at Heritage Square
• 2-3 volunteers on Sunday evening to load and then unload tables from Heritage Square when the bazaar is over at 3pm.
• 4-6 volunteers to flag at intersections during the parade from 11-11:40 AM.

Please Email or call to confirm which tasks you want to sign on for. Stay posted… there will be other tasks we will need support on through the week.

Thanks so Much!

Susan
Bike to Work Week Coordinator
Susan@flagstaffbiking.org
928.774.5583/ cell 928.853.5542
Flagstaff Biking Organization

Did you see an IMBA (International Mountain Bicycling Association) Subaru in town this weekend? Anna and Jason, one of the traveling Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crews, came to Flagstaff to meet with local trail builders and managers and to lead a workshop on sustainable trail design and building. On Saturday, they gave an interesting and informative presentation to a full room at the Forest Service office near the Flagstaff Mall, then took the group out to check out nearby trails and to practice trail layout. On Sunday, they rode from Campbell Mesa to Fisher Point, joining the Youth Mountain Biking Program group for several miles at the beginning and end of the ride. Check out pictures from these events on our images page!