spingineer

Enter the Bike to Work Day Raffle- Take the Bike to Work Day pledge to bike at least once to work or play during the month of May for your chance to win a new Larkspur Bicycle by Marin Bikes, Novara Commuter Kit from REI and many other bike related prizes. Visit https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/register to enter and win! Registration closes May 31st.


Bike Commuter of the Year Nominations Now OPEN -Do you know someone in your community who is committed to making every day a “Bike to Work Day”? Does this person epitomize and actualize the health, environmental, social and economic benefits of bicycling? Please share his or her story with us! In 200 words or less, please tell us why you are nominating this person and why he or she deserves the Bike to Work Day 2009 Bike Commuter of the Year Award. One person in each of the nine Bay Area counties will receive this award. https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/48


Bike to Work events by county- Find out what your county is doing to celebrate this healthful day! Alameda County https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/8#Alameda
Contra Costa County https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/8#Contra%20Costa

Marin County https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/8#Marin

Napa County https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/8#Napa

San Francisco County https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/8#San%20Francisco

San Mateo County- no event scheduled at this time (WTF)

Santa Clara County- no event scheduled at this time (WTF)

Solano County- no event scheduled at this time (WTF)

Sonoma County https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/8#Sonoma



Energizer stations for cyclists-Pick up breakfast/refreshments/goodies on your way to work. These will be available at various locations between 6:00am-9:00am. See listing of energizer stations around the bay: https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/12


Join the Company Bike Challenge- Get together with fellow Juniperites to participate in this challenge. Compete against other companies of similar size and win bragging rights. More info at: https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/tbc


Participate in the 7th Annual Bike to Work Day Extravaganza!! Join employees of the Moffett Park area on a lunch-time bike ride sponsored by Juniper Networks. Participants will meet at Juniper at 11:15am at the basketball court and the bike ride will start from 11:30am to 12:00pm around the Moffett Park. The bike ride will end at Juniper and free lunch will be served to all cyclists. There will be a raffle drawing at the end of the ride. Pre-registration is required to participate.

https://www.mapmyrun.com/ride/united-...24093782817872



Leave your car at home & bike your way to a healthier commute!

Encourage your co-workers to bike to work or be your bike buddy!

It’s FREE of gas, FREE of pollution, FREE of traffic, FREE of stress, and FULL of FUN!

rydaddy

No love for the Sactown?

https://www.mayisbikemonth.com/

I pledged 1000 miles for the month of May.

pelikan

I work at home most days, always Thursdays. I plan to go out in morning stop by all the SF festivities, then back home (to work).

cccorlew

Great post! As you all know, MyLilPony is a dedicated bike commuter and was Contra Costa's Bike Commuter of the Year! We support bike to work day every day.

My college is TRYING to promote it. Last year I had my design students all do posters. I'm on sabbatical this semester, but here's last semesters effort.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ccorlew...33572594/show/

msincredible

If I end up working from home that day, I'll take the unicycle down the hall from the bedroom to the office, does that count?

mtnwalker

Update Santa Clara now has some events for Bike to Work Day. Fun times!

Santa Clara County : https://btwd.bayareabikes.org/node/8#Santa%20Clara

I missed the goodies being handed out last year. I'll make sure to make up for it this year.

spingineer

The problem I have is my commute is at 5:30, and be in the office at 6 am. That's before some of the energizer stations are set up. No goodies for me, but I'll be out there.

Beaker

I'll be trying my first bike-(BART)-bike to work tomorrow. I picked up my bike from a quick tuneup from the Pedaler in El Sobrante this afternoon and already got a free bike to work goody bag.

Looking forward to trying it out. I'll be heading out of the office extra early to make sure I can get back across the bay before the no bike curfew kicks in though. How unfortunate.

dl33

What do they have at the energizer stations? Will only pass one, actually it's at my destination.

BottleRocket

Biking to work is almost never an option as a musician, but tomorrow I'm taking the ferry from SF to Vallejo to meet a colleague and we're going to ride to Santa Rosa for a rehearsal. I have to leave the house at 11:30 AM to get to a 7:30 PM rehearsal. But I'm looking forward to riding roads I've never been on before.

jobob

I'm going to be so freaking grumpy tomorrow missing out on B2W day.

Maybe I should have warned my co-workers. Nah.

ruthness

I`m biking to school tomorrow, which really I should have been doing all semester.

Tapeworm21

I can't help but want to drive to work tomorrow.

mtnwalker

I drove last year and I felt like crap all day. I think it'll be nice to get more cyclists on the road to work.

Ygduf

I drove last year as well. Riding in tomorrow, if nothing else for the expected paceline on Foothill.

Also, if I take my 11-mile route I will pass 6 of the stations. 6!!

silentben

I've ridden my bike a grand total of two days in May and neither of those were commutes Going to try and commute in tomorrow though.

spingineer

Funny, at 5:30 am, I don't see any increased ridership out there.

spingineer

Major fopa

spingineer

Cliff bars, gatorade, environmentally friendly shopping bag, and probably some water. Not sure if they give out t-shirts or not.

rydaddy

I bike to work all the time... but I don't think I've ever done it on the officialy bike to work day. Today included.

subframe

Ahhh, Bike To Work Day. My favorite holiday.

Red Rider

You and me both. I could almost do it but the rewards aren't worth the risks.

So I'll settle for biking to work another time.

mellum76

What's a "fopa"?

"faux-pas" perhaps? just messin' with you Ron.

kb5ql

FOPA stands for "Featured Optional Pedal Assist." Ruthness needs that for her half bike as Marco typically provides 75% of the power.

Beaker

Made it to and from BART without my car - left in the dark (woefully inadequate lights) - got off at Daly city expecting to be greeted by the sun. Wrong - fog, yuk. Climbed up and over Guadalupe Canyon to head for the Brisbane lagoon and was given a boost by a stealthy energizer station giving me the cow-bell treatment. After the energizer station got rolling with ~20cyclists, not bad for ~7:15.

Based on this, I don't think I'll make a habit of riding with a backpack and laptop on a regular basis though, the computer is staying in the office tonight.