Free Cookie Day

Wiki Wiki

Meetings are rarely inspiring, but the Chapel Hill Bike Plan Meeting that took place two Thursdays ago was a notable exception.  The two headlining presentations by visiting professor John Pucher and lead bike plan consultant Bill Schultheiss painted a very encouraging picture: bike-friendly cities like Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Portland were transformed by conscious decisions and actions, not by accident, and Chapel Hill’s transformation into a cyclists’ paradise is imminent.

To gain a better understanding of the street level perspective of cyclists in Chapel Hill, a Wikimap has been created that allows registered users to share their experiences, solutions, opinions, and shortcuts on an interactive map that will be used as a reference for structuring the plan that will be presented to the Town Council early next year.

Click here to get started: http://wikimapping.com/wikimap/project144.htm

Closing Early this Friday

Closing at 4pm to wrench and ride in the Spring Roll!  Come ride home from work with us!

Spring Roll 2013

This Friday is the annual running of the bikes: Spring Roll.  Hundreds of cyclists fill the streets in a great, serpentine mass of two-wheeled goodness.

Meet begins at 5:30 at the Wallace Parking Deck (corner of Rosemary and Henderson, behind the old court house).  Ride begins at precisely 6:47ish.

Tempo: Slow and low.

Bike Breakfast

Quite possibly the best day of the year to ride your bike: Bike Breakfast Day!  Free biscuits from Neal’s Deli and free coffee from Open Eye tomorrow morning.  Happy Bike Week!

Five

Cruise to the Future

Quick reminder: Mellow group ride to the Public Library for the Chapel Hill Bike Plan public forum will be leaving BAB at 5:30 tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon.  Even if you can’t make it to the event right at the beginning, do yourself, and future cyclists, a favor and come when you can.