1. NBC 4 is all over the bicycle gear recalls - both Schwinn bicycle child carriers and Trek helmets.
2. The Ride of Silence is tomorrow.
On May 17 at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. Although cyclists have a legal right to share the road with motorists, the motoring public often isn't aware of these rights, and sometimes not aware of the cyclists themselves.
There are rides in Maryland (including Frederick) and Virginia, but oddly, not DC.
3. Met Branch Trail through Silver Spring to be debated on Thursday.
On May 18th (at 2:00 pm) the Montgomery County Planning Board will debate the routing of the Metropolitan Branch Trail in Silver Spring. This segment of the trail will connect an existing part of the trail at Montgomery County College with the future Silver Spring Transit Center. Your input is needed to ensure the best trail possible.
4. Soldier Ride 2006 on it's way to Camp Lejeune.
an effort to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization that assists servicemembers injured in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots around the world.
5. The 20th annual Chesapeake Bay Asthma Bike Tour is scheduled for the weekend of June 3-4.
6. While the Met Branch founders, the Millennium Trail officially opened.
After the opening ceremony near the Fallsgrove Clubhouse at 400 Casey Lane, the festivities moved to a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of the bike⁄pedestrian bridge that will cross Interstate 270 along Route 28. The last link in the 45-mile network, the $4.2 million bridge project was awarded [recently].
7. Bike lane partially removed for "safety"
But the new road configuration is ‘‘anything but” safe, according to Rockville resident Tim Coulson. ‘‘Now, the biker has to shift in and out from bike lane to road, from bike lane to road,” he said. ‘‘It confuses the drivers, it confuses the cyclists, it confuses everybody.”
8. What I always suspected about education majors is true...
Jenna Schultz, a freshman education major, does not need to think at all.
“I’m glad I don’t have a license,” she said. “I’ll bike!”
9. CapTrack hasn't been updated since January (at least none of the bikeways projects). This is disappointing. It has no real value if it isn't updated regularly (at least quarterly).
10. It's good to be the President.
For the second year in a row, the president got a fancy mountain bike from John Burke, president of Trek Bicycle Corp. in Waterloo, Wisc., this one worth $5,474. Last year's model was worth nearly $3,000 less. The president, who is an avid biker, also received a $1,700 indoor cycling trainer from Saris Cycling Group President Chris Fortune and $515 in cycling shoes from Trek Nike Cycling Division.
Let's just hope he didn't get a Trek Helmet.
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