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Bike to Work Day—Time to Carbo Load, Not Carbon Load!
posted by id* at 03:19 PM on May 13, 2008
Get out of your car, saddle up and bike to work this Thursday, May 15th, for the Bay Area's official Bike to Work Day. Specialized Bicycles will celebrate with a pancake breakfast for all employees that ride to the office, followed by our annual Share the Road Ride through downtown Morgan Hill to encourage safe riding and driving and goodwill between motorists and bicyclists.
According to Census data, approximately 30,000 to 40,000 Bay Area residents ride bicycles as their primary form of transportation, and event organizers expect 50,000 to 100,000 participants on this Thursday’s Bike to Work Day. More than a million Bay Area residents live within five miles of their workplace, making them ideal candidates for commuting by bike; just one less car on the road means cleaner air for everyone, less traffic congestion and freedom from at-the-pump prices.
“It's a tradition at Specialized that on Bike to Work Day, there are no cars in our parking lot," says company President and Founder Mike Sinyard. “Any car that I see in the lot on Thursday morning will be towed for certain. The goal is 100% participation for the company to ride in.”
At Specialized, every day is Bike to Work Day. We ride for fitness, fun and sport on a daily basis. The company’s Specialized Commute Club, which helps employees earn cash when they ride or carpool to work, has offset over 23 tons of CO² emissions since the Club formed in 2006. During Earth Day this year, the company added an office fleet of Specialized Globe bicycles for employees’ short trips around town to help reduce their carbon footprint even further.
Specialized Bicycles, founded in Morgan Hill, California in 1974, is a company filled with passionate cyclists dedicated to creating the most innovative bikes and equipment for all types of riding. Specialized has a proven commitment to global cycling advocacy and environmental consciousness, including their annual Bike to Work Day Challenge, Recycle-a-Tire Project (over 8 tons of bicycle tires recycled to date) and Specialized employee Commute Club.
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Comments (16)
03:25 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC id* wrote:
I rode to work today - 25 miles at 6:30am and then am riding home tonight! another fun day...
05:35 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC LINDA ESSER wrote:
Too bad I have a 45 mile commute each way to work and then all the rain up here in the NW. :-( Time to split the scene and head for the Valley of the Sun! I would gladly take my bike otherwise.
08:08 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC Exfit wrote:
Love reading about evryones bike to work experiences. My Bike is lying in a heap of parts, its either time for a new bike or rebuild kit...What should I do?
08:11 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC Mike wrote:
I rode to work today 30km each way. It is the only training I get for my weekend racing. I have three kids at home family time is important. I get 2-3 on the bike each week for work and fill up the car once every 3 weeks. Its win win
08:20 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC Shirlee Berman wrote:
Ride to work is standard for Chicagoans! My boyfriend and I ride our 3 mile commute to work each day: rain, shine, snow or the worst biker's nightmare - the "wintery mix"! :-) Happy Ride to Work Month!
08:21 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC Shirlee Berman wrote:
Oh - BTW - LOVE the Specialized parking lot rule on Bike to Work Day - Live it!
09:18 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC JefNorty wrote:
I will be commuting and Leading a Mountain Bike Ride that day.
10:32 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC Anthony DAmico wrote:
I will be riding my bike to work this Thursday from San Jose to South San Francisco (60 miles, all before 9AM). I commute this way every other week, it's a great way to enjoy the Bay Area, riding my bike, and looking forward to the ride home.
10:42 PM on May 13, 2008 UTC gnat23 wrote:
Been riding my 15mi each way about 3 days a week now (train on the other days). Thursday I am leading some first-timers into the office through my route, so send bagels and wish us luck!
12:30 PM on May 14, 2008 UTC SteveJ wrote:
Damn my job! I service medical equipment and never know when I am going to have to drive to another site for work.
01:21 PM on May 14, 2008 UTC daveCool wrote:
I live 9km from work. But its always windy and usually raining. But nothing gets me off my bike for my relaxing commute...
06:49 PM on May 14, 2008 UTC Jose Falquez wrote:
I've been riding to work (7 miles each way) almost every day for about 2 moths now, and I am loving it. I am happy as a child now.
I want to make it a "Bike to Work for Life" deal.
08:04 PM on May 14, 2008 UTC NIK wrote:
This is a Good idea, but take a time for people. I mean not every one will ride bikes to work. Especialy for contractor guy's or for those who work more than 30-40 miles away. We'll see, huh!
04:21 AM on May 15, 2008 UTC Axl Kelly wrote:
I've been riding to work the last couple off month's. I live aprox 11 km from my work and don't have another way off transportation ( don't have a car) so biking it is :)
05:49 PM on May 15, 2008 UTC Chip Sistare wrote:
Rode 17 miles to and from work today. I don't care so much for the carbon footprint crap, I just know I had fun today on my bike. That's really why I ride my bikes.
09:02 AM on May 18, 2008 UTC Matt Beckwith wrote:
I rode my Specialized Roubaix to work one day last week, only one day because it is a 130 mile round trip. It kills me to see so many live so close to work and still drive. Glad to see so many in the east bay doing it last week as well.
http://mattbeckwith.com/files/2008-05-15-biketowork.html