Wednesday May 13th: Bike to Breakfast & the Community Bicycle Forum
BIKE TO BREAKFAST 6:30 - 9:00 am
The winners of the Golden Bagel for overall Breakfast stop was Perry Davidson and the gang at Flagstaff Medical Center. Their stop greeted you with tunes, prizes, a full buffet of tasty, artsy and nutritious treats, 3 varieties of coffee, Wheel of Fortune, a clown… I could go on, but they were a great ensemble cast performance. This judge burned about 700 calories pedaling 18 miles to consume, well, let’s just say, about 700 calories.
But other stops caught the judges eye and here are our honorable mentions:
- Best Solo performance: Bryce at AZ Bikes
- Best Hand (foot?)-generated Smoothies: Smart Specs
- Best Costumes: City of Flagstaff’s Banana & Gorilla, New Frontiers “SN” caped crusader
- Best home-made food: It’s About Coffee’s Cinnamon Rolls, Absolute’s Crumb Cake, New Frontiers quiche
- Best Schwag: AZ Bikes, Smart Specs, Bookman’s
- Trial by Train Whistle: Absolute Bikes and Biff’s Bagels
- Heathiest Fare: New Frontiers and Bookmans
- Tastiest variety: New Frontiers
- Best (& only) Tea: New Frontiers
- Prettiest Parfaits: Bookman’s
- Really Cute Balloons & Kids: Mountain Heart
- Biggest Crowd: Biff’s & the Jack Factor
- Most students: Late for the Train
- Friendliest people: Holy cow, everyone was so friendly!
- Best workout for Judges to access: It’s about Coffee and Mountain Heart (THANKS! I needed that!)
To make it easier and more fun we have 11 free breakfast stops set up from 6:30AM to 9AM this year. Bike-friendly business around Flagstaff are once again sponsored the Wednesday Bicycle Breakfast stops this year. Check to see which stop is along your route, hit one or hit them all! Coffee, juice, muffins, bagels, and other breakfast treats will fuel your commute.
If you are a breakfast sponsor, you can download your information package here:
Breakfast station responsibilities (word document, 52 Kb): Right click and save!
Here’s our list of Bike-in Breakfast stations locations so far, be sure to thank these great folks for sponsoring each station!
See a map of the 2009 Breakfast Sites HERE.
Place Sponsored by:
- N Fort Valley Road; Late for the Train
- Beaver St near the FMC ped bridge, FMC
- Switzer & San Francisco, Smart Specs Optical- new
- Humphrey’s & Aspen @ City Hall; City of Flagstaff
- 5 Aspen St; AZ Bikes- new
- Rt 66 & San Francisco St, Absolute Bikes
- Beaver St. near Biff’s Bagels; Biff’s and Jack Welch
- Butler & Sawmill Rd; New Frontiers Natural Market - new
- 1520 Riordan Ranch, Bookmans - new
- University Ave & Thomas St (near Harkins); Mountain Heart - new
- Steves Blvd & East Rt 66; It’s About Coffee - new
Let us know if you want to sponsor a breakfast station this year!
Flagstaff Community Bicycle Forum: 6pm-8pm. Flagstaff High School.
Interested in making Flagstaff more bicycle-friendly? Please join us for Flagstaff’s second annual Bicycle Forum on Wednesday, May 13, 2009, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
The meeting will be hosted by the City of Flagstaff and is being held in conjunction with Flagstaff Biking Organization’s Bike-to-Work Week events.
The intent of the Bicycle Forum is to give the community an opportunity to learn what’s being done to make Flagstaff a better place for bicycles, and to help City officials and other agencies learn what’s important to the community regarding accommodation of bicycles.
The theme of this event, and the City’s goal, is to make bicycling in Flagstaff an appealing option for everyone - so kids can ride to school, for a man who wants to get back in shape, a woman who uses her bike for errands for the sheer joy of it, a family who can better afford housing if they only have one car, or a student who wants to do their part to make Flagstaff more sustainable. We need to hear from you!
A number of City of Flagstaff functions will be represented at the meeting, including the urban trails, bicycle, and pedestrian program, the sustainability program, the traffic section, and the police department.
Additionally, a number of other agencies and organizations who promote bicycling will be providing information and seeking feedback at the Bicycle Forum, including Flagstaff Biking Organization, the Loop Trail, Coconino County’s SafeKids and Safe Routes to School programs, the Arizona Department of Transportation’s bicycle and pedestrian program, the Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization, Friends of Flagstaff’s Future, the Arizona Trail Association, Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists, and the Coconino Cycling Club.
The meeting will follow an open house format, so there is opportunity for casual discussion with City staff and representatives from other agencies and organizations. There will also be an opportunity to provide written comments, which will be compiled following the meeting and made available to all participants.
For further information, please contact Martin Ince, multi-modal transportation planner with the Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization and the City of Flagstaff, at 928-226-4850 or mince@ci.flagstaff.az.us.
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