Cycling Tips & Stories Article

Bike Month and Bike to Work Week activities have grown increasingly popular in Missouri in the past few years.

There is no better reason to get your bike out and go for a ride!

Columbia
Columbia's Bike Walk and Wheel Week attracted around 5000 participants and wraps up May 10th. It has received a lot of great press coverage.

Springfield
Ozark Greenways invites participants to join Bike, Bus, and Walk Week May 12-16 (Springfield News-Leader coverage).

St. Louis
TrailNet is delivering a full slate of Bike Month activities, including Bike to Work Day May 16th with twenty refueling stations, a Bike to Work Day proclamation from the Mayor, Bike Mentors, and the Drive Your Bike Challenge.

Kansas City
The Kansas City metro area will have over 60 events in this year's Bike Week. The flagship event is the Car-Free Challenge, which challenges participants to take more trips by walking, bicycling, transit, or carpooling. The Car Free Challenge has a goal of 1000 participants this year. So far registration is just below 700--but there is still time to join.

If your city or club is having a bike month activity, please be sure to list it on MoBikeFed's event calendar and send Bike Month event listing in to the League of American Bicyclists.

Bring Bike Month activities to communities around Missouri that are currently un-served by Bike Month is one of the goals in MoBikeFed's Vision of Active Transportation in Missouri. Bike Month activities are one of the best proven ways to interest more Missourians in bicycling and an active lifestyle.

If you live in a community with no Bike Month or Bike to Work Week events you are welcome to join the Car Free Challenge--web site created by MoBikeFed Board Member Eric Rogers.

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TourOfMO: Tour of Missouri attendance--was it humongous or just really, really big?

Tips&Stories: MoBikeFed member/donor drawing: winners announced

News: Bike Month coming to Missouri--sign up to participate in your area

News: MoBikeFed at EarthFest 2008