Hello Cyclists!

If you have some extra time this Sunday, and would like to help out with Bike to Work Week, FBO could use some help with the Sunday Bike To Work Week Bike Bazaar.

We need:

• 3-4 volunteers on Sunday morning (~6:30-7am) to unload and setup tables at Heritage Square
• 2-3 volunteers on Sunday evening to load and then unload tables from Heritage Square when the bazaar is over at 3pm.
• 4-6 volunteers to flag at intersections during the parade from 11-11:40 AM.

Please Email or call to confirm which tasks you want to sign on for. Stay posted… there will be other tasks we will need support on through the week.

Thanks so Much!

Susan
Bike to Work Week Coordinator
Susan@flagstaffbiking.org
928.774.5583/ cell 928.853.5542
Flagstaff Biking Organization

Did you see an IMBA (International Mountain Bicycling Association) Subaru in town this weekend? Anna and Jason, one of the traveling Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crews, came to Flagstaff to meet with local trail builders and managers and to lead a workshop on sustainable trail design and building. On Saturday, they gave an interesting and informative presentation to a full room at the Forest Service office near the Flagstaff Mall, then took the group out to check out nearby trails and to practice trail layout. On Sunday, they rode from Campbell Mesa to Fisher Point, joining the Youth Mountain Biking Program group for several miles at the beginning and end of the ride. Check out pictures from these events on our images page!

Interested in making Flagstaff more bicycle-friendly?  Please join us for Flagstaff’s first annual Bicycle Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the lobby of the Flagstaff City Hall at 211 West Aspen Avenue.

The meeting will be hosted by the City of Flagstaff and is being held in conjunction with Flagstaff’s Bike-to-Work Week events.

The intent of the Bicycle Town Hall Meeting is to give the community an opportunity to learn what’s being done to make Flagstaff a better place for bicycles, and to help City officials and other agencies learn what’s important to the community regarding accommodation of bicycles.

The theme of this event, and the City’s goal, is to make bicycling in Flagstaff an appealing option for everyone - so kids can ride to school, for a man who wants to get back in shape, a woman who uses her bike for errands for the sheer joy of it, a family who can better afford housing if they only have one car, or a student who wants to do their part to make Flagstaff more sustainable.  We need to hear from you!

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Worksite Coordinators can begin Registering their Worksites NOW! Go Here.

You can register your worksite for the Bike to Work Week Worksite Challenge NOW! Join Flagstaff’s Pedalers, grab some friends and a worksite, and be a cycle hero!

If your worksite is larger than 100 people, consider subdividing it and recruiting another coordinator. It’s easier to encourage and motivate people you see more frequently.

http://flagstaffbiking.org/bike-to-work-week/worksite-challenge/worksite-registration

We are had an organizational meeting for worksite coordinators at the Flagstaff Public Library, on April 22nd. What a great group of people Flagstaff has!

If you’ve volunteered for Bike to Work Week as a worksite coordinator in the past, THANKS! From Flagstaff Biking Organization, and join us again. If you haven’t been a coordinator before, we invite you to join us as a coordinator this year to assist in building a larger bike commuter community. Thanks to volunteers, Bike to Work Week grows every year, and Flagstaff was voted a “Bicycle Friendly Community.”

Bike to Work Week is coming up May 11th-16,th and we would like to count on you to be a Worksite Coordinator for your organization to make this the most successful BTWW Worksite Challenge ever. We need your help in reaching out to businesses and folks that haven’t participated before, so get your friends to join in. If you are unable to be the coordinator for your office, please ask someone else in your office to take your place.

WHY JOIN IN?? Each year this event grows… your participation provides FBO with clout to demand safer routes for all of us. This year’s Bike to Work Week will build on the success of past events and will include some new ones. Join in BTWW activities, lower your Carbon footprint and help us build our foundation of bicycle commuters and commuter activists to make Flagstaff a better bicycle community– to improve cycle safety with better trails, bike lanes, routes, and parking for you and your family; and to improve community relations on our roads and trails. You already know how great it feels to bike to work, your co-workers will thank you for helping them get involved and pedal to work too! We know we’ve reached most of the “regular” bike commuters. We’d need to bring in new commuters this year, and worksite coordinators are our secret weapon.

Did someone say prizes?
Breezer Bicycles has generously donated 2 Freedom commuter bicycles as prizes for the top competing worksites in Flagstaff. FBO and community sponsors are also offering the chance of fabulous daily raffle prizes to all cycling participants.

In an effort to find unique and exciting prizes for the participants of Bike to Work Week, FBO is currently soliciting products and services from the community to give away. A great way to support Bike to Work Week is to donate a prize. If you or your company is interested in this, please contact us as soon as possible.

We urge you to contact FBO as soon as possible to let us know you want to be the coordinator so we can prepare worksite package materials for your worksite. You can see those materials here. We will supply you with up to 20 sets, you will be able to download more off the web if needed. Please let us know:

· how many folks are at your worksite
· how many cyclists you anticipate.

This year we are making a few changes in the challenge to sharpen competition and expand participation: running the challenge over 4 days instead of 1 (now Sunday midnight to Thursday noon), and varying worksite size categories. The small worksite will include 9 to 34 people, the large worksite is 35 or greater.
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