Welcome to the first edition of the Daily Spin - a special edition of the Tahoe Cycling News during the Tahoe Bike Challenge.  You are receiving the Daily Spin because your are either a subscriber to the Tahoe Cycling News or you have registered to take the challenge of riding your bike instead of relying on the automobile. 

 

Please note: to continue receiving the Daily Spin with its announcements, details, and special offers you will need to register for the Bike Challenge.  Tahoe Cycling News subscribers will not be receiving further Daily Spins.

 

The Bike Coalition and TRPA would like to congratulate and thank you on your decision to ride your bike.  Your participation is an essential testament to the interest in and the need for a healthy environment and a more connected bikeway system in our communities. By participating in the Bike Challenge you give us the data needed to help the funding efforts made by the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition, TRPA and other public agencies in the region.

 

Help us build our bike community by challenging your family members, friends and colleagues at work or school to register for the Challenge and show the funding agencies we are committed to building a world-class bicycle community and destination.

 

Let's get rolling.

 

 

Saturday, June 2 is Tahoe Bike Day (always the first Saturday in June)

To kick off the bicycling season is Tahoe Bike Day. There are no planned activities this year, but plans for the 2013 Tahoe Bike Day Festival are in the works.  Stay tuned and get ready!

 

Sunday, June 3 is America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride

Thousands of visitors from around the U.S. will be here for this annual event.  You will be seeing a lot of cyclists on the road getting acclimated to the altitude and learning about our community.  On Sunday, they will be riding around the Lake and for some of them this will be their first big distance ride.  Please be patience with them and extend a wholehearted Tahoe welcome.

 

Monday June 4 to Friday June 15 is the Tahoe Bike Challenge

The 7^th annual Tahoe Bike Challenge is promoting bicycling as an alternative transportation choice over the automobile.  This is not a competition but rather an invitation to join hundreds of Tahoe bicyclists in riding your bike to work, school or play.  The Challenge can be a personal one in which riding a bike for the very first time is your challenge or it can be a team effort to see how many trips made and miles accumulated during the event.  You define your own Challenge and have fun doing it.

 

Tahoe Bike Challenge Sets New Goals

For 2012, new goals have been set to increase participation and results.  They are:

·         1,000 participants

·         100 teams

·         10,000 trips

·         30,000 total miles traveled.

 

To Register for the Challenge

Go to www.TahoeBike.org and register for the Challenge - its Free!  And, you will receive daily chances to win prizes.  At anytime, 24/7, you can go online to record your trips and miles.  It's that easy.

And become part of an evolving Tahoe Legacy - as a member of the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition who is helping lead the way to become a more bicycle-friendly community and a world-class bicycle destination.  For less than the cost of a dinner you can help mobilize action and resources to a vision for Tahoe that we share - a more livable and sustainable community that generations can experience and enjoy.

 

 
Ty Polastri
Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition