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Afghan Women’s Cycling Needs Your Support!

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For the past five years, Mountain 2 Mountain has been working in Afghanistan to create education and opportunities for women and girls. In 2009, Shannon became the first woman to mountain bike in Afghanistan. Last fall, Shannon discovered an underground movement of female cyclists – not just riding their bikes, but cycling as part of the newly formed Afghan National Cycling Team. Mountain 2 Mountain was featured on a NBC Nightly News last week: Recently, Mountain 2 Mountain publicized a [...]
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Youth Bike Programs Have a Positive Impact on the Community

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Successful after-school youth bike programs have positive impact on the community in Santa Barbara county. The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition (SBBC), a countywide advocacy and resource organization that promotes bicycling for safe transportation and recreation, has been offering bike classes to the community for the last 10 years. Thanks to a small group of dedicated cyclists who went through the training from the League of American Bicyclists to become certified League Cycling Instructors (LCIs), many adult riders, with different riding [...]
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Off-the-couch-100-miler

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OK, I’m not suggesting this as a training method, but this is how it went down! It’s been a hectic few months, leaving one job, working 12 hour days at the next and now back to being full-time at home with Zander while trying to build up my web design company and work on Hub and Siren stuff and move our house twice! Brendan’s been nagging me to get on the bike and I’ve had a few good rides in [...]
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Mommy and Zander are Going Up the Mountain

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Mommy and Zander are going up the mountain! This past Friday I had one of the funnest rides I’ve had in a while. I woke up early to sneak out the door before Zander was awake and get in a ride. Before I finished coffee, the little guy came stumbling out of his room. Since it was Friday, I knew that Brendan had a lot of prep to do for the shop. Thursday was busy and Friday would surely be, [...]
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Bikes Belong challenges Interbike attendees to “Build More Than Bikes”

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Bikes Belong is utilizing Interbike 2012 to recognize and reward industry efforts that are making bicycling better. Its campaign, the Build More Than Bikes Challenge, invites show attendees to share personal stories and ideas around enriching their local bicycling communities. “The Build More Than Bikes Challenge is a tribute to the tremendous efforts of suppliers, distributors, retailers, and individuals to make bicycling safer and stress-free,” said Tim Bock, senior marketing manager for Bikes Belong. “It doesn’t matter whether the action [...]
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