Bike to Work Day: Ride Your Bike Tomorrow!
Photo at right courtesy of Cascade Bicycle Club
Not only will there be 43 regional bicycle commuter stations sprinkled around the Seattle region from 6-9 a.m. tomorrow, May 17, but numerous other activities will be offered – all for the price of getting some free exercise!
Click here for a Commuter Station in your area; and click to find out more about Rides and Rallies throughout the month.
Tomorrow, start the day off with a ride into downtown Seattle with Mayor McGinn starting at the KEXP studios at 7:45 a.m. followed by an 8:15 a.m. rally downtown at City Hall. Starbucks is offering a free 12-ounce beverage for riders who show their helmet and riding gear tomorrow. A location of participating Starbucks is available here.
On your way home celebrate your accomplishment at the Cascade Bicycle Club after-party at Velo Bike Shop, complete with bites and beverages from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Check the calendar for the full line-up for F5 Bike to Work Day events.
From The Did You Know? Department: More than 20,000 people are predicted to bike to work tomorrow in celebration of F5 Bike to Work Day. The mild weather this May and the rising price of gas at the pump has enticed many thousands of people to choose a bicycle as their means to get to and from work. On May 7, Seattle’s Bike Counter located on the Fremont Bridge counted a record 5,103 crossings by bicycle just at this location.
More than 14,000 people representing over 1,000 employers are participating in the Commute Challenge, presented by Adobe. As of this week, challenge riders have logged nearly 700,000 miles ridden by bike since May 1. This translates into 33 million calories burned and puts us well on the way to saving a million pounds of CO2 emissions this month!
