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Bikes Belong Elects New Officers

December 15, 2005

Three U.S. bike industry leaders were elected as new Bikes Belong Coalition officers at the organization's November 29 board meeting in Chicago. Kozo Shimano, president of Shimano American Corporation, was picked to become president. Steve Meineke,...

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Register Now for the National Bike Summit

December 6, 2005

Mark your calendar now for the National Bike Summit March 1–3, 2006, in Washington, D.C. Your presence at this event is important. Organized by the League of American Bicyclists and sponsored by Bikes Belong, the National Bike Summit combines...

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Bikes Belong Awards $26,400 in Grants

November 17, 2005

Bikes Belong will award $26,400 in grants this month to four innovative bicycling projects. The trails and programs supported by these grants will increase opportunities for urban riding and promote cycling safety, effectively putting more people on...

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Join Bikes Belong on the Best of Tempe Tour at the Bicycle Leadership Conference

November 10, 2005

Bikes Belong has stepped up its support of the Bicycle Leadership Conference for 2006, becoming a lead sponsor and guiding a bike tour of Tempe’s award-winning bicycle facilities. Slated for January 29-31 in Tempe, Arizona, this strategic conference...

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Safe Routes to School National Partnership Meeting Sets a Strategy

October 28, 2005

The first formal Safe Routes to School National Partnership meeting was held October 24-25 in Washington, D.C. Forty diverse groups met to identify goals for the budding national Safe Routes to School movement and initiate a productive partnership...

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Bicycling Making Headlines Nationwide

October 27, 2005

When gas prices rose to record levels in August, national media interest in cycling skyrocketed and has remained strong all fall. Bikes Belong has been an often-cited source on sales and participation trends. We’ve talked about anecdotal reports of...

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