The original snow and ice tires

Dang. Can't even imagine.

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Bike thief thwarted!

Bike commute to work (even if you mow lawns)

Nice to see this the other day on Curdes. Guy hauling his lawnmower.

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Results from Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge (Thus far)

We are kicking tail! Most miles and most trips!
Keep up the good work and tell your friends!
And if you are on the Fort Wayne Bike Commuters, please email me so I have your contact info.

2011 Bicycle Indiana Commute Challenge
Ride Your Drive and Win
Individual and Team Results as of July 25, 2011
Top 20 Individual Results - High Mileage
James Lynn 555
mary.craighead 490
Chuckreidy 384
Hobbesw1 335
Doe32 306
Aaron Hawkins 290
dja24 288
Skijrff 271
Mz.busn 224
jddockery2 198
John5844 193
Bmiller 172
Skcpp 152
Golden_don 149
Tyler.stambaugh 146
Whiteheadthomasm 144
nancy@bicycleindiana 141
Richard.linda.white 131
Laughingwags 129
Laughingflash 120

Team Results - High Mileage
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 1,055
INDYCOG 542
Bike Richmond 444
CIBA 387
Bicycle Indiana 160
Madison Area Bicycling Club 68
Dude, Where's My Car?` 42

Top 20 Individual Results – Most Trips
mark stosbert 61
mary.craighead 51
skijrff 46
wendy.m.reed 42
doe32 39
James Lynn 38
hobbesw1 37
fwbikecommuter 34
laughingwags 32
Aaron Hawkins 31
laughingflash 31
jddockery2 27
Kevin Whited 27
dja24 24
skcpp 21
Amy Hartzog 20
meeker.brian 20
tyler.stambaugh 18
bkr_kyl 17
mz.busn 16

Team Results – Most Trips
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 178
Bike Richmond 137
INDYCOG 110
Dude, Where's My Car? 42
CIBA 36
Bicycle Indiana 34
Madison Area Bicycling Club 5

The future of bicycle infrastructure?

Sweet custom Bianchi commuter

I love the diamond plate fenders. Haven't seen those before.
Spotted outside the History Center downtown. Who's bike is this?

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If you want less driving, eliminate parking. Makes sense.

To Curb Driving, Cities Cut Down on Car Parking

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Here are the Results thus far for the Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge

From the Bicycle Indiana website:
2011 Bicycle Indiana Commute Challenge
Ride Your Drive and Win
Individual and Team Results as of July 18, 2011
Individual Results High Mileage
jameslynn79 373
mary.craighead 302
mz.busn 224
doe32 198
dja24 183
skijrffl 181
bmiller 172
Nancy Tibbett 106
kabeisner 99
skcpp 92
jddockery2 90
whiteheadthomasm 90
mark stosberg 83
richard.linda.white 77
lars 76
john5844 75
laughingwags 75
ahartzog923 74
tompritch1 68
laughingflash 66
bkr_kyl 58
phillipgabell 58
Kevin Whited 41
martwin 40
kurt 37
becky.mckimmy 36
three 35
thumanm 32
wendy.m.reed 28
mekiser 27
chadalt74 25
James 22
lmichaelis 21
kewaggener 18
hobbesw1 16
meeker.brian 16
kyleallenjohnson 15
fwbikecommuter 14
fricker 12
leifdejong 12
scbull2000 12
kmbranson88 9
bogey_c01 5
hopi 4
masparks 4
tyler.stambaugh 1

Team Results High Mileage
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 479
Bike Richmond 341
INDYCOG 275
CIBA 165
Bicycle Indiana 136
Madiason Area Bicycling Club 68
Dude, Where's My Car?` 33
Individual Results – Most Trips
mark stosbert 41
mary.craighead 35
wendy.m.reed 34
doe32 26
skijrff 26
jameslynn79 24
laughingwags 22
laughingflash 21
ahartzog923 20
kevin whited 19
jddockery2 17
dja24 16
mz.busn 16
kewaggener 15
becky.mckimmy 13
skcpp 13
bkr_kyl 12
fricker 12
three 12
bogey_c01 10
fwbikecommuter 10
Nancy Tibbett 10
whiteheadthomasm 10
chadalt74 8
kmbranson88 8
meeker.brian 8
kurt 7
richard.linda.white 7
kabeisner 6
lars 6
leifdejong 6
tompritch1 5
bmiller 4
hopi 4
john5844 4
mekiser 4
phillipgabell 4
scbull2000 4
hobbesw1 2
James 2
lmichaelis 2
martwin 2
masparks 2
tyler.stambaugh 2
kyleallenjohnson 1
thumanm 1
Team Results – Most Trips
Bike Richmond 104
Fort Wayne Bike Commuters 76
INDYCOG 71
Dude, Where's My Car? 44
Bicycle Indiana 28
CIBA 21
Madiason Area Bicycling Club 5

We are doing great!
Keep it up Fort Wayne Bike Commuters and tell a friend.

Good article

How to talk about cycling to a conservative | Bicycle Times Magazine

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Sweet classic commuter bike

Spotted at Citizens Square in the newly installed bike rack

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Indiana bicycle commuter challenge

If you don't know what this is then check this out!

Sign up and record all the riding that you do when you are using your bike as a vehicle for commuting to somewhere. Like to work, or the store, or to dinner or to see a band or to the ballgame.

Choose the Fort Wayne Bike Commuters Team. I would like to see our team rack up the most trips. It goes through September!

AARP talking the benefits of Complete Streets

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write you Senators to ensure that precious resources are shared among all transportation types

Set priorities for the 21st century – Preserve roads and bridges, expand our options and hold agencies accountable for smarter investements

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Do you advocate for bikes? Ahhhhhright.

People for Bikes | Funding for bicycling is in jeopardy

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Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge

Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge
Wanna have top bragging rights in the state and win some cool stuff? Ride your drive and be part of the 2011 Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge!

The Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge allows individuals and teams throughout Indiana, to compete against each other in several categories, during the months of July, August, and September. Join the competition and be part of the solution. Save money, reduce pollution, ease traffic congestion and get healthy all at the same time, while helping your bicycle club or organization or yourself win the Commuter Challenge!

Register HERE "This is your Captain speaking. Sign up under the Fort Wayne Bike Commuters team! It'll be sweet to see how many trips and miles we all log!"

Bicycle Indiana Commuter Challenge Website

This entire series has been brilliant!

Bikenomics

Grist Mobile

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Critical Manners/Courteous Mass for July 2011

Come on out and learn how to ride with traffic, be respectful, and show drivers that there are cyclists who care to obey the laws of the land.
Lawton Park
This Friday, July 8th
630 pm start time
We usually do about 8 miles at a moderate pace
No one will be dropped
We look forward to seeing you
FWBC

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This pretty much sums it all up (bike to live, live to bike)

Nancy Folbre: The Bicycle Dividend - NYTimes.com

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Cool idea

Bike couriers haul recycling to add business | The Journal Gazette | Fort Wayne, IN

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