Bike Achievement Award Recipients Announced
The 2010 and 2011 Lake Tahoe Bicycle Achievement Award recipients were announced at the Awards Ceremony on March 16th at Mo's Place in South Lake Tahoe, California. The awards are given annually in four categories: Individual, Business, Organization, and Agency. Each award recipient has made significant contributions to advancing bicycling in the Tahoe region.
The award recipients for 2010 are:
Individual - Gary Bell
Business - Northstar California
Organization - Nevada Bicycle Advisory Board
Agency - Tahoe Regional Planning Agency & Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization
The 2011 award recipients are:
Individual - John Upton
Business - Lake Tahoe Media Group
Organization - Tahoe Area Mountain Bike Association
Agency - US Forest Service/Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
For a brief description of the contributions each of the recipients have made, go to www.TahoeBike.org and check out our Archives - Award Recipients.
Last Call for Bike Map Sponsors
We are in the final design updates for the new Lake Tahoe Bikeway Map (formerly called the Lake Tahoe Bike Trail Map) for 2012/2013. And, we are building the marketing campaign and distribution reaching from Santa Barbara in the South to the Oregon border in the North, and including the Central Valley and the Tahoe/Reno/Carson region. 50,000 hard copies of the map will be printed and distributed free to the public. The Map will also appear online - which can be downloaded and printed free by visiting www.Tahoebike.org (a web site receiving more than 1.5 million hits annually).
The Map is highly sought after by bicyclists, hikers and visitors to the region because of its user-friendliness, convenience, and inclusiveness of the most popular paved and unpaved bikeways and trails in the Tahoe Basin. It is made possible by grants, donations and sponsors who include, but are not limited to the following contributors as of this publication: Nevada Commission on Tourism, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization, Tahoe/Truckee Transportation Management Agency, Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, Alpen Sierra Coffee, Nevada Bicycle Advisory Board, Bike The West, League to Save Lake Tahoe, South Shore Bikes, Olympic Bike Shop, Heavenly Sports, Lakeside Inn and Lakeland Village.
Businesses, organizations and agencies interested in extending their brand reach and creating connectivity to fit active adults who have the discretionary income and commitment to experience a healthy lifestyle in Tahoe should immediately contact Ty Polastri at BikeTahoe@aol.com to express their interest in participating in this two year effort to get more visitors to Lake Tahoe.
TLC Network of Lodging Properties
Along with the Last Call for Bike Map Sponsors is the opportunity for Tahoe lodging properties to become a TLC property and have their logo and place of business located on 50,000 bike maps and receive additional benefits of the map's marketing and marketing specific to the TLC program.
Tahoe area lodging properties interested in being part of the bike map must immediately contact Ty Polastri at BikeTahoe@aol.com to receive the information packet and be considered to participate in this two year marketing campaign.
Tahoe Bike Challenge is June 4-15, 2012
The 7th annual Tahoe Bike Challenge: Work - School - Play has moved its dates later in the season to increase the probability of comfortable riding conditions and to get more people out to ride to work, school and recreationally. In the past, the event has been held during the last two weeks in May to coincide with the National Bike to Work Month. But with repeated cold snowy conditions the past two years, the Coalition (with overwhelming support by bicyclists) has decided to move the event to the first two weeks of June for better weather and to coincide with June is Tahoe Bike Month.
Start planning to get your bikes ready and your teams organized for the event. More details will be forth coming to help you get both your bike and teams prepared. If you do not receive the Tahoe Cycling News (the monthly online newsletter) then go to www.TahoeBike.org and opt in so that you can also receive the Tahoe Challenge Daily Spin. The Daily Spin will give you important notices, list the daily prize winners, and have discount coupons and more valuable information.
