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May 2015  

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Another successful year for the Century Cycles Bike To School Challenge

Bicycle parking at Bay Middle School The biggest bike-to-school program in the nation, the Century Cycles Bike To School Challenge, concluded on May 22. Over 5,000 students at eight Northeast Ohio schools took the challenge to ride their bikes to school for fun, fitness, and to help the environment.

In Bay Village, the Bike To School Challenge returned to Bay High School, Bay Middle School, and Westerly Elementary School. In Medina, the BTS Challenge returned to A.I. Root Middle School and Claggett Middle School, and this year we welcomed the addition of H.G. Blake Elementary School! In Rocky River, the BTS Challenge returned to Rocky River Middle School, and for the first time, we welcomed Kensington Elementary School!

During the three weeks of the Bike To School Challenge, students at all eight schools set new records and racked up the following impressive statistics:
  • Biked a total of 21,193 round-trip rides to school, cycling a total of 84,772 miles (based on an average one-way trip of 2 miles from home to school).
  • Saved 84,772 pounds of CO2 from the atmosphere.
  • Saved their parents of $9,000 in gasoline costs.
  • Burned over 2.2 million calories, the equivalent of over 12,000 cans of Coca-Cola.
Students arriving by bike at Claggett Middle School on May 7, 2015 The students' cycling also earned them prizes from event sponsors Arby's, Domino's Pizza, Honey Hut Ice Cream Shoppe, Subway, plus chances at the grand prize of bicycles provided by Century Cycles and Raleigh Bicycles!

  You can find more photos on the event's web page at:
 
You can also follow the Bike To School Challenge on Facebook and Twitter.

The final celebration of the Century Cycles Bike To School Challenge will take place this Friday, May 29 with the "Biver/Ray Ride," where any students from Bay Middle School and Rocky River Middle School who biked to school for every day of the three-week challenge will be treated to an outing in the Cuyahoga Valley. The day will start with a ride on the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail with rental bikes provided by Century Cycles in Peninsula, followed by a pizza party at The Winking Lizard next door!
Pajama Party Night Ride returns on June 6!
 Pajama Party Night Ride on the Towpath Trail
On Saturday, June 6, our regularly-scheduled Night Ride on the Towpath Trail will be transformed into a Pajama Party Night Ride!

The free event festivities begin at 7:00pm with cycle-your-own-smoothies and glow-in-the-dark goodies in the parking lot of the Century Cycles store in Peninsula. Pajama-clad bicyclists will depart on the Night Ride from the parking lot at 8:00pm.

At the 14-mile bicycle ride's halfway point, there will be slumber party snacks (popcorn, cookies, and Twizzlers). After the ride, bicyclists are welcome to gather in the Peninsula Winking Lizard party room to trade bicycling (and ghost) stories.

For more information, including directions, parking information, preparation and safety tips, and photos from past rides, go to:

Bike Night at Burntwood Tavern and Bike to Breakfast at Herb's Tavern of Rocky River
Bike Night at Burntwood Tavern
Ride your bicycle to Burntwood Tavern of Rocky River on Tuesday nights (6:00pm-close) through August 11, and enjoy 15% off your bill!

All participants may enter for a chance to win a Raleigh Circa 1 bike (valued at $500)! Join us for the closing party and prize drawing on Tuesday, August 11, 2015.

The Burntwood Tavern is located in the Beachcliff Market Square at 19304 Detroit Road, Rocky River, Ohio 44116.

Ride your bicycle to Herb's Tavern of Rocky River for breakfast, Saturdays 8:00am-11:30am or Sundays 8:00am-1:00pm, now through August 23, and enjoy 15% off your bill!

All participants may enter for a chance to win a Raleigh hybrid bike. Join us for the closing party and prize drawing on Sunday, August 23, 2015.

Herb's Tavern is located right next to our Rocky River store at 19925 Detroit Road, Rocky River, Ohio 44116.
Bike To Breakfast at Herb's Tavern

Team Left Hand Century Cycles Movie Night and Silent Auction Fund-raiser
 
You are welcome to join us for a special showing of the classic workplace movie "Office Space!" We'll also have a Silent Auction, with items for sale donated by Bike MS sponsors. All proceeds from the auction will go towards the Team Left Hand / Century Cycles fund-raising goals to help end the fight against Multiple Sclerosis!
  • Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015
  • Time: Doors open at 5:30pm, movie begins at 6:30pm
  • Location: The Winking Lizard Party Center, 25380 Miles Road, Bedford Heights, Ohio 44146 

Items in the auction will include a tune-up service package from Century Cycles; cycling gear from event sponsors Primal Wear, Pearl Izumi, Tifosi Sunglasses, and more; Gift Cards from event sponsor Mountain Khakis; beer packages from Left Hand Brewing Company; and more! 


Admission is $15 for adults 21 and over, or $10 under 21, and includes beverages, appetizer bar, and the movie. To purchase advance tickets, go to:

 

Team Left Hand Century Cycles 

The National Bike ChallengeAre you taking the Challenge?

If you haven't signed up for the National Bike Challenge yet, it's not too late! You can still log all of your miles ridden in May before the end of the month.

Once you sign up for the challenge, you can see how you rank against others in your workplace and your community, both locally and nationally! You get a point for every mile that you ride your bike, plus 20 bonus points every day you ride! So it doesn't matter how far or fast you can ride; people of all abilities can ride their bikes and take the challenge!

Best of all, the more you ride, the more you help the Cleveland area beat the Pittsburgh area and keep the Rust Cup in Cleveland for another year!

You can start your own team, or join an existing team, such as the Century Cycles team!

To sign up and start logging your miles, go to:

Mark your Calendars!

  

June 6: Pajama Party Night Ride on the Towpath Trail
June 7: Sunday Service Group Road Bike Ride (Peninsula)
June 9: Team Left Hand/Century Cycles Bike MS Training Ride (Rocky River)
June 11: Cycling Makes Sense Fitness Ride
June 12: United Way of Medina County's "Unity in the Community"
June 14: Sunday Service Group Road Bike Ride (Rocky River)
June 14: Cleveland Touring Club's Sunday in June Ride
June 20: Night Ride on the Towpath Trail
June 20-27: Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA)
June 21: Sunday Service Group Road Bike Ride (Medina)
June 23: Team Left Hand/Century Cycles Bike MS Training Ride (Medina)
June 30: Team Left Hand/Century Cycles Bike MS Training Ride (Peninsula)
July 4: All three stores CLOSED for Independence Day

 

Go to www.centurycycles.com/for/calendar for our complete Calendar of Events!
Best of the Blog

Here are some of our favorite posts from the Century Cycles Blog and our Facebook Page from the past month that you may have missed:
Chris Walters on the highwheeler bike at H.G. Blake Elementary School on May 7
Century Cycles' own Chris Walters demonstrates riding our
highwheeler bike during the Bike To School Challenge at
H.G. Blake Elementary School on May 7 (yes, we know; he'll be
wearing a helmet next time).
Century Cycles Online Art     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1059 N. Court St. (Route 42,
behind McDonald's in the Marc's plaza)
Medina, OH  44256 map
Phone: 330-722-7119

1621 Main St. (Route 303,
next to The Winking Lizard)
Peninsula, OH  44264 map
Phone: 330-657-2209

19955 Detroit Rd.
(between Wooster and Wagar roads)
Rocky River, OH  44116 map
Phone: 440-356-5705


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